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PetroNeft (AIM: PTR) an oil & gas exploration and production company, operating in the Tomsk Oblast, Russian Federation; and 90% owner and operator of Licences 67 and 50% owner and operator of Licence 61 provides the following update.

Highlights

• Reservoir Stimulation program on the Lineynoye and Arbuzovskoye fields (Licence 61) expanded from five to seven wells.

•  Drilling tender for Cheremshanskoye field drilling (Licence 67) of up to five new wells awarded to OJSC SSK (‘SSK’).

• Oil sales and forward finance contract for Cheremshanskoye production extended for an additional year.

PetroNeft (AIM: PTR) an oil and gas exploration and production company, operating in the Tomsk Oblast, Russian Federation and 90% owner and operator of Licence 67 and 50% owner and operator of Licence 61, is pleased to provide a financing update. 

Convertible Loan facility

In June 2019, PetroNeft agreed a convertible loan facility of US$1.3 million with a group of five lenders with a revised Convertible loan maturity date of 31^st December 2021. Throughout 2021, the group of five lenders at various times elected to convert 65% of their loan advance into Ordinary Equities of PetroNeft Resources plc. The Company is now pleased to announce that it has reached agreement with the five lenders to extend the term of the remaining loan balance of $0.455 million under the following terms:

• Extension to the Maturity date from 31^st December 2021 to 31^st December 2022.

• Interest rate to remain at 8% above LIBOR. 

• The remaining loan balance may be converted fully at Stg0.06p per Ordinary Equity Share in PetroNeft, at any time up to the revised maturity date at the option of the loan holders.

PetroNeft (AIM: PTR) an oil and gas exploration and production company, operating in the Tomsk Oblast, Russian Federation and 90% owner and operator of Licence 67 and 50% owner and operator of Licence 61 is pleased to provide the results of the reserves and resource audit, the first undertaken since 2016, for Licence 61 and 2011 for Licence 67.

Highlights

• Miller & Lents (M&L), an independent oil and gas consulting firm, have completed the 2021 Reserves & Resource audit for both Licences 61 and 67, link available at: http://petroneft.com/investor-relations/reserve-reports/ This is the first review of reserves and resources in five years on Licence 61 and a decade for Licence 67.

• Updated 2P reserves of 48.655 Mbbls and a 2P NPV₁₀ valuation across Licences 61 and 67 of $522.2M net to PTR

• Additional 3C Net contingent resource – 23.74 Mbbls

• Significant low risk prospective resource estimate for Licence 61 - Emtorskaya prospect, Gross Pmean 96.19 Mbbls with a geological Chance of Success of 49.7%, and Gross P10 upside of 253.35 Mbbls

• The M&L report underlines the importance and value of License 67 for the Company’s future, with the 2P and 3P gross reserves largely driven by the newly producing Cheremshanskoye field and further upside now recognised, supporting the Company’s new strategy, and added forward focus on License 67

Dublin 17 December 2021: PetroNeft Resourced PLC ("PetroNeft Resources " or the "Company") an international oil and gas exploration and production company focused in Russia, is pleased to announce that all Resolutions were duly passed without amendment at the Company's AGM held at 11.00 am today, 17 December 2021. 

All resolutions as set out in the Notice of AGM were voted on by way of a poll and the results were as follows:

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is therefore not counted towards the proportion of votes "in favour" or "against" the Resolution.

The full wording of the resolutions can be found by clicking on the following link:

http://petroneft.com/upload/iblock/21c/21cbf26d4a7455eab7659962d2e5495b.pdf

A full replay of the AGM presentation can be found by clicking on the following link. The replay will be available for your perusal up until 16 December 2022.

https://globalmeet.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1517532&tp_key=b11c98442e

NOTICE OF WEBCAST DETAIL FOR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND CONFIRMATION OF CLOSED MEETING TYPE DUE TO ONGOING COVID RESTRICTIONS

Annual General Meeting Call on Friday, December 17^that 11.000 am

Dublin, Ireland – PetroNeft Resources PLC – . an international oil and gas exploration and production company focused in Russia, announced on November 24^th last that it will hold its   Annual General Meeting on December 17^th at 11.00am.

To tackle the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic, the Irish and UK Governments have issued various advice restricting the   movement and gathering of people. This advice includes the restriction on gatherings indoors, unless essential for work purposes. The health and wellbeing of our Shareholders, employees, advisers and of the public is of utmost importance to the Board. The Company is committed to minimizing the unnecessary movement of people at this time. As a result, given our previous commentary around the Covid pandemic in our recently released Notice of Annual General Meeting, and in order that Shareholders can comply with the measures currently in place, this year’s Annual General Meeting requires to be a closed meeting, which Shareholders are not permitted to attend in person.

Notice of the Annual General Meeting can be obtained by copying and pasting the following link into your web browser.

http://petroneft.com/upload/iblock/21c/21cbf26d4a7455eab7659962d2e5495b.pdf

Voting procedures are explained on pages 5 and 6 of the notice of the Annual General Meeting where shareholders can obtain more information on the procedures for voting by completion of an electronic proxy appointment.

This year’s Annual General Meeting conference will be a webcast event and can be accessed by clicking on the following Audience event link at

https://globalmeet.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1517532&tp_key=b11c98442e

 Click on the link above to attend the presentation from your laptop, tablet, or mobile device. Audio will stream through your selected device, so be sure to have headphones or your volume turned up. If you have technical difficulties, please click the “Listen by Phone” button on the webcast player and dial the number for your location as provided below. A full replay of the presentation will be available at the same link shortly after conclusion of the AGM, and thereafter will be uploaded on to our website and remain until 17^th December 2022.

We recommend Shareholders view the presentation by clicking on the webcast URL above, it is not necessary to dial into the audio presentation, unless you are unable to join the webcast URL. In that circumstance you can dial in to listen to the presentation using your local number below and provide the Confirmation Code 5007493 to the operator when asked.

If you wish to ask a question, you may type your question using our webcast facilities or alternatively you must dial in using your local number below and provide the Confirmation Code 5007493 to the operator when asked. 

PetroNeft (AIM: PTR) an oil & gas exploration and production company, operating in the Tomsk Oblast, Russian Federation, and 90% owner and operator of Licence 67 and 50% owner and operator of Licence 61 provides the following financing update.

Highlights

• Reduction in Petrogrand loan to $2.3 million and all conditions now satisfied to extend maturity for an additional year.

• Agreement reached to extend the current term by 30 days to 15^th January 2022 due to on-going 3^rd party refinancing negotiations.

PetroNeft (AIM: PTR) an oil & gas exploration and production company, operating in the Tomsk Oblast, Russian Federation, and 90% owner and operator of Licence 67 and 50% owner and operator of Licence 61, is pleased to provide a financing update.

Highlights

• Total of $37,500 of debt converted to equity under 2021 convertible loan agreement for the issuance of 1,395,255 new ordinary shares.

PetroNeft confirms that the Notice of the Company’s 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) has been posted to Shareholders today. The 2021 AGM will be held on 17 December 2021 at 11:00am in the Clayton Hotel, Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 P3C3. The Notice is now available online at the Company's website http://petroneft.com/investor-relations/investor-notices/

PetroNeft (AIM: PTR) an oil & gas exploration and production company, operating in the Tomsk Oblast, Russian Federation, and 90% owner and operator of Licence 67 and 50% owner and operator of Licence 61 is pleased to announce the following operational news.

Highlights

• Contract signed for the provision of fracking services on the Lineynoye and Arbuzovskoye fields in Licence 61 during the forthcoming winter season

PetroNeft (AIM: PTR) an oil and gas exploration and production company, operating in the Tomsk Oblast, Russian Federation and 90% owner and operator of Licence 67 and 50% owner and operator of Licence 61 is pleased to announce that the Board has elected Eskil Jersing as Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect.

PetroNeft Resources plc (further referred to as the “Company” and together with its subsidiaries and joint venture, the “Group”, AIM: PTR) an oil & gas exploration and production company, operating in the Tomsk Oblast, Russian Federation, and 90% owner and operator of Licence 67 and 50% owner and operator of Licence 61 is pleased to announce its unaudited financial and operating results for the half-year period ended 30 June 2021 (“H1 2021” or the “Period”).

Click here for report: /investor-relations/financial-reports/Interim Results for Half Year Ended 30 June 21.pdf

PetroNeft (AIM: PTR) an oil & gas exploration and production company, operating in the Tomsk Oblast, Russian Federation, 90% owner and operator of Licence 67 and 50% owner and operator of Licence 61 is pleased to announce the following operational news.

Highlights

o   Export oil sales to commence from 1^st October.

PetroNeft (AIM: PTR) an oil & gas exploration and production company, operating in the Tomsk Oblast, Russian Federation, and 90% owner and operator of Licence 67 and 50% owner and operator of Licence 61, announces that it has received notice to convert a total of $375,000 of debt, issued under a recent convertible loan agreement, for the issuance of 13,686,131 new Ordinary shares.

PetroNeft (AIM: PTR) an oil & gas exploration and production company, operating in the Tomsk Oblast, Russian Federation, and 90% owner and operator of Licence 67 and 50% owner and operator of Licence 61, announces that it has received notice to convert a total of $293,125 of debt, issued under 3 historic convertible loan agreements, for the issuance of 11,475,840 new Ordinary shares.

PetroNeft (AIM: PTR) an oil & gas exploration and production company, operating in the Tomsk Oblast, Russian Federation, and 90% owner and operator of Licence 67 and 50% owner and operator of Licence 61 provides the following update.

Highlights

• Miller and Lents have been awarded the contract to independently audit the company’s reserves/resource. 

• New reserve/resource report due to be published before the end of Q3.

PetroNeft (AIM: PTR) an oil & gas exploration and production company, operating in the Tomsk Oblast, Russian Federation, and 90% owner and operator of Licences 67 and 50% owner and operator of Licence 61 is pleased to report its final results for the year ended 31^st December 2020.

Highlights

• New leadership, combined with strong local support, continues to demonstrate significant technical, operational and financial progress in 2020. 

• Despite external adverse factors including closing down production in April 2020 due to oil price, gross 2020 production averaged 1,562 bopd down only 3.2% year on year (1,614 bopd 2019). 

• Operating costs per barrel reduced by 10.3% (cost of sales excluding depreciation and Mineral Extraction Tax) at US$12.39 per barrel (2019: US$13.82 per barrel). 

• Loss for the year US$4.54M (2020) reduced from US$6.04M (2019) despite 32.7% fall in realized oil price per barrel. 

• Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company intends to publish later the notice for the Annual General Meeting in order to increase the chances of shareholders to be able to physically attend. 

PetroNeft (AIM: PTR) an oil & gas exploration and production company, operating in the Tomsk Oblast, Russian Federation, and 90% owner and operator of Licences 67 and 50% owner and operator of Licence 61 is pleased to announce the following operational news.

Highlights

• Production from the Cheremshanskoye field has provided the Company with strong operational cash flows. The well has shown virtually no decline since the start of production. The choke size was recently increased to 10mm and the rate increased to 320 bopd.

• Workover operations on the L-2a well at the Ledovoye field also at Block 67 have been carried out successfully, producing an oil flow through a perforated liner which should enable the Company to book Russian state reserves, leading to the creation of development options for this field.

PetroNeft (AIM: PTR) an oil & gas exploration and production company, operating in the Tomsk Oblast, Russian Federation, and 90% owner and operator of Licence 67 and 50% owner and operator of Licence 61, is pleased to announce the following operational update for Licence 67.

Highlights 

• Completion of the Cheremshanskoye road ahead of schedule and within budget.

• Good performance from the C-4 well. The well is flowing naturally at approximately 300 bopd without any decline and over 16,000 bbls of oil has been produced to date.

• Workover rig mobilized to the L-2a well on Ledovoye field, initial results expected by the end of Q2.