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RockRose Energy plc

04 February 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4 February, 2020

ROCKROSE ENERGY PLC

("RockRose")

Acquisition of 100% interest in the Cotton gas Field (formerly "Carna")

RockRose Energy Plc ("RockRose" or "the Company"), the independent oil and gas production company, today announces it has signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement ("SPA") to acquire 100% of the equity of Speedwell Energy (1) Limited, the holder of 100% interest in the Cotton gas Field in the UK sector of the Southern North Sea, for a limited initial consideration, with the larger part of consideration becoming due at Final Investment Decision ("FID"). The transaction is subject to the usual regulatory approvals.

The field was discovered in 2009 by well 43/21b-5Z, which encountered a gas column of up to 1,260 feet over six gas bearing sandstone units. Speedwell estimates Cotton contains recoverable gas resources of 97Bcf (16.7mmboe) and has the potential to produce at a peak rate of up to 70mmscf/d (12,000 boepd) from two horizontal development wells.

A draft Field Development Plan ("FDP") has been prepared by Speedwell for submission to the OGA. Key contractors have been identified and engagement with both of them and the owners of the export infrastructure, anticipated to be used, is on-going. Prior to taking FID, RockRose Energy will carry out further studies to ensure that both the subsurface delivery and the project economics are robust, particularly given the current challenging gas price.

The Cotton field lies 100 Km east of Scarborough between the Kilmar and Garrow fields in both of which RockRose holds a 15% interest.

Andrew Austin, Executive Chairman of RockRose, said:

"This acquisition gives RockRose the option of a significant amount of production and reserves in an area of the Southern North Sea Gas Basin in which we already have other producing assets. We look forward to carrying out further evaluation of the discovery prior to committing to FID."

Richard T Strachan CEO of Speedwell Energy Limited said:

"Having identified the potential in Cotton some three years ago, which was a relinquished asset going nowhere, to one now where we have a draft Field Development Plan and a delivery team in place capable of bringing Cotton through to First Gas, we are delighted that RockRose will now take over Cotton and are looking at how to potentially take it forward and we wish them all the best as they do so."

-ENDS-

 
 Enquiries: 
 Rockrose Energy plc                      +44 (0)20 3826 4800 
 
 Broker: 
  Hannam & Partners (Advisory) LLP 
  Giles Fitzpatrick / Andrew Chubb         +44 (0)20 7907 8500 
 
 Joint Brokers: 
  Whitman Howard 
  Hugh Rich / Nick Lovering                +44 (0)20 7659 1261 / 1224 
 
 Cantor Fitzgerald 
  David Porter                              +44 (0)20 7894 7000 
 
 Financial PR: 
  Celicourt 
  Mark Antelme / Philip Dennis / 
  Ollie Mills 
 
 
  www.rockroseenergy.com 
  Speedwell Energy 
  Richard T Strachan +44 (0)7917077567 
  www.speedwell-energy.com                 +44 (0)20 8434 2643

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