Operational & Financial Update & Notice of Results

RNS Number : 0518F

Hurricane Energy PLC

17 March 2022

 

17 March 2022

Hurricane Energy plc

("Hurricane" or the "Company")

Operational and Financial Update & Notice of Results

Hurricane Energy plc, the UK based oil and gas company, provides an update on Lancaster field operations and net free cash balances as of 28 February 2022.

Lancaster Field Operations Update

The following table details production volumes, water cut and minimum flowing bottom hole pressure for the 205/21a-6 ("P6") well during February 2022.

February 2022 Lancaster Field Data

	P6	P7z(1)
O il produced during the month (Mbbls)	263	-
Average oil rate (bopd)	9,394	-
W ater produced during the month (Mbbls)	184	-
A verage water cut(2)	41%	-
Well gauge p ressure (psia)(3)	1,590	-

1.  The 205/21a-7z ("P7z") well was not on production during February 2022

2.  Expressed as total water produced divided by total fluid (oil and water) production

3.  Pressure reported is the monthly minimum from well downhole gauge

As of 15 March 2022, Lancaster was producing c.9,250 bopd from the P6 well alone with an associated water cut of c.42%.

There was no lifting of Lancaster crude in February. The next cargo is anticipated to be lifted in late March 2022.

Financial Update

As of 28 February 2022, the Company had net free cash⁽⁴⁾ of $71 million compared to the last reported balance of $85 million as of 31 January 2022. $78.5 million of Convertible Bonds remain outstanding and due in July 2022.

As previously guided, during February, the Company lodged £5.7 million ($7.7 million) of additional funds as decommissioning security for the Lancaster EPS following a formal request from the Regulator. The amount of funds now held in trust, and classified as restricted cash, is now £33.7 million ($45.9 million).

Also as previously guided, in early March, the Company received $1.4 million of cash rebates relating to R&D tax claims in respect of the 2020 tax year.

The Company believes that net free cash provides a useful measure of liquidity after settling all its immediate creditors and accruals and recovering amounts due and accrued from joint operation activities, outstanding amounts from crude oil sales and after settling any other financial trade payables or receivables. It should be noted that the net free cash is calculated as at the balance sheet date and does not take into account future liabilities that the Company is already committed to but have not yet been accrued. As such, not all of the net free cash would be available for repayment of the remaining outstanding Convertible Bonds at their maturity in July 2022.

4.  Unrestricted cash and cash equivalents, plus current financial trade and other receivables, current oil price derivatives, less current financial trade and other payables.

Notice of results

Hurricane's full-year results for 2021 will be announced on 28 April 2022.

Antony Maris, Chief Executive Officer of Hurricane, commented:

"Through a combination of further strong operational performance at Lancaster and continued high commodity prices, coupled with our ongoing constructive discussions with Bluewater over a charter extension for the Aoka Mizu, we continue to build the platform for Hurricane's future."

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Contacts: 

Hurricane Energy plc Antony Maris, Chief Executive Officer [e-mail]	[phone]
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited Nominated Adviser & Joint Corporate Broker Callum Stewart / Jason Grossman	[phone]
Investec Bank plc Joint Corporate Broker Chris Sim / Jarrett Silver	[phone]
Vigo Consulting Public Relations Patrick d'Ancona / Ben Simons [e-mail]	[phone]

About Hurricane

Hurricane has a 100% interest in and operates the Lancaster field, the UK's first field to produce from a fractured basement reservoir.

Hurricane also has a 50% interest in the Greater Warwick Area licence, which contains the Lincoln and Warwick assets.

Visit Hurricane's website at www.hurricaneenergy.com

Glossary

bopd	Barrels of oil per day
FPSO	Floating production storage and offloading vessel
Mbbls	Thousand barrels
psia	pounds per square inch absolute
R&D	Research and development
Regulator	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

 

Inside Information

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