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About ChariotHistory and Corporate Structure
2007
- Guernsey based Company formed to acquire 2 exploration businesses with Namibian licences
- Initial exploration work commences
2008
- Listed on AIM in May, raised £45million
- Reprocessing produces 1 prospect, 22 leads
- 2D and 3D seismic acquisition programmes commenced across all offshore blocks
2009
- Petrobras farms into Block 2714A
- Completion of seismic acquisition programmes
- Appointment of CEO, Paul Welch, from Royal Dutch Shell, Hunt Oil & Pioneer Natural Resources
- Progressed additional opportunities
2010
- Completed acquisition of 3,000 Km of 2D seismic and 4,500 Km sq of 3D
- Dataroom opened in London
- Increase in gross prospective resources, up 62% to 8.5 Bbbls, 7.4Bbbls net to Chariot
- First Renewal Phase approved
- 11 Prospects and 6 Leads identified from 3D datasets
- Further increase of gross prospective resources up 18% to 10.1 Bbbls, 8.2Bbbls net to Chariot
- Independent CPR confirms Chariot’s estimate of gross mean prospective resource volumes
2011
- Mega Structure identified in Southern blocks attributing 3.1 bbbls to gross mean prospective resources: Up 30% to 13.2 Bbbls, 9.7 Bbbls net to Chariot
- Further 700mbbls of resource potential identified in Northern Blocks - up 36% to 13.9 Bbbls, 10.4 Bbbls net to Chariot
- Raised US$140m (net)
- Further 1.5Bbbls of resource potential identified in Southern blocks - up 11.5% to 15.5Bbbls, 8.9 Bbbls net to Chariot (Post farm-outs)
- BP farms into Block 2714A, PGS farms into Blocks 2312 A&B and Northern halves of 2412 A&B)
- Further 3.9 Bbbls of resource potential identified in Central Blocks - gross mean prospective resources now 20.0 Bbbls, 12.5 Bbbls net to Chariot
- 3D Geostreamer seismic acquisition programme in Central Blocks extended from 2500km2 to 3500km and 2commenced
2012 to date
- 3500km23D seismic acquisition on Central Blocks complete - processing and interpretation underway
- Drilling rig contract signed for Tapir South Prospect - spud date anticipated for early April 2012



May 2012 (14.05.1012) PDF (2.5 MB)