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August 1995                Europa Oil & Gas Limited founded

September 1998        Awarded interest in Brates licence, Romania

September 2002        Horodok gas field Ukraine brought on stream

November 2002         Awarded interest in 3 Romanian exploration licences at Brodina, Cuejdiu and Bacau

December 2002         Drilled first UK well, the Whisby-4 oil producer in the East Midlands

May 2003                      Acquired the West Firsby field, East Midlands, UK

January 2004               Drilled WF7 oil well at West Firsby

May 2004                      Drilled Bilca gas discovery in Brodina, Romania

October 2004              Awarded PEDL143 licence in Weald containing the undrilled Holmwood prospect

October 2004              Awarded PEDL150 in East Midlands UK

November 2004         Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc admitted to trading on AIM raising £5m

February 2005            Drilled Costisa-1 well Brates, Romania

November 2006         Acquired the Crosby Warren oil field, East Midlands UK

March 2007                  Awarded Bearn des Gaves licence, Aquitaine France

May 2007                      Sold the Bilc gas field to Aurelian Oil & Gas (Romania) SRL

July 2007                       Drilled Crosby Warren-2 well

August 2007                Drilled Boistea-1 well in Cuejdiu, Romania

January 2008               Awarded Tarbes val d'Adour licence in Aquitaine, France

September 2008        Awarded PEDL180 & 181 licences in East Midlands

August 2009                Drilled Voitinel gas discovery Brodina, Romania

November 2009         Drilled Hykeham well PEDL150 East Midlands, UK

April 2010                     Bill Adamson OBE appointed Chairman

October 2010              Drilled Barchiz well with MND at Brates, Romania

November 2010         Drilled West Firsby-9 oil producer East Midlands, UK

June 2011                     Cross assigned interests in PEDL180 & 182 with Egdon & Celtique

October 2011              Awarded two licencing options in Irish Atlantic margin

October 2011              Hugh Mackay appointed CEO, Paul Barrett steps down from the board


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