EX-99.1 2 h47735exv99w1.htm PRESS RELEASE exv99w1
 

Exhibit 99.1
     
(ConocoPhillips Logo)
  600 North Dairy Ashford (77079-1175)
P. O. Box 2197
Houston, TX 77252-2197
Phone 281.293.1000
www.conocophillips.com
NEWS RELEASE
ConocoPhillips and Venezuela Unable to Reach Migration Agreement;
Compensation Negotiations Continue
HOUSTON, June 26, 2007 — ConocoPhillips and the Venezuelan government were unable to reach agreement regarding ConocoPhillips’ migration to an Empresa Mixta structure mandated by Venezuela decree law 5.200. Therefore, pursuant to the decree, Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) or its affiliates will directly assume the activities associated with ConocoPhillips’ interests in the Petrozuata and Hamaca heavy-oil ventures and the offshore Corocoro development project.
While negotiations are continuing between ConocoPhillips and Venezuelan authorities concerning appropriate compensation for the company’s interests, the company expects to record a complete impairment of its entire interest in its oil projects in Venezuela of approximately $4.5 billion, before- and after-tax, in its second-quarter financial results. While the company is hopeful that the negotiations will be successful, it has preserved all legal rights including international arbitration.
Prior to the expropriation of its interests, ConocoPhillips held a 50.1 percent interest in Petrozuata, a 40 percent interest in Hamaca, and a 32.5 percent interest in Corocoro. At December 31, 2006, ConocoPhillips had recorded 1,088 million barrels of oil equivalent of proved reserves related to Petrozuata and Hamaca, and first-quarter 2007 production from these two joint ventures, after application of disproportionate OPEC reductions imposed by the Venezuelan government, averaged 82,000 net barrels per day of crude oil. First-quarter 2007 net income attributable to ConocoPhillips’ Venezuelan operations was $27 million.
Additional information is available in ConocoPhillips’ filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
ConocoPhillips [NYSE:COP] is an integrated oil company with interests around the world. For more information, go to www.conocophillips.com.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are intended to be covered by the safe harbors created thereby. Forward-looking statements relate to future events and anticipated

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ConocoPhillips and Venezuela Unable to Reach Migration Agreement; Compensation Negotiations Continue
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