December 21, 2015 - 8:00 AM EST
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GeoPark Announces Offtake and $100 Million Funding Agreement with Trafigura

GeoPark Limited (“GeoPark” or the “Company”) (NYSE: “GPRK”), a leading independent Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator and consolidator with operations and growth platforms in Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, and Peru1, today announced the execution of an offtake and prepayment agreement with Trafigura, one of the world’s leading commodity trading and logistics companies.

The offtake agreement provides for GeoPark to sell and deliver to Trafigura a portion of GeoPark’s Colombian crude oil production and will benefit GeoPark by (i) improving crude oil sales prices; (ii) improving operating netbacks by reducing transportation costs; (iii) simplifying logistics and reducing risks; and (iv) improving working capital. Pricing will be determined at future spot market prices, net of transportation costs.

As part of the transaction, GeoPark and Trafigura have also entered into an agreement which provides GeoPark access to funding up to $100 million, subject to applicable volumes corresponding to the terms of the agreement, in the form of prepaid future oil sales. Funds committed by Trafigura will be made available to GeoPark upon request and will be repaid by GeoPark, through future oil deliveries over the period of the contract (2.5 years with a 6-month grace period).

The prepayment agreement will provide GeoPark with immediately accessible liquidity up to $100 million, which will further strengthen GeoPark’s balance sheet and expand existing cash and cash equivalents up to $190.4 million. GeoPark’s 3Q2015 cash position was $90.4 million.

James F. Park, Chief Executive Officer of GeoPark, said: “We are pleased to begin this strategic partnership with Trafigura and look forward to a long term relationship. Trafigura’s world-class trading and commodity expertise will be an important complement to our operations and continuing expansion in Latin America. Three key pillars of our success in managing through the current oil market headwinds are the quality and durability of our assets, the experience and track-record of our team, and our financial strength and resilience. The partnership with Trafigura further strengthens our balance sheet by improving our bottom-line netbacks, reducing oil marketing risks, and providing a bigger and more solid liquidity cushion.”

GeoPark can be visited online at www.geo-park.com

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 expected production growth and capital expenditures plan. 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 filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Oil and gas production figures included in this release are stated before the effect of royalties paid in kind, consumption and losses.

1 Transaction executed with Petroperu on October 1, 2014 with final closing subject to Peru Government approval

GeoPark Limited
Santiago, Chile
Pablo Ducci, +562 2242 9600
Director Capital Markets
pducci@geo-park.com
or
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dolores Santamarina, +5411 4312 9400
Investor Manager
dsantamarina@geo-park.com
or
Trafigura
+41 22 592 4528
Press Office
media@trafigura.com


Source: Business Wire (December 21, 2015 - 8:00 AM EST)

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