SAN ANTONIO, TX / ACCESSWIRE / November 15, 2017 / Camber Energy (NYSE American: CEI), based in San Antonio, Texas, announced today that it had sold some of its Permian Basin acreage position. Camber is a growth-oriented, independent oil and gas company engaged in the development of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids in Central Oklahoma and in the San Andres formation in the Permian Basin of Texas.
On November 9, 2017, Camber and its joint venture partner, NFP Energy LLC., a family office partnership, entered into a mutual agreement to sell approximately 2,582 acres in the Permian basin, located in Gaines County, Texas for $1,000 per acre. This acreage is a part of Camber's "Jackrabbit" Project, targeting the San Andres formation in the Permian Basin. Camber will maintain a 90% working interest in the residual 1,100 acres, which Camber plans to put on the market. If sold, such a sale will result in a net positive cash transaction for the Company. With the sale of the 2,582 acres, Camber repaid the first and second lien holders who financed Camber’s original acquisition of the "Jackrabbit" Project, thereby reducing Camber’s liabilities by approximately $1.5 million.
Additionally, the Company has entered into a non-binding letter of intent to acquire a 95% net working interest position in 3,220 net acres in Yoakum County, Texas, within a 6,000 acre area of mutual interest (AMI) in the Permian basin. The Company intends to enter into an agreement with a joint venture partner within the AMI with the plan to initiate a drilling program on this acreage, targeting the San Andres formation, during the first half of 2018, subject to the transaction closing by year-end.
"Camber decided to sell the Jackrabbit, Gaines County acreage, to reposition the Company on what it believes is geologically lower risk, productive acreage with lower lease costs and the potential for significant improvement in drilling, completion and operating costs and efficiencies," stated Richard Azar II, acting CEO of Camber.
"The San Andres formation has a very large footprint in the Permian. Camber’s potential new acquisition of the Yoakum County acreage working interest may provide Camber with an opportunity to better position its Permian exploration and production plans and implement its core expertise in using horizontal drilling, dewatering, and depressurizing reservoirs to extract residual hydrocarbons from prime productive Residual Oil Zones (ROZ)," Mr. Azar continued.
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SOURCE: Camber Energy, Inc.