RNS19 Nov 2013 07:17
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Heritage Oil PLC
19 November 2013

19 November 2013
Heritage Oil Plc
("Heritage" or the "Company")
HERITAGE OIL INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT
Heritage Oil Plc (LSE: HOIL), an independent upstream exploration and production company, issues its Interim Management Statement for the period from 1 July 2013 to 18November 2013.
Corporate highlights
· Total revenues of $49.1million in the third quarter 2013 ($2.1 million, Q3 2012), of which $46.4 million was from the interest in Shoreline Natural Resources Limited ("Shoreline"), Nigeria, and $2.7million was from the interest in the Zapadno Chumpasskoye Field, Russia
· A further lifting in October generated revenue net to Heritage of $71.8 million
· Cash position of $112.7 million, as at 30 September 2013
· Shoreline drew down a further $50 million of finance from the Reserves Based Lending facility, extending the debt to $550 million in order to replace security that Heritage had provided for a letter of credit in Nigeria
· The $50 million short term bridge facility with Standard Bank Plc, entered into in August 2013, is in the process of being cancelled
· Extended position in Nigeria with the strategic joint venture alliance being established with Bayelsa Oil Company Limited ("Bayelsa Oil Company")
· Granted the right to appeal the high court decision awarded to Tullow Uganda Limited ("Tullow"), to be heard in May 2014
Operational highlights
· Production for the third quarter 2013, net to Heritage, averaged 11,649bopd (617 bopd, Q3 2012), an increase of over 60% compared to the first half of the year
· Uzere West Field will commence production shortly and is expected to reach gross production of 5,000 bopd within the next few weeks
· The work programme on OML 30 has progressed with installation of gas compressors underway, statutory inspection and testing of all pressure vessels and inspection of all wellheads and pipelines completed to support well optimisation activities
· Three development wells are planned for 2014 on OML 30, in line with the development plan
· Papua New Guinea ("PNG") exploration portfolio was expanded with the farm-in to Petroleum Prospecting Licences No:337 ("PPL 337") and No:437 ("PPL 437")
· Work programmes in PNG are progressing with seismic acquisition set to continue and exploration wells planned for 2014
· Continued exploration work programmes in Tanzania through interpretation of new and processed seismic data on the Rukwa licence and the acquisition of a geochemical survey on the Kyela licence
· Tanzania exploration drilling programme being planned for 2014/2015
Tony Bucking