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Petrolatina refinances on better terms

Mon, 12th Dec 2011 14:06

PetroLatina, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, has tied up a refinancing deal with French bank BNP Paribas.The oil firm entered into a four year senior secured credit agreement worth $100m with the French lender to repay and replace its existing facility with Macquarie Bank.The facility will be used to assist with financing the accelerated development and enhancement of the company's highly promising oil and gas assets in Colombia. The initial borrowing base has been set at $36m, of which around $29.4m has been used to repay the company's existing senior secured facility and close out all of the related oil price hedging contracts with Macquarie. The new senior facility has a lower borrowing cost than the previous arrangement with Macquarie, with the borrowing cost set at the level of the 3-month US dollar London Inter-bank offered rate (LIBOR) plus 4.5% per annum, as opposed to a minimum of 3-month US dollar LIBOR plus 7.5% under the Macquairie facility.Executive chairman Luc Gerard said: "The company endeavours to maintain an appropriate mix of debt and equity to finance its growth aspirations and the senior facility with BNP is consistent with, and an important part of, this strategy, serving to enhance our liquidity as we continue to execute our long-term exploration and development programme for our extensive asset base in Colombia."Broker Westhouse Securities said that in view of the current perception of the debt capital markets' ability to provide gearing to the oil and gas sector at a reasonable cost of capital, "today's announcement should be taken as a positive sign that debt finance is still available to the industry for projects and portfolios at certain stages of development."Concerns over access to funds at a reasonable cost has been weighing down the share prices of a number of oil companies with pre-development assets pending field development programme approval, the broker claims, citing Nautical Petroleum and Xcite Energy as two examples."This morning's announcement demonstrates that BNP Paribas, one of the sector's largest lenders, is still active in the oil and gas debt markets, and is prepared to lend large sums of development capital relative to company's equity valuations, for the right type of projects. Thus, given the balance of country risk of the UK North Sea versus Colombia, it would seems sensible to assume that debt financing for North Sea projects can and will be made available in time," Westhouse said.The share price rose 9.65% to 15.62p by 14:19.NR
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31 May 2013 08:16

Xcite Energy's subsidiary cancels Rowan rig option

AIM-listed heavy oil appraisal and development company Xcite Energy has reported that its subsidiaryXcite Energy Resources (XER) has cancelled its option for a jack-up drilling unit from British American Offshore, a subsidiary of Rowan Companies. The rig contract was initially entered into in Febr

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20 May 2013 09:17

Xcite Energy widens first quarter losses

Xcite Energy widened its first quarter losses as the oil company was hit by a stronger US dollar against the pound. Net loss in the first three months of the year came to £1.7m, up from a loss of £0.05m the previous year. The company had £20.4m cash at the end of the period, of which £12.3m was he

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12 Apr 2013 07:25

Friday broker round-up UPDATE

Aggreko: Panmure Gordon raises target price fro, 1727p to 2106p and upgrades from hold to buy. Alternative Networks: Westhouse Securities moves target price from 280p to 295p and reiterates a neutral rating. Investec raises target price from 330p to 350p maintaining a buy recommendation. Finncap in

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Xcite Energy sees increase in oil reserves at Bentley field

Xcite Energy on Monday announced an increase in oil reserves at its Bentley field in the North Sea. The company reported an average petroleum initially in place (PIIP) of 909m stock tank barrels (MMstb), up from 550 MMstb in February. Xcite forecasts a peak production rate of 45,000 stock tank bar

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Xcite Energy achieves first annual revenue

Xcite Energy's Chief Executive Officer Rupert Cole said 2012 was an 'excellent year' for the oil and gas company following the completion of a 250m-dollar project in the UK's North Sea. The group achieved its first annual revenue after the conclusion of the of pre-production extended well test on t

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30 Jan 2013 14:10

Xcite Energy extends maturity date of loan notes

Xcite Energy, an AIM-listed North Sea oil and gas group, has extended the maturity date of its unsecured 14 per cent loan notes. The term has been extended for a period of 275 days to December 31st 2013, which may be extended for an additional 90 days to March 31st 2014, subject to the approval of

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30 Jan 2013 07:03

Wednesday broker round-up - UPDATE

Alternative Networks: Investec increases target price from 310p to 330p retaining a buy rating. Anglo American: Deutsche Bank takes price target from 2200p to 2260p, while its buy recommendation remains unchanged. Antofagasta: Bank of America reduces target price from 1500p to 1400p and downgrades

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Xcite Energy adds nearly one million new shares to issued capital

Xcite Energy, an AIM-listed North Sea oil and gas group, said Friday that it has applied for the admission of 931,000 new ordinary shares to AIM following the exercise of share options by a former employee of Xcite Energy Resources. The shares are without par value and will shall rank pari passu w

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Thursday broker round-up UPDATE

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Thursday broker round-up UPDATE

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Xcite Energy pleased with Bentley results - UPDATE

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