Exhibit 99.1
Evolve Transition Infrastructure Announces
Completion of Upstream Asset Divestitures
and Provides Business Update Focused on
Energy Transition
May 4, 2021 at 4:15 PM EDT
HOUSTON--(GLOBE NEWSWIRE)—May 4, 2021—Evolve Transition Infrastructure LP (NYSE American: SNMP) (“Evolve” or the “Partnership”) announced today that it has completed the sale of a majority of its remaining upstream assets.
The Partnership announced that on April 30, 2021, SEP Holdings IV, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Partnership (“SEP IV”), entered into purchase agreements with two different buyers pursuant to which SEP IV agreed to sell wellbores and other associated assets located in Gonzales, Dewitt, Dimmit and Zavala Counties in South Texas, to such buyers for total consideration of approximately $14.4 million. The majority of the sales contemplated by the purchase agreements closed simultaneously with the execution of such purchase agreements and the net proceeds were utilized, in addition to cash on hand, to reduce Evolve’s debt outstanding to approximately $88 million. Upon the closing of the transactions, expected in the second quarter of 2021, the Partnership will have substantially exited the upstream business.
The upstream asset divestitures are reflective of Evolve’s previously announced business strategy shift to focus on the acquisition and development of infrastructure critical to the transition of energy supply to lower carbon sources, including sustainable aviation fuel, renewable diesel, and renewable natural gas. The transactions announced will provide capacity for Evolve’s management team to continue to implement the new energy transition infrastructure business, and also reflective of the Partnership’s successful execution on previously announced debt reduction initiatives. Since December 31, 2019, the Partnership has reduced its debt outstanding by $62.0 million, or 41 percent. Since December 31, 2020, the Partnership has made principal payments totaling $23.0 million.