Victoria Oil & Gas Plc (Victoria) has become a significant domestic energy supplier in Africa through its wholly owned subsidiary: Gaz du Cameroun S. A. (GDC).
With operations located in the industrial port-city of Douala, Cameroon, customers are converting their operations to take natural gas supplied by our production wells and pipeline infrastructure.
GDC is the sole gas supplier in the area, providing a cheaper, more efficient, reliable, and cleaner energy alternative to Heavy Fuel Oil use.
Our teams of engineering advisors are on hand to help customer’s cost and implement the change to GDC’s energy products.

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NEWS

21st Jan 2019 Production Update
17th Jan 2019 Q4 2018 Operations Update
02nd Jan 2019 Presidential Decree on Matanda Received
24th Dec 2018 Renewal of Long-Term Gas Supply Contract with ENEO
28th Sep 2018 INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2018
17th Aug 2018 Q2 2018 Operations Update
22nd Jun 2018 Report and Accounts to 31 December 2017
14th Jun 2018 Restructure of the BGFI Debt Facility
04th Jun 2018 Notice of Annual General Meeting
04th June 2018 Logbaba Field Reserves Update
24th May 2018 Q1 2018 Operations and Outlook
16th Feb 2018 Q4 17 Operations Update & 2018 Outlook Replacement
05th Jan 2018 Gas Supply Contract with ENEO Not Extended



VIDEO/AUDIO

21st Jan 2019 Victoria Oil & Gas looks ahead to increased cash flow
24th Aug 2018 Victoria Oil & Gas confident of resolving ENEO contract 'within weeks'
22nd Apr 2018 Video from 21/04/2018 UK Investor Show
16th Feb 2018 Victoria Oil & Gas confident of positive outcome to ENEO issue
08th Nov 2017 Victoria Oil & Gas reports very pleasing initial results from La-108
31st Oct 2017 21 Oil and Gas - African Power Panel
30th Oct 2017 121 Oil & Gas Investment
26th Oct 2017 Victoria Oil & Gas raises US$23.5mln to accelerate new growth programme
26th Sep 2017 Victoria Oil & Gas to finalise long term supply contracts after first gas at LA-107
17th Aug 2017 Victoria Oil & Gas expecting La-107 to be a 'substantial' producer
16th Apr 2017 Video from 01/04/2017 UK Investor Show
13th Apr 2017 'It's been a terrific year and a great quarter', says Victoria Oil & Gas' Kevin Foo
06th Mar 2017 Farm-out deal 'a really good strategic move' for Victoria Oil & Gas, says chairman Kevin Foo
06th Feb 2017 Chairman runs Proactive through the good start to 2017

EVENTS

28th Jun 2018 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
10th May 2018 Africa Oil & Power Investor Forum-London
21st Apr 2018 UK Investor Show
11th-12th Apr 2018 Africa Investment Exchange: Gas (AIX: Gas 2018)-London
09th-10th Nov 2017 The Cameroon Investment Forum(CIF)-Cameroon
30th-31st Oct 2017 121 Oil & Gas Investment-London
23rd-27th Oct 2017 Africa Oil Week 2017-Cape Town South Africa
07th Sep 2017 One2One Investor Forum - London
05th Sep 2017 Oil Capital Conference-London
28th Jun 2017 Annual General Meeting
01st Apr 2017 UK Investor Show
9th Feb 2017 Presentation slide show for One2One
9th Feb 2017 One2One Investor Forum - London

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Q2 2016 Operations Update (Part 1)

GDC achieves Payout with RSM Production Corporation

During the period, the Logbaba gas project reached a significant milestone in its development. GDC, which has a 60% participating interest in, and operates, the Logbaba gas project, agreed to fund the initial exploration costs at the time of the 2005 farm-in to the Logbaba Concession Agreement with its partner RSM.

To enable recovery of the initial exploration costs by GDC, the parties agreed that GDC would be entitled to and has to date received 100% of the revenue from the Logbaba project ("Payout") whilst contributing 60% to operating and capital costs.

As of 1 June 2016 Payout has been achieved. RSM will now receive 40% of Logbaba revenues, which will be net of RSM's 40% contribution to all operational and capital expenses. Operational and capital expenses include well drilling, pipeline construction, gas delivery and operating expenses. Throughout 2016 it is expected that, together with partner contributions, all revenues from the Logbaba Project will be expended on operational and capital expenses, including the drilling program.

GDC has also secured a debt facility with BGFI Bank of up to US$26.0m which it can draw upon at any time, to fund ongoing operations.

Uninterrupted Supply of Gas and Safety

Our operations maintained a 100% safety record and ensured an uninterrupted gas supply through our integrated network to all customers across thermal, power and condensate markets.

Logbaba drilling campaign

As previously reported, GDC will be drilling two wells to move some of our 2P (Proven plus Probable) reserves into the 1P (Proven) reserve category. One of the wells to be drilled will twin the La-104 well drilled in 1957; the other well will be a 'step-out' well that will be drilled into a target that is intended to prove up more of our Probable reserves.

Both wells are intended to be production wells from the Logbaba Formation at depths of up to 3,200m. A detailed budget for the two well drilling programme has been completed and is less than $40.0m.

Details of the Logbaba Drilling Campaign can be found here: http://www.victoriaoilandgas.com/investors/news/drilling-rig-arrival-douala-port-cameroon


The following is a specific update on the Logbaba Drill Program:

(i) Drill Rig - the rail mounted drilling platform has arrived in Douala and has been offloaded, cleared through customs, transported to site and assembly is now underway

(ii) Slope Stabilisation Project - a major task to remove the cliff at the end of the drill pad and stabilise the surface was completed at the drill site

(iii) Drill Pad, Cellars and Conductors - drill pad levelling and preparation was completed together with three cellars, one for each of the two wells plus a spare and conductors were also driven in preparation for spudding

(iv) Mud Storage and Cuttings Tanks -all storage tanks for mud and cuttings were established together with treatment pits

(v) Camp Areas - fly camp and main camp areas have been prepared and both camps were delivered to site and installation has been completed.

(vi) Additional Infrastructure - new warehouse facilities, secure perimeter fencing and upgraded access controls for site have all been installed and completed.

The schedule for the two well full drill programme (including an optional 1,000m exploration tail) is expected to be 187 days from spudding.

Bonaberi shore pipeline extension

Significant progress was made on the 8.0km Phase II Bonaberi pipeline extension during the quarter, adding to the 2.1km of pipe laid in Q1 2016. This follows successful commissioning of the Phase I expansion last year that currently supplies gas to three thermal customers. During the period, the Phase II pipeline was extended with a further 4.7km trench completed and pipe laid by SATOM.

Simultaneous to the Phase II pipeline extension, GDC has commenced the Phase III pipeline extension. Phase III Bonaberi pipeline is a 5.5km extension reaching out to Bekoko junction. During the period 2.3km of trench was completed and pipe laid by SATOM for the Phase III Bonaberi pipeline extension.

Phase II and Phase III pipeline extensions are on target for commissioning by the end of 2016 and expected to connect a total of twelve additional customers who have already signed gas sales agreements.

VOG Chief Executive Officer Ahmet Dik said: "The period saw GDC complete a series of major workstreams that underpin our ability to expand our gas production and supply to the Cameroon energy market.

All site preparations for the well drilling campaign were completed within the period and the new train rig is through customs and now being assembled on site for drilling operations to begin shortly. Whilst we are setting up for the drilling campaign, the pipeline extension into Bonaberi area progressed as planned and connection of the twelve new customers will be achieved in 2016 as previously announced.

With another quarter of strong gas supply reported, and in line with our internal expectations, we now look forward to expanding our supply capability to the next level to meet the ongoing strong demand for gas we are experiencing in Douala."

http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=5385361

Victoria Oil & Gas's production and sales rise
08:25 26 Jul 2016

Average production in the quarter rose to 13mln scf daily from 9.9scf/d.



Victoria Oil & Gas plc (LON:VOG) has been repaid 40% of its exploration expenditure on the Logbaba gas field in Cameroon from revenues generated from gas sales.

Reimbursement of its spending was part a deal agreed with partner RSM two years ago and going forward revenues will now be split on a pro-rata 60/40 basis in Victoria's favour.

In the three months to June, revenues were US$12.5mln (US$12.8mln), with gas sales up 3% to 1.15bn cubic feet. Average production in the quarter rose to 13mln scf daily from 9.9scf/d.

Logbaba supplies the industrial city of Douala in Cameroon and Victoria Oil added it had now completed 75% of the Phase II Bonaberi pipeline to the Maya Oil factory, while the 5.5km Phase III pipeline to Bekoko junction has also commenced.

These pipeline extensions will connect twelve new customers in the fourth quarter.

Ahmet Dik, chief executive, said: "The period saw GDC [Victoria’s subsidiary] complete a series of major workstreams that underpin our ability to expand our gas production and supply to the Cameroon energy market.”

“We now look forward to expanding our supply capability to the next level to meet the ongoing strong demand for gas we are experiencing in Douala."

Philip Whiterow

July 2016 - Logbaba Rig Assembly

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Victoria Oil & Gas Plc boss Kevin Foo cheers “a great quarter”
15:01 26 Jul 2016

“It has been a great quarter.” That’s the view of Kevin Foo, chairman of Victoria Oil & Gas plc (LON:VOG), which today revealed rising production and gas sales in its second quarter.

Additionally, the Cameroon based gas-firm turned local utility noted that it has now been recouped some 40% of its exploration expenditure on the Logbaba gas field from sales revenues.

Speaking to Proactive Investors Foo said the company has kept up its momentum and it continues to progress an expansion to new customers.

As well as the downstream progress, the VOG boss also talks about an upcoming drill programme which has big potential.

http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/stocktube/5320/victoria-oil-gas-plc-boss-kevin-foo-cheers-a-great-quarter-5320.html

July 2016 Logbaba Rig Assembly

Victoria Oil and Gas ‏@victoriaoilgas · 51m51 minutes ago
July 2016 Logbaba Rig Assembly

Gaz du Cameroun will connect 12 new companies to its Douala distribution network “before the end of the year”
Wednesday, 27 July 2016



(Business in Cameroon) - The oil and gas operator Victoria Oil & Gas (VOG), parent company of Gaz du Cameroun (GDC), the company operating the Logbaba gas field in the suburbs of Douala, the Cameroonian economic capital, announced on 25 July 2016 that it is currently running a pipe-laying programme, to supply twelve new companies in gas.

According to this British operator, “the works are progressing well”. Ultimately, these works will enable GDC to add twelve new clients to its gas distribution network (which already includes about twenty companies) via pipeline in Douala, “before the end of the year”, we learn.

Moreover, VOG announces that its subsidiary GDC had a volume of “solid sales” during the 2nd quarter of 2016, period during which the gas production of this operator increased again.

Indeed, thanks to an ever-increasing demand from companies, GDC’s production is in constant increase, officially reaching 8.85 mmscf per day as at end November 2015, against 3.91 mmscf per day for the same period a year prior.

In order to meet the demand from the increasing number of customers, GDC just offloaded 2,500 tons of equipment at the Douala Port. This equipment, we learn from the company, will enable the drilling of two new gas production wells, starting from the 3rd quarter of 2016.

Brice R. Mbodiam

Bubbling up
By Alex Newman,
29 July 2016

We’ve highlighted 27 oil and gas fields – producing and developing – that have been sufficiently compelling to attract institutional and retail investment in recent years. We’d caution that many of these assets make up just a portion of the owner’s total prospects, and as such none should be taken as a full assessment of the company or companies they are connected to. Nevertheless, this guide is intended as a visual tool for any investors searching for a new energy project to back.

11. Exploration companies focused on West Africa are well represented in London. One member of that group, Victoria Oil & Gas (VOG) – which has built and operates a fully integrated gas producing and distribution facility in Cameroon – is more ambitious than its £38m market capitalisation might suggest. That’s because through its licence areas in and around the industrial city of Douala, Victoria supplies gas to two government-operated stations for the generation of up to 50 megawatts of power. Drilling is currently focused on its existing onshore Logbaba plant and well site to boost the company’s reserves.

Type: gas, resource builder.

http://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/2016/07/29/shares/news-and-analysis/bubbling-up-zIzcKwTZeG3V4VY08ZSyIM/article.html

    

8 August 2016
Victoria Oil & Gas Plc
("VOG" or "the Company")

Appointment of Joint Broker

Victoria Oil & Gas Plc today announces that FirstEnergy Capital LLP and Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited have been appointed as joint brokers to the Company, with immediate effect.

Strand Hanson will continue to act as Nominated Advisor to the Company.


About Victoria Oil & Gas Plc

Victoria Oil & Gas (VOG.L) is a gas utility company.

The Company's subsidiary, Gaz du Cameroun S.A. ("GDC") owns a 60% participating interest and operates the onshore Logbaba Gas Project. The Logbaba Gas Project supplies cost effective, clean and reliable natural gas to industries in the Douala region of Cameroon. RSM Production Corporation, an affiliate of Grynberg Petroleum Company of Denver, Colorado holds the remaining 40% participating interest. In addition, VOG has recently been assigned a 75% participating interest in the Matanda block, which neighbours the Logbaba block. The remaining 25% participating interest is held by AFEX.

http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=5393779

From Report & Accounts December 2015 (6th June 2016)

Phase II Bonaberi line extends the existing pipeline from Magzi 2 Industrial Estate to Maya Oil factory, a distance of approximately 8km. The two material customer connections on this phase are Maya & Cie and SMS Shal.

The larger of the two is Maya & Cie; a cooking oil and soap producing company located on the Bonaberi road. Their initial estimated consumption is expected to be 380,000scf/d but we are factoring in a higher pipeline capacity in anticipation of increased demand from Maya.

The delivery of earthworks for this Phase II Bonaberi extension has been outsourced to and coordinated with SOGEA SATOM Succursale Cameroun, the company contracted by the Government of Cameroon to lay bitumen along the Bonaberi road. By contracting their services to carry out the trenching work simultaneously with the construction work on the major road, a significant cost and time saving has been achieved.

At the time of approval of the financial statements 3.7km of pipe has been laid and commissioned and an additional 1.3km of pipe has been welded and is ready to be laid.

The customers on Phase II Bonaberi are expected to come online during Q3 2016.

http://www.victoriaoilandgas.com/sites/default/files/160531%20VOGAR%20DEC15_WEB_2.pdf

Just for clarification the 'Magzi 2 Industrial Estate' and Magzi:

MAGZI=Mission d' Aménagement et de Gestion des Zones Industrielles
A public company in charge of the development of industrial zones (Which there are 10 such zones in Cameroon circa 2012)


MAGZI Magazine from 2011 with a piece on the Magzi 2 Industrial Estate
http://en.calameo.com/read/000946653ba843415481e

Interesting read but possibly a bit out of date:
2012- DIRECTORY OF CAMEROONIAN COMPANIES
http://www.cameroonhighcommission.co.uk/docs/Liste_des_Entreprises.pdf

Victoria Oil and Gas Plc added 2 new photos.
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Rig Assembly progressing at Logbaba

Victoria Oil and Gas ‏@victoriaoilgas · 1 hour ago

Logbaba Rig Assembly Continues

18 August 2016
Victoria Oil & Gas Plc

Logbaba Field Reserves Report


Victoria Oil & Gas Plc announces the publication of its updated Logbaba Field Reserves Report ("LFRR"), setting out the reserves and resources of the Company as at 30th June 2016, as evaluated by Blackwatch Petroleum Services Limited ("Blackwatch"). The reserves and resources are stated in accordance with "Petroleum Resources Classification and Definitions", based on the SPE, WPC, AAPG, and SPEE guidelines.

The Company's subsidiary, Gaz du Cameroun S.A. ("GDC") owns a 60% participating interest and operates the onshore Logbaba Gas Project under its C38 Exploitation Licence. The Logbaba Gas Project supplies cost effective, clean and reliable natural gas to industries in the Douala region of Cameroon.

The results of the LFRR are summarised in the link below:

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/4848H_-2016-8-17.pdf

A full copy of the LFRR can be found on our website at the following: http://www.victoriaoilandgas.com/investors/presentations-reports

The definitions for the reserve and resource classifications in this announcement are set out in the LFRR.


http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=5400282

Report

http://www.victoriaoilandgas.com/sites/default/files/160815%20Blackwatch%20Logbaba%20Reserves%20Report%20August%202016%20Final_0.pdf

Initial reserves estimates confirmed at VOG's Logbaba field
08:45 18 Aug 2016

The field performance to-date is in line with the consultant's prior expectations and there is no change to its initial reserves estimates.



Shares in Victoria Oil & Gas plc (LON:VOG) nudged higher after an "as you were" updated reserves report for the Logbaba field in Cameroon.

The report set out reserves and resources as at 30th June 2016 as independently evaluated by consultancy Blackwatch.

Gross proved + probable (2P) reserves stood at 202.3bn cubic feet (bcf), with 2.8mln barrels of condensate, while gross mean prospective resources were put at 752 bcf with 10.5mln barrels of condensate.

“Blackwatch’s updated reserves assessment reflects production from Logbaba which commenced in 2012; field performance to date is in line with Blackwatch’s prior expectations and there is no change to its initial reserves estimates,” noted Victoria’s joint house broker, Shore Capital Markets.

“We therefore see a high level of confidence in the reserves base at Logbaba, in addition to considerable potential for future growth as VOG undertakes an ambitious work programme to expand reserves, production and process/delivery capacity,” the broker added.

John Harrington

Rig Assembly at Logbaba continues

26 August 2016
Victoria Oil & Gas Plc

RSM and VOG Arbitration

VOG notes a recent media article in Cameroon and can confirm that on 22 July, 2016, RSM Production Corporation ("RSM") filed a request for arbitration with the International Chamber of Commerce ("ICC") regarding the rig and drilling contractor selected by VOG to conduct the drilling of two new wells at the Logbaba project. Separately, on 29 July, 2016, RSM filed a complaint and application for injunction with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in which RSM sought a temporary court order to halt the drilling operations while the arbitration proceeds. On 12 August 2016, VOG and its subsidiary, Gaz du Cameroun, responded to RSM's application for injunction, pointing out that RSM has approved the operations (including the rig and drilling contractor), the rig was in Cameroon being assembled, and therefore an injunction was not warranted. On 16 August, 2016, RSM withdrew the request for injunction and dismissed its complaint.

The arbitration is still pending. Arbitration in the ICC is a confidential process, VOG is not permitted to comment on it, beyond saying, as it did in its response to RSM's application for injunction, that RSM approved the 2016 Work Program and Budget including the drilling program in question and there is no basis to challenge the choice of the rig or drilling contractor.


Activity on the approved 2016 Work Program and Budget continues with spudding of the two wells imminent. GDC is well placed to continue funding these operations and the drill program with project revenue and bank debt until such time as the arbitration with RSM concludes.

http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=5404216

A few updates to the VOG website have been added recently:

Douala – Our Market (Whole page updated


Gaz du Cameroun has completed two gas supply wells within the city of Douala and operates a wellhead-to-customer connection gas business. Douala is a major port city serving Central Africa and, in addition to being an import hub, is host to a range of major industrial complexes serving Cameroon and surrounding countries. 35km of pipeline has been laid, as at the end of April 2016, within the urban areas of Douala. The Wouri River has been crossed and will provide gas to another of the city’s key industrial zones located on the Bonaberi shore. GDC currently provides thermal gas, condensate and gas for grid powered small-scale electricity generation to customers.

Customers in Douala

Our gas operations supply customers across a range of diverse industries. Douala is a major production hub for goods supplying both Cameroon and the surrounding region.

http://www.victoriaoilandgas.com/gaz-du-cameroun/douala-%E2%80%93-our-market

February 2016
VOG secures 75% interest in Matanda Block

VOG secures 1,235 square kilometre Matanda Block adjacent to current Logbaba Licence.

The North Matanda Field has estimated P50 'gas-in-place' volumes of 1.8Tcf and 'condensate-in-place' of 136Mmbbl.



April 2016
US$26m debt facility secured
GDC secures a US$26m debt facility with BGFIBank to help build the business in Cameroon without recourse to the equity markets.

http://www.victoriaoilandgas.com/gaz-du-cameroun/our-operations