Newfield Signs Supply Deal - Analyst Blog
January 05 2012 - 8:15AM
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Newfield Exploration
Company (NFX) entered into an agreement with
HollyFrontier Corporation (HFC) for the supply of
crude oil at the latter’s refinery in Woods Cross, Utah. However,
the financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Per the deal, Newfield will deliver
20,000 barrels of crude oil every day at the facility for a period
of 10 years, beginning in 2014. This happens to be the second deal
signed by Newfield to capture about 40,000 barrels of oil for its
projected oil growth in the Uinta Basin.
In early December 2011, Newfield
inked a seven-year supply agreement with Tesoro
Corporation (TSO). Accordingly, the former will provide
18,000 barrels of crude oil at the latter’s refinery in Salt Lake
City, Utah, from 2013.
Newfield, which has been operating
in the Uinta Basin since 2004, intends to conduct exploration
activities in over 6,000 potential locations. The company plans to
run at least eight rigs in the Basin in 2012 as opposed to the
previous five-rig program.
Management believes that this
collaboration will enable Newfield to take advantage of its growing
capacity in the Uinta Basin and be mutually beneficial throughout
the next decade.
Newfield also announced the
extension of its existing agreement with Big West Oil, thereby
boosting 3,000 barrels of oil sales per day through the first
quarter of 2014.
Based in Houston, Texas, Newfield
is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration and
production of crude oil and natural gas. The company’s domestic
operation spreads over Mid-Continent, the Rocky Mountains, onshore
Texas, Appalachia and the Gulf of Mexico, while overseas exposure
includes Malaysia and China.
We like Newfield’s diversified
portfolio of assets that render both flexibility and significant
growth potential. We expect the company’s reserve potential in the
Southern Alberta Bakken, Wasatch oil, Uinta Basin and the new
resource play to be a liquid-rich catalyst for the stock.
However, because of the company’s
sensitivity to gas price volatility, as well as drilling results,
costs, geo-political risks and project timing delays; we see
limited upside potential for shares.
Newfield shares currently retain a
Zacks #3 Rank, which translates into a short-term Hold rating.
Longer-term, we are maintaining our Neutral recommendation on the
stock.
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