Genel Energy PLC (LON:GENL) has revealed its intention to raise up to US$300mln in debt financing, to replace an existing bond that is set to mature in December 2022.
It is looking to issue a new five-year bond and said it has engaged Pareto Securities to organise a roadshow with international credit investors.
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Genel noted that it had over US$350mln of cash at the end of August 2020, with net cash stated at US$55mln.
“The company maintains a positive outlook, a strategy of maintaining a robust balance sheet through cycles, and is proactively managing its liquidity runway and debt maturity profile," Genel said in a statement.
In its August interim results statement, the Kurdistan-focussed oil producer highlighted its low-cost, robust business model. Net production in the six months ended June 30, 2020, averaged 32,100 barrels of oil per day (bopd), generated US$88.4mln of revenue and marked US$65.1mln of earnings (EBITDAX).