RE: Buy Order28 Feb 2018 11:27
The tax calculation is complicated. What we do know is that the company got stung last year as they paid tax export duty as if on an higher price (of 50-55 BOPD as it has to be paid prior to the tanker leaving). Oil price dropped to 40-44bopd which is what they received for the first Articneft tanker.
The oil price is much more likely to be at 62$ plus per the October tanker, and net back after tax for this was more like $45 /barrel.
See RNS below for the 189,000 barrels in October Articneft tanker:
Tanker shipment update
The price per barrel for the tanker shipment announced on 31 October 2017 has now been confirmed as US$62.15 per barrel. This pricing is based on the arithmetic average of the quotations for Brent DTD published in "Platts Crude Oil Marketwire" for the five days after the date of the bill of lading.
After taking into account all duties and taxes, transport costs and demurrage, the net proceeds from the shipment are expected to be approximately US$8.5 million, representing a net back of US$45.08 per barrel. This represents an improvement of approximately US$14.18 per barrel, when compared with the net receipts from our first tanker export in June of this year, which was affected by the fall at that time in the international oil price, as noted in our announcement on 28 September 2017.
After repayment from the proceeds of the tanker payment of the Petraco pre-export short term loan finance arrangement, announced on 7 September 2017, we anticipate that the Company's net debt will be reduced from US$12.3 million as at the end of June 2017 to US$3.8 million.
Our plans for 2018 are as follows:
Kolguev Island:
- continue work overs and the installation of jack pumps with the aim of keeping production stable at approximately 1,000 bbls/day
- assessment of a new programme of deviated wells and or fracking to increase production significantly from existing horizons, and in the case of success;
- apply for additional licences on the Island, in order to take advantage of our unique position as the only operator with processing, tank farm availability and its own tanker terminals
Sakhalin Island:
- continue well work overs at Petrosakh, thus seeking to maintain production at approximately 1,200 bbls/day
- upgrade refinery equipment to increase the yield and quality of products
- obtain a marine terminal licence for the sale of bunker fuel to local ship operators
- deploy newly acquired rig to drill three wells at our new South Dagi licence
- workover two existing wells on South Dagi
Komi Republic:
- additional seismic interpretation for the two oil fields held by RK Oil and BVN Oil
- following the cancelation of the first drilling contract at RK Oil, seek a partnership, ideally with a major oil service company to manage the development of the large proven and probable reserves, potentially coordinated with adjacent oil fields that have necessary infrastructure and tran