Sable Offshore sinks after Exxon Mobil loan extension, equity raise plans

Sable Offshore

03/11/2025 19:41

** Sable Offshore's SOC.N shares sink as much as 28.6% to record low $7.47 on Mon after co announced it would extend a loan with Exxon Mobil XOM.N and plans to raise $225 mln of equity

 ** Houston, Texas-based oil driller said early Mon it's extending the maturity of a term loan with XOM to the earlier of Mar 31, 2027, or 90 days after first sales of hydrocarbons contingent upon SOC raising at least $225 mln in stock, net of underwriting fees and other expenses

** Sources told Reuters recently that SOC would need about $1.7 bln in funding to implement a floating storage strategy it proposed as an alternative to marketing crude from the Santa Ynez field off California by pipeline

** A California judge on Oct 14 ruled against SOC's request to lift the state's cease-and-desist order on repairs it had made to an onshore pipeline system linked to the Santa Ynez project

** Co also said early Mon it formed a special committee to investigate allegations contained in a report by Hunterbrook on Fri  Hunterbrook alleged SOC selectively disclosed information to investors, including professional golfer Phil Mickelson

** SOC shares ended down about 18% on Fri

** Including the move on Mon, stock has lost ~67% YTD

** Co went public in Feb 2024 after merger with SPAC Flame Acquisition Corp

(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)

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