Oslo, 2 July 2025 - DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today announced
that the Company's wholly-owned Norway operating subsidiaries have entered into
an offtake agreement with France's ENGIE SA for DNO's Norwegian gas production
and secured a related offtake financing facility with a major US bank for up to
USD 500 million.
The offtake agreement covers the entirety of DNO's Norwegian gas production post
acquisition of Sval Energi Group AS, offers premium pricing and has a tenor of
four years as from 1 October 2025.
Related to the agreement, DNO has entered into an offtake financing facility
with a US bank for up to USD 500 million. Under the facility, DNO is paid, by
the bank, the value of up to 270 days of scheduled gas production based on
future gas sales receivables. The all-in interest rate for drawn amounts under
the facility is significantly below conventional reserve-based lending (RBL)
terms available to DNO, with no charges for undrawn amounts. There are no
financial covenants related to the facility.
Proceeds from the offtake financing facility will be used to replace Sval
Energi's similar existing facilities as well as for general corporate purposes.
"We have received strong interest by buyers to prepurchase our enlarged North
Sea production of 80,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day split about equally
between oil and gas," said DNO's Executive Chairman Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani.
"These three-way transactions are made possible because buyers are eager to lock
in secure supplies of Norwegian oil and gas and US banks, in particular, have
significantly stepped up fossil fuel lending," he explained.
Given availability of attractive offtake financing terms, DNO has repaid and
will not renew over USD 600 million in RBLs across its North Sea subsidiaries.
In addition, the Company has borrowed USD 300 million under a one-year bank
bridge loan "to add more arrows to our quiver," according to Mr. Mossavar-
Rahmani.
Separately, DNO is in discussions to establish an offtake agreement and related
financing facility on comparable terms for its North Sea oil production.
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For further information, please contact:
Media: media@dno.no
Investors: investor.relations@dno.no
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DNO ASA is a leading Norwegian oil and gas operator active in the Middle East,
the North Sea and West Africa. Founded in 1971 and listed on the Oslo Stock
Exchange, the Company holds stakes in onshore and offshore licenses at various
stages of exploration, development and production in the Kurdistan region of
Iraq, Norway, the United Kingdom, Côte d'Ivoire and Yemen. More information is
available at www.dno.no (https://www.dno.no/).
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section
5-12 the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.