Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd., an integrated oil and gas exploration company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, announced that the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana has ratified a petroleum agreement under the terms of which the company may acquire a 50.51 per cent interest in the Deepwater Cape Three Points West Block, located in offshore Ghana, close to significant producing Jubilee Oil Field. The contract area is approximately 944km² in water depth between 800m and 2,000m. The BVI corporation has been qualified as operator of the Block.
Partners in the Block are Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd., which will own 50.51 per cent through its wholly owned subsidiary Eco Atlantic (Ghana) Ltd., A-Z Petroleum Products Ghana Limited, which will be the holder of 32.14 per cent, the Ghana National Petroleum Company with 13 per cent, and GNPC Exploration and Production Company Limited with 4.35%. The signed agreement provides for a term of 25 years, subject to the discovery of oil within the first seven years.
