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    Sterling to acquire Murphy’s offshore Cameroon interest

    Feb. 17, 2015
    Sterling Energy Plc (AIM: SEY) has signed an agreement with Murphy Cameroon Ntem Oil Co. Ltd. whereby Murphy will transfer its 50% interest in, and operatorship of, the Ntem concession offshore Cameroon to Sterling Cameroon Ltd. 

    Offshore staff

    LONDON –Sterling Energy Plc (AIM: SEY) has signed an agreement with Murphy Cameroon Ntem Oil Co. Ltd. whereby Murphy will transfer its 50% interest in, and operatorship of, the Ntem concession offshore Cameroon to Sterling Cameroon Ltd.

    Completion of the transaction remains subject toCameroon ministerial approval. Following completion, the Ntem concession will be held 100% by Sterling Cameroon Ltd. (operator).

    The Ntem concession is in water depths from 400 m to 2,000 m (1,312 ft to 6,562 ft), in the prospective southern Douala – Rio Muni basin. The minimum work obligation for the current phase of the concession was met by the drilling of theBamboo-1 well in 2014.

    02/17/2015