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Energy SpA Earnings Release 2022

Oct 25, 2022

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BW Energy: Q3 2022 trading and financial update

BW Energy: Q3 2022 trading and financial update

Q3 2022 trading and financial update

BW Energy today provides an update on the operations and development of the

Dussafu Marin license in Gabon. The Company will publish financial figures for

the third quarter of 2022 on Thursday, 17 November. Gross production from the

Tortue field averaged approximately 10,400 barrels of oil per day in the third

quarter of 2022, amounting to a total gross production of approximately 960,000

barrels of oil for the period in line with expectations.

BW Energy completed one lifting in the quarter at a price of USD 101 per barrel.

Production cost (excluding royalties) was approximately USD 36 per barrel. The

overall production cost includes approximately USD 1 million related handling of

the COVID-19 pandemic in the period.

BW Energy's share of gross production was approximately 700,000 barrels of oil.

The net sold volume, which is the basis for revenue recognition in the financial

statement, was 715,000 barrels including 32,500 barrels of quarterly Domestic

Market Obligation (DMO) deliveries with an under-lift position of 185,000

barrels at the end of the period.

BW Energy had a cash balance of USD 186 million at 30 September 2022, compared

to USD 123 million at 30 June 2022. The increase is due to the payment received

for the August lifting and a drawdown on the Company's reserve-based lending

(RBL) facility, partly offset by continued investments in the Hibiscus / Ruche

development project.

At the start of the period, the Company had commodity price hedges for a

remaining total volume of one million barrels for 2022 and 2023, of which 37% is

for 2022. These were a combination of swaps and zerocost collars that will allow

for future cash flow stability for ongoing development projects. BW Energy has

recognised realised crude oil hedge losses in the amount of USD 2.9 million and

unrealised gains in the amount of USD 14.9 million for the third quarter.

In late September, the BW MaBoMo offshore production facility arrived in Gabon

on schedule. The production facility has since been installed on site and

preparations are underway for future drilling operations and for the tie-in of

the export pipeline to the BW Adolo FPSO and the BW MaBoMo. Twenty kilometres of

the subsea pipeline has now been installed, with final connections planned for

year-end.

Separately, the drilling rig is on schedule to spud the first production well

planned in January. This in in line with the plan for first oil from the

Hibiscus / Ruche development towards the end of the first quarter of 2023.

For further information, please contact:

Knut R. Sæthre, CFO BW Energy, +47 91 11 78 76

[email protected]

About BW Energy:

BW Energy is a growth E&P company with a differentiated strategy targeting

proven offshore oil and gas reservoirs through low risk phased developments. The

Company has access to existing production facilities to reduce time to first oil

and cashflow with lower investments than traditional offshore developments. The

main assets are 73.5% of the producing Dussafu Marine Permit offshore Gabon and

a 95% interest in the Maromba field in Brazil, both operated by the Company.

Total net 2P+2C reserves were 240 million barrels at the start of 2022.

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section

5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act