The MOU states that Tethys and UNG will conduct joint studies to determine the possibilities of improving hydrocarbon recovery on certain long-term production fields in the Republic of Uzbekistan in order to then sign a contract in accordance with the applicable legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

It is expected that it would be a similar contractual arrangement to the Production Enhancement Contract ("PEC") that Tethys has over the North Urtabulak Field in Uzbekistan that has operated successfully for some 10 years. Under this contract Tethys is allocated refined products for the oil it produces and sells these on the export market in United States dollars.

Julian Hammond, Chief Commercial Officer and Uzbekistan Regional Manager of Tethys, commented, "We are very pleased to have signed this MOU with our partners Uzbekneftegaz to work on more oil fields in Uzbekistan. This MOU is a key step forward and we believe that Tethys is now in a strong position to obtain additional fields which we could develop in parallel with our existing producing oil field, North Urtabulak, thereby increasing our short to medium term oil production base in Uzbekistan. Our existing project and experience in the country put us in a strong position to assess and take over new fields quickly and we will now work hard on achieving this goal."

Tethys is focused on oil and gas exploration and production activities in Central Asia with activities currently in the Republics of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. This highly prolific oil and gas area is rapidly developing and Tethys believes that significant potential exists in both exploration and in discovered deposits.