GeoPark Limited (“GeoPark” or the “Company”) (NYSE: GPRK), a
leading independent Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator,
and consolidator, today announced that the Company has submitted a
binding offer to acquire a non-operated Working Interest (WI) in
unconventional blocks in the Neuquen Basin in Argentina.
As of the date of this release, the offer has been accepted by
the seller and the parties are working on an exclusive basis
towards execution of definitive agreements.
The potential acquisition is consistent with GeoPark’s strategy
of continued expansion in the leading proven oil and gas basins in
Latin America. Upon closing, the assets would immediately
contribute more than 5,000 net boepd of production. The agreed
acquisition price is around $200 million, plus an additional carry
of $110 - 120 million (gross), over a two year period, associated
to certain exploration activities. GeoPark intends to fund the
acquisition through a combination of cash on hand, available credit
facilities and new financing. The net debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio
following the transaction is not expected to exceed 1.1x1.
GeoPark expects to sign definitive documentation within the
coming weeks, in which case closing of the transaction would occur
in 3Q2024. No assurances can be given that the transaction will
ultimately be completed, due to regulatory or other reasons. Due to
confidentiality terms under the agreement, GeoPark is not able to
provide further information to the market on this acquisition until
the final documentation is signed, or terminated, as the case may
be.
GLOSSARY
1P
Proven Reserves
2P
Proven plus Probable Reserves
3P
Proven plus Probable plus Possible
Reserves
boe
Barrels of oil equivalent (6,000 cf
marketable gas per bbl of oil equivalent). Marketable gas is
defined as the total gas produced from the reservoir after
reduction for shrinkage resulting from field separation;
processing, including removal of nonhydrocarbon gas to meet
pipeline specifications; and flare and other losses but not from
fuel usage
boepd
Barrels of oil equivalent per day
bopd
Barrels of oil per day
mboed
Thousands of barrels of oil equivalent per
day
mmboe
Millions of barrels of oil equivalent
PRMS
Petroleum Resources Management System
WI
Working Interest
NOTICE
Additional information about GeoPark can be found in the Invest
with Us section of the website at www.geo-park.com
The reserve estimates provided in this release are estimates
only, and there is no guarantee that the estimated reserves will be
recovered. Actual reserves may eventually prove to be greater than,
or less than, the estimates provided herein. Statements relating to
reserves are by their nature forward-looking statements.
Gas quantities estimated herein are reserves to be produced from
the reservoirs, available to be delivered to the gas pipeline after
field separation prior to compression. Gas reserves estimated
herein include fuel gas.
Rounding amounts and percentages: Certain amounts and
percentages included in this press release have been rounded for
ease of presentation. Percentage figures included in this press
release have not in all cases been calculated on the basis of such
rounded figures, but on the basis of such amounts prior to
rounding. For this reason, certain percentage amounts in this press
release may vary from those obtained by performing the same
calculations using the figures in the financial statements. In
addition, certain other amounts that appear in this press release
may not sum due to rounding.
Oil and gas production figures included in this release are
stated before the effect of royalties paid in kind, consumption and
losses.
All evaluations of future net revenue contained in the D&M
Reports are after the deduction of cash royalties, development
costs, operating expenses, production and profit taxes, fees, earn
out payments, well abandonment costs, and country income taxes from
the future gross revenue. It should not be assumed that the
estimates of future net revenues presented in the tables represent
the fair market value of the reserves. The actual production,
revenues, taxes and development, and operating expenditures with
respect to the reserves associated with the Company's properties
may vary from the information presented herein, and such variations
could be material. In addition, there is no assurance that the
forecast price and cost assumptions contained in the D&M Report
will be attained, and variances could be material.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS RELEVANT TO
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
This press release contains statements that constitute
forward-looking statements. Many of the forward-looking statements
contained in this press release can be identified by the use of
forward-looking words such as ‘‘anticipate,’’ ‘‘believe’’,
‘‘could,’’ ‘‘expect,’’ ‘‘should,’’ ‘‘plan,’’ ‘‘intend,’’ ‘‘will,’’
‘‘estimate’’ and ‘‘potential,’’ among others.
Forward-looking statements that appear in a number of places in
this press release include, but are not limited to, statements
regarding the intent, belief or current expectations, regarding
various matters including this acquisition and the reserves and
debt ratios following the acquisition. Forward-looking statements
are based on management’s beliefs and assumptions, and on
information currently available to the management. Such statements
are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results may
differ materially from those expressed or implied in the
forward-looking statements due to various factors.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are
made, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update
them in light of new information or future developments or to
release publicly any revisions to these statements in order to
reflect later events or circumstances or to reflect the occurrence
of unanticipated events. For a discussion of the risks facing the
Company which could affect whether these forward-looking statements
are realized, see the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC).
This press release contains a number of oil and gas metrics,
including NPV after tax per share, reserve life index, net
debt-adjusted NPV per share, etc., which do not have standardized
meanings or standard methods of calculation and therefore such
measures may not be comparable to similar measures used by other
companies and should not be used to make comparisons. Such metrics
have been included herein to provide readers with additional
measures to evaluate the Company's performance; however, such
measures are not reliable indicators of the future performance of
the Company and future performance may not compare to the
performance in previous periods.
Information about oil and gas reserves: The SEC permits
oil and gas companies, in their filings with the SEC, to disclose
only proven, probable and possible reserves that meet SEC
definitions for such terms. GeoPark uses certain terms in this
press release, such as "PRMS Reserves" that SEC guidelines do not
permit GeoPark from including in filings with the SEC. As a result,
the information in the Company’s SEC filings with respect to
reserves will differ significantly from the information in this
press release. NPV10 after tax for PRMS 1P, 2P and 3P reserves is
not a substitute for the standardized measure of discounted future
net cash flows for SEC proved reserves.
1Considers full-year 2024 pro forma adjusted EBITDA from new
assets in Vaca Muerta. The Company is unable to present a
quantitative reconciliation of the net debt to Adjusted EBITDA
ratio which is a forward-looking non-GAAP measure, because the
Company cannot reliably predict certain of its necessary
components, such as in the case of Adjusted EBITDA, write-off of
unsuccessful exploration efforts or impairment loss on
non-financial assets, etc.
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INVESTORS: Stacy Steimel Shareholder Value Director T:
+562 2242 9600 ssteimel@geo-park.com
Miguel Bello Market Access Director T: +562 2242 9600
mbello@geo-park.com
Diego Gully Capital Markets Director T: +55 21 99636 9658
dgully@geo-park.com
MEDIA: Communications Department
communications@geo-park.com
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