Q2 2017
AKER BP ASA
KARL JOHNNY HERSVIK, CEO ALEXANDER KRANE, CFO 14 JULY 2017
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AKER BP ASA Highlights
Production
- Q2-17 production of 142.7 mboepd
- 2017 full year guidance increased to 135 140 mboepd
Finance
- Q2-17 EBITDA USD 395 million, EPS USD 0.18
- Q2-17 Free cash flow* of USD 135 million (USD 0.40 per share)
- Quarterly dividend of USD 62.5 million (DPS of USD 0.185) to be disbursed in August
- Raised USD 400 million senior notes
Operations
- Strong drilling performance
- Volund infill wells completed, one put on stream in July
- Development projects progressing according to plan
Financials
Q2 2017
FINANCIALS Statement of income
| Income statement (USD million) |
Q2 2017 |
Q2 2016 |
FY 2016 |
| Total operating income |
595 |
256 |
1,364 |
| Production costs |
121 |
39 |
227 |
Other operating expenses |
3 |
5 |
22 |
| EBITDAX |
470 |
211 |
1,115 |
| Exploration expenses |
75 |
36 |
147 |
| EBITDA |
395 |
175 |
968 |
| Depreciation |
184 |
120 |
509 |
| Impairment losses |
0 |
(20) |
71 |
| Operating profit/loss (EBIT) |
210 |
74 |
387 |
Net financial items |
(84) |
(29) |
(97) |
| Profit/loss before taxes |
127 |
45 |
290 |
| Tax (+) / Tax income (-) |
67 |
39 |
255 |
| Net profit/loss |
60 |
6 |
35 |
| EPS (USD) |
0.18 |
0.03 |
0.15 |
FINANCIALS Statement of financial position
Assets (USD million) |
30.06.17 |
30.06.16 |
| Goodwill |
1,817 |
739 |
Other intangible assets |
1,627 |
927 |
Property, plant and equipment |
4,725 |
3,305 |
| Receivables and other assets |
694 |
362 |
Calculated tax receivables (short) |
402 |
207 |
Cash and cash equivalents |
66 |
68 |
|
|
|
Total Assets |
9,331 |
5,609 |
Equity and liabilities (USD million) |
30.06.17 |
30.06.16 |
| Equity |
2,453 |
378 |
Other provisions for liabilities incl. P&A (long) |
2,330 |
484 |
Deferred tax |
1,125 |
1,440 |
| Bonds |
554 |
515 |
| Bank debt |
1,814 |
2,336 |
| Other current liabilities incl. P&A (short) |
831 |
455 |
| Tax payable |
225 |
- |
Total Assets |
9,331 |
5,609 |
FINANCE Cash flow and liquidity
Strong cash flow in Q2-17
- Free cash flow of USD 135 million
- Repaid USD 190 million on RBL for cash management purposes
- Dividend of USD 62.5 million (USD 0.185 per share) paid out in May
- Net interest-bearing debt (book value) of USD 2.30 billion
- Leverage ratio* of 1.1x per 30 June
- Cash and undrawn credit of USD 2.7 billion per 30 June
- USD 62.5 million (USD 0.185 per share) to be paid out on or about 9 August
Cash flow Q2 2017 (USD million)
FINANCE Changes to the capital structure
- Obtained corporate credit ratings from S&P (BB+) and Moody's (Ba2)
- Raised USD 400 million senior notes
- Fixed interest of 6.0 percent, payable semi-annually
- Five years tenure
- US documentation (144A/Reg S)
- Redemption of USD 300 million subordinated PIK/Toggle DETNOR03 bond
- Interest of 10.25 percent
- Redemption at 110 percent of par value (+ accrued interest)
- Discussions ongoing to amend RBL facility
- Cost effective structure and ease of administration
- Expect to retain USD 4.0 billion facility size
- Intention to cancel USD 550 million RCF
Liquidity (USD billion)
FINANCE Updated 2017 guidance
| Item |
Actual year-to-date per June 30, 2017 |
Old guidance 2017 full year |
New guidance 2017 full year |
| Production |
144.0 mboepd |
128 – 135 mboepd |
135 – 140 mboepd |
| Production cost |
USD 9.3 per boe |
USD ~11 per boe |
USD ~10 per boe |
| CAPEX |
USD 491 million |
USD 900 – 950 million |
USD 900 – 950 million (no change) |
| EXPEX |
USD 120 million |
USD 280 – 300 million |
USD 280 – 300 million (no change) |
| Decommissioning cost |
USD 28 million |
USD 100 – 110 million |
USD 100 – 110 million (no change) |
Note: Guidance based on USD/NOK 8.5
Operations
Q2 2017
PRODUCTION Oil and gas production
- Q2-17 production of 142.7 mboepd
- 78% liquids / 22% gas
- Continued strong production from Viper-Kobra
- Realized oil price of 51 USD/bbl, gas price of 0.18 USD/scm
- Gina Krog (3.3%) commenced production on 30 June 2017
Net production* (boepd)
ALVHEIM AREA (65.0%*) Continues to beat expectations
- Continued stable and high production in Q2-17
- Production efficiency of 98%
- Production cost of 4.5 USD/boe
- Ongoing drilling campaign with Transocean Arctic
- Two infill wells at Volund completed
- Commenced drilling of first of two Boa infill wells
- Further maturing opportunities for the area
- Continued work on subsurface maturation to maximize recovery with lowest number of wells
- Storklakken concept selection (DG2) internally approved in March, targeting PDO (DG3) towards the end of 2017
- Tie-back to Alvheim FPSO via Vilje
- First oil planned for 2020
VALHALL (36.0%) / HOD (37.5%) Drilling program ongoing
- Continued high and stable production in Q2-17
- Production efficiency 85%
- IP Platform drilling program ongoing
- Seven wells campaign of which three are planned in 2017
- Strong drillings results to date
- Maersk Invincible commenced plugging and abandonment (P&A) operations in May
- 18 wells to be plugged
- Valhall Flank West project
- Planned as unmanned wellhead platform with 12 well slots, tied back to Valhall field center
- First oil expected in 2020
IVAR AASEN (34.8%) Production ramp-up continues
Excellent production performance with high uptime
- High operational availability of 98.5%
- Production efficiency 90% due to power issues
Strong drilling performance
- D-12 production well drilled at record speed
- PDO well programme to be completed in Q3-17
- Water injection commenced in May
Commissioning activities completed
• Ready for increased production according to agreement with Edvard Grieg from Q4-17
ULA (80.0%) / TAMBAR (55.0%) Increased production from WAG injection
Increased production from Ula/Tambar in Q2-17
- Mainly due to WAG effects
- Production efficiency 69%
- Tambar development progressing with procurement, engineering and prefabrication
- Tambar drilling to commence in Q4-17
- Testing OWC in the northern part of the field
- Increased understanding of the Tambar reservoir
- PDO for the Oda field (15%) was approved in May
- Subsea tie-back to Ula
- Est. CAPEX NOK 5.4 billion
- Gross reserves 48 mmboe
- First oil expected in Q2-19
SKARV AREA (23.8%) Snadd development progressing as planned
Stable operations and production
- 96% production efficiency
- Test production from Snadd A1H well continues
- Seismic survey during summer 2017
- Snadd project progressing as planned
- Development comprising of six subsea wells tied back to Skarv FPSO, including topsides modifications
- Est. CAPEX for phase 1 of approx. NOK 6 billion (gross)
- PDO planned in Q4-17
- First gas scheduled for 2020
JOHAN SVERDRUP (11.6%) Development on track
Project progressing according to plan:
- Most major contracts have been awarded
- Platform construction ongoing at 22 different sites globally
- Construction was approximately 60% complete by end-Q2
- The first steel jacket has been completed
- Good drilling progress currently drilling 10 water injectors following completion of eight producers and four pilot wells
Highly attractive economics
- Phase 1 CAPEX estimated at NOK 97 billion with break-even oil price below 20 USD/boe
- Full field CAPEX estimated at NOK 137 152 billion with break-even oil price below 25 USD/boe
The project aims to deliver PDO for phase 2 in the second half of 2018
NORTH OF ALVHEIM | KRAFLA/ASKJA Targeting an area solution for NOAKA
- Statoil, LOTOS and Aker BP have agreed to establish an area forum to evaluate a joint area development for North of Alvheim and Krafla/Askja (NOAKA)
- Two area solutions to be evaluated;
- Field hub with processing platform in the middle of the area
- Two unmanned processing platforms, one in Krafla/Askja area and one in the North of Alvheim area
- Gross resources in the area estimated to be in excess of 400 mmboe
- Concept selection targeted for Q1-18
Exploration activities 2017 EXPLORATION
- Drilling of the Gohta (NE) and Volund West prospects completed in the second quarter
- Maersk Interceptor to commence drilling of the Hyrokkin prospect in August, before drilling of the Nordfjellet/Delta prospects
| License |
Prospect name |
Operator |
Aker BP share |
Pre-drill mmboe* |
Time |
| JS Unit |
Tonjer |
Statoil |
11,6% |
Dry |
Q1 |
| PL533 |
Filicudi |
Lundin |
35% |
Discovery |
Q1 |
| PL492 |
Gohta (NE) |
Lundin |
60% |
Dry |
Q1 |
| PL150B |
Volund West |
Aker BP |
65% |
Dry |
Q2 |
| PL677 |
Hyrokkin |
Aker BP |
60% |
6 – 55 |
Q3 |
| PL442 |
Nordfjellet/Delta |
Aker BP |
90% |
10 – 39 |
Q3 |
| PL048G |
Central 3 |
Statoil |
3,3% |
8 - 21 |
Q3 |
| PL533 |
Hufsa |
Lundin |
35% |
186 – 403 |
Q4 |
IMPROVEMENT Drilling and wells continuous improvement
- Integrated one team approach continue to deliver improvement and outstanding drilling results
- Valhall IP – G-9 Well
- Implemented new well design and technology to deliver wells with cost below 5 USD/boe
- Increased recoverable reserves with about 30% compared with pre-drill estimates by increasing length of horizontal reservoir section by almost 50%
- Ivar Aasen – Maersk Interceptor
- Continues to deliver excellent drilling and completion performance
- Latest well (D-12) top on Rushmore statistics with 368 m/dry hole day
- New record for 12 ¼" section with 1,757 m in 24 hours
- West Volund – Transocean Arctic
- Delivered West Volund from spud to TD in 10 days
- Well costs below NOK 100 million (gross)
Ivar Aasen production and water injector wells
Meters / dry hole day excluding coring and logging *
Development wells drilled between 2007 and 2017, in Norway, from Jack-up or platform, not HPHT or MLT
OUTLOOK Closing remarks
Execute
Deliver PDO on Snadd, Valhall Flank West and Storklakken before year-end
Efficient and safe operations
- Relentless focus on cost reductions and productivity gains
- Mature projects to below 35 USD/boe break-even
Grow
Improve
- Stepping up exploration activity in H2 2017
- Pursue selective growth opportunities