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Vår Energi ASA

Investor Presentation Apr 23, 2025

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First quarter 2025

Results presentation 23 April 2025

Today's presenters

Nick Walker CEO

Carlo Santopadre CFO

Ida Marie Fjellheim VP Investor Relations

First quarter 2025 highlights

Production

Production cost

272

kboepd

11.6 USD/boe

CFFO

1.3 USD billion

2

Dividend Q1 and Q2 2025 guidance

300 USD million

Production in-line with expectations

  • Continued strong performance on operated assets
  • Successful start-ups of Halten East and Johan Castberg

Strong financial performance

  • Material cash flow from operations of USD 1.3 billion
  • Unit production cost in-line with guidance
  • Locked in ~20% of gas volumes at high gas prices in the summer
  • Reduced net debt, with leverage ratio of 0.8x
  • Successful issuance EUR 1 billion senior notes

Delivering growth and unlocking future value

  • Jotun FPSO moored at field and on track for end-Q2 2025 start-up
  • Adding ~180 kboepd at peak from new fields in 2025
  • Zagato discovery unlocking significant potential in the Goliat area

Continued attractive and predictable dividends

  • Maintained guided dividend level for Q2 2025
  • Resilience with low free cashflow breakeven and capital flexibility with around 70% of future capex uncommitted1

  • Average over period 2025-2030

A leading pure-play E&P

3 rd largest oil and gas producer in Norway

  • High quality portfolio
  • Diversified asset base
  • Interests in ~50% of all producing assets
  • Balanced commodity mix, ~30% gas1

Delivering significant production growth

On track to meet 2025 guidance

  1. Vår Energi operated assets

  2. In 2025, adding ~180 kboepd at peak production, including Johan Castberg, Halten East, Balder X, Gjøa LLP, Balder phase V, Askeladd Vest,

5 Åsgard LPP3, Åsgard SSC phase II, Ormen Lange phase III 272 kboepd Q1 2025 production

330-360 kboepd Full-year guidance unchanged

>400 kboepd Q4 2025

9 project startups2

>30 infill wells

Opex within guidance

Average unit cost new projects on stream2

~4 USD/boe

Cost synergies and improvements

Safe and responsible

Total recordable injury frequency Serious incident frequency1 3

Near Zero methane intensity4,5

Carbon emissions intensity

kg CO2 /boe6

  1. SIF: Number of incidents with actual or potential serious consequence per million hours worked. 12 months rolling average 2. In first quarter 2025

  2. TRIF: Number of personal injuries, excl. first aid treatment, per million worked hours. 12 months rolling average

  3. Key performance indicator for Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) 2025 upstream methane target is well below 0.2%

7

  1. Operational control 6. Equity share Scope 1

  2. Source: Rystad Energy

Inclusion in OSEBX ESG index

Halten East on time and on budget

March 2025

8

high value barrels First oil 100-200 mmboe potential in the area for future developments1

~80 kboepd Peak production2

~100 mmboe Recoverable reserves2

~3 kg/boe CO2 intensity

Subsea tieback delivering

  1. Gross unrisked additional recoverable resources 2. Gross, Vår Energi 24.6% working interest

Johan Castberg ramping up

220 kboepd Plateau production2,3

450-650 mmboe

Recoverable reserves2,3

~4 USD/bbl

Production cost

250-550 mmboe

Additional unrisked recoverable resources2

9 3. Vår Energi 30% working interest

Jotun FPSO moored at field

Successful sail-away March 2025

  1. Gross, Vår Energi 90% working interest

10 2. At peak production

Start-up on track End Q2 2025

~80 kboepd Peak production1

~150 mmboe 2P reserves1

~5 USD/bbl Production cost2

Adding 45 – 50 mmboe1 Balder phase V start-up Q4 2025 Balder phase VI start-up Q4 2026

Photo: Jotun FPSO moored at field

  1. 2024 Annual statement of reserves - Proved plus probable (2P) reserves, net

  2. Year-end 2024 2C contingent resources, net

  3. Net risked exploration resources

Flexible and resilient early phase project portfolio

Breakeven3

~35 USD/boe

  1. Improved Oil Recovery 5. Subsea Compression 6. Previously Producing Fields 7. Low Pressure Production 8. Net Vår Energi 2C contingent resources

Goliat Ridge

  • Goliat Gas
  • Johan Castberg Isflak Johan Castberg cluster 1 & 2
  • Johan Castberg IOR4 Snøhvit SSC5

Norwegian Sea

  • Calypso Heidrun Extension Project Njord northern area
  • Tyrihans North Åsgard projects

~600

mmboe being developed8

Vår Energi licences Targeting sanction in 2025

Balder beyond

Balder Area

North Sea Beta and Dugong Ekofisk PPF6

Fram South Garantiana

Grosbeak Gudrun LPP7

Balder future phases Balder phase VI Grane gas export King area development Ringhorne North Jotun de-bottlenecking

Eldfisk North Extension

Gjøa subsea projects

Sleipner LPP7 phase I Sleipner LPP7 phase II Snorre gas export

12 1. Average over period 2025-2030 2. Average portfolio internal rate of return 3. Volume-weighted average across portfolio

Goliat ridge exploration success

Reserves and resources mmboe¹

Discoveries Prospects Development wells Goliat Ridge structure Drilling 2H 2025 Drilling 2H 2025 Countach Zagato Goliat North Goliat FPSO New 3D seismic Summer 2025 New 4D seismic Summer 2025 Planned exploration wells Zagato discovery marks third exploration success in a row Zagato North 7500 m

Successful exploration wells

  1. Discovered amount 35-100 mmboe 3. At end of 2024 13

  2. Gross

Financial highlights

79 USD/boe weighted average realised price

0.8x Leverage ratio1

14

1.3 USD billion CFFO after tax

2.7 USD billion Available liquidity2

300 USD million Dividend Q1 and Q2 2025 guidance 1 EUR billion

Successful issuance of senior notes

Strong realised prices

Total petroleum revenues Locked-in high gas prices in summer 2025

90 USD per boe² ~20% of gas volumes for Q2 and Q3 2025

Realised prices

USD per boe

USD million

15 1. Volume weighted 2. Contracted fixed price based on average exchange rates in April 2025

~79 USD/boe Average realised price Q1 20251

High cash flow generation

1.3 USD billion Q1 2025 cash flow from operations (CFFO)

2.3-2.5 USD billion

2025 development capex guidance maintained

CFFO and Capex

USD million

CFFO Capex1

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

  1. Including expenditures on property, plants and equipment (PP&E) and exploration

16

Solid liquidity and financial position

Cash flow development Q1 2025

USD million 2.7 USD billion Available liquidity

Diversified long-term capital structure aligned with business needs

Continued strong financial position

Net interest-bearing debt and leverage ratio1

USD billion

5

Maturity profile

Committed to maintaining Investment Grade rating

0

1

0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9

  1. Net interest-bearing debt (NIBD) is shown at end of period, including lease commitments. EBITDAX is rolling 12 months

18 2. Based on EURO/USD of 1.08

Baa3 BBB

Cash tax sensitivities

Tax payments – sensitivities for 2H 20251

USD million²

~7 NOK billion 1H 2025 tax payments (USD ~0.7 billion)2

Taxes paid in 1H 2025 related to 2024 results

  1. Price assumptions reflects average for the year

  2. Based on NOK/USD 10.5. 19

Attractive and predictable dividends

Dividends

Dividend guidance Q2 2025 300 USD million

Dividend for Q1 2025 of USD ~0.12 per share paid 8 May 2025

Paid in NOK at exchange rate of USD/NOK 10.3594

Guidance and outlook

2025 Longer-term
Production 330-360
kboepd
Q4 2025: >400 kboepd
2026: ~400 kboepd
2027-2030: 350-400
kboepd
Production cost USD 11-12 per boe, USD ~10 per boe in Q4 Sustain
USD ~10 per boe¹
Capex USD 2.3-2.5
billion ex. exploration and abandonment
Exploration USD ~350 million
Abandonment USD ~150 million
2026-30:
USD 2-2.5 billion ex. exploration and abandonment p.a.
Exploration USD 200-300 million p.a.
Abandonment USD ~150 million p.a.
Dividends Q1 dividend of USD 300 million
(~0.12
USD per share)
Q2
dividend guidance of USD 300 million
Full year dividend
25-30%
of CFFO after tax
Dividend of 25-30% of CFFO after tax over the cycle
Other Cash tax payments of USD ~0.7
billion in 1H
2025

Strong financial results and performance

Operational performance in-line with expectations

Maintaining resilience and flexibility in a volatile market

High available liquidity

Delivering on transformational growth

Attractive and predictable dividend continued

Appendix

Exploration program 2025

Licence Prospect Operator Vår
Energi
share
Pre-drill
unrisked
resources
mmboe1
Estimated
recoverable
resources
mmboe1
Status
PL 1131 Elgol Vår Energi 40 % Minor gas
discovery
PL 1110 Njargasas Aker BP 30 % Dry
PL 229 Zagato Vår Energi 65 % 15-43 Discovery
PL 1090 Kokopelli Vår Energi 50 % Dry
PL 1005 Rondeslottet Aker BP 40 % 870 Q2
PL 169 Lit Equinor 13 % 10 Q2
PL 554 Garantiana NW Equinor 30 % 40 Q2
PL 532 Skred Equinor 30 % 30 Q2
PL 586 Vidsyn Vår Energi 75 % 65 Q2
PL 1238 Daemos Equinor 20 % 245 Q2
PL 229 Goliat North Vår Energi 65 % 10 Q3
PL 1194 Hoffmann OMV 30 % 120 Q3
PL 532 Drivis Tubåen Equinor 30 % 10 Q3
PL 090 F South Equinor 40 % 25 Q3
PL 1121 Tyrihans East Equinor 30 % 20 Q3
PL 554 C Narvi Equinor 30 % 20 Q3
PL 554 Avbitertang Equinor 30 % 25 Q4
PL 229 Zagato North Vår Energi 65% 18 Q4
PL 027 Prince Updip Vår Energi 90% 45 Q4 2025 /Q1 2026
PL 1236 Vikingskipet Equinor 30% 190 Q4 2025 /Q1 2026

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