DualEx Increases Interest in Penészlek Field, Hungary and Provides Operational Update for Tunisia Drilling
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CALGARY, April 25, 2013 /CNW/ - DualEx Energy International Inc. ("DualEx" or the "Company") (TSX-V: DXE), today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire an additional 29.56% interest in PetroHungaria kft, the Company's partially owned operating subsidiary in Hungary.
DualEx is purchasing the interest from Ascent Resources plc for cash consideration of €272,500. The purchase will increase DualEx's interest in PetroHungaria to 70% and is expected to close around the end of April, 2013.
"While much of our attention is currently focused on our upcoming Tunisia drill, the PetroHungaria transaction represents an opportunity driven deal that allows us to increase our interest in a producing property on attractive terms," said DualEx President & CEO Garry Hides. "Upon closing, we expect our increased interest in PetroHungaria to generate immediate cash returns from a region with very robust natural gas prices."
PetroHungaria operates the Penészlek II Mining Plot in northeast Hungary, which currently includes two producing natural gas wells, Pen-105A and Pen-101. Field compression has now been installed at Penészlek, which is expected to extend the producing life of the field.
In Tunisia, DualEx reports that the CTF-6 drilling rig is expected to be released from its current location within the next week, at which time it will begin moving to the Company's BHN-1 exploration well on the Bouhajla permit. Rig move and set-up is anticipated to be completed around the middle of May, with drilling to start immediately thereafter. As previously announced, in February the Company and the Tunisian state oil company, Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activités Pétrolières ("ETAP"), applied for a one-year extension of the first exploration period of the Permit due to the possibility that the BHN-1 well would not be completed by the original expiry date of April 29, 2013. The Hydrocarbon Committee, which issues the formal approvals for such matters, has not met since the application was submitted. The Company is continuing its planned operations despite delays in receiving the formal extension, which is expected to be granted shortly.
About DualEx Energy International Inc.
DualEx Energy International Inc. is an oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in Tunisia and Hungary. DualEx's common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "DXE".
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SOURCE: DualEx Energy International Inc.
Garry Hides, President & CEO
DualEx Energy International Inc.
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