Day 1
Overview of the upstream oil and gas sector focussing on exploration, development and production assets and the fundamentals of how these assets are traded.
The oil and gas life cycle
- Government licensing and production sharing agreements
- Exploration; finding hydrocarbons
- Appraisal: defining the resource
- Development; design, build and commissioning the infrastructure. Commercial agreements covering production, processing, and transportation, allocation and sales
- Production; getting the hydrocarbons to market
- Re-development; oil and gas reservoirs have a life cycle, a producer will need to consider investments to maximise recovery and return on investment
Types of transactions
- Understanding the private and public processes for oil and gas asset transactions; exploration farm outs, development farm-outs, corporate and asset deals, buying from administrators, Government transactions.
Triggers for transactions – both buyer and seller
- Why buy or sell assets? Discussion on trigger points including portfolio management, infrastructure and commercial synergies, corporate cash flow, technical expertise and risk and geopolitical considerations.
Case Study 1: Each team will review an asset sale/purchase opportunity defining core strategic drivers, commercial consequences and preliminary consideration of asset value.
External influences on transactions
- Asset partners: including negotiating and working with a Joint Operating Agreement (JOA)
- Governments: including consideration of exploration obligations, asset development timing, tax and overall political risk
- Regulators: lobbying, industry bodies
Key valuation drivers
- Describing asset value from both buyer and seller perspectives
Group Exercise 1: Discuss key influences on assessing asset value including consideration of economic tools, capital, operating and abandonment cost estimates and discounting.
The ‘Negotiation’ Exercise 1
- Introduction to the exercise for negotiating a ‘Heads of Agreement’ between a team of buyers and a team of sellers. This exercise will run through all 3 days of the course
Day 2
The divestment process - overview of divestment strategy and drivers. Defining and understanding the market environment, optimising the sale process and timing.
Preparing the asset for divestment
- Asset or corporate sale?
- Shaping the offering for market including development of key ‘industry’ documents including the Executive Summary, Confidentiality Agreement and Information Memorandum
- Preparing a clean data set for buyers to study. Use of online and physical data rooms.
- Engaging with the ‘right’ buyers and avoiding the ‘tyre kickers’
- Develop a bidding strategy and value mandate with management
The 'Negotiation' Exercise 2
- Team work. Developing the initial position
- First Negotiation, feedback and reaction
Creating and managing a competitive deal process
Soliciting offers, public versus private marketing, in-house marketing versus broker houses
Analysing bids, short-listing, consideration of any conditions precedent, buyer risk, completion timing....
Negotiating and signing the SPA
Handling 3rd parties; including partners, regulators and government
The 'Negotiation' Exercise 3
Produce draft Heads of Agreement
Day 3
The acquisition process: Description and analysis of the preparatory work required to ensure the ‘right’ assets are targeted for acquisition
Engaging with sellers
- Internal approval and mandating. Source of funding. Consideration of swap deals
- Advertising your strengths as a buyer including an assessment of likely competition
- Confidentiality and information flows
Valuation processes
- Initial quick look to prioritise appropriate asset opportunities
- Stop or keep going?
- Detailed due diligence on all technical and commercial aspects of the asset
- Understanding the risks
Making the offer
Group exercise on offer letter: Each team to develop an offer letter describing the key components of the offer including cash, conditions precedent, exclusivity, process and timing
Closing a deal
- Negotiating the Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) including key commercial terms
- Resolving 3rd party issues
- Completion process
- Lessons learned
The 'Negotiation' Exercise 4
- Final negotiations
- Complete Heads of Agreement and present
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professionals involved internationally in the oil and gas
industry, it offers a unique opportunity to rapidly
increase your understanding of the legal issues involved
in various international scenarios and to improve your
techniques and skills in drafting a variety of
international contracts.
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