Falklands Oil and Gas (FOGL) has executed a farm-out agreement with Edison International under which Edison will farm in and earn a 25 per cent interest in FOGL's northern area licences.
Edison will also farm in a 12.5% interest in FOGL's southern area licence and pay its pro-rata share of certain historical costs incurred by FOGL during 2011 related to the 2012 drilling programme, which are expected to be of the order of $50m.
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