TIDMUKOG

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UK Oil & Gas PLC

03 August 2020

UK Oil & Gas PLC

("UKOG" or the "Company")

Loxley Planning Consent Meeting to be Rerun

UK Oil & Gas PLC (London AIM: UKOG) is pleased to note that following questions raised as to the lawfulness of the planning committee meeting ("PCM") held on 29(th) June, during which the Company's Loxley gas appraisal project was presented for determination, Surrey County Council (SCC) have decided that the Loxley Gas project should be redetermined at a future PCM. The Company now expects the Loxley project to be redetermined by SCC in the PCM scheduled on 17 September.

Following the 29 June meeting, in which the members voted by 6 to 5 against SCC's planning officer's recommendation to consent to UKOG's Loxley application, the Company sent SCC a formal legal letter of complaint outlining a series of procedural and other legal issues that potentially affected the lawfulness of decisions made during the meeting.

SCC also acknowledge that their Monitoring Officer received in excess of 100 similar complaints alleging that there were procedural irregularities that invalidated the result. Following the PCM no formal determination notice was issued to the Company by SCC, meaning the project remains officially undetermined.

The Company welcomes the chance to restate why the low-impact Loxley project is of material local and national economic importance, is fully compliant with Net Zero, and presents minimal local business, local highway and environmental impacts. The Environment Agency has already issued a permit covering all aspects of the development.

We trust that the 17 September re-run will result in a decision fully commensurate with the facts presented, natural law and fair democratic process.

For further information, please contact:

 
 UK Oil & Gas PLC 
 Stephen Sanderson / Kiran Morzaria     Tel: 01483 941493 
 WH Ireland Ltd (Nominated Adviser 
  and Broker) 
 James Joyce / James Sinclair-Ford      Tel: 020 7220 1666 
 Cenkos Securities PLC (Joint Broker) 
 Joe Nally / Neil McDonald              Tel: 020 7397 8919 
 Novum Securities (Joint Broker) 
 John Belliss                           Tel: 020 7399 9400 
 Communications 
 Brian Alexander                        Tel: 01483 941493 
 

UKOG Licence Interests

The Company has interests in the following UK licences:

 
Asset                             Licence      UKOG         Licence        Operator      Area          Status 
                                              Interest       Holder                       (km 
                                                                                          (2) 
                                                                                           ) 
                                                                                                  Field currently 
                                                           UKOG (GB)      IGas Energy                temporarily 
Avington (1)                      PEDL070       5%          Limited           Plc        18.3          shut in 
-------------------------------             ----------  --------------  --------------  ------  ------------------- 
                                                                                                    BB-1/1z oil 
                                                                                                     discovery, 
Broadford Bridge/Loxley/Godley                                                                      Loxley/Godley 
 Bridge (2,                                               UKOG (234)      UKOG (234)                 Bridge gas 
 3, 8)                            PEDL234      100%         Ltd (4)         Ltd (4)      300.0        discovery 
-------------------------------             ----------  --------------  --------------  ------  ------------------- 
                                                                                                     Finalising 
                                                                                                      new site 
                                                                                                      selection 
                                                                                                      to drill 
                                                                                                      Portland 
                                                                                                   and Kimmeridge 
A24 (3)                           PEDL143      67.5%         UKOG          UKOG (7)      91.8         prospects 
-------------------------------             ----------  --------------  --------------  ------  ------------------- 
                                                           UKOG (GB)      IGas Energy                 Field in 
Horndean (1)                       PL211        10%         Limited           Plc        27.3     stable production 
-------------------------------             ----------  --------------  --------------  ------  ------------------- 
                                                          Horse Hill      Horse Hill 
Horse Hill                                                Developments    Developments                Field in 
 (1)                              PEDL137     85.635%         Ltd             Ltd        99.3     stable production 
-------------------------------             ----------  --------------  --------------  ------  ------------------- 
                                                          Horse Hill      Horse Hill 
Horse Hill                                                Developments    Developments                Field in 
 (1)                              PEDL246     85.635%         Ltd             Ltd        43.6     stable production 
-------------------------------             ----------  --------------  --------------  ------  ------------------- 
                                                                                                      Planning 
                                                                                                     application 
                                                                                                      submitted 
Isle of Wight                                                                                        for Arreton 
 (Onshore) (2,                                                                                      oil appraisal 
 3)                               PEDL331       95%          UKOG            UKOG        200.0          well 
-------------------------------             ----------  --------------  --------------  ------  ------------------- 
 

Notes:

1. Oil field currently in stable production.

2. Oil discovery pending development and/or appraisal drilling.

3. Exploration asset with drillable prospects and leads.

4. Contains the Loxley Portland gas accumulation, the Broadford Bridge-1/1z Kimmeridge oil discovery, plus further undrilled Kimmeridge exploration prospects.

5. Portland and Kimmeridge oil field with productive and commercially viable zones, HH-1 in stable oil production, HH-2z EWT ongoing, production planning consent granted in September 2019, long term Production consent granted March 2020.

   6.   UKOG has a direct 77.9% interest in HHDL, which has a 65% interest in PEDL137 and PEDL246. 
   7.   OGA consent received for the transfer of operatorship from Europa to UKOG 
   8.   Gas discovery pending appraisal drilling and development with underlying Kimmeridge potential 

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014

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