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20 Jul 2024

Canada’s Tenaz Energy to Buy Dutch Nam’s Offshore Assets for $180 Mln

20 Jul 2024  by reuters   

General view of a facility of Dutch gas production company NAM in Farmsum, Netherlands August 28, 2018. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
Canada's Tenaz Energy (TNZ.TO), opens new tab on Thursday said it had entered into an agreement with NAM, a joint venture between Shell (SHEL.L), opens new tab , ExxonMobil (XOM.N), opens new tab and the Dutch government, to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of NAM Offshore B.V. for 165 million euros($180.33 million).

The Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij operates the Groningen gas field in the Netherlands.

Tenaz has operations in Canada along with offshore gas assets in the Netherlands.

In 2022, Shell and Exxon initiated the sale of NAM, one of the oldest natural gas production companies, along with stakes in the North Sea gas hub. Concurrently NAM independently launched a sale NAM Offshore B.V., its offshore assets.

The transaction, expected to close in mid-2025, includes all of NAM's offshore exploration and production businesses, associated pipeline infrastructure, and onshore processing in the Netherlands, excluding assets in the Ameland area.

Once the deal is closed, Tenaz will become the second-largest operator in the Dutch North Sea, the company stated.

NAM Offshore is projected to produce nearly 11,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), with 99% being natural gas, and generate approximately 90 million euros ($98.36 million) of free cash flow based on current strip prices in 2024.

The gas is sourced from the L02/L09 fields in the Dutch North Sea and processed at the Den Helder Gas Plant, which handles roughly 50% of the region's gas, transported via the Northern Offshore Gas Transport pipeline.

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