BCE-Mach III LLC announces agreements to acquire assets of Alta Mesa Holdings, LP and Kingfisher Midstream, LLC

The purchase agreements provide that BCE-Mach III will acquire approximately 30 000 boe/d of production (67% liquids), approximately 72 million boe of proved reserves, more than 900 operated wells, and 130 000 net acres (90% HBP) from AMH as well as gas processing capacity of 350 million ft³/d, 453 miles of gas gathering pipeline, 157 million bw/d produced water system capacity, 224 miles of water disposal pipeline, 108 miles of oil gathering pipeline and 50 000 bbl oil storage capacity from KFM for a combined purchase price of US$320 million with a 1 January 2020 effective date.

“This was a unique opportunity to acquire a sizeable cash-flowing asset with the supporting midstream infrastructure, through a bankruptcy process, in an area of our team’s expertise and still have an extensive inventory for future development,” said Mach CEO Tom L. Ward. “Our strategic aim in partnership with BCE has been to aggressively consolidate and maximise underdeveloped, undercapitalised or otherwise distressed areas in the Mid-Continent. We have been successful in buying assets at a discount, increasing production in a cost-effective manner and avoiding overspending. In a lot of ways, we have gone back to the fundamentals that were true when I began my career.”

“BCE is thrilled to be making another attractive acquisition in the Mid-Continent in conjunction with Mach Resources,” said BCE Founder and Managing Partner Will McMullen. “We know these particular assets well and are confident that the Mach team will be able to operate them in a manner suitable to the current macro environment, focused on maximising free cash flow generation and delivering a sustainable, conservatively leveraged return to our investors. We continue to be encouraged by the opportunities we see to further consolidate assets in the Mid-Continent under the BCE-Mach banner.”

This acquisition represents the sixth acquisition by partnerships between BCE and Mach. To date, BCE-Mach LLC has made three acquisitions in the Mississippi Lime, and BCE-Mach II LLC has made two acquisitions in the Western Anadarko Basin. This acquisition of AMH and KFM represents the first acquisition in the newly formed BCE-Mach III LLC. Following closing, on a combined basis, the BCE-Mach partnerships will have net daily production of ~58 000 boe/d, interests in over 5700 wells and ~500 000 net acres across the Mid-Continent.

Closing is expected to occur in February 2020 and is subject to customary conditions and purchase price adjustments. BCE-Mach III is being represented by Kirkland & Ellis LLP as legal advisor and UBS Securities LLC as financial advisor.

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