Capex $400 mill for year31 Jul 2015 16:17
Afren plc: Interim Management Statement
· US$200 million interim funding provided by existing Noteholders by way of new private placement notes in April 2015; proceeds to be used for general corporate purposes and capex; wider recapitalisation programme to be completed by the end of July 2015
· Nigeria projects progressing: Completion of top-side Ebok CFB extension; options for Okoro FFD with a low oil price under discussion; completion of first Okwok development well; fifth production well completed on OML 26
· 2015 capex guidance US$0.4 billion expected to focus on existing producing assets in Nigeria; average production guidance expected to be 23,000 - 32,000 bopd, reflecting lower share of production from Ebok following end of cost recovery
· Q1 2015 net production at 36,035 bopd, above FY guidance range but in line with expectations; Q1 2015 Revenue of US$130 million; Operating cash flow before movements in working capital of US$59 million; Capex US$212 million; Net Debt US$1,196 million
London, 29 May 2015 - Afren plc ("Afren" or the "Group"), (LSE: AFR), announces its Interim Management Statement ("IMS") and financial results for the three months ended 31 March 2015 and an update on its operations year-to-date 2015. Information contained within this release is unaudited and is subject to further review.
Operational Update
Afren delivered revenue of US$130.3 million (Q1 2014: US$269.0 million) and operating cash flows before movements in working capital of US$59.1 million (Q1 2014: US$169.1 million) in Q1 2015, driven by average net production at 36,035 bopd in line with expectations to meet our guidance range for 2015, averaging 23,000 - 32,000 bopd. The fall in revenue was due to lower realised oil prices and production liftings from Ebok utilised to settle a net profit interest (NPI) liability. NPI represents a contractual profit share payable to previous owners of the Ebok field for which liftings made in settlement are offset against cost of sales (NPI liftings commenced in Q4 2014).