SDX Energy has announced that it sold 50% working interest in the North West Gemsa license which is located in the Eastern Desert, to Gulf Energy, a private Egyptian oil and gas company, for an amount of $3 million, according to a press release.
It stated that the purchaser company will use $1.4 million to discharge the company’s remaining liabilities on the license.
The company elaborated that this action is part of SDX’s ongoing focus and commitment to capital discipline and careful management of the Group’s portfolio whilst also providing additional cash to further strengthen its balance sheet.
CEO of SDX, Mark Reid, commented “We are pleased to complete the sale of our interest in the North West Gemsa license. Whilst we have presented our interest in the license as non-core for some time, owing to its reducing production and marginal netbacks, it is a welcome outcome to be exiting the license with a useful cash consideration and also avoiding the upcoming associated budgeted capex of approximately $2.0 million for the year.”
“This deal demonstrates our continued focus on portfolio and capital management, and we look forward to recycling the cash into projects that will further enhance and grow our business in the future,” he added.
SOURCE
