The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it got a prepayment funding of $1billion to support the upstream operations of its subsidiary, Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC).
It said the crude oil prepayment has enabled it to pay NPDC’s $700million tax obligations to the Federal Government, with the balance utilised to fund NPDC’s capital and operating expenditures.
This was contained in a statement issued by Kennie Obateru, Group General Manager, Group Public Affair Division(NNPC).
It said the prepayment financing is backed by future oil production of NPDC and utilises a well-established structure to enable the purchaser of the crude, Eagle Export Funding Limited, to raise financing in the domestic and international markets, to fund an upfront payment to NNPC under a Forward Sale Agreement (FSA).
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The Corporation explained that The financing which funded the prepayment has been structured over two tranches: a 5 year USD amortising tranche (“Tranche 1”) and a 7 year NGN amortising tranche (“Tranche 2”). Both tranches benefit from a cash sweep with the 7-year tranche having a 1-year non-call period.
“These tranches shall be repaid by Eagle Export Funding Limited from the export sale proceeds of the NPDC crude, which in turn are backed by Letters of Credit, issued by banks with a minimum credit rating, in line with market precedent.
The export price for the crude is the relevant NNPC Official Selling Price (OSP) for the corresponding calendar month and crude grade. Vitol and Matrix Energy have executed the standard NNPC Crude Oil Sale & Purchase Agreement,” it said.
It stated that the participants in the Eagle Export Funding Limited deal include Standard Chartered Bank, United Bank for Africa, Afrexim Bank, Union Bank and two oil trading companies, Vitol and Matrix Energy.
However, it said despite the constrained liquidity situation in the financing markets due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the pricing and terms obtained for the USD and NGN funding tranches were very competitive and better than precedent transactions.
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