REG - Angus Energy PLC - Fourth Quarter 2023 Production

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08/01/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 8685Y  Angus Energy PLC  08 January 2024

 

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 7 OF
THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) 6/2014 AS IT FORMS PART OF UK DOMESTIC LAW BY
VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018 ("MAR"), AND IS DISCLOSED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 17 OF MAR.

 

 

8 January 2024

Angus Energy Plc

("Angus Energy", "Angus" or the "Company")

Fourth Quarter 2023 Production and Operations Update

 

·    Production for the Quarter was 7.35 mm therms

·    Estimated revenues of £7.2m for the Quarter

 

Gas volumes produced and sold from the Saltfleetby Field equalled 7.35 mm
therms in aggregate for the months of October, November and December 2023
combined, compared to 7.9 mm therms produced and sold in the third quarter.
Fourth quarter production equates to an average of 2.45 mm therms per month
(2.6 mm therms per month in the third quarter), as against hedged volumes of
1.5 mm therms per month for the third and fourth quarter. Operational
efficiency was 87% for the fourth quarter (90% operational efficiency for the
third quarter). Gas condensate (liquid) production averaged 130 bbl/day.

The quarter included a planned shutdown for 6 days during October for
maintenance and remedial work on one of the two compressor engines on the
Saltfleetby site. The compressor was returned to service on the 21(st) of
October, allowing dual compressor operations to recommence.

The construction of the B07T permanent flowline was completed during the
quarter with commissioning of the new flowline completing on the 3(rd) of
November. B07T production losses were minimized to one day for completion of
the tie-in work and for flowline commissioning activities.

A further planned intervention on one of the two compressor engines took place
during November with the work successfully completed on the 22(nd) of
November, allowing dual compressor operations to recommence.

Equipment hardware upgrades were implemented on one of the two compressor
engines during December with the aim of improving engine reliability
performance. Work was carried out across a small number of planned
interventions prior to the festive period.

Well performance and well optimization trials were carried out during the
quarter further to commissioning of the B07T permanent flowline and this work
remains an ongoing focus for the sub-surface and operations team.

 

 

 

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Enquiries:

 Angus Energy Plc              www.angusenergy.co.uk (http://www.angusenergy.co.uk/)
 Richard Herbert               Tel: +44 (0) 208 899 6380

 Beaumont Cornish (Nomad)      www.beaumontcornish.com (http://www.beaumontcornish.com/)
 James Biddle/ Roland Cornish  Tel: +44 (0) 207 628 3396

 WH Ireland Limited (Broker)
 Katy Mitchell/ Harry Ansell   Tel: +44 (0) 113 394 6600

 Flagstaff PR/IR               angus@flagstaffcomms.com (mailto:angus@flagstaffcomms.com)
 Tim Thompson                  Tel: +44 (0) 207 129 1474
 Fergus Mellon

 

Qualified Person's Statement: Richard Herbert, the Chief Executive Officer of
the Company, who has over 43 years of relevant experience in the oil and gas
industry, has approved the information contained in this announcement. Mr
Herbert holds a BSc. Hons in Geology from the University of Bristol and is a
Fellow of the Geological Society of London and a member of the American
Association of Petroleum Geologists.

 

 

Notes

 

About Angus Energy plc

Angus Energy plc is a UK AIM quoted independent onshore Energy Transition
company with a complementary portfolio of clean gas development assets,
onshore geothermal projects, and legacy oil producing fields. Angus is focused
on becoming a leading player in the aggregation, production and storage of
energy.  Angus Energy has a 100% interest in the Saltfleetby Gas Field
(PEDL005), majority owns and operates conventional oil production fields at
Brockham (PL 235) and Lidsey (PL 241) and has a 25% interest in the Balcombe
Licence (PEDL244). Angus Energy operates all fields in which it has an
interest.

 

Important Notices

This announcement contains 'forward-looking statements' concerning the Company
that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Generally, the words 'will',
'may', 'should', 'continue', 'believes', 'targets', 'plans', 'expects',
'aims', 'intends', 'anticipates' or similar expressions or negatives thereof
identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Many of these risks
and uncertainties relate to factors that are beyond the Company's ability to
control or estimate precisely. The Company cannot give any assurance that such
forward-looking statements will prove to have been correct. The reader is
cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements,
which speak only as of the date of this announcement. The Company does not
undertake any obligation to update or revise publicly any of the
forward-looking statements set out herein, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent legally
required.

 

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to be a forecast, projection or
estimate of the future financial performance of the Company.

 

Explanation of Terminology:

scm (standard cubic metre) mscm (thousand standard cubic metre) and mmscf
(million standard cubic feet) are traditional measures of volumes of gas.
As producers we tend to observe volume flow from wells and through process
plant but we are paid on the energy content which is metered and analysed at
point of sale. Mmscfd represents mmscfd per day.

These two types of measurement, energy and volume, are related by the
calorific or higher heating value which is the number of MJ per standard cubic
metre.  Very intense processing, i.e. lower temperatures, will tend to remove
more higher hydrocarbon fractions such as propane, butane and pentane, which
will lower the calorific value but improve the margin of safety in terms of
meeting transmission grid specification.

55,000 Therms, given a calorific value of about 41MJ per standard cubic metres
is approximately equal to 5mmscf or 141,584 scm, 1,612,486 kwhrs, 5,804,948
MJ.  Note that "mm" in respect of therms or scf means million.  Confusingly,
in the case of Joules, different nomenclature is used and "MJ" is an
abbreviation for megajoules which is equivalent to millions of joules.

 

 

 

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