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OKEA ASA — Interim / Quarterly Report 2020
Feb 5, 2021
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Interim / Quarterly Report
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Presentation of fourth quarter 2020 OKEA ASA
5 February 2021
Q4 Highlights
Operations
- No serious incidents at Draugen, Covid-19 situation managed
- High production reliability at Draugen and Gjøa
- Yme onshore work completed, and rig successfully installed at location
- Production 16 171 boepd
Financials
- Revenues from oil and gas NOK 581 million
- EBITDA NOK 229 million
- Net profit NOK 182 million
- Cash position NOK 871 million
Positioned for growth
- Significant organic growth potential without need for new equity
- o Two new wells Gjøa P1 planned onstream in February
- o Start-up of Yme H2-21
- o Final Investment Decision Hasselmus first tie-in to Draugen
- o Vette acquisition potential coordinated development with Grevling
- o Three firm exploration wells planned Jerv, Ilder, Ginny
- o Expanding portfolio: Six new licenses in APA 2020 four as operator
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Financials
Oil and gas production, sales and revenues
Income statement
| Figures in NOK million |
Q4 '19 |
Q3 '20 |
Q4 '20 |
2020 | 2019 | Operating income: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total operating income |
564 | 321 | 584 | 1 730 |
3 020 |
|
| Production expenses |
-205 | -154 | -189 | -696 | -709 | |
| Changes over/underlift in positions and inventory |
4 2 |
-31 | -74 | 1 7 |
-272 | Production expenses: |
| Depreciation | -163 | -147 | -179 | -699 | -704 | |
| Impairment | -9 | -572 | 117 | -1 387 |
-105 | |
| Exploration , general and adm . expenses |
-176 | -20 | -91 | -184 | -402 | Impairment: |
| Profit / loss (-) from operating activities |
5 5 |
-603 | 167 | -1 219 |
827 | |
| Net financial items |
-90 | 7 6 |
243 | -12 | -408 | |
| Profit / (-) before income loss tax |
-35 | -527 | 410 | -1 231 |
419 | |
| Income taxes |
3 3 |
508 | -227 | 628 | -491 | |
| / (-) Net profit loss |
-2 | -19 | 182 | -603 | -71 | |
| EBITDA | 226 | 116 | 229 | 867 | 1 636 |
|
| Financial items: | ||||||
| Income taxes: | ||||||
| to financial items and uplift |
Q4'20 comments
Operating income:
• Higher sold volumes partly offset by lower realized prices for liquids compared to Q4'19
Production expenses:
• NOK/boe of 110 compared to 121 Q4'19
Impairment:
• Reversal of impairment on Yme asset
Exploration, general and adm. expenses:
- Field evaluation activities mainly relating to Hasselmus and Grevling and seismic expenses
- Higher SG&A in Q4'20 due to effect of annual recalculation of cost allocation to licences including employee share-based incentive program
Financial items:
• Unrealised gain on USD nominated bond loans following strengthening of NOK against USD during the quarter, partly offset by interest expense
Income taxes:
• Effective tax rate of 55%; deviation from 78% due
Statement of financial position
Figures in NOK million
| Assets | 31 12 2019 |
30 09 2020 |
31 12 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwill | 1 426 |
769 | 769 |
| Oil and properties gas |
3 886 |
3 509 |
3 758 |
| Other non-current assets |
2 969 |
3 031 |
3 029 |
| Trade and other receivables |
622 | 452 | 514 |
| Tax refund , current |
0 | 573 | 296 |
| Cash and cash equivalents |
1 663 |
883 | 871 |
| Other assets |
421 | 518 | 540 |
| Total assets |
10 986 |
9 735 |
9 776 |
| Total equity |
1 681 |
900 | 1 083 |
| Liabilities | |||
| Asset retirement obligations |
4 024 |
4 089 |
4 200 |
| Deferred liabilities tax |
830 | 742 | 941 |
| Interest-bearing loans and borrowings |
2 557 |
2 688 |
2 400 |
| Trade and other payables |
1 372 |
988 | 890 |
| Income payable tax |
295 | 146 | 14 |
| Other liabilties |
227 | 181 | 248 |
| Total liabilities |
9 305 |
8 834 |
8 694 |
| Total equity and liabilties |
10 986 |
9 735 |
9 776 |
Year-end 2020 comments
- Cash and cash equivalents NOK 871 million
- Current tax refund NOK 296 million
- NOK 86 million from exploration expenditures
- NOK 210 million remaining for tax losses in 2020
- Interest-bearing debt of NOK 2 400 million
- Reversed asset impairment Yme NOK 117 million increases oil and gas properties
- Asset retirement obligation offset by non-current receivable from Shell
Cash development
Outlook: Guiding on production & capex
Operations and assets
Production volumes and highlights
High production reliability from both Draugen and Gjøa
Draugen (OKEA operated)
- •No serious incidents
- •High production reliability (99%)
- •Started fuel gas import that secures the power supply at Draugen and contributes to maintaining a high production reliability
Gjøa (Neptune operated)
- •No serious incidents
- •High production reliability (99%)
- •Higher production in Q4 despite strike in October mainly due to high production reliability
- •Full year production 27% ahead of plan
- •P1 project on plan, startup Q1 2021
Hasselmus - Tie-back to Draugen
- •Final Investment Decision in 2021 on Hasselmus as first tieback to Draugen with first gas planned for 2023
- •Maintaining high reliability and availability on Draugen field
- •Power-from-shore Final Investment Decision planned 2022
- •Ambition to increase oil recovery on Draugen to 70% and extend lifetime of field to 2040+
Gjøa – Two new wells in the P1 segment onstream in February
- Two new wells in the P1 segment planned onstream in February
- Tie-in of Nova and Duva in Q2-21 OKEA compensated for deferred production when tie-in projects come onstream as well as tariff payments
- Potential tie-in of the OKEA-operated Aurora discovery
- Awarded license between Gjøa and Aurora in APA 2020
Yme New Development Project
- •Onshore work completed and jack-up rig installed at the field
- •Hook-up, commissioning and preparation for production start up ongoing
- •Planned production start in 2021 well within reach
- •Production 7 500 boepd net to OKEA at plateau the first-year average 4 900 boepd net to OKEA
Vette and Grevling - Potential coordinated development
- •Acquisition of Repsol's 40% share in PL972, which includes the Vette oil discovery
- •OKEA estimates recoverable volumes in the Vette discovery of 30-50 mmboe
- •A coordinated serial development of the Vette and Grevling fields could potentially reduce breakeven cost for both fields
- •Exploration wells on Jerv and Ilder prospects near Grevling planned for H1-21
Six new licences awarded in APA 2020
The new licences contain 8 discoveries
- •OKEA operator for four licences
- •Exploration & field development opportunities near Draugen & Gjøa
- •Entry into Norne area with Falk discovery
| Production licence |
Block(s) | Operator | Partners | OKEA WI |
Initial work programme |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL1125 | 6608/10,11 | OKEA ASA | Lime Petroleum AS | 50% | 2 year Drill or Drop* |
| PL1119 | 6406/2,3,5,6 | OKEA ASA | Equinor Energy AS, Pandion Energy AS | 40% | 1 year Drill or Drop |
| PL1117 | 6406/6, 6407/4 | OKEA ASA | Vår Energi AS, ONE-Dyas Norge AS | 50% | 2 year Drill or Drop |
| PL1116 | 6407/5,6 | OKEA ASA | M Vest Energy AS | 60% | 1 year Drill or Drop |
| PL1115 | 6407/5,8 | Wintershall Dea Norge AS |
OKEA ASA | 40% | 2 year Drill or Drop |
| PL1108 | 35/9 | DNO Norge AS | OKEA ASA, Pandion Energy AS | 30% | 2 year Drill or Drop |
Outlook & concluding remarks
A dramatic year petroleum markets – Outlook significantly improved
Outlook
Significant growth in activities
Multiple milestones ahead in 2021
- Two new production wells from P1 segment in Gjøa
- New production from Yme
- Final Investment Decision on Hasselmus
- Three firm exploration wells planned; Jerv, Ilder and Ginny
- Possible appraisal well at Aurora
- Concept selection on Vette and Grevling
- Maturing a significantly larger license portfolio following successful APA 2020 awards
- ❑ 100% growth in number of operatorships
- ❑ 8 new discoveries added to portfolio
- ❑ 15+ additional exploration prospects added to portfolio
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