Enservco Announces Exit of Colorado Frac Water Heating Business Through Sale of Assets
August 09 2024 - 5:45AM
Enservco Corporation (NYSE American: ENSV) (“Enservco” or the
“Company”) today announced it has sold to HP Oilfield Services, LLC
(“HP”) certain Colorado based assets of Heat Waves Hot Oil Service,
LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enservco (the “Transaction”).
Transaction consideration from HP was
$1,695,000, including $1,221,625, in cash and a short-term note of
$473,375 (the “Note”). The Note will be paid ratably over five
months from October 1, 2024 to February 1, 2025. The Transaction’s
net proceeds are targeted for retirement of debt, specifically
borrowings under the Company’s Utica Facility.
The Company also announced that it is nearing
completion of the previously announced acquisition of Buckshot
Tucking, LLC with closing expected within days.
TRANSACTION RATIONALE/HIGHLIGHTS &
OTHER UPDATES
- Sale of Colorado
frac water heating assets is consistent with strategy of being less
reliant on seasonal-focused business;
- Net proceeds to
be used to pay down certain of the Company’s debt obligations,
specifically its Utica Facility. Following the pay down, the
Company expects to restructure the remaining Utica Facility;
- Divesting the
heating business allows Enservco to redirect its resources, both
financial and managerial, towards the transportation and logistics
market servicing the broad energy sector;
- Includes the
previously announced and pending Buckshot Acquisition, which is
expected to be immediately accretive and strategically transform
the Company by entering the logistics market via a business with
substantial operational and financial visibility; and
- The Company will
continue to provide both frac water heating and hot oil services
across the Marcellus/Utica basins, where last year’s Rapid Hot
acquisition contributed to significantly improved operating results
in the region.
MANAGEMENT COMMENTARY
Rich Murphy, Chairman and CEO of Enservco,
commented, “For more than a year, we have undergone a significant
review of our business portfolio to identify, evaluate and execute
on initiatives to drive increased efficiencies and other
improvements throughout our operations. Concurrent with these
activities, we spent considerable time and effort improving our
financial position while we also evaluated various opportunities to
enhance our value proposition both in the marketplace and with
investors. I am pleased that our team – with the full support of
our Board – continues to make significant progress on multiple
fronts. This includes the previously announced Buckshot Acquisition
and the Company’s Equity Line of Credit facility (“ELOC”), which
has now been approved by a majority of the shareholders and is
being implemented. The Buckshot transaction, the ELOC, and
additional steps the Company is engaged in support our ongoing
efforts to regain compliance with NYSE American Listing
Standards.”
Mr. Murphy, continued, “With the sale of our
Colorado frac water heating assets, we plan to use the net proceeds
from the Transaction to pay down our higher-interest borrowings,
specifically those under our Utica Facility. Following the pay
down, we expect to work with Utica, or other lenders if needed, to
renegotiate the remaining balance under the Utica Facility to terms
that will further improve Enservco’s financial position.”
Mr. Murphy, concluded, “Today’s announcement
represents another significant step in our process of transitioning
our business portfolio away from one with a significant focus on
seasonal industry activities to a much larger addressable market
providing year-round cash flows and margin generation. Combined
with today’s announcement and our successes over the past year, we
believe we have placed the Company in a stronger position to drive
near and long-term value for shareholders. We appreciate the
continued support of all our stakeholders – especially our employee
team – and look forward to keeping everyone apprised of our
progress.”
ABOUT ENSERVCO
Enservco provides a range of oilfield services
through its various operating subsidiaries, including hot oiling,
acidizing, frac water heating, and related services in major
domestic oil and gas basins across the United States. Additional
information is available at www.enservco.com. On March 20, 2024,
the Company announced an agreement to purchase Buckshot Trucking
LLC, an energy logistics provider in multiple key oil and gas
basins (the “Buckshot Acquisition”). The Buckshot Acquisition is
scheduled to close in the third quarter of 2024. When closed, the
Buckshot Acquisition would provide Enservco with a growing business
that is not weather dependent, allow the Company to enter steady
year-round logistics, provide an expanded operating footprint, and
improve cash flow visibility.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This news release contains information that is
"forward-looking" in that it describes events and conditions
Enservco reasonably expects to occur in the future. Expectations
for the future performance of Enservco are dependent upon a number
of factors, and there can be no assurance that Enservco will
achieve the results as contemplated herein. Certain statements
denoting future possibilities, are forward-looking statements. The
accuracy of these statements cannot be guaranteed as they are
subject to a variety of risks, which are beyond Enservco's ability
to predict, or control and which may cause actual results to differ
materially from the projections or estimates contained herein.
Among these risks are those set forth in Enservco’s annual report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, and subsequently
filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”). Forward looking statements in this news release that are
subject to risks also include (a) closing of the Buckshot
Acquisition on anticipated terms and timing, and the ability of
Enservco to successfully integrate Buckshot’s market opportunities,
personnel and operations and to achieve expected benefit; and (b)
our ability to further transform into a logistics business; (c) the
ability to restructure our debt; and (d) the ability to maintain
compliance with the NYSE/American Stock Market. Enservco disclaims
any obligation to update any forward-looking statement made
herein.
CONTACT
Mark PattersonChief Financial OfficerEnservco
Corporationmpatterson@enservco.com
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