Allegheny Technologies Incorporated announced it has completed the sale of a portion of its oil and gas rights in Eddy County, New Mexico and has reached an agreement to sell the remaining portion of these rights, both to the same undisclosed buyer.

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Image: The sale and definitive sales agreement are anticipated to close in third quarter 2019. Photo: Courtesy of Adam Radosavljevic from Pixabay.

The completed second quarter 2019 sale and the definitive sales agreement, anticipated to close in third quarter 2019, are expected to generate over $90 million in pretax income and cash for ATI.

These oil and gas rights were initially acquired by the company in 1972 along with land purchased by Teledyne, Inc., which later became part of ATI. The land was subsequently sold, with the company retaining its underlying oil and gas rights.

“We continue to leverage the sale of non-core assets to increase cash available to fund ongoing balance sheet improvement initiatives,” said Robert S. Wetherbee, President and Chief Executive Officer. “We remain focused on our balance sheet and intend to make significant progress on both pension funding and debt reduction over the next 12 months.”

ATI’s second quarter 2019 results will include pretax non-operating income and cash flows of $29 million and it is expected that third quarter 2019 results will include approximately $62 million of pretax non-operating income and cash flows related to these oil and gas rights sales.