Chief Executive Officer, Seplat Energy Plc, Mr. Roger Brown, while reviewing the company’s unaudited results for the three months ended 31 March 2022, said the parties are still “awaiting the necessary approvals from government and regulators.”
Seplat, an indigenous energy company, had in February sealed
an agreement to acquire the entire share capital of MPNU from Exxon Mobil
Corporation.
The transaction, which is subject to ministerial consent and
other required regulatory approvals, is a sale and purchase agreement to
acquire the entire share capital of MPNU for a purchase price of $1.28 million,
plus up to $300 million contingent consideration.
Chief Executive Officer, Seplat Energy Plc, Mr. Roger Brown,
while reviewing the company’s unaudited results for the three months ended 31
March 2022, said the parties are still “awaiting the necessary approvals from
government and regulators.”
He, however, said the “proposed acquisition of MPNU remains
on course,” adding that the deal is expected to be completed in the second half
of 2022.
He said: “Our proposed acquisition of MPNU remains on
course. We are awaiting the necessary approvals from government and regulators
and expect the transaction to complete in the second half of this year.
“The effective date of January 1, 2021 means we will benefit
from higher recent oil prices and as we have previously reported, the addition
of MPNU will nearly treble our production and double our reserves on a pro
forma 2020 basis.
“The acquisition will reinforce our leadership of Nigeria’s
indigenous energy sector and enabling us to generate strong future cash flows
that will underpin our investment in Nigeria’s energy transition and improve
our overall stakeholder returns.
“It will also bring a significant undeveloped gas resource
base which, alongside our ANOH gas project development, will underpin Nigeria’s
energy transition and drive domestic and export revenues when developed,” he
said.
He added that the company delivered a good quarter that
benefited from higher oil pricing, which offset lower production owing to continuing
problems with the Trans Forcados Pipeline.
“However, the alternative Amukpe-Escravos pipeline is
mechanically complete and once we have signed the commercial agreements, we
expect Chevron to be lifting our oil through the Escravos Terminal in the third
quarter,” he stated.
Meanwhile, the company has declared an improved revenue by
58.6 per cent to N100.6 billion in its unaudited results for the three months
ended 31 March 2022. Seplat said it grew the revenue from N57.9 billion
year-on-year.
According to the report, its gross profit soared to N48.8
billion from N20.1billion year-on-year, rising by 122.3 per cent. The company
recorded a rise in profit before tax by 197.8 per cent to N34.7 billion from
N10.6 billion year-on-year.
Seplat also generated cash from its operations to the tune
of N74.4 billion from N1.7 billion year-on-year, rising by 197.8 per cent.