Origin sells future production for $200m

Future production: Origin Energy will raise US$500 million from two sales deals for future oil and condensate production

Australia’s Origin Energy said on Tuesday it has agreed to sell a portion of its future oil and condensate production for A$194.6 million (US$200 million).

According to the company, the price was linked to the current oil forward pricing curve and followed Origin’s similarly structured US$300 million sales deal announced in December.

This latest transaction is for forward sale of oil and condensate over a six-year period from July 2015.

Origin said the two sales deals represented about 35% of the company’s current proven and probable oil and condensate reserves, excluding the Australia Pacific liquefied natural gas project.

The funds are expected to be used to retire existing drawn debt.

Investment banking firm Goldman Sachs is a counterparty…

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