Hurricane Energy PLC Aoka Mizu Charter Update (8105A)
June 04 2021 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMHUR
RNS Number : 8105A
Hurricane Energy PLC
04 June 2021
4 June 2021
Hurricane Energy plc
("Hurricane" or the "Company")
Aoka Mizu Charter Update
Hurricane Energy plc, the UK based oil and gas company,
announces that it has resolved not to exercise its option to extend
the bareboat charter of the Aoka Mizu FPSO (the "Bareboat Charter")
for a period of three years from June 2022 to June 2025.
As disclosed previously, and most recently in the Explanatory
Statement in connection with the Company's proposed financial
restructuring (which can be accessed through the Company's website
at
https://www.hurricaneenergy.com/investors/financial-restructuring-documentation
), the three year initial term (the "Initial Term") of the Bareboat
Charter expires in June 2022, unless, by 4 June 2021, the Company
has exercised an option to extend for a period of three years, to
June 2025.
Based on the contractual terms for the three year extension (see
Appendix) and the current Lancaster production forecasts, the
Company does not believe it is in the best interests of the Company
and its stakeholders to exercise the option in its current form to
extend the Aoka Mizu lease to June 2025, given the significant
financial obligations this could entail. Accordingly, it has
resolved not to do so.
As contemplated in the Explanatory Statement, the Company
remains in negotiations with Bluewater Energy Services B.V., the
owner of the Aoka Mizu FPSO, over an alternative extension to the
Bareboat Charter for a shorter period than three years.
The Company believes there is a reasonable prospect of
negotiating such an extension of the existing contract on
acceptable terms. However, there is no guarantee of an extension of
the existing contract on acceptable terms. In such an outcome,
Hurricane may need to pursue a controlled wind-down of its business
and cease operations at the Lancaster field upon the expiry of the
Bareboat Charter in 2022, at which point the field would be
decommissioned.
The non-exercise of the option in its current form by the
Company (as described in the Explanatory Statement) does not affect
the proposed Restructuring Plan.
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Contacts:
Hurricane Energy plc
Antony Maris, Chief Executive Officer
Philip Corbett, Head of Investor Relations +44 (0)1483 862820
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited
Nominated Adviser & Joint Corporate Broker
Callum Stewart +44 (0)20 7710 7600
Investec Bank plc
Joint Corporate Broker
Chris Sim / Rahul Sharma +44 (0)20 7597 5970
Vigo Consulting
Public Relations
Patrick d'Ancona / Ben Simons
hurricane@vigoconsulting.com +44 (0)20 7390 0230
About Hurricane
Hurricane was established to discover, appraise and develop
hydrocarbons associated with naturally fractured basement
reservoirs. The Company's acreage is concentrated on the Rona
Ridge, in the West of Shetland region of the UK Continental
Shelf.
The Lancaster field (100% owned by Hurricane) is the UK's first
producing basement field. Hurricane is pursuing a phased
development of Lancaster, starting with an Early Production System
consisting of two wells tied-back to the Aoka Mizu FPSO.
Hydrocarbons were introduced to the FPSO system on 11 May 2019 and
the first oil milestone was achieved on 4 June 2019.
In September 2018, Spirit Energy Limited farmed-in to 50% of the
Lincoln and Warwick assets, committing to a phased work programme
targeting sanction of an initial stage of full field
development.
Visit Hurricane's website at www.hurricaneenergy.com
Appendix
Independent of the decision not to exercise the three-year
extension option, from 4 June 2021, the Bareboat Charter day rate
increases to US$75,000 per day (from US$25,000 per day) and the
incentive tariff (a percentage of the net back sales price of crude
oil sales) reduces to 8% (from 9%).
If the option to extend the Bareboat Charter had been exercised,
the early termination fee (the fee payable should Hurricane choose
to exit the Bareboat Charter outside of the pre-agreed break dates)
would have increased to US$56.0 million (from US$18.8 million at
the end of May 2021) and would then have declined linearly over the
remaining term of the lease.
Glossary
FPSO Floating production storage and offloading
vessel
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