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Aker BP

Earnings Release May 6, 2015

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DET NORSKE Highlights

Finance

  • Q1 EBITDA USD 256 million, EPS 0.01 (USD)
  • DETNOR02 loan agreement amended
  • USD 500 million RCF fully underwritten
  • Contemplating USD 300 million subordinated bond issue

Operations

  • Total production of 64.9 mboepd in Q1 2015
  • Production commenced on Bøyla in January

Development Projects

  • Ivar Aasen development on schedule
  • Johan Sverdrup PDO submitted, contracts currently being awarded
  • Viper-Kobra project sanctioned

Financials

FINANCIALS Statement of income

Income statement (USD mill) Q1 2015 Q1 2014 FY 2014
Revenues 324 26 464
Production costs 39 7 67
Other
operating expenses
14 1 49
EBITDAX 271 18 365
Exploration expenses 15 20 158
EBITDA 256 -2 208
Depreciation 122 15 160
Impairment losses 53 27 346
Operating profit/loss (EBIT) 81 -44 (299)
Net financial
items
0 -10 (77)
Profit/loss before taxes 81 -54 (376)
Tax (+) / Tax income (-) 79 -51 (93)
Net profit/loss 2 -3 (279)
EPS 0.01 -0.02 (1.68)

FINANCIALS Statement of financial position

Assets
(USD mill)
31.03.15 31.03.14 Equity and Liabilities
(USD mill)
31.03.15 31.03.14
Goodwill 1 134 54 Equity 654 530
Other intangible
assets
940 367 Other provisions for liabilities incl.
P&A
(long)
498 145
Property, plant
and equipment
2 679 591 Deferred
tax
1 363 -
Calculated tax receivables
(long)
- 25 Bonds 233 413
Deferred tax asset - 133 Bank debt 2 144 359
Receivables and other assets 314 205 Exploration facility - 114
Calculated
tax receivables (short)
- 237 Other current liabilities incl. P&A (short) 478 187
Cash and
cash equivalents
412 137 Tax payable 110 -
Total
Assets
5 480 1 748 Total Equity and Liabilities 5 480 1 748

FINANCIALS Amending current debt instruments

Net debt of USD 2 billion

  • Outstanding debt of USD 2.4 billion (bonds and bank debt) at the end of Q1 2015
  • Cash, cash equivalents and undrawn credit of about USD 1.0 billion at the end of Q1 2015

DETNOR02 (2013/2020) NOK 1.9 billion bond

  • Amended loan agreement to harmonize with the RBL facility covenants
  • Margin increased to NIBOR + 6.5%

USD 3.0 bn RBL facility

  • The company had drawn USD 2.2 billion at the end of Q1 2015
  • Amendments in the RBL loan agreement result in more predictable availibility
  • Borrowing base availability increased to USD 2.8 billion

FINANCIALS Further diversifying the capital structure

May 2015 Target

New USD 500 million RCF fully underwritten by bank consortium Four-year tenor and 1+1 extension option Utilization fee of 1.5% and margin of 4%, stepping up by 0.5% after 3, 4 and 5 years Completion expected in May Contemplating subordinated bond issue of USD 300 million Roadshow in the coming days These initiatives represent an integral part of diversifying the company's capital structure RCF - undrawn DETNOR02 RBL - undrawn RBL - drawn 0.50 2.20 0.25 0.30 Subordinated debt 3.85 0.50 0.25 0.90 2.95 1.90 Debt capital structure Overview RBL - undrawn RBL - drawn DETNOR02

Production

PRODUCTION Net production

Net production (boepd)

Q1 production

  • Q1 2015 production of 64.9 mboepd
  • Production availability was 96.4%, above target
  • Realized oil price of USD 58/bbl

New wells and work-overs

  • Bøyla put on stream in January, and had an average production of 8,300 boepd (net) in Q1
  • Drilling of second Bøyla well completed and is expected to commence production in Q3 2015
  • East Kameleon L4 came on stream mid April
  • KB3 work-over ongoing
  • 2015 production guidance:
  • 58-63,000 boepd

PRODUCTION Continuing to develop the Alvheim area

Near-term wells on Alvheim

  • Kneler 1: Planned to commence production around year-end
  • BoaKamNorth: Planned to commence drilling in Q4 2015 and to come on stream mid 2016
  • Viper Kobra: Development project ongoing, will come on stream Q4 2016

Extending rig capacity

  • Tendering rig to secure drilling capacity from summer 2016 and onwards
  • Will enable the company to continue to develop profitable projects in the Alvheim area

Alvheim area

Development Projects Q1 2015

IVAR AASEN (~35%*) Development on track

IVAR AASEN (~35%*) First geo-pilots in line with expectations

  • Drilling of the geo-pilots in Ivar Aasen commenced in January
  • First geo-pilots were broadly in line with expectations
  • Provided valuable information for the placement of production wells
  • Drilling of pilot wells will be concluded by the summer
  • After the pilot wells, the drilling of production wells will commence

IVAR AASEN (~35%*) Jacket ready for installation

Jacket completed in January 2015

On time and on cost with no major incidents

Jacket has arrived in Rotterdam

Will remain in Rotterdam until the installation on the Ivar Aasen field

The Thialf vessel will install the jacket

  • The Wei-Li vessel will also be used during the jacket installation campaign
  • Jacket to be installed in Q2 2015

IVAR AASEN (~35%*)

Topside construction about 60% completed

Topside on schedule

  • Detailed engineering in its final stage
  • Key equipment packages arrived on site as planned
  • Start commissioning this autumn
  • Mechanical complete by year-end 2015
  • Sail-away during spring 2016

* 34.78% in PL 01B/242/457, 35% in Hanz PL 028B

JOHAN SVERDRUP (11.89%, preliminary working interest) PDO submitted, contracts being awarded

PDO submitted in February 2015

  • Production start-up: Q4 2019
  • Volumes: 1.7-3.0bn boe (~80% from Phase 1)
  • Capex: NOK 117bn in Phase 1, NOK 170-220bn in total

First contracts have been awarded

  • Aker Solutions
  • Kværner
  • Aibel
  • ABB

NPD is reviewing the working interest distribution

MPE to decide on the unitization split

Exploration

EXPLORATION & APPRAISAL 2015 drilling activity

License Prospect Share mmboe Rig Timing
PL
272/035
Krafla
North &
Main
25 % - Transocean
Leader
Q4 14/Q1 15
PL 001B Løvstakken 35% - Maersk
Interceptor
Q1 15
PL 627 Skirne
East
20 % 50-171 Leiv
Eiriksson
Q2 15
Gina
Krog
East 3 3.3 % 27-82 Songa
Trym
Q2 15
PL 672 Snømus 25 % 14-94 Maersk Giant Q2 15
  • Discoveries at Krafla North and Main
  • Small gas discovery at Skirne East:
  • Encountered a 10-metre gross gas column
  • Preliminary volume estimates of 3-10 mboe
  • Drilling commenced on Snømus and Gina Krog East 3 in April

2015 Drilling schedule 2015 wells in the North Sea

Outlook Q1 2015

COST EFFICIENCY PROGRAMME Identified 2015 reductions exceed USD 100m

  • Cost efficiency programme progressing well
  • Measures identified currently exceed USD 100 million
  • 35 people offered redundancy packages or early retirement packages
  • Will continue to improve supply chain and optimize work processes going forward
  • Take advantage of the adverse market environment where we can

OUTLOOK Summary and outlook

Financial

  • Finalize the USD 300 million subordinated bond issue and the USD 500 million RCF
  • Continue to optimize the capital structure of the company going forward

Development projects

  • Ivar Aasen progressing according to plan
  • Johan Sverdrup PDO submitted, unit agreement to be concluded
  • Viper Kobra development has commenced

Cost Efficiency

  • Measures identified currently exceed USD 100 million
  • Will continue to improve supply chain and optimize work processes going forward

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