CALGARY, Oct. 12, 2016
/CNW/ - On September 1, 2016, the
Alberta Court of Queen's Bench
(the "Court") granted an order appointing FTI Consulting Canada
Inc. as Receiver and Manager (the "Receiver") of Twin Butte Energy
Ltd. ("Twin Butte"), an intermediate oil and natural gas producer
in Canada.
In addition, on October 11, 2016,
the Court approved a process permitting the Receiver to proceed
with a sale and investment solicitation process for Twin Butte, and
the appointment of Peters & Co. Limited and CIBC World Markets
Inc. to work collaboratively as selling agents (collectively the
"Selling Agents"). The Receiver and Selling Agents are
currently seeking offers to purchase, restructure or recapitalize
Twin Butte. Non-binding Phase I bids or restructuring proposals
will be due at 12:00pm MST on
November 17, 2016 and binding Phase
II bids or restructuring proposals will be due at 12:00pm MST on December
15, 2016.
The oil and natural gas assets of Twin Butte had Q2 2016 average
production of 12,728 BOE/d (89% oil and liquids), with production
of ~11,000 BOE/d (90% oil and liquids) for the month of
September 2016, and includes 55.4
MMBOE of proved plus probable reserves (McDaniel and Associates
Consultants Ltd. reserves report effective December 31, 2015), primarily in the Lloydminster and Provost areas of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Over the course of the past 18 months, management of Twin Butte
has transitioned Twin Butte's asset base to lower cost, more
predictable, medium and heavy oil reservoirs. The adoption of new
technology to the company's oil rich Provost and Lloydminster areas has improved development
economics while increasing drilling inventory significantly.
Average per well costs have decreased while average per well
productivity has increased.
Twin Butte retains significant cash flow torque to increasing
oil prices.
Parties interested in participating in this process are invited
to contact the Receiver or Selling Agents by phone or email; or
proceed to the Receiver's website for further information and
detail on the process:
http://cfcanada.fticonsulting.com/TwinButte/.
SOURCE Twin Butte Energy Ltd.