GeoPark Outlines New Long-Term Strategic Plan and Capital Allocation Framework Ahead of 2025 Investor Day
GeoPark Limited (“GeoPark” or the “Company”) (NYSE: GPRK), a leading independent energy company with over 20 years of successful operations across Latin America, today presents its long-term strategic plan, operational priorities, and updated capital allocation framework ahead of its 2025 Investor Day, hosted today at the New York Stock Exchange and virtually. The event features presentations by GeoPark’s Chief Executive Officer, Felipe Bayon, and key members of the executive team, followed by a Q&A session. The corresponding presentation materials will be posted live on the “Invest with Us” section of the Company’s website, and a replay will be made available on the same website shortly after the event concludes.
Management will discuss the recently closed acquisition of the Loma Jarillosa Este and Puesto Silva Oeste blocks in the Vaca Muerta formation in Neuquén Province, Argentina, and outline GeoPark’s strategic path to renewed growth.
The Company’s strategic plan outlines a disciplined roadmap for value creation, leveraging GeoPark’s strong foundation in Colombia and its new long-term growth platform in Vaca Muerta. The Company expects to deliver sustainable earnings growth, maintain balance sheet strength, and generate transformational cash flow surplus once the investment phase peaks later in the decade.
Strategic Overview
- Balanced Portfolio: Colombia remains the core of GeoPark’s operations, generating stable cash flow from low-cost, high-margin barrels, while Argentina becomes a transformational growth driver following the completion of the Vaca Muerta acquisition and starting to operate the Loma Jarillosa Este and Puesto Silva Oeste blocks on October 16, 2025.
- Disciplined Execution: The long-term strategic plan prioritizes efficiency, operational excellence, and capital discipline while maintaining operational, commercial and financial flexibility to support future opportunities and shareholder returns.
- Strong Financial Position: The plan is fully funded with available liquidity, internally generated cash flow, and access to diverse sources in local and international credit markets.
Operational and Financial Guidance
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2025E1 |
2026 – 2028E Avg |
2029 – 2030E Avg |
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Production (boepd) |
~30,000 |
32,000 – 36,000 |
42,000 – 46,000 |
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Capex ($ million per year) |
90 – 120 |
290 – 320 |
220 – 250 |
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Adj EBITDA 2 ($ million per year) |
~300 |
345 – 375 |
520 – 550 |
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Net Leverage (x) |
1.5 – 1.7 |
1.6 – 1.8 |
0.8 – 1.0 |
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1 Pro forma including Argentina on a full year basis. |
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2 The Company is unable to present a quantitative reconciliation of full-year 2025 Adjusted EBITDA and Net Leverage, which are forward-looking non-GAAP measures, because it cannot reliably predict certain components that may have a material impact on these metrics. In the case of Adjusted EBITDA, such components include potential write-offs of unsuccessful exploration efforts, impairment losses on non-financial assets, and other items affecting net income. In the case of Net Leverage, this measure also incorporates elements that cannot be reasonably estimated in advance, such as potential changes in total debt, cash balances, and other non-operational factors. |
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Dividend and Capital Allocation Update
As disclosed in the 2Q2025 earnings release, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”)has been reviewing capital allocation priorities over recent quarters, considering the Company’s evolving growth strategy, balance sheet commitments, and shareholder return policy relative to peers and overall market.
Following the completion of the Vaca Muerta acquisition, and considering its projected capital needs, the Board has approved a revised dividend program:
- Total expected distribution of approximately $6 million over the next four quarters, equivalent to $1.5 million per quarter, commencing with the 3Q2025 results payout and ending with the 2Q2026 results payout.
- Dividend suspension commencing with the 3Q2026 results, aligned with increased capital expenditures for Vaca Muerta.
- The Board will reassess dividends once positive free cash flow generation resumes after the peak investment phase, consistent with GeoPark’s disciplined, returns-based capital framework.
Lastly, between June and October of this year the Company completed a $100 million debt repurchase program of its Senior Notes due 2030 below par ($108 million face value), aimed at strengthening the Company’s balance sheet and capturing material cost reduction opportunities, consistent with the commitment to deliver a lean, resilient and competitive organic business. Gross financial debt was reduced by 17% (approximately $540 million as of the date hereof, and following these repurchases) resulting in annual and cumulative interest savings of $10 million and $40 million, respectively.
Felipe Bayon, Chief Executive Officer of GeoPark, said: “We are repositioning GeoPark for a new phase of disciplined growth. Building on a stable, cash-generating base, we’re unlocking new unconventional opportunities in Argentina to drive scale, resilience, and sustainable returns. We will be entering a period of heightened investment to support this strong growth opportunity. The decisions we are announcing today reflect the Board’s commitment to maximizing long-term shareholder value and capital efficiency. At the appropriate time, we will reassess dividend distributions considering oil prices, capital requirements, and broader strategic priorities. We have a proven track record of disciplined capital allocation and are investing now to deliver greater and more sustainable returns in the future.”
Investor Day Webcast Details:
A live webcast of the Investor Day begins at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time today and concludes at approximately 11:00 a.m. Due to space limitations, in-person attendance is by invitation only; however, the virtual event is open to all interested parties.
Additional details and webcast registration are available here:
https://app.webinar.net/95qLE98o8Ge
NOTICE
Additional information about GeoPark can be found in the Invest with Us section of the website at www.geo-park.com
Oil and gas production figures included in this release are stated before the effect of royalties paid in kind, consumption and losses.
All evaluations of future net revenue contained in the D&M Reports are after the deduction of cash royalties, development costs, operating expenses, production and profit taxes, fees, earn out payments, well abandonment costs, and country income taxes from the future gross revenue. It should not be assumed that the estimates of future net revenues presented in the tables represent the fair market value of the reserves. The actual production, revenues, taxes and development, and operating expenditures with respect to the reserves associated with the Company’s properties may vary from the information presented herein, and such variations could be material. In addition, there is no assurance that the forecast price and cost assumptions contained in the D&M Report will be attained, and variances could be material.
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Forward-looking statements that appear in a number of places in this press release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations, regarding various matters including the Company’s ability to deliver sustainable earnings growth, maintain balance sheet strength, and generate transformational cash flow surplus, future Adjusted EBITDA, future Net Leverage, potential future dividends, new unconventional opportunities in Argentina, future investments, and the maximization of long-term shareholder value and capital efficiency. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s beliefs and assumptions, and on information currently available to the management. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements due to various factors.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update them in light of new information or future developments or to release publicly any revisions to these statements in order to reflect later events or circumstances or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. For a discussion of the risks facing the Company which could affect whether these forward-looking statements are realized, see the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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