- Alliance Oil and Repsol have completed the agreed transactions to form the joint venture company AR Oil and Gaz BV (AROG) in which Alliance Oil holds 51% and Repsol 49%.
- Alliance Oil Company has transferred its upstream company Tatnefteotdacha to AROG.
- Repsol has contributed Eurotek, a gas company, to AROG and paid USD 81 million in cash to Alliance Oil.
- AROG has a total asset base of approximately USD 885 million with proved and probable oil and gas reserves of 286 mboe.
Alliance Oil has contributed its Tatnefteotdacha subsidiary, with brownfield upstream assets located in the Tatarstan region with total production of 3.3 mbbl in 2012 and proved and probable oil reserves of 132.7 mbbl[1], to AROG. Repsol has contributed its Eurotek subsidiary, with proved and probable gas reserves of 115 mboe[2] to AROG and also paid USD 81 million in cash to Alliance Oil. As previously announced, in August 2012 the first stage of the joint venture formation was completed, when Alliance Oil contributed its Samara-based upstream subsidiary Saneco to AROG.
In summary, through the completion of the transactions announced today and in August 2012, Alliance Oil has contributed Volga-Urals upstream subsidiaries which comprise exploration and production licenses for 13 fields with proved and probable oil reserves of 1711 mbbl to obtain a 51% participation in AROG and receive net cash of USD 117 million. Repsol has contributed Eurotek, which comprises 2 gas exploration and production licenses, and also paid USD 117 million in cash to Alliance Oil to obtain a 49% participation in AROG. Following the transactions, AROG has a total asset base of approximately USD 885 million with proved and probable oil and gas reserves of approximately 286 mboe.
Alliance Oil will continue to consolidate the subsidiaries Tatnefteotdacha and Saneco in its financial statements. Eurotek will be reported as investment in associates and joint ventures and incorporated into the financial statements under the equity method.
For further information please contact:
Arsen Idrisov, Managing Director, Tel.: +7 495 777 18 08
Eric Forss, Chairman, Tel.: +46 8 611 49 90
Also visit www.allianceoilco.com
[1] Evaluated by DeGolyer and MacNaughton under SPE Standards as of December 31, 2011, not adjusted for 2012 production and revisions.
[2] Evaluated by Repsol as of November 2011, not adjusted for 2012 revisions.
Alliance Oil Company Ltd is a leading independent oil company with vertically integrated operations in Russia and Kazakhstan. Alliance Oil has substantial oil and gas reserves and downstream operations that includes the Khabarovsk refinery and the leading network of gas stations and wholesale oil products terminals in the Russian Far East. Alliance Oil's depository receipts are traded on the NASDAQ OMX Nordic under the symbol AOIL.