LNG Energy Group Corp. (TSXV: LNGE) (TSXV: LNGE.WT) (OTCQB: LNGNF)
(FWB: E26) (the “
Company” or “
LNG Energy
Group”) is pleased to an operational update on its
projects in Venezuela and Colombia.
Corporate
Since August 2023, the Company has been able to
repay approximately U.S.$14.7 million in amortization on its
long-term bank debt.
Colombia
Environmental, Health and Safety and
sustainability Practices
The Company is pleased to announce that its
wholly owned subsidiary, Lewis Energy Colombia, Inc.
(“LEC”), has successfully completed the following
ISO recertifications, after an audit performed by Bureau
Veritas:
-
9001:2015 – Quality
Management System (QMS): this certification recognizes LEC for its
successful implementation and continual improvement of its
QMS.
- 14001:2015 –
Environmental Management Systems (EMS): this certification
recognizes LEC’s commitment to take proactive measures to minimize
its environmental footprint, comply with relevant legal
requirements and achieve their environmental objectives.
- 45001:2018 –
Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Management System: this
certification recognizes LEC’s commitment to systematically assess
hazards and implement risk control measures, leading to reduced
workplace injuries, illnesses and incidents.
LEC is also in the process of assigning 25
hectares (62 acres) to the Corporación Autónoma Regional del
Atlántico (“CRA”), the environmental agency for
the Atlántico state in northern Colombia. This land will be used
for reforestation projects and for the purpose of protecting the
local watershed. Currently, LEC has approximately 360 hectares (900
acres) in the area and this is land that will be used for
environmental compensation purposes, contributing to a reduction in
LEC’s carbon footprint.
Compressor at the Bullerengue
Field
The Company is pleased to announce the
completion of its new compressor project at the Bullerengue field.
The compressor recently began operation and will be instrumental in
increasing the reserves life of the field while facilitating access
to an additional 1.67 Bcf of natural gas at the north side of the
field. The compressor will also serve to increase LEC’s ability to
respond to regulatory requirements and improve general operational
efficiencies.
Source: Company images of the new compressor and facilities at
the Bullerengue field.
Oilfield Services Division
LEC is continuing studies to offer drilling rig
services to third parties in Colombia, as a way of optimizing
resource use to increase company income, while allowing us to
maintain a strong core rig crew, which helps improve our
operational efficiency.
LEC has three rigs on the ground in its Sinú-San
Jacinto Norte-1 Block (the “SSJN-1 block”) near
Barranquilla, Colombia. They include one 1,600 HP top-drive
drilling rig, one 1,000 HP top-drive drilling rig and one 550 HP
workover rig. These rigs come complete with generators, pumps,
BOPs, mud systems, tanks and other equipment needed to fully
execute drilling and workovers operations. Together, the rigs and
associated equipment have an estimated value of approximately
U.S.$10 million.
The Company looks to mobilize its equipment and
personnel in the fourth quarter of 2024 to pursue workover and
drilling activities.
Gas Sales Agreements
As a result of unexpected production
restrictions at certain wells in the Bullerengue natural gas field,
the Company has had to limit natural gas deliveries under certain
gas sales agreements dedicated to supplying natural gas demand. As
a result of careful review of the legal, social and security
circumstances, the natural gas supply needs of the Colombian gas
market, and the Company’s commitment to meet its commercial
obligations with its off-takers and strategic partner contracts,
the Company considers it prudent to pursue short term volume
delivery amendments reducing volumes by 5.0 MMbtu/d for a period of
four months with no significant changes to LEC’s average natural
gas sales price.
The Company is presently working on remediating
this disruption and expects to have production back to normal
levels upon execution of well maintenance and drilling activity.
The Company is working on workover and drilling initiatives to make
up for these sales volumes in the future and meet its average
production and long-term valuation creation objectives and
therefore does not expect this situation to have a long-term
material impact on its operations and results.
Capital Expenditures
For the remainder of 2024, the Company expects
to drill at least one additional development well and conduct a
re-entry at an existing well at the SSJN-1 block onshore in
Colombia in addition to its remaining workover campaign. The
workover campaign is designed to address maintenance declines in
production as well as increase production from the Company’s
existing wells.
Venezuela
On April 17, 2024, LNG Energy Group’s wholly own
subsidiary, LNGEG Growth I Corp. (“LNG Venezuela”)
was conditionally entered into a binding agreement with PDVSA
Petroleo S.A. (“PPSA”), a subsidiary of Petroleos
de Venezuela S.A., the Venezuelan national oil company, for the
operation of the Nipa-Nardo-Niebla and the Budare-Elotes CPPs in
onshore Venezuela (collectively, the “Venezuela
Blocks”). The Venezuela Blocks are currently producing
3,000 bbl/d of light and medium oil.
The Company is preparing a baseline to
understand the work program and activities required to take over
operations of these fields and optimize production and is in the
process of certifying the reserves at certain of the Venezuela
Blocks in accordance with National Instrument 51-101 – Standards of
Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities. The disclosure of these
reserves is subject to review and approval of PPSA.
The CPPs were executed within the term of
General License 44 issued by the US Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC). License 44 has been replaced by License 44A, and
the Corporation is following the applicable regulatory procedures
to operate in full compliance with the applicable sanction regimes.
LNG Venezuela and PPSA have mutually agreed to extend the outside
date of the CPPs to November 30, 2024.
Transfer Agent
LNG Energy Group announces that Odyssey Trust
Company (“Odyssey”) has replaced Computershare
Investor Services Inc. (“Computershare”) as the
registrar and transfer agent of the Company effective September 11,
2024. Shareholders need not take any action in respect of the
change in transfer agent.
All inquiries and correspondence relating to
shareholders’ records, transfer of shares, lost certificates, or
change of address should now be directed to Odyssey as follows:
Odyssey Trust CompanyTrader’s Bank Building702
– 67 Yonge StreetToronto ON M5E 1J8
Phone: 1-587-885-0960Fax:1-800-517-4553Email:
clients@odysseytrust.comWebsite: www.odysseytrust.com/contact
As of the date hereof, Computershare remains the
trustee of any applicable warrants and escrow arrangements.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its
Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies
of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy of this release.
About LNG Energy Group
The Company is focused on the acquisition and
development of oil and gas exploration and production assets in
Latin America.
For more information, please see below:
Website:www.lngenergygroup.com
Investor Relations:James Morris, Vice-President,
Business Development and Investor RelationsEmail:
investor.relations@lngenergygroup.comTelephone: 205-835-0676
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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION:
This news release contains “forward-looking
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“forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of applicable
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factors include: general business, economic, competitive, political
and social uncertainties; delay or failure to receive any necessary
board, shareholder or regulatory approvals, factors may occur which
impede or prevent LNG Energy Group’s future business plans; and
other factors beyond the control of LNG Energy Group. There can be
no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as
actual results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not
place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements and
information contained in this news release. Except as required by
law, LNG Energy Group assumes no obligation to update the
forward-looking statements, whether they change as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except as required by
law.
CPPs
Please see the Company’s news release dated
April 24, 2024 for additional information with respect to the CCPs.
There can be no guarantee that the Company or LNG Venezuela shall
be able to complete the acquisition terms required by PPSA.
The CPPs were executed within the term of
General License 44 issued by the US Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC). License 44 has been replaced by License 44A
requiring US persons to wind down oil operations in Venezuela
before May 31, 2024. License 44 has been replaced by License 44A,
and the Corporation is following the applicable regulatory
procedures to operate in full compliance with the applicable
sanction regimes.
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