As previously announced, Tunisia's national oil company, Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activités Pétrolières (ETAP) made an application on 19 February 2014 to Tunisia's Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mines (through its permitting authority Direction Générale de l'Energie ("DGE")) with the support of the Company for Independent Resources to be the Operator of the Ksar Hadada licence with an interest of 86.345% of the Production Sharing Contract for the extension period of two years.

The final step before the formal gazetting of the approval is the meeting of the Consultative Commission on Hydrocarbons of Tunisia ("CCH") which formally recommends approval to the Minister.

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