VISTA ENERGY, S.A.B. DE C.V.
Notes to the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 and for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2023 and 2022
(Amounts expressed in thousands of US Dollars, except otherwise indicated)
Note 1. Group information
1.1 Company general information, structure and activities
Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. (“VISTA”, the “Company” or the “Group”), formerly known as Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V., was organized as a variable-capital stock company on March 22, 2017, under the laws of the United Mexican States (“Mexico”). The Company adopted the public corporation or “Sociedad Anónima Bursátil de Capital Variable” (“S.A.B. de C.V.”) on July 28, 2017.
It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under ticker symbol “VIST” as from July 26, 2019.
On April 26, 2022, Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. changed the Company’s corporate name to “Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V.”.
Its main office is located in the City of Mexico, Mexico, at Pedregal 24, floor 4, Colonia Molino del Rey, Alcaldía Miguel Hidalgo, zip code 11040.
Through its subsidiaries, the Company engages in oil and gas exploration and production (upstream segment).
These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements were approved for publication by the Board of Directors on October 24, 2023.
Other than mentioned in Note 1.2 there were no changes in the Group’s structure and activities as from the date of issuance of the annual consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2022.
1.2 Significant transactions for the period
1.2.1 Agreement signed with Petrolera Aconcagua Energía S.A. (“Aconcagua”) related to conventional assets (“transfer of conventional assets”)
On February 23, 2023, the Company approved the agreement signed by its subsidiary Vista Energy Argentina S.A.U. (“Vista Argentina”) with Aconcagua for the operations of the following concessions in the Neuquina Basin, Argentina (the “Transaction”): (i) the Entre Lomas upstream concession, located in the Province of Neuquén; (ii) the Entre Lomas, Jarilla Quemada, Charco del Palenque, Jagüel de los Machos and 25 de Mayo-Medanito S.E. upstream concessions, located in the Province of Río Negro (jointly, the “Exploitation Concessions”); (iii) the Entre Lomas and Jarilla Quemada gas transportation concession, located in the Province of Río Negro; and (iv) the 25 de Mayo-Medanito S.E. Crude oil transportation concession, located in the Province of Río Negro (jointly with the Exploitation Concessions, the “Concessions”).
The Transaction consists of a two-phased agreement. The first phase was effective as of March 1, 2023 (the “Effective Date”) and will end no later than February 28, 2027.
Under the terms of the Transaction, from the Effective Date, Aconcagua: (i) pays to Vista 26,468 in cash (10,000 on the signing date, and 10,734 and 5,734 in March 2024 and 2025, respectively); (ii) becomes operator of the Concessions; and (iii) pays 100% of Vista’s share of the capex, operating cost, and any other costs associated to the operation of the Concessions, including royalties and taxes.
Vista Argentina retains 40% of the crude oil and natural gas reserves and production, and 100% of Liquified Petroleum Gas (“LPG”) reserves and production, from the Concessions, until the earliest of (i) February 28, 2027, or (ii) the date when Vista Argentina has received a cumulative production of 4 million barrels of crude oil and 300 million m3 of natural gas (the “Final Closing Date”). Aconcagua keep 60% of the crude oil and natural gas production from the Concessions. Additionally, Vista Argentina has the right to purchase up to Aconcagua’s 60% share of the natural gas produced by the Concessions at a price of 1 USD/MMBtu until the Final Closing Date.
Vista Argentina and Aconcagua will work jointly with the Provinces of Río Negro and Neuquén to negotiate an extension of the exploitation and transportation concession titles governing the Concessions, as per the terms set forth in the applicable regulation in Argentina.
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