Empire Petroleum Corporation announces acquisition of Texas oil and gas assets

In connection with the acquisition of the Seller’s assets, Empire Texas entered into a contingency value payment (CVP) with the Sellers in lieu of a closing cash payment. The quarterly CVP is based upon incremental oil production over a certain minimum level of daily average production from the Sellers’ assets, and an average realised oil price of US$40/bbl or more through 31 December 2022.

The acquired producing assets are comprised of 139 gross oil and gas wells with multiple stacked-pay formations in north east Eagle Ford, and encompass approximately 30 397 net acres of leasehold, of which approximately 18 000 net acres comprise the Ft. Trinidad Field. The properties are characterised by approximately 91% working interest and 83% net revenue interests, and have been recently producing over 400 boe/d primarily from the Woodbine, Buda, Georgetown, and Edwards formations. Empire Texas will operate the wells and initially utilise a transition services agreement with the Sellers’ highly qualified existing team.

In addition, Empire Texas acquired related midstream assets at Ft. Trinidad which consists of approximately 77 miles of gathering lines, pipelines, and related facilities and equipment. These midstream assets will allow Empire to control the marketing of its produced natural gas and natural gas liquids, as well as optimise the operations of its oil production. The system also has ample surplus capacity to accommodate future growth in the area.

“We believe the Ft. Trinidad Field has tremendous stacked pay potential and a significant resource base,” stated Mike Morrisett, President. “In our view, these assets, including proprietary 3D seismic data and an extensive library of geological and geophysical analysis, combined with a better outlook for oil pricing coming off of the unprecedented COVID-19 slow down, will significantly expand Empire’s inventory of growth opportunities.”

CEO Tommy Pritchard added, “This acquisition continues our disciplined growth strategy to acquire, at the right price, and manage mature producing oil properties with predictable, long life production. These assets have abundant subsurface well control to enable us in the future to reduce geologic risk, and a proprietary 3D seismic survey over the substantial portion of the acquired acreage confirms natural fracturing across the field. The pipeline of growth opportunities for Empire remains robust and we are currently evaluating deal flow with a focus on building scale in several conventional properties.”

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