Predator and partner Theseus have applied for Celtic Sea Licensing Option (LO) 16/30 to be converted to an Exploration Licence (EL), following LO16/30 expiry on 30 November 2019. LO16/30 (799 sq km) was awarded on 1 December 2016 via the Celtic Sea open door policy, and had a one year extension granted in 2018. Predator has agreed a work commitment of purchasing and reprocessing existing 2D seismic data and to continue desk-top studies focusing on the Ram Head gas discovery 49/19-1 (1984, Marathon, 3,602m) in Middle and basal Upper Jurassic sandstones, with potential oil upside in Cretaceous Upper Purbeck sands. SLR Consulting has estimated gross best case resources of 1 Tcfg and 189 MMbo. It is located 40km E of the producing Kinsale Head Field and 70km from shore. The acreage also contains the Ardmore gas discovery made with the NFW 49/14-1 (1975, Marathon, 2,427m). LO16/30 is operated by Predator Oil and Gas Ventures Ltd (50%) and partner Theseus Ltd (50%).
Predator (50% op, Theseus 50%) has applied to convert its LO16/30 to a full explo licence (EL). The permit covers the L. Cretaceous Nemo + Ardmore discoveries.