Formal drilling consent for Basur-3 granted

UK Oil & Gas PLC

("UKOG" or the "Company")

Turkish Energy Ministry grants formal drilling consent for Basur-3 appraisal well

UK Oil & Gas PLC (London AIM: UKOG) is delighted to announce that the Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources ("Ministry") has granted UKOG Turkey and Aladdin Middle East formal consent to drill the forthcoming Basur-3 appraisal well, located in the Resan licence AR/AME-UKO/K/M47-b1, b2 ("Licence"). UKOG Turkey, a wholly owned UKOG subsidiary, has a 50% interest in the Licence, which contains the potentially significant Basur-Resan oil discovery.

The Ministry's permission, dated 2^nd April 2021, follows the partnership's 1^st April 2021 submission of the required Pre-Activity Information Form (Annexe-50) and Drilling Programme. The consent requires the Ministry to be notified 5-days prior to the actual spud date of Basur-3.

Drilling pad and access road construction works continue to progress ahead at good pace with completion expected by end May.

As detailed in the Company's announcements of 14^th October 2020,  January 15^th and 23^rd March 2021, Basur-3 is the first key step towards establishing the commerciality of the Basur-Resan Mardin oil pool, calculated to contain  potentially transformational discovered recoverable oil resources (see:  glossary below and Turkey presentations of January 15^th and 23^rd March 2021 on https://www.ukogplc.com ).

Stephen Sanderson UKOG's Chief Executive commented:

"The speedy grant  of drilling consent from the Turkish government further illustrates how oil and gas projects can be pushed ahead more rapidly and with more certainty in Turkey than in the UK onshore,  a key enabler for value creation and preservation.  We commend our partner Aladdin Middle East's efforts in this respect."

Qualified Person's Statement

Matt Cartwright, UKOG's Commercial Director, who has 38 years of relevant experience in the global oil industry, has approved the information contained in this announcement. Mr Cartwright is a Chartered Engineer and member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

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Glossary

UKOG Licence Interests

The Company has interests in the following UK and international licences:

Notes:

1.  Oil field currently in stable production.

2.  Oil discovery pending development and/or appraisal drilling.

3.  Exploration asset with drillable prospects and leads.

4.  Contains the Loxley Portland gas accumulation, the Broadford Bridge-1/1z Kimmeridge oil discovery, plus further undrilled Kimmeridge exploration prospects.

5.  Portland and Kimmeridge oil field with productive and commercially viable zones, HH-1 in stable oil production, production planning consent granted in September 2019, long-term production consent granted in March 2020.

6.   UKOG has a direct 77.9% interest in HHDL, which has a 65% interest in PEDL137 and PEDL246.

7.   Gas discovery pending appraisal drilling and development with underlying Kimmeridge potential

8.   High-impact oil appraisal project with an upside OIP range of 150-500 mmbbl gross with expected recovery factors of 10-20% of OIP

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014