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Maha Energy AB (publ) Biblioteksgatan 1 SE-111 46 Stockholm www.mahaenergy.ca
Press release Stockholm November 29th , 2017
This press release is not for release, publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland or the United States, or in any other jurisdiction where distribution of this press release could be illegal or subject to legal restrictions.
Maha Energy AB (publ) ("Maha" or the "Company") has today released its Q3 Financials Statements for the quarter ended September 30, 2017. The Q3 Financials Statements are attached and available on the Company's website at www.mahaenergy.ca.
Dear Friends and Fellow Shareholders of Maha Energy AB,
It is with pleasure Maha reports Q3 USD 2.259 million EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization); the first full quarter since closing of the acquisition of Grand Tierra's Brazilian operations (the "Transaction") on July 1st 2017. This of course compares favorably with Maha's negative EBITDA of USD 1.976 million for the first half of 2017.
Key highlights for the Q3 are:
At closing of the Transaction Brent Oil Price was USD 47.08/bbl; Brent has since strengthened by some 20%. This, of course, contributes positively to Maha's Q3 cash flow. At the end of Q3, Brent oil prices were back at levels not seen since the 2014/15 when the oil commodity cycle bottomed.
As earlier reported, to close the Transaction, Maha (in addition to the purchase price), was required to post approximately USD 11 million as cash security for surety bonds to the Agencia Nacional do Petroleo of Brazil ("ANP") for certain work obligations and abandonment liabilities. Maha was successful in negotiating a reduction in the "cash" security it needed to place by USD 7.5 million. The effect is that Maha has now freed an additional USD 7.5 million in cash originally earmarked for the surety bond security that can be deployed in developing the Tie field, faster.
As at 22 November, 2017, we settled final closing adjustments for the Transaction resulting in return of cash USD 1.4 million of the purchase price from Gran Tierra Inc.
Since the close of the transaction, we have been busy optimizing production at the Tie field, removing commercial barriers to more production, and improving our technical understanding of the asset. Some of the key endeavors undertaken during the quarter were:
expectation is oil offtake capacity will grow in harmony with increased production capacity. In particular an offtake agreement was signed during the quarter to deliver 1,000 BOPD to a local refinery.
Our work at Tartaruga field continues – both in relation to technical operations and administrative improvements and efficiencies:
Recent laboratory core flooding work along with actual LAK hot water flood results are very encouraging and plans are underway to alter and expand the current hot water flood. As these plans are developed over the next few months, further information will be communicated with more details.
As can be seen, Q3 has been a very busy quarter with multiple projects taking shape. I am very proud of the focus and effort being put in by the Maha team in Canada, the US, and Brazil. These efforts are now beginning to translate into tangible positive results with more to come; this all sets us up for an exceptional 2018.
We thank you for your continued support.
Jonas Lindvall Managing Director
FNCA Sweden AB is the Company's Certified Adviser.
Email: [email protected]
Ron Panchuk (CCO) Tel: +1 403 454 7560 Email: [email protected]
or
Andres Modarelli (CFO) Tel: +1-403-454-7560 Email: [email protected]
This information is published in accordance with the EU Market Abuse Regulation and/or the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication through the agency of the contact persons set out above on November 29th , 2017, at 7:59 am CET.
Maha Energy AB is a Swedish public limited liability company. FNCA Sweden AB has been engaged as Certified Adviser. The Company's auditors are Deloitte. The Company's predecessor Maha Energy Inc. was founded in 2013 in Calgary, Canada, by Jonas Lindvall and Ron Panchuk. In May 2016, the new group was formed with Maha Energy AB as parent company for purposes completing an initial public offering on the Nasdaq First North Sweden stock exchange. Jonas Lindvall, CEO and Managing Director, has 26 years of international experience in the oil and gas industry, starting his career with Lundin Oil during the early days of E&P growth. After 6 years at Shell and Talisman, Jonas joined, and helped secure the success of, Tethys Oil AB. Maha's strategy is to target and develop underperforming hydrocarbon assets on global basis. The Company operates three oil fields, Tartaruga and Tie in Brazil and LAK Ranch, in Wyoming, U.S. For more information, please visit our website www.mahaenergy.ca.
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