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The Public/Private Two-Step EnerVest Management Partners/EVEP

EV Energy Partners, L.P. The Public/Private Two-Step EnerVest Management Partners/EVEP. John B. Walker, Chairman & CEO. January 18, 2007. Risks and Forward-Looking Statements.

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The Public/Private Two-Step EnerVest Management Partners/EVEP

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  1. EV Energy Partners, L.P. The Public/Private Two-Step EnerVest Management Partners/EVEP John B. Walker, Chairman & CEO January 18, 2007

  2. Risks and Forward-Looking Statements Some of the information in this presentation is considered to be a forward-looking statement within the meaning of federal securities laws. All statements other than statements of historical fact, that address future events or the future financial performance of EV Energy Partners, L.P., including the drilling of wells, reserve estimates, future oil and gas prices, future production of oil and gas, future cash flows, the company's financial position, business strategy, plans and objectives of management are forward looking statements. We wish to caution you that these statements are only expressions of EV Energy Partners, L.P.'s expectations at the time such statements were initially made and that actual events or results may differ materially from those expectations. We refer you to the documents that EV Energy Partners, L.P. files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  These documents contain and identify important factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in EV Energy Partners, L.P.'s projections or forward-looking statements. EV Energy Partners, L.P. undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new or future events.

  3. Company Overview • Consistently Generate Superior Returns Across Cycles • 9 Fully Invested Funds with a Projected 32% IRR After Management Fees, Carried Interests and Hedge Payments • Experienced Management Team • Acquired $900 Million of Oil and Gas Reserves in 2005, $251 Million in 2006; Divested $300 Million in 2005 • $1 Billion Fund XI with First Close 12-8-06, Final Closing 1Q07 • 370 Employees

  4. EnerVest – Significant Operations • ~ $2 billion value • 800 BCFE reserves • 125 MMCFDE production ■ 11,000 wells in 11 states Current Operations Historical Operations

  5. Track Record/Performance History Composite IRR (All Funds) 32.5% * Returns are net to the LP investors after carried interests, management fees and commodity hedge payments.

  6. Oil and Gas Industry Risk Spectrum Target IRR 6% - 8% Target IRR 20% Target IRR 50+% Bank Loan Wildcat Funding Fund Investments PDP Reserves PDNP PUD Proved Reserves Probable Possible Exploration EnerVest Actual Return EnerVest Target Return Primarily Engineering Risk Increased Geological Risk

  7. Why Create an MLP? • Advantages • Complementary to EnerVest’s Institutional Business • Allows EnerVest to Create Basin Dominance • Access to Relatively Low-Cost Capital • Early Stages of MLP’s Taking 20-25% of U.S. Upstream Market • Challenges • Getting Support from Institutional Investors • Time and Cost to Create MLP • Public Reporting and Attendant Liabilities • Dealing With “Know-It-All” Investors

  8. Complementary Business Lines MLP Business • Focus on Mostly Producing Reserves • >80% PDP • Buy and Hold • Yield Focus • Logical Alternative Buyer for Certain Assets from Institutional Business Institutional Business • Focus on Reserves with Upside • 50% PDP/50% Upside • Acquire/Exploit/Sell Model • Shorter Hold Times • More IRR Focused Combined • Ability to Maintain Large Presence in Key Basins Over the Long Term • Economies of Scale • Drilling Services, Marketing • Scale to Maintain Employee Base More Effectively • Maintain Basin Expertise

  9. EnerVest Structure ENERVEST MANAGEMENT PARTNERS Institutional Business (Fund IX, Fund X Fund XI, etc.) MLP Business (EV Energy Partners) OPERATIONS (“OPCO”)

  10. Total Stripper U.S. Oil and Gas Wells 74 % of U.S. wells are stripper wells 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 0 Gas wells Oil wells

  11. Offering Summary Ticker/Exchange: EVEP/NASDAQ Securities Offered: 3,900,000 common units (4,335,000 with over-allotment) Price: $20.00 per unit Quarterly Distribution: $0.40 ($1.60 annualized) Yield: 8.00% 9/30/07 EBITDA to Distribution Coverage: 1.7x total units (2.8x common units) Sole Bookrunner: A.G. Edwards Joint Lead Manager: Raymond James Co-Managers: Wachovia Securities Oppenheimer & Co.

  12. Benefits of the EVEP MLP Structure • Provides an Attractive, Tax-Deferred Yield to Investors • Tax-Efficient Vehicle for Owning Long-Life, Mature Assets with Significant “Free” Cash Flow • Yield-Based Valuation Results in a Cost of Capital Advantage Over Traditional E&P Companies in Making Acquisitions • EVEP Will Have No Debt Pro Forma the IPO and the Financial Flexibility to Pursue Accretive Acquisitions • Subordinated Units Provide Distribution Priority to Common Unitholders • GP Incentive Distribution Rights Have Been Highly Successful in MLPs

  13. Business Strategy Provide Stability and Growth in Cash Distributions Per Unit Over Time • Increase Reserves and Production Over Long Term Through Accretive Acquisitions • Maintain Low Debt Levels to Reduce Risk and Facilitate Acquisitions • Reduce Exposure to Commodity Price Risk Through Hedging • Keep Inventory of Proved Undeveloped Drilling Locations Sufficient to Maintain Production • Retain Operational Control • Focus on Controlling Costs

  14. Post-IPO Ownership Public Common Units 56% Subordinated Units 40% Units 4,335,000 160,000 4,495,000 3,100,000 155,000 7,750,000 % 56% 2% 58% 40% 2% 100% Common Units Public Sponsors Total Common Units Subordinated Units Implied G.P. Units MLP Total General Partner Interest 2% Sponsor Common Units 2%

  15. EVEP Assets Current Operations Historical Operations EVEP Areas of Operations Pro-forma with Michigan Estimated Reserves ~ 121.7 Bcfe Production: ~17.4 mmcfde Natural Gas: 90% PDP: 90% 136 Booked PUDS

  16. Profile of EVEP Today 30% 44% 140 14% 12% 120 Appalachia 100 Monroe 80 N. LA-Mid-Con* 60 Michigan** 40 20 *Acquired 12-15-06 **Closing on 1-31-07 0 Oct-06 Dec-06 Jan-07 Proved Reserves Total Proved Reserves 121.7 BCFE

  17. Distributable Cash vs. MQD at Offering $25,000 $2.65 per Unit EBITDA $20,000 Estimated Maintenance Capital $1.96 per Unit $15,000 Excess "Cushion" (in thousands) $1.60 per Unit MQD Subordinated Units $10,000 $5,000 Common Units $0 1

  18. EV Energy Partners, L.P. The Public/Private Two-Step EnerVest Management Partners/EVEP John B. Walker, Chairman & CEO January 18, 2007

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