RNS Number : 0139V
Nostra Terra Oil & Gas Company PLC
29 January 2025
 

29 January 2025

 

Nostra Terra Oil and Gas Company Plc

("Nostra Terra" or "the Company")

 

3-Year Renewal of Senior Lending Facility

 

Nostra Terra (AIM: NTOG), the international oil & gas exploration and production company with a portfolio of production and development assets in Texas, USA, is pleased to announce that its US$10 Million Dollar Senior Lending Facility ("Senior Facility" or "Facility") with WAFD Bank ("WAFD"), formerly Washington Federal Savings and Loan, has been renewed for 3 years until 29 January 2028.

 

Paul Welch, Nostra Terra's Chief Executive Officer, said:

 

"We're pleased to continue to deliver significant improvements in production and cash flows, which is reflected in a 3-year extension of our senior lending facility. This gives us significant financial flexibility to continue to grow production with the headroom to increase our borrowing base with increasing cashflow and reserves."

  

Highlights

 

Senior Facility

· Borrowing Base of $4,250,000

· Interest Rate: currently 7.50% being 3% above the Federal Funds rate 

 

WAFD Bank Valuation

· Future Net Income: $22,705,540

· NPV10: $9,843,520

 

Senior Facility & Corporate Valuation

The size of the Facility and Borrowing Base will continue to be reassessed at least twice yearly. The Board anticipates that the Facility and Borrowing Base will continue to expand as the Company's production, cashflows, and reserves increase. The current interest rate on the facility is 7.50%, being a premium of 3% Federal Funds Rate. The Facility is not restricted to any geographical region and can expand further with the acquisition or development of other producing assets.

 

Asset Valuation

WAFD has updated its borrowing base using a report from a third-party engineering firm, APN Energy ("APN"), effective 1 December 2024. APN prepared the report for the Company to submit to WAFD. This report was based on asset performance when it was completed, which was prior to most of the recent work-over results.

 

Assets included in the borrowing base are as follows:

 

Asset

Operator

NTOG Interest (%)

Status

Lease expiration

Total Acres (gross)

Pine Mills

NTOG

100%

Producing and Development

HBP

2,320

Pine Mills (Cypress farmout)

Cypress

32.5%

Producing and Development

HBP

160

Permian Basin

NTOG

53%

Producing and Development

HBP

160

 

Future Net Income attributable to the Company's interest, as determined by WAFD, using the price deck listed below is after deducting estimated future operating and development costs, production and ad valorem taxes, but before Federal income taxes.

 

 Category

Future Net Income (USD)

Net Present Value

10% Discount Rate (USD)

Proved Developed Producing

$14,900,000

$6,266,450

Proved Developed Non-Producing

  $6,066,410

$3,065,320

Proved Undeveloped

   $1,739,130

$511,750

Total Proved

$22,705,540

$9,843,520

 

 Future revenues were estimated using an oil price (WTI) forecast supplied by the lender which follows:

 

Year

Oil ($/bbl)

2024

$65.50

2025

$63.75

2026

$62.50

2027

$61.25

2028

$60.75

3% Price Escalation to Cap

$70.00 CAP

 

 

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014

 

For further information, contact:

Nostra Terra Oil and Gas Company plc

Paul Welch, CEO

Email:

paul@ntog.co.uk




SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP

(Nominated Adviser and Broker)

Stuart Gledhill / Richard Hail / Adam Cowl

Tel:

+44 (0) 20 3470 0470




Celicourt Communications (PR/IR)

Mark Antelme / Jimmy Lea

Tel:   Email:

+44 (0) 20 7770 6424
NTOG@celicourt.uk

 

Technical Glossary

 

$ - US Dollar

 

bbl - barrel

 

Borrowing Base - the amount of money that a lender is willing to loan a company, based on the value of the collateral the company pledges.

 

Future Net Income or FNI - the  projected   Gross Revenues   expected  to be  realised by the Company  during the productive life of the asset less the sum of the Operating Costs payable.

 

Gross - total quantity or amount.

 

HBP - Held by Production.

 

Net - quantity or amount associated with Nostra Terra's interest.

 

Net Present Value or NPV - the difference between the present value of cash inflows and the present value of cash outflows over a period of time.

 

WTI - West Texas Intermediate crude oil benchmark price in $/bbl.

 

 

 

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