Orcadian Energy plc
("Orcadian Energy", "Orcadian" or the "Company")
PDMR Update
The Company was notified today, that on 18 September 2023 Alan Hume, a director of the Company:
· transferred 320,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company into a third party nominee, as his ISA provider, W B Nominees Limited, at a price of 6p per Ordinary Share. He remains the ultimate benefical holder of these shares; and
· transferred 164,000 Ordinary shares to each of his children for nil consideration, as a gift (a total of 492,000 Ordinary Shares).
Accordingly, the total number of ordinary shares that Alan Hume is interested in is 3,544,960 Ordinary Shares representing 4.9% per cent of the issued share capital of the Company.
The notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation.
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities | |||||||
| a) | Name | Alan Hume | ||||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||
| a) | Position/status | FD | ||||||
| b) | Initial notification/amendment | Initial notification | ||||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
| a) | Name | Orcadian Energy plc | ||||||
| b) | LEI | 213800S2M4Z7VSJVN964 | ||||||
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each
GB00BN0TY502 | ||||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Transfer between connected accounts | ||||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
320,000 6p | ||||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 18 September 2023 | ||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||||
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| 1 | Details of the PCA | |||||||
| a) | Name | Alan Hume | ||||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||
| a) | Position/status | FD | ||||||
| b) | Initial notification/amendment | Initial notification | ||||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
| a) | Name | Orcadian Energy plc | ||||||
| b) | LEI | 213800S2M4Z7VSJVN964 | ||||||
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each
GB00BN0TY502 | ||||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Gift to his children | ||||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| ||||||
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
492,000 nil | ||||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 18 September 2023 | ||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||||
Contact:
| Orcadian Energy plc | + 44 20 7920 3150 |
| Steve Brown, CEO Alan Hume, CFO | |
| WH Ireland (Nomad and Joint Broker) | +44 20 7220 1666 |
| Katy Mitchell / Andrew de Andrade (Nomad)
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| Tavistock (PR) | + 44 20 7920 3150 |
| Nick Elwes / Simon Hudson / Matthew Taylor |
About Orcadian Energy
Orcadian is a North Sea focused, low emissions, oil and gas development company. In planning its Pilot development, Orcadian has selected wind power to transform oil production into a cleaner and greener process. The Pilot project is moving towards approval and will be amongst the lowest carbon emitting oil production facilities in the world, despite being a viscous crude. Orcadian may be a small operator, but it is also nimble, and the Directors believe it has grasped opportunities that have eluded some of the much bigger companies. As we strike a balance between Net Zero and a sustainable energy supply, Orcadian intends to play its part to minimise the cost of Net Zero and to deliver reliable energy to the UK.
Orcadian Energy (CNS) Ltd, Orcadian's operating subsidiary, was founded in 2014 and is the sole licensee of P2244, which contains 78.0 MMbbl of 2P Reserves in the Pilot discovery, and of P2482, which contain a further 52.2 MMbbl of 2C Contingent Resources in the Elke and Narwhal discoveries (as audited by Sproule, with both numbers modified to take into account the TGS royalty, see the CPR in the Company's Admission Document for more details). Within these licences there are also 118 MMbbl of unrisked Prospective Resources (modified for TGS royalty). These licences are in blocks 21/27a, 28/2a and 28/3a, and lie 150 kms due East of Aberdeen.
Pilot, which is the field with the largest reserves in Orcadian's portfolio, was discovered by PetroFina in 1989 and has been well appraised. In total five wells and two sidetracks were drilled on Pilot, including a relatively short horizontal well which produced over 1,800 bbls/day on test. Orcadian's proposed low emissions, field development plan for Pilot is based upon a Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO), with over thirty wells to be drilled by a Jack-up rig and provision of power from a floating wind turbine.
Emissions per barrel produced are expected to be about a tenth of the 2021 North Sea average, and less than half of the lowest emitting oil facility currently operating on the UKCS. On a global basis this places the Pilot field emissions at the low end of the lowest 5% of global oil production.
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