Reliance Marcellus II, LLC (Reliance) a subsidiary of Reliance Holding USA, Inc., and Reliance Industries (RIL) has closed its recently announced sale of its interest in certain upstream assets; which were operated by Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc to BKV Chelsea LLC, an affiliate of Kalnin Ventures. The transaction closed on November 21, 2017 and Reliance received the purchase consideration subject to usual and customary purchase price adjustments.
In a transaction announced on October 06, 2017, Reliance agreed to sell its entire working interest in these upstream assets to BKV Chelsea for purchase consideration of $126 million with an effective date of April 01, 2017. Additionally, under the definitive documents, a contingent amount of up to $11.25 million may be paid to Reliance between years 2018 to 2020 based on certain gas price thresholds being achieved.
RIL is India’s largest private sector company, with a consolidated turnover of Rs 330,180 crore ($50.9 billion), cash profit of Rs 42,800 crore ($ 6.6 billion), and net profit of Rs 29,901 crore ($4.6 billion) for the year ended March 31, 2017.
