Stranded gas, made productive.
Upfront capital for operators, field infrastructure on the pad, and contracted delivery to market.
Discounted gas in, yield out.
From wellhead to market.
Operator engagement and underwrite
We meet with the operator, review production history and gas analysis, and underwrite the volumes and the path to market.
VPP structured and funded at closing
We structure a Volumetric Production Payment against contracted future production and fund the operator at closing.
Field infrastructure deployed and operated
We deploy compression, treating, and offtake equipment to the pad and run it for the life of the contract.
Gas delivered under contract to offtakers
Produced volumes are gathered, treated, and sold under contract to industrial and midstream buyers.
What it looks like on your side.
- Typical VPP term
- Five years, with structures available from three to seven depending on reserves and offtake.
- Well data we need
- Production history, recent gas analysis, and current disposition of the gas (sold, flared, vented, curtailed).
- Operator capex required
- None. We bring the iron — compression, treating, gathering, and offtake — at our cost.
- Timeline to funding
- Typically six to twelve weeks from first call to closing, subject to data and field diligence.
What it looks like on the note.
- Security structure
- Senior secured notes issued by VPP Gas to fund the underlying VPP transactions.
- Collateral
- The Volumetric Production Payment itself, the field infrastructure deployed to deliver it, and the contracted offtake agreements.
- Cash flow profile
- Contracted, physical gas delivered under long-dated agreements — not commodity paper or directional price exposure.
- Return profile
- [Minimum and target return profile to be inserted.]
Questions, answered.
What does VPP Gas do?
VPP Gas is a specialist firm focused on monetizing stranded and underutilized natural gas. We purchase contracted future production from operators under Volumetric Production Payments, fund those purchases by issuing senior secured notes, and deploy the field infrastructure required to gather, treat, and move the gas to creditworthy buyers.
What is a Volumetric Production Payment?
A Volumetric Production Payment, or VPP, is a contractual arrangement in which a buyer pays an operator upfront in exchange for a defined volume of future natural gas production from identified wells. It is a long-established structure in the upstream energy industry and conveys a real, recorded interest in the produced volumes rather than a financial claim on the operator.
Who do you work with?
On the upstream side, we work with natural gas operators whose volumes are stranded, flared, curtailed, or otherwise underutilized. On the capital side, we work with institutional and accredited investors who want exposure to physical, contracted natural gas through senior secured notes.
Where do you operate?
We focus on basins where there is meaningful associated and stranded gas and where field-scale infrastructure can solve the bottleneck between the wellhead and a viable buyer. We are happy to discuss specific footprints and active opportunities directly.
How do I get in touch?
Operators can reach us at operators@gasvpp.com. Investor and general inquiries can be sent to info@gasvpp.com.