Note 19
Capital commitments
Capital commitments are detailed in Note 33.2 to the audited Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2023. The following updates have taken place during the six-month period ended June 30, 2024:
The Group incurred investments of US$ 11,170,000 to fulfill its commitments, at GeoPark’s working interest.
Colombia
The Llanos 123 Block entered exploratory phase 2, which includes the commitment of drilling one exploratory well for US$ 3,343,000, at GeoPark’s working interest, before January 14, 2027.
The Colombian National Hydrocarbons Agency (“ANH”) approved GeoPark’s requests to extend the exploratory phase in the Llanos 124 Block until July 14, 2025, including an additional exploratory well for US$ 3,343,000, at GeoPark’s working interest. As of the date of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements, the total investments needed to fulfil the commitments in the block have already been incurred or transferred to another block, and the approval of the ANH is pending.
The ANH approved GeoPark´s request to extend the PUT-8 Block commitment term to May 19, 2025.
GeoPark fulfilled the committed 3D seismic in the Llanos 86 and Llanos 104 Blocks and the approval of the ANH is pending.
Ecuador
GeoPark drilled the third exploratory well out of four committed wells in the Espejo Block.
Note 20
Business transactions
Argentina
On May 13, 2024, GeoPark announced that it signed an Asset Purchase Agreement with Phoenix Global Resources (“PGR”), a subsidiary of Mercuria Energy Trading (“Mercuria”), for the acquisition of non-operated working interest (“WI”) in four adjacent unconventional blocks in the Neuquén Basin in Argentina as follows: a 45% WI in each of the Mata Mora Norte producing block and Mata Mora Sur exploration block, located in Neuquén Province, and a 50% WI in each of the Confluencia Norte and Confluencia Sur exploration blocks, located in Rio Negro Province.
Under the terms of the agreement, GeoPark will pay an upfront consideration of US$ 190,000,000 and will fund 100% of exploratory commitments up to US$ 113,000,000 gross (US$ 56,500,000 of net carry), to be funded over two years, an acquisition of midstream capacity according to the WI of US$ 11,096,000, and a US$ 10,000,000 bonus contingent on results in the Confluencia exploration campaign. As of the date of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements, GeoPark has already made an advanced payment of US$ 49,096,000. The transaction is expected to close before the end of the third quarter of 2024, pending customary regulatory approvals.