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TOWER RESOURCES PLC — Investor Presentation 2014
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Corporate Presentation October 2014
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Wentworth Overview
- Exploration and Gas Monetisation in East Africa
- Coveted position within the prolific Rovuma Basin
- Wentworth is one of the few small independents in the region
- A number of world class discoveries have been made in the basin
- Distinctive combination of imminent production and cashflow from discovered gas and a high impact exploration programme
- Gas Sales Agreement signed and delivery of discovered gas to new pipeline expected in Q1 2015
- 2 well exploration programme started H2 2014 with the first well now drilling
- Further exploration and development wells being planned for 2015
- Recoverable resources1
- Tanzania
- P50 Contingent 213 Bscf
- P50 Prospective 614 Bscf
- Mozambique
- P50 Prospective (gas case) 504 Bscf
- P50 Prospective (gas case) 359 Bscf
- P50 Prospective (oil case) 22 MMstb
1Source: RPS Energy Canada Ltd. resource assessment as at August 31, 2013. Wentworth's share of recoverable resources. All volumes are gross volumes, before government burdens and royalties. Unrisked volumes presented are raw gas stochastic summations of the volumes of a number of prospects before the application of the risk analysis, and assume that all prospects are successful. The probability of all prospects being successful and of realizing the volumes shown is extremely small. RPS has included in its report an analysis of the geologic probability of success for each prospect and risked stochastic consolidations (totals) of all of the prospects. RPS estimates the probability of the Tembo prospect of being oil bearing, if successful at 30%-40% 1
Wentworth Strategy
• Monetisation
- Near term commercialisation of discovered gas in Mnazi Bay Concession, Tanzania
- Take advantage of ready market for additional natural gas discoveries in Tanzania
- Develop routes for monetising any discoveries in Mozambique
• Cashflow
- Deliver first gas in Q1 2015
- Generate significant cashflow to fund future growth
- Exploration & Development
- Ongoing development programme to increase production in Tanzania
- High impact exploration programmes in both Tanzania and Mozambique
The Rovuma Basin
- A world class gas region with substantial upside potential
- Discoveries in the basin now total over 200 Tscf of recoverable gas
- The Rovuma Basin has attracted interest from the majors and national oil companies
- Several LNG and petrochemical projects at various stages of development
- Rovuma Basin has the potential to become one of the major natural gas producing regions in the world
Wentworth's Tanzania Acreage
| • Mnazi Bay Partners |
Exploration | Production | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – Maurel et Prom (Operator) |
60.075% | 48.06% | ||||
| – Wentworth |
39.925% | 31.94% | ||||
| – TPDC is carried on exploration activities |
- | 20.00% | ||||
| Onshore and near-shore acreage (756 km2) • |
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| • Exploration history: – 5 wells drilled to date; 4 completed as producers – Extensive seismic database: 328 km2 • offshore 3D seismic (2013) • Over 2,000 km onshore/offshore 2D seismic including 315 km new data (2014) • 58 km new high res. onshore 2D seismic (2014) • Exploration potential – 6 prospects identified, further exploration being |
180 160 d 140 ske Bscf)1 120 nri 100 s ( U P50 urce 80 are 60 so 40 Re Sh s ve 20 h' 0 cti ort ospe w nt |
165 147 141 57 25 20 |
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| planned – 1.5 Tscf (614 Bscf Wentworth's share) unrisked P50 Prospective Resources1 23%1 – GPoS 15% – • All license commitments met |
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1 Source: RPS Energy Canada Ltd. resource assessment as at August 31, 2013. Gross volumes, before government burdens and royalties. Unrisked volumes presented are stochastic summations of the volumes of a number of prospects before the application of the risk analysis, and assume that all prospects are successful. The probability of all prospects being successful and of realizing the volumes shown is extremely small. RPS has included in 4 its report an analysis of the geologic probability of success for each prospect and risked |
Mnazi Bay Development
- 4 existing wells expected to produce combined 80 mmcf/d
- Additional development wells planned to increase production up to 130 mmcf/d
- Third -party pipeline nearing completion providing access to market
- Gas Sales Agreement (GSA) now in place
- Wentworth's estimated net cost of field infrastructure US\$6.7 mm to:
- Tie in wells
- Install separation facilities
- Bank financing secured to fund near -term development activity
- First Development well planned for Q1 2015
Mnazi Bay Production
- Government-owned 36" pipeline from Mnazi Bay to Dar es Salaam
- Includes 210 mmscf/d gas processing facility at Madimba (in Mnazi Bay concession)
- Pipeline capacity ~ 750 mmscf/d
- Financed by China Exim Bank / constructed by CNPC
- Construction well underway with expected completion and commissioning in Q1 2015
- Primary markets for gas expected to be power generation and industrial use
Mnazi Bay Gas Utilization
Mnazi Bay GSA
- Mnazi Bay Gas Sales Agreement Terms:
- Initial volume: up to 80 mmscf/d (from 4 existing wells)
- After 8 months: up to 130 mmscf/d (requires additional 3 development wells)
- 17 year term
- Gas price US\$3.00 per mmbtu (US\$3.07 per mcf)
- No pipeline tariffs or third party processing fees
- Price escalates at US CPI
- Agreement includes payment guarantees
- Delivery of gas expected to start between 22 January and 22 April, 2015
- Expected cashflow to Wentworth of US\$20 million for first full year and US\$140 million over first 5 years of production
- Net of operating and on-going development costs
- Includes recovery of long-term receivable
- Expect a portion of 667 Bscf P50 Contingent Resources (213 Bscf Wentworth's share)1 to be re-classified as reserves
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Wentworth's Mozambique Acreage
• Rovuma Onshore Partners
- Anadarko (Operator) 35.70%
- Maurel et Prom 27.71%
- ENH (carried on exploration) 15.00%
- Wentworth 11.59%
- PTTEP 10.00%
- Mainly onshore (11,950 km2)
- Exploration history:
- Only 2 wells previously drilled
- Mocimboa-1 (Esso 1986): oil and gas shows in Cretaceous age turbidites
- Mecupa-1 (Anadarko 2009): Tertiary gas show
- Exploration activity
- 7 prospects identified; 2 firm wells in 2014, Tembo currently drilling
- Extensive 2D seismic including 1,016 km acquired in 2012/13
- 4.3 Tscf (504 Bscf Wentworth's share) unrisked P50 Prospective Resources1
- GCoS 14% 22%1
1 Source: RPS Energy Canada Ltd. resource assessment as at August 31, 2013. Unrisked volumes presented are stochastic summations of the volumes of a number of prospects before the application of the risk analysis, and assume that all prospects are successful. The probability of all prospects being successful and of realizing the volumes shown is extremely small. RPS has included in its report an analysis of the geologic probability of success for each prospect and risked stochastic consolidations (totals) of all of the prospects. RPS estimates the probability of the Tembo prospect of being oil bearing, if successful at 30%-40%
First well: Tembo-1
- Spud on 19 June 2014, anticipated completion October
- Targets in the mid Cretaceous and upper Jurassic
- Oil shows encountered in Cretaceous in both Mocimboa-1 (onshore) and Ironclad-1 (offshore)
Second well: Kifaru-1
- Estimated spud Q4 2014 post Tembo-1
- Targeting Tertiary as well as Cretaceous sands
- Tilted fault block with multiple mapped closures at different stratigraphic levels
Mozambique Monetisation
- Monetisation of an on-shore gas discovery will depend on the size of the discovery:
- Large gas discovery could support an additional LNG train as part of the offshore third party commercialisation projects
- 1 2 Tscf gas discovery could support a petrochemical project
- Smaller gas discovery could support power generation
- Future seismic and drilling operations to be considered for 2015 in the event of a discovery in the Tembo-1 or Kifaru-1 exploration wells
Summary & Outlook
• Tanzania
- Production from discovered gas in Tanzania via a new third-party pipeline scheduled for completion Q1 2015
- Transformation into a production company starting in 2015 with substantial cashflows available to fund future exploration and development activities
- Gas Sales Agreement now signed with a gas price of US\$3.07 per mcf
- Further exploration and development in Mnazi Bay to increase production and cashflow through immediately accessible market
• Mozambique
- High impact exploration activity in Q4 2014 onwards
- Future seismic and drilling operations to be considered in the event of a discovery
- Wentworth is fully funded through existing work programmes and to anticipated delivery of first gas
Appendices
Board & Executive Team
Board of Directors
Robert McBean, Executive Chairman
- Over 40 years experience in the upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas industries
- Former Managing Director of Qatar Fuel Additives Company (''QAFAC''), a world-scale methanol and MTBE petrochemicals facility in Qatar
- Previously Managing Director of Dubai Natural Gas Company (''DUGAS''), an associated gas LPG processing facility in Dubai, and non-executive chairman of Black Marlin Energy
- Co-founder of Scarboro Resources with interests and operations in Italy, Libya, Abu Dhabi, Indonesia, France, Pakistan and Canada.
John Bentley, Deputy Chairman
- Over 40 years of experience in international natural resource corporations at both the executive management and board level
- Instrumental in the formation of Energy Africa Ltd where he was CEO during the period 1996 through 2000
- Prior to this, he held a number of senior positions in the Gencor Group
- Currently non-executive chairman of Faroe Petroleum plc, Scotgold Resources Ltd., and a non-executive director of Kea Petroleum plc
Cameron Barton, Non-Executive Director
- Currently Chief Financial Officer of Sanjel Corporation
- Over 30 years of finance and accounting experience within the energy industry
- Before joining Sanjel, Mr. Barton was the former President, CEO and CFO of Artumas Group Limited (now Wentworth)
- Was Vice President & General Manager, and Vice President of Finance for Direct Energy Marketing Limited (owned by Centrica plc in the UK)
Neil Kelly, Non-Executive Director
- A 40+ year veteran of the upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas industries
- Prior to his retirement from ExxonMobil he was Managing Director of Ras Laffan LNG Company (RasGas) in the State of Qatar.
- Mr. Kelly also served as a Director of PT Arun LNG Company in Indonesia for three years during a six year assignment in Indonesia, which also saw him direct the production from the giant Arun gas field.
Richard Schmitt, Non-Executive Director
- Over 34 years of diverse international experience in the upstream oil and gas industry
- He was President and CEO of Africa Oil Corp. from 2006 until 2009.
- In 2009, Mr. Schmitt became President & CEO of Black Marlin Energy. It listed on the TSX in 2010 and seven months later was acquired by Afren PLC. Mr. Schmitt was retained as CEO of Afren EAX. Currently CEO of Octant Energy.
Board & Executive Team Cont.
Executive and Senior Management Team – Calgary and London
Geoff Bury, Managing Director
- Extensive oil and gas industry experience and strong petrochemicals project development and project management skills
- Former Chief Financial Officer of Voyager Energy Limited, an international oil and gas exploration company with interests in Trinidad
- Previously Finance Manager of Qatar Fuel Additives Company ("QAFAC"), a world-scale methanol and MTBE petrochemicals facility in Qatar, and Chief Financial Officer of Trans-Dominion Energy, an international oil and gas exploration company with interests in Trinidad, Turkey, Pakistan and Senegal
Lance Mierendorf, Chief Financial Officer
- Extensive oil and gas finance and accounting experience in the international environment
- Former Chief Financial Officer of Sonoro Energy Limited; Corporate Controller for Buried Hill Energy; and Middle East Finance Manager for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
- Canadian Chartered Accountant
Gerold Fong, Vice President Exploration
- Exploration Geophysicist with over 30 years of international and frontier experience in numerous basins worldwide
- Former VP Caribbean Region for Niko Resources where he directed a multi-disciplinary team responsible for all of the company's operations in Trinidad
- Co-founder and CEO of Voyager Energy where he was responsible for assembling an impressive exploration portfolio in Trinidad
- Experience spans the globe and he has been involved in the evaluation and management of projects in the Caribbean, South America, Southeast Asia and East Africa
Katherine Roe, Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
- Extensive oil and gas advisory and transactional experience for a range of international companies
- 14 years' experience in the City of London and former Director of Investment Banking at Panmure Gordon, heading up the Natural Resources franchise
- Holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Bristol, England
Board & Executive Team Cont.
Richard Tainton, Senior Vice President International
- 25 years of diverse experience with engineering projects around the world including gas and power development projects
- Proven experience in the development and management of integrated gas-to-power projects in Africa and Central Asia, including working with Government Agencies and Regulatory Authorities to obtain the Government consents required for project sanction and implementation
- Recently served as Project Director for Manitoba Hydro International on energy projects in the Middle East and Central Asia
- MSc Mining Engineering Degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Salvator Ntomola, Vice President Business Development & Government Relations
- Extensive working experience with and personal relationships in the governments and the petroleum sectors of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique and the Comoros
- Former Director of Exploration and Production and Deputy Managing Director for Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC)
- Former Director of Investment Facilitation for Tanzanian Investment Centre
- Holds a BSc in Geology from Makerere University Uganda, and a post graduate diploma in Petroleum Geology from Bergen University, Norway
Mussa Makame, Vice President Finance & Administration
- Wide ranging experience in accounting, finance and general management with private and international companies in Tanzania including PwC, Coca Cola and Airtel Tanzania
- Former Director of Finance for all Wentworth subsidiaries in Tanzania (2006 to 2008)
- Holds a BCom in Accounting from the University of Dar Es Salaam and a Certified Public Accountant
Contingent and Prospective Resources
| Contingent Resources, Mnazi Bay License, Tanzania (Bscf)1 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100% Field Values | Wentworth's 31.94% Interest | |||||||
| P90 | P50 | Mean | P10 | P90 | P50 | Mean | P10 | |
| Gas Originally in Place | 365 | 892 | 1,112 | 2,117 | 117 | 285 | 355 | 676 |
| Recoverable Resources (raw gas) | 271 | 667 | 834 | 1,594 | 86 | 213 | 266 | 509 |
| 1 Prospective Resources (Unrisked) Mnazi Bay License, Tanzania (Bscf) |
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| 100% Field Values | Wentworth's 39.925% Interest | |||||||
| P90 | P50 | Mean | P10 | P90 | P50 | Mean | P10 | |
| Gas Originally in Place | 1,683 | 2,400 | 2,486 | 3400 | 672 | 958 | 993 | 1,357 |
| Recoverable Resources | 1,064 | 1,537 | 1,596 | 2,201 | 425 | 614 | 637 | 879 |
| 1 Prospective Resources (Unrisked) Rovuma Onshore, Mozambique (Bscf and MMstb) |
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| 100% Field Values | Wentworth's 11.59% Interest | |||||||
| P90 | P50 | Mean | P10 | P90 | P50 | Mean | P10 | |
| Gas Originally in Place – gas case |
4,757 | 7,167 | 7,771 | 11,561 | 551 | 831 | 901 | 1,340 |
| Recoverable Resources – gas case |
2,849 | 4,347 | 4,745 | 7,121 | 330 | 504 | 550 | 825 |
| Gas Originally in Place – oil case |
3,667 | 5,123 | 5,329 | 7,198 | 425 | 594 | 618 | 834 |
| Oil in Place – oil case |
107 | 756 | 1,205 | 2,808 | 12 | 88 | 140 | 325 |
| Recoverable Gas Resources – oil case |
2,194 | 3,100 | 3,234 | 4,428 | 254 | 359 | 375 | 513 |
| Recoverable Oil resources – oil case |
25 | 192 | 277 | 780 | 3 | 22 | 32 | 90 |
1 Source: RPS Energy Canada Ltd. resource assessment as at August 31, 2013. All volumes are gross recoverable volumes, before application of government burdens and royalties. Unrisked volumes presented are stochastic summations of the volumes of a number of prospects before the application of the risk analysis, and assume that all prospects are successful. The probability of all prospects being successful and of realizing the volumes shown is extremely small. RPS has included in its report an analysis of the geologic probability of success for each prospect and risked stochastic consolidations (totals) of all of the prospects. 16
Capital Structure
- AIM and Oslo listed – Ticker – WRL
- Shares outstanding
- Basic 153.9 million
- Fully diluted 165.4 million
- Market Capitalisation1
- £67m
- NOK 707m
- Directors and Management shareholding
- Total 7.7%
| • | Key Shareholders | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| – | AXA Framlington | 9.4% | |
| – | Vitol | 9.3% | |
| – | RP McBean | 5.8% | |
| – | Bank Julius Bar | 3.9% | |
| – | Hermes | 3.7% | |
| – | Invesco | 3.1% | |
| – | M H I S Baluch | 2.8% | |
| – | Barclays Capital | 2.7% | |
| – | Standard Life | 2.6% | |