Pieridae Energy Limited (“Pieridae” or the “Company”) (PEA
- TSXV) released its 2019 financial and operating
results today, highlighted by the fact the Company recorded strong
year-over-year increases in multiple categories, including
petroleum and natural gas revenue (a 4347% increase to $104.9
million, included in the total 2019 company revenue of $114.4
million), NOI (a loss of $0.5 million to income of $24.9 million),
AFFO (a loss of $4.0 million in Q4 2018 to income of $14.4 million
in Q4 2019) and production (a 241% increase from 17,509 boe/d in Q4
2018 to 42,137 boe/d in Q4 2019). In addition, Pieridae advanced
its flagship Goldboro LNG Project and made adjustments to its
business to deal with the impacts of COVID-19.
“Q4 2019 proved to be a transformational quarter
in Pieridae’s history as we closed the acquisition of extensive
Alberta Foothills natural gas assets last fall. The immediate
impact of growing production, increased sales of natural gas
liquids and the growth in third-party processing thanks to our
midstream assets are fully evident in our financial results,” said
Pieridae’s Chief Executive Officer Alfred Sorensen. “We have
delivered on our commitments to shareholders by maximizing the
value of our assets and continuing to focus on reducing operating
costs, preserving cash, protecting our balance sheet and being
ready to move forward as the industry improves.
“Work continues on multiple fronts with our
Goldboro LNG Facility, primarily with KBR to finalize a fixed price
contract to design and build the facility. Market conditions and
the global fallout from COVID-19 have impacted our ability to make
a final investment decision this fall but we are confident it will
happen once conditions improve and we can better analyze the
landscape,” concluded Sorensen.
Financial and operational information is set out
below and should be read in conjunction with Pieridae’s December
31, 2019 Annual Report which includes the Corporation’s audited
annual financial statements and the related management's discussion
and analysis (“MD&A”). In addition, the Corporation today
announces the filing of its Annual Information Form (“AIF”) for the
year ended December 31, 2019 that contains the Corporation's
reserves and other oil and natural gas information, as required
under National Instrument 51-101 Standards of Disclosure of Oil and
Gas Activities. The AIF, Annual Report, audited financial
statements and MD&A are available for review at www.sedar.com
and on the Corporation's website.
Financial Performance:
We saw pronounced growth in NOI year over year,
from a loss of $0.5 million in 2018 to income of $24.9 million
2019, $24.4 million of which was earned in Q4 2019. This was due to
the increased production in Q4, including growth in natural gas
liquids (“NGLs”) and condensate, afforded by the deep-cut
capability of the processing facilities acquired from Shell, which
allowed Pieridae to realize new revenue streams which include
ethane, propane, butane, sulphur and condensate, and also
significant midstream revenue.
Total revenue for 2019 was $114.4 million.
Breaking that down, petroleum and natural gas revenue increased
$102.5 million, or 4347% to $104.9 million during the year ended
December 31, 2019 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2018.
This increase was largely attributable to the year over year
increase in sales volumes, as the average price per boe only
increased by 2.4%, as a result of a more favourable product mix and
successful hedge program. This large year-over-year increase in
sales volumes is directly attributable to the two transformational
transactions Pieridae completed in 2018 and 2019.
For 2019, natural gas and NGLs revenues include
the results of Pieridae’s commodity hedging programs, which are
primarily physical hedges. Pieridae seeks to manage price risk
across all the commodities it produces including, natural gas, oil,
condensate, propane, butane, ethane, sulphur and currency. The
hedging programs focuses on two primary goals: first reducing
overall commodity revenue volatility and secondly achieving or
protecting revenue targets for overall corporate. Favorable pricing
for these hedges helped to put a more sustainable floor under
prices. The Company realized a natural gas price of $1.75/mcf in
2019 vs $1.57/mcf in 2018. The improvement versus 2018 was
attributable to a successful hedge program and strengthening of
natural gas prices in late Q3 2019.
Other revenue, consisting of gas handling and
transportation fees, and third-party processing revenue increased
$9.1 million, or 2,222% to $9.5 million during the year ended
December 31, 2019 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2018.
This increase primarily reflects 10 weeks of results from our
deep-cut processing facilities and associated infrastructure in
late 2019, and Pieridae’s midstream revenue diversification.
Pieridae has dramatically improved its working
capital (“WC”) from a deficit of $76.0 million in 2018 to a surplus
of $19.1 million 2019. This dramatic improvement in WC is primarily
due to repayment of the $50 million term debt which was classified
as a current liability at December 31, 2018, and the acquisition of
$23.5 million of inventory as part of the Shell Foothills assets
acquisition, as well as the accretive cash flows generated by the
assets acquired from Shell.
In 2019, as a result of the acquisition
mentioned above, the Company re-evaluated its licenses in Québec,
which are recorded as exploration and evaluation (“E&E”)
assets. Pieridae concluded these properties no longer met its
internal investment thresholds for future development.
Consequently, the remaining carrying value of these properties was
written off resulting in a $19.7 million impairment charge. This
write off, combined with a previous $7.9 million charge, brought
the total impairment for 2019 to $27.6 million. All remaining
E&E assets are associated with exploration work ongoing in
western Canada.
Select Consolidated Financial
Results
|
For the year ended December 31, |
($000s, except per share amounts) |
|
2019 |
|
2018 |
|
2017 |
Revenue |
$ |
114,406 |
$ |
2,822 |
$ |
90 |
Net operating income (loss) (a) |
$ |
24,957 |
$ |
(530) |
$ |
(1,459) |
Net loss attributable to equity holders |
$ |
71,573 |
$ |
34,870 |
$ |
8,825 |
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted |
$ |
0.73 |
$ |
0.68 |
$ |
0.24 |
Cash used in operating activities |
$ |
(51,772) |
$ |
(8,407) |
$ |
(10,239) |
Adjusted flow of funds from operations (a) |
$ |
608 |
$ |
(8,530) |
$ |
(6,127) |
Capital expenditures |
$ |
169,167 |
$ |
981 |
$ |
192 |
Project investment (a) |
$ |
178,317 |
$ |
9,782 |
$ |
6,640 |
Net working capital (deficit) (a) |
$ |
19,105 |
$ |
(76,010) |
$ |
10,989 |
Total assets |
$ |
602,474 |
$ |
370,673 |
$ |
74,045 |
Total non-current financial liabilities |
$ |
412,733 |
$ |
158,689 |
$ |
3,220 |
Shareholders’ equity |
$ |
104,315 |
$ |
91,748 |
$ |
59,362 |
(a) Non-IFRS measures, see page 24 & 25 in
the Company’s MD&A.
Summary of Quarterly Results
($000s, except per share amounts) |
|
Q4 2019 |
Q3 2019 |
Q2 2019 |
Q1 2019 |
Q4 2018 |
Q3 2018 |
Q2 2018 |
Q1 2018 |
Revenues, net of royalties |
$ |
60,451 |
13,130 |
13,387 |
22,982 |
2,432 |
215 |
66 |
16 |
Operating expenses |
$ |
32,949 |
14,365 |
13,528 |
16,194 |
5,093 |
2,018 |
1,575 |
1,013 |
Administrative expenses |
$ |
8,478 |
3,676 |
3,738 |
4,032 |
3,971 |
1,707 |
1,759 |
1,682 |
Net loss attributable to equity holders |
$ |
(25,873) |
(13,178) |
(19,530) |
(12,996) |
(8,848) |
(20,368) |
(2,711) |
(2,942) |
Net loss per share attributable to equity holders (basic and
diluted) |
$ |
(0.18) |
(0.15) |
(0.23) |
(0.17) |
(0.17) |
(0.40) |
(0.05) |
(0.06) |
Working capital (deficit) |
$ |
19,105 |
(76,010) |
(77,892) |
(66,192) |
(84,061) |
(52) |
4,981 |
8,098 |
Net operating income (loss) (a) |
$ |
24,425 |
(2,732) |
(1,958) |
5,159 |
(400) |
- |
- |
- |
Cash used in operating activities |
$ |
(17,681) |
(238) |
(16,702) |
(17,084) |
(4,485) |
(3,171) |
(1,753) |
(2,148) |
Adjusted funds flow from operations (a) |
$ |
14,448 |
(7,665) |
(14,358) |
342 |
(4,009) |
- |
- |
- |
(a) Non-IFRS measures, see page 24 & 25 in
the Company’s MD&A. The Company only had active operations
commencing in Q4 2018.
Operations Performance:
Production for the three months ended December
31, 2019 increased 241% up to an average of 42,137 boe/d compared
to 17,509 boe/d for the same quarter of 2018. Natural gas was the
largest component at 34,044 boe/d, representing approximately 81%
of total production. NGL’s were 5,190 bbl/day (12%) and condensate
was 2,923 bbl/day (7%). For the year ended December 31, 2019,
average production increased 28% to 22,397 boe/d in 2019 from
17,509 boe/d for the same period of 2018.
Realized natural gas prices were $1.91/mcf in Q4
2019 versus $1.57/mcf in Q4 2018. Overall petroleum and natural gas
revenues per boe increased from $12.52/boe in Q4 2018 to $14.60/boe
in Q4 2019. The growth in overall production together with cost
savings initiatives caused operating costs/boe to decrease from
$13.64/boe in Q4 2018 to $8.50/boe in Q4 2019. Transportation
expenses also benefitted from the growth in production and
decreased from $1.07/boe in Q4 2018 to $0.79/boe in Q4 2019.
Overall netback per boe increased from a loss of $2.08/boe in Q4
2018 to a profit of $6.20/boe in Q4 2019.
The Company has a hedging program in place to
insulate itself from deteriorating prices, resulting in
approximately 60% of our boes being hedged as at December 31, 2019.
This program has proven successful at providing a degree of pricing
certainty and revenue stability during these volatile times.
The acquired Foothills assets produce
approximately 29,000 boe/d consisting of approximately 125 mcf/day
of natural gas, 5,400 bbl/day of NGLs and 3,100 bbl/day of
condensate and light oil. The acquired three deep cut sour gas
processing plants (Jumping Pound, Caroline and Waterton) have a
combined capacity of approximately 750 mmcf/day and operate with
approximately 420 mmcf/day of spare capacity as at December 31,
2019. On a combined basis, Pieridae averaged 42,137 boe/day in the
quarter ended December 31, 2019.
Our Board and senior leadership have
incorporated environmental, social and governance (“ESG”)
performance as a key goal for 2020. Pieridae will build on an
established, strong ESG framework that allows us to continue to
develop, monitor and manage our assets, and measure performance.
From a health, safety and environment (“HS&E”) perspective,
Pieridae had a very successful year in 2019 with high ratings on
all of its HS&E programs, and no major incidents. That's a
major success for the Company.
Goldboro LNG:
The Goldboro LNG facility has progressed to the
open book estimate stage (“OBE”) and Kellogg, Brown and Root
Limited (“KBR”) has been engaged to review the previously completed
front end engineering and design (“FEED”) study and provide a fixed
price contract to construct the gas liquefaction facility. Pieridae
has sole responsibility to contract companies to prepare the site,
build the wharf and jetty and construct the work camp. These
projects will be financed concurrently with a positive final
investment decision (“FID”), with project construction to
follow.
Under the FEED study, Air Products and
Chemicals, Inc. will develop, design and deliver a two-train (each
train producing 4.8 million metric tons per annum of LNG) facility.
It is expected to take 56 months to build a two-train project. Much
of the construction should involve assembling modules built in
offshore yards while employing approximately 4,500 local workers
during peak construction. These employees will be housed at a
temporary camp, which will be built on or nearby the existing
decommissioned Sable Island sour gas plant site. Site preparation,
site drainage, highway reconstruction and marine facilities are
some of the major projects that must be assembled in tandem with,
or prior to, the LNG liquefaction facility construction.
Following the FEED verification, KBR will
proceed to the OBE stage where they will begin contacting numerous
contractors in order to set a fixed price to build Goldboro LNG and
ensure it is operational. The fixed price and terms and conditions
of the EPC contract will be negotiated following the agreement of
detailed scope and timeline.
As a result of a depressed market and COVID-19
impacts, FID for the Project will be delayed beyond September 30,
2020. A further announcement will be made once COVID-19 conditions
improve and markets stabilize.
COVID-19
Response/Adjustments:
As the world grapples with this pandemic,
Pieridae reacted quickly and decisively in dealing with its
potential impacts on our business. First and foremost, the safety
and the physical and mental health of our employees are our top
priorities, along with ensuring our assets continue to operate
safely and efficiently, which they have. As well, our hedging
program materially sheltered us from a significant revenue
drop.
An internal management committee has been
meeting daily to ensure Pieridae is following all of the protocols
set out by the Public Health Agency of Canada and Alberta Health.
Business travel and group gatherings have been cancelled, all
non-essential employees are working from home, a focus on social
distancing and proper hand-washing is stressed daily, and anyone
exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms will self-isolate for 14 days.
Pieridae is undertaking a review of its cost
structure in response to the current environment.
2019 Developments:
Mi’kmaq Benefits Agreement
Signed
On February 4, 2019 Pieridae signed a benefits
agreement with the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs. The
agreement means the Mi’kmaq will benefit economically as the
Goldboro LNG facility is developed, built and begins
operations.
KBR Engagement
On April 1, 2019, the Company announced that it
had engaged KBR to perform a review of an amended version of the
previously prepared FEED study for its proposed Goldboro LNG
Facility. KBR will also conduct an open book estimate necessary for
entering into a lumpsum engineering, procurement and construction
contract. The proposed activities are expected to occur over the
next number of months.
Shell Foothills Assets
Acquisition
On June 26, 2019, Pieridae took a major step
forward in acquiring the natural gas needed to supply the first
train (or facility) at the proposed Goldboro LNG export facility
with the signing of a $190 million purchase and sale agreement with
Shell Canada Energy to acquire all of Shell’s midstream and
upstream assets in the southern Alberta Foothills. The agreement
included approximately 29,000 boe/d; three deep cut sour gas
processing plants: Jumping Pound, Caroline and Waterton; a 14%
working interest in the Shantz sulphur forming plant; and
approximately 1,700 kilometers of pipelines.
On October 16, 2019, Pieridae announced it had
completed this transformational milestone for the Company by
closing the transaction.
Pieridae now has a footprint stretching from
northeast B.C. along the Alberta Foothills down to the U.S. border,
nearly one million net acres of land and 3,500 kilometers of
pipelines. Production for Q4 2019 was 42,137 boe/d:
- 204 mmcf/d of natural gas (34,044 boe/d)
- 5,190 bbl/d of natural gas liquids
- 2,923 bbl/d of condensate
The Company also gained an extensive drilling
inventory including multiple dry gas and liquids-rich gas
reservoirs in the Foothills, and is now in an ideal position to
leverage the US$1.5 billion of anticipated German Government-backed
loan guarantees for conventional gas supply development. The
process of the transfer of licenses from Shell to Pieridae
continues. We expect an update from the Alberta Energy Regulator
near the end of April, 2020.
Uniper Deadlines Extensions
On July 9, 2019, negotiated extensions of the
key deadlines were completed under Pieridae’s 20-year agreement
with Germany’s largest utility Uniper. These included expected
commercial deliveries of gas to Uniper to start between November
30th, 2024 and May 31st, 2025; and the extension to September 30,
2020 of the deadline to make a positive FID for the Company’s
proposed Goldboro LNG facility. Pieridae is currently in
negotiations with Uniper to extend the FID deadline to June 2021
and believes it will obtain this extension. The 20-year agreement
with Uniper is for all of Train 1 at Goldboro or 5 million tonnes
per annum.
In 2020, crude oil prices decreased
substantially due to a drop in global oil demand triggered by the
impact of the COVID-19 virus on the world’s economy. In March 2020,
oil prices dropped even further following a price war between Saudi
Arabia and Russia after negotiations broke down over production
cuts. As stated earlier, as a result of a depressed market and
COVID-19 impacts, FID will be delayed beyond September 30, 2020. A
further announcement will be made once COVID-19 impacts and markets
stabilize.
Pieridae Names New Chief Financial
Officer (“CFO”)
On November 11, 2019, Pieridae bolstered its
leadership capacity with the appointment of Rob Dargewitcz as CFO.
Rob and his team, together with assistance from operational
leaders, did a stellar job in helping to secure the financing
needed to close the transformational Shell Foothills assets
acquisition. After helping to raise $10 billion to construct the
North West Redwater refinery in Alberta, his skill set is well
positioned to bring in the larger financing needed to build
Goldboro LNG.
Reserves:
Highlights
Pieridae’ reserves have increased significantly
over 2018 due the acquisition of significant volumes of long-life
reserves in the southern Alberta Foothills. Overall, the PDP base
decline of the corporation is now at ~ 9% (based on 2020, PDP
forecasts), which is one of the lowest in industry. This decline
will provide a very reliable base production from which the
corporation will grow significantly in the next few years to supply
the Goldboro LNG Facility in eastern Canada.
PDP gas reserves have increased 399.0 Bcf (95.1
MMBoe) over last year, including yearly production depletion and
early economic termination of some wells, due to lower forecast
commodity prices, as compared to 2018.
Total PDP reserves are 62% of the total
reserves, and proven developed reserves are 69% of total, which,
amongst our peer companies, would be considered conservative. Our
Proved Undeveloped (“PUD”) category represent only 6% of the total
reserves’ category (10.3 MBoe out of 183.6 MBoe), which could also
be considered to be very conservative amongst our peers.
Pieridae’s 2P, total proved (“TP”), and PDP
reserves all increased relative to 2018. The reserve acquisition
late in 2018 was very complimentary to our reserve base, since we
were able to consolidate working interests and eliminate
superfluous costs in the field, that result from scattered working
interests and lack of ownership in certain midstream facilities. We
saw PDP value more than double year-over-year to $593 million,
versus $245 million, despite a 10%-20% decrease of forecast
commodity prices.
2019 Independent Reserves
Evaluation
Deloitte conducted an independent Reserves
Evaluation effective December 31, 2019, which was prepared in
accordance with definitions, standards and procedures contained in
the Canadian Oil and Gas Evaluation Handbook and NI 51-101. The
Reserves Evaluation was based on “IC4” average price from four
Independent Consultant Evaluators, including Deloitte, McDaniel,
Sproule, and GLJ and foreign exchange rates at January 1, 2020 as
outlined in this release.
Stated reserves are company gross basis (working
interest before deduction of royalties withoutthe inclusion of any
royalty interest) unless otherwise noted. In addition to the
information disclosed in this news release, more detailed
information will be included in the corporation’s AIF for the year
ended December 31, 2019.
Canadian Domestic
Forecast (a) |
|
Year |
Light Oil |
Natural Gas |
Natural Gas Liquids |
Operating Cost Inflation Rate (%/Year) |
Exchange Rate ($US/$Cdn) |
Canadian Light Sweet Crude (b) 40⁰ API
($Cdn/Bbl) |
Alberta AECO ($Cdn/Mcf) |
Edmonton Propane ($Cdn/Bbl) |
Edmonton Butane ($Cdn/Bbl |
Edmonton Pentanes Plus ($Cdn/Bbl) |
Historical |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2013 |
93.36 |
3.17 |
38.54 |
77.44 |
103.52 |
0.90 |
% |
0.97 |
2014 |
94.00 |
4.50 |
42.93 |
59.43 |
101.47 |
1.90 |
% |
0.91 |
2015 |
57.00 |
2.69 |
5.35 |
33.70 |
55.15 |
1.10 |
% |
0.78 |
2016 |
52.22 |
2.16 |
8.71 |
31.45 |
52.43 |
1.40 |
% |
0.75 |
2017 |
62.11 |
2.16 |
27.56 |
40.96 |
62.85 |
1.60 |
% |
0.77 |
2018 |
75.39 |
1.61 |
29.54 |
45.93 |
81.62 |
2.30 |
% |
0.77 |
2019 |
66.93 |
1.80 |
27.00 |
39.40 |
62.65 |
1.50 |
% |
0.75 |
Forecast |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2020 |
71.58 |
2.05 |
24.04 |
37.56 |
74.21 |
0.00 |
% |
0.76 |
2021 |
75.33 |
2.32 |
28.75 |
44.41 |
78.15 |
1.75 |
% |
0.77 |
2022 |
77.51 |
2.60 |
33.14 |
50.19 |
80.48 |
2.00 |
% |
0.78 |
2023 |
79.77 |
2.74 |
34.16 |
51.67 |
82.77 |
2.00 |
% |
0.79 |
2024 |
81.60 |
2.82 |
35.00 |
52.88 |
84.66 |
2.00 |
% |
0.79 |
2025 |
83.46 |
2.91 |
35.85 |
54.09 |
86.56 |
2.00 |
% |
0.79 |
2026 |
85.34 |
2.97 |
36.71 |
55.33 |
88.49 |
2.00 |
% |
0.79 |
2027 |
87.19 |
3.03 |
37.55 |
56.53 |
90.4 |
2.00 |
% |
0.79 |
2028 |
88.97 |
3.10 |
38.37 |
57.69 |
92.22 |
2.00 |
% |
0.79 |
2029 |
90.79 |
3.16 |
39.19 |
58.87 |
94.09 |
2.00 |
% |
0.79 |
Escalation rate of
2% thereafter |
(a) Forecast prices were estimated using the
average of the escalated price forecasts of four independent
reserve evaluators, namely Deloitte, GLJ Petroleum Consultants
Ltd., McDaniels & Associates Consultants Ltd. and Sproule
Associates Limited. |
(b) Edmonton Par prior to 2014. |
Reserve Life Index (“RLI”)
Pieridae’s 2P RLI was 14.7 years in 2019, which
is contingent upon the execution of a $125.6 million capital
program. The modest capital costs relate to the high proportion of
PDP booking compared to total reserves.
Net Present Value Summary
Pieridae’s crude oil, natural gas and NGLs
reserves were evaluated using the IC4 forecast pricing and foreign
exchange rates at January 1, 2020, as described above. The NPV
value is prior to the provision for interest, debt service charges,
and G&A expense. It should not be assumed that the NPV of
future net revenue estimated by Deloitte represents the fair market
value of Pieridae’s reserves.
Summary of Net Present Values of Future Net
Revenue as of December 31, 2019 (a) |
|
Before
Income Tax, Discounted at (%/year) |
Reserves Category (b) |
0 |
5 |
10 |
15 |
20 |
(M$) |
(M$) |
(M$) |
(M$) |
(M$) |
Proved |
|
|
|
|
|
Developed Producing |
650,900 |
727,433 |
592,649 |
488,584 |
414,212 |
Developed Non-Producing |
-147,525 |
34,892 |
47,582 |
39,169 |
29,825 |
Undeveloped |
139,569 |
107,626 |
85,020 |
68,412 |
55,840 |
Total Proved |
642,944 |
869,950 |
725,250 |
596,165 |
499,877 |
Total Probable |
1,081,994 |
557,455 |
337,203 |
225,212 |
160,768 |
Total Proved plus Probable |
1,724,938 |
1,427,405 |
1,062,453 |
821,377 |
660,645 |
(a) Forecast prices and costs – see “Pricing
Assumptions – Forecast Prices and Costs – December 31, 2019” in the
Company’s AIF. |
(b) Values reflect abandonment and reclamation
costs for all existing wells assigned reserves and for all future
locations assigned reserves in the Deloitte Reserves Report in the
aggregate amount of $536 million (undiscounted) for total proved
reserves and $538 million (undiscounted) for total proved plus
probable reserves. |
Reserve Volume
The corporation grew substantially year over
year. It added 158% to its PDP reserve volume, including depletion,
due entirely to its acquisition of the southern Foothills assets.
TPP reserves grew by 123%, while the corporation maintained its
very conservative booking of TPP versus PDP, as indicated
above.
Summary of Oil and Gas Reserves as of
December 31, 2019 (a) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Light/Medium Crude Oil |
Conventional Natural Gas (1) |
Natural Gas Liquids |
Sulphur |
Total BOE |
Reserves Category |
Gross (Mbbl) |
Net (Mbbl) |
Gross (Mmcf) |
Net (Mmcf) |
Gross (Mbbl) |
Net (Mbbl) |
Gross (Mlt) |
Net (Mlt) |
Gross (Mboe) |
Net (Mboe) |
Proved |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Developed Producing |
- |
- |
753,221 |
667,300 |
29,585 |
21,832 |
6,353 |
2,598 |
155,122 |
133,049 |
Developed Non-Producing |
- |
- |
87,769 |
72,822 |
3,544 |
2,861 |
155 |
91 |
18,172 |
14,998 |
Undeveloped |
- |
- |
44,884 |
41,430 |
2,792 |
2,235 |
500 |
412 |
10,273 |
9,140 |
Total Proved |
- |
- |
885,875 |
781,552 |
35,921 |
26,928 |
7,008 |
3,101 |
183,567 |
157,186 |
Total Probable |
- |
- |
331,392 |
295,976 |
13,154 |
10,007 |
2,557 |
1,923 |
68,386 |
59,337 |
Total Proved plus Probable |
- |
- |
1,217,267 |
1,077,529 |
49,075 |
36,935 |
9,565 |
5,023 |
251,953 |
216,523 |
(a) Natural gas volumes include associated, and
non-associated gas. |
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2020 Guidance:
We now anticipate NOI in the range of $70
million - $90 million, production of 40,000 - 45,000 boe/d, a $28
million capital spend, a $16 million Goldboro LNG development
expense spend, commodities hedging of 55-65% on a boe/d basis, and
$11.50-$13.00/boe operating costs2.
Board Change:
Adding intellectual capital and leadership
continues to be a priority, so we were pleased last fall to
announce the appointment of Mark Horrox as an additional
independent director. Mark is a principal at Third Eye Capital,
with 20 years of global experience investing in companies
undergoing change or growth.
About Pieridae:
Founded in 2011, Pieridae, a majority Canadian
owned corporation based in Calgary, is focused on the development
of integrated energy-related activities, from the exploration and
extraction of natural gas to the development, construction and
operation of the Goldboro LNG facility and the production of LNG
for sale to Europe and other markets. Pieridae is on the leading
edge of the re-integration of the LNG value chain in North America.
After completion of all the transactions disclosed in this news
release, Pieridae has 157,641,871 common shares issued and
outstanding which trade on the TSX Venture Exchange (“PEA”).
For further information please
contact:
Alfred
Sorensen, Chief Executive Officer |
Rob
Dargewitcz, Chief Financial Officer |
Telephone: (403) 261-5900 |
Telephone: (403) 261-5900 |
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James Millar, Director, External
Relations |
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Telephone: (403) 261-5900 |
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Forward-Looking
StatementsCertain statements contained herein may
constitute "forward-looking statements" or "forward-looking
information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws
(collectively "forward-looking statements"). Words such as "may",
"will", "should", "could", "anticipate", "believe", "expect",
"intend", "plan", "potential", "continue", "shall", "estimate",
"expect", "propose", "might", "project", "predict", "forecast" and
similar expressions may be used to identify these forward-looking
statements.
Forward-looking statements involve significant
risk and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual
results to differ materially from the results discussed in the
forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, risks
associated with oil and gas exploration, development, exploitation,
production, marketing and transportation, loss of markets,
volatility of commodity prices, currency fluctuations, imprecision
of resources estimates, environmental risks, competition from other
producers, incorrect assessment of the value of acquisitions,
failure to realize the anticipated benefits or synergies from
acquisitions, delays resulting from or inability to obtain required
regulatory approvals and ability to access sufficient capital from
internal and external sources and the risk factors outlined under
"Risk Factors" and elsewhere herein. The recovery and resources
estimate of Pieridae's reserves provided herein are estimates only
and there is no guarantee that the estimated resources will be
recovered. As a consequence, actual results may differ materially
from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are based on a number
of factors and assumptions which have been used to develop such
forward-looking statements, but which may prove to be incorrect.
Although Pieridae believes that the expectations reflected in such
forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should
not be placed on forward-looking statements because Pieridae can
give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct.
In addition to other factors and assumptions which may be
identified in this document, assumptions have been made regarding,
among other things: the impact of increasing competition; the
general stability of the economic and political environment in
which Pieridae operates; the timely receipt of any required
regulatory approvals; the ability of Pieridae to obtain qualified
staff, equipment and services in a timely and cost efficient
manner; the ability of the operator of the projects which Pieridae
has an interest in, to operate the field in a safe, efficient and
effective manner; the ability of Pieridae to obtain financing on
acceptable terms; the ability to replace and expand oil and natural
gas resources through acquisition, development and exploration; the
timing and costs of pipeline, storage and facility construction and
expansion and the ability of Pieridae to secure adequate product
transportation; future commodity prices; currency, exchange and
interest rates; the regulatory framework regarding royalties, taxes
and environmental matters in the jurisdictions in which Pieridae
operates; timing and amount of capital expenditures, future sources
of funding, production levels, weather conditions, success of
exploration and development activities, access to gathering,
processing and pipeline systems, advancing technologies, and the
ability of Pieridae to successfully market its oil and natural gas
products.
Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of
factors is not exhaustive. Additional information on these and
other factors that could affect Pieridae's operations and financial
results are included in reports on file with Canadian securities
regulatory authorities and may be accessed through the SEDAR
website (www.sedar.com), and at Pieridae's website
(www.pieridaeenergy.com). Although the forward-looking statements
contained herein are based upon what management believes to be
reasonable assumptions, management cannot assure that actual
results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements.
Investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the
date hereof and Pieridae assumes no obligation to update or review
them to reflect new events or circumstances except as required by
Applicable Securities Laws.
Forward-looking statements contained herein
concerning the oil and gas industry and Pieridae's general
expectations concerning this industry are based on estimates
prepared by management using data from publicly available industry
sources as well as from reserve reports, market research and
industry analysis and on assumptions based on data and knowledge of
this industry which Pieridae believes to be reasonable. However,
this data is inherently imprecise, although generally indicative of
relative market positions, market shares and performance
characteristics. While Pieridae is not aware of any misstatements
regarding any industry data presented herein, the industry involves
risks and uncertainties and is subject to change based on various
factors.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its
Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies
of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy of this release.
1 NOI and AFFO are non-IFRS measures. They do not have any
standardized meaning under IFRS and therefore may not be comparable
to similar measures presented by other issuers. See page 24 and 25
in the Company’s MD&A.
2 Does not include transportation costs of ~$0.90/boe
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