Quattro Signs Agreement to Increase Working Capital by $4,000,000 and Confirms a Capital Budget of $12,800,000 in 2016
September 21 2015 - 8:46PM
Quattro Exploration and Production Ltd. ("Quattro" or the
"Company") (TSX-V:QXP) is pleased to announce the signing of an
agreement to increase working capital by $4,000,000. The increase
in working capital shall be derived through an increase in the
Company's long term debt from $6,264,500 to $10,000,000 and a
reduction in repayment terms to reflect the increased production
and reserve life of the Company over the past 2 years.
"The closing of the financing is anticipated to occur on or
before September 30, 2015. Upon closing, the Company's increased
liquidity and subsequent reduction in current liabilities, shall
position Quattro to accelerate a number of optimization programs
underway that shall further improve future cash-flow. The
additional working capital and resulting improvements in free
cash-flow by yearend 2015 are anticipated to fund a Capital Budget
of $12.8 million in 2016," said Leonard Van Betuw, President and
CEO of Quattro. "The approval of this financing by our Board
of Directors is a commitment to our conservative plan and positions
the Company to focus on the completion of work in progress in 2015
that has the capacity to bring Quattro's daily production to over
2,500 boe per day. Subsequently, a capital budget of $12.8
million in 2016 is targeted to complete an additional 6 high impact
recompletions and the deviation or directional drilling of 4-6
wells that will further improve our operational efficiency, with
the Company being in a solid position to reach its next goal of
6,000 boe per day, at a low cost and is currently tied in to
Quattro's operating and regionally diversified installed gathering,
compression and processing infrastructure. The Quattro operated
facilities have a collective capacity to deliver 96 mmcf per day
(net) of natural gas and 12,000 bbls per day (net) of sales
oil. These facilities are proven, efficient and are
essentially depreciated with an estimated replacement value of more
than $100 million."
Starting in 2014, through to the end of 2015, Quattro will have
invested in re-activations, acquisitions and exploration drilling,
costing a total of approximately $16.5 million. Based on this
estimate the Company's capital expenditures will have replaced the
last two years of production and increased on a Proven Developed
Producing basis the Company's reserves by 2,036,375 boe at a cost
of $8.10 per boe. While on a Proven plus Probable basis,
Quattro has increased reserves by 4,327,675 boe at a cost of $3.81
per boe. This is a strong indication of the Company's
commitment to a disciplined approach to growth and focus on being a
competitive and sustainable full-cycle energy producer.
"These results and significant advancements in Quattro's
exploration efforts to date gives the Company confidence that
further investment in its current assets and complementary
acquisitions within current commodity prices will continue to
create value for its shareholders, now and into the future. A
further testament to the dedication and patient efforts of both
Quattro's employees and its stakeholders," said Leonard Van
Betuw.
The Company's business plan is and continues to evolve around a
focused effort to work towards being a best in class progressive
energy producer through the strengthening of its four pillars of
growth;
- Operational Efficiency through the rigorous pursuit to improve
Productivity.
- Innovation through the efficient and disciplined use of all
Applied Sciences.
- The Capture, Consolidation and Optimization of the industries
Value Chain.
- An Energy Producer focused on Margins at all Prices and levels
of Demand.
The increase of the Term Loan facility to $10 million is
anticipated to increased net debt to less than $6 million with the
Company projecting debt to equity to be a ratio of 1:1 by June of
2016 and net debt to cash-flow also being maintained at less than
1:1 through 2016. The combination of funds being advanced on a
fixed term loan basis and the reduction in the annualized repayment
terms will result in an increase of approximately $4 million in
working capital at the end of the 3rd quarter. The current and
new loan on a blended basis equates to a fixed interest rate for
four years of 6.95%, estimated to cost an average of less than
$0.40 per boe over the life of the loan.
The Company's budget and projections are based on the current
pricing of $2.65 per mcf for natural gas and a blended oil price of
$50 per barrel for Western Select in 2015. These prices are
projected to result in a blended commodity price for the
Corporation of $29.50 per boe in 2015-2016, growing to $35 per boe
in 2016.
Quattro continues to be diligent, directing efforts over the
past 12 months to strengthen the foundation of the Company while
completing a number of incremental capital programs towards the
execution of Quattro's overall plan as summarized in our Corporate
Presentation, to reach a daily production rate of 6,000 boe per day
by year-end 2016.
For further information we encourage investors to visit our
Website, www.qxp-petro.com to review our current Corporate
Presentation for details.
About Quattro Exploration and Production
Ltd.
Quattro Exploration and Production Ltd. ("QXP") continues to
focus on the conventional exploration and development of oil and
natural gas reserves in Western Canada, with an expanding presence
in Alberta and British Columbia. Its core low risk production
base will provide the Company the capacity to aggressively pursue a
series of high impact exploration and development efforts in
Central and South America. Quattro intends to balance this
portfolio of activities to assure its shareholders that it achieves
material growth in both reserves and production.
This release includes certain statements that may be deemed
"forward-looking statements". All statements in this release, other
than statements of historical facts, that address future
production, reserve potential, exploration drilling, exploitation
activities and events or developments that the Company expects are
forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the
expectations expressed in such forward looking statements are based
on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of
future performance and actual results or developments may differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
forward looking statements include market prices, exploitation and
exploration successes, continued availability of capital and
financing, and general economic, market or business conditions.
Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees
of future performance and those actual results or developments may
differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking
statements. For more information on the Company, Investors should
review the Company's registered filings which are available at
www.sedar.com.
This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of any offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of
these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The securities offered have
not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United
States absent registration or applicable exemption from the
registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable
state securities laws.
BOE presentation:
Barrel ("bbl") of oil equivalent ("boe") amounts may be
misleading particularly if used in isolation. All boe conversions
in this report are calculated using a conversion of six thousand
cubic feet of natural gas to one equivalent barrel of oil (6 mcf=1
bbl) and is based on an energy conversion method primarily
applicable at the burner tip and does not represent a value
equivalency at the well head.
Trading in the securities of Quattro Exploration and Production
Ltd. should be considered highly speculative. Neither the TSX
Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term
is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
CONTACT: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Leonard Van Betuw
Quattro Exploration and Production Ltd.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Office (403) 984-3917
Direct Line (587) 228-7070
leonard@qxp-petro.com
www.qxp-petro.com