Chariot Limited
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Open · 5
1 director buying
- 8 Oct 2026 Julian Maurice-Williams £20k
Angola Block 14 funding deal
Follows from Placing and open offer – Placing priced and oversubscribed; open offer to follow
Chariot part-financed Etu Energias' purchase of Azule's 20% of Block 14 and 10% of Block 14K (SPA March 2026) and backed its Chevron purchase (SPA August 2026, Framework Agreement with Etu and BW Energy announced 1 Sep 2026). The 30 Sep 2026 H1 results put combined exposure at about 8,000 bopd with base case net NPV10 over US$200m at US$60/bbl. Shell Trading funds the acquisition debt.
- Interests bought
- Etu Energias acquires additional 31% of Block 14 and 15.5% of Block 14K, offshore Angola 1 Sep 2026 ↗
- Indicative value
- Base case net NPV10 over US$200m at US$60/bbl as of 1 Jan 2026 30 Sep 2026 ↗
- Funding
- Shell Trading provides acquisition debt, repaid via future offtake barrels and cashflows 30 Sep 2026 ↗
- Partners
- Framework Agreement with Etu Energias and BW Energy; support for Etu's intended operatorship of Block 14 1 Sep 2026 ↗
- Asset
- Block 14 produces about 40 kbopd gross; licence runs to 2038; Block 14K to 2031; reserves 93mmbbls 1 Sep 2026 ↗
- First deal
- Base consideration US$195m, economic effective date 1 Jan 2025; completion expected H2 2026 30 Sep 2026 ↗
Next: Regulatory approvals; first deal closing H2 2026, second early 2027
- 30 Sep 2026 Two SPAs signed; awaiting regulatory approvals
- 1 Sep 2026 SPA and Framework Agreement signed
- 30 Jun 2026 SPA signed; closing expected H2 2026
- 8 Apr 2026 SPA signed; closing expected H2 2026
Sale of Renewable Power business
Part of Zen and Bergriver wind farms – Under constructionIncludes Etana offtake contract build-out – 400MW under construction; pipeline growing
On 30 Jun 2026 Chariot stated an intention to realise the value of Renewable Power to focus on upstream. The 30 Sep 2026 H1 results say a formal sales process is underway with multiple offers received. The next step is choosing a preferred bidder, and further cash is expected from the sale.
- Business
- Renewable Power: 34% of Etana, 194MW wind stakes, solar and hydrogen projects 30 Jun 2026 ↗
- Use of money
- Further cash anticipated from the sale; no allocation stated in these results 30 Sep 2026 ↗
- Buyer
- Not stated 30 Sep 2026 ↗
- Price
- Not stated 30 Sep 2026 ↗
- Business sold
- Renewable Power: 34% of Etana, 194MW wind stakes, solar and hydrogen projects 30 Sep 2026 ↗
- Process
- Sales process underway; multiple offers received 30 Sep 2026 ↗
Next: Select preferred bidder
- 30 Sep 2026 Sales process underway; multiple offers received
- 30 Jun 2026 Intention stated; no process announced
Etana offtake contract build-out
Part of Sale of Renewable Power business – Sales process underway; multiple offers received
Etana (34% Chariot economic interest) signed a 10-year Sibanye-Stillwater offtake on 6 Feb 2026 and sole Orkney offtake on 23 Feb 2026. The 30 Jun 2026 results confirm 400MW under construction and over 500MW shovel-ready. These assets are now part of the Renewables business Chariot wants to monetise.
- Chariot interest
- 34% economic interest in Etana via Chariot Generation and Trading
- Prior Mulilo project
- 75MWAC Du Plessis Dam Solar PV2, construction began last year
- Under development
- 400MW of wind and solar 8 Apr 2026 ↗
- Pipeline
- Over 500MW shovel-ready 30 Jun 2026 ↗
- Sibanye PPA
- 220MW, 10 years 30 Jun 2026 ↗
- Orkney offtake
- 150MW of solar power in sole offtake 8 Apr 2026 ↗
Next: Progress the 500MW+ shovel-ready pipeline
- 30 Jun 2026 400MW under construction; pipeline growing
- 8 Apr 2026 Etana building out; 400MW under development
- 23 Feb 2026 Orkney 150MWAC offtake added; financial close reached
- 6 Feb 2026 PPA signed; supply from late 2027
Placing and open offer
Led to Angola Block 14 funding deal – Two SPAs signed; awaiting regulatory approvals
- 19 Feb 2026 Placing priced and oversubscribed; open offer to follow
- 19 Feb 2026 Bookbuild launched; open offer to follow
Company filings. Not investment advice.