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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

3

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