May 7 (Reuters) - PDC Energy Inc PDCE.O :
* PDC ENERGY ANNOUNCES 2020 FIRST QUARTER RESULTS AND
PROVIDES
PROJECTED 2020 GUIDANCE
* Q1 LOSS PER SHARE $4.94
* Q1 EARNINGS PER SHARE ESTIMATE $0.03 -- REFINITIV IBES
DATA
* TOTAL PRODUCTION OF 16.8 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL EQUIVALENT
OR
APPROXIMATELY 185,000 BOE PER DAY IN QUARTER
* TOTAL OIL PRODUCTION OF 5.9 MILLION BARRELS OR NEARLY
65,000
BBLS PER DAY IN QUARTER
* ANTICIPATED OIL AND GAS CAPITAL INVESTMENTS BETWEEN $500
AND
$600 MILLION FOR 2020
* PDC ENERGY - SEES 2020 TOTAL PRODUCTION OF 170,000 TO
180,000
BOE PER DAY WITH EXPECTED OIL PRODUCTION AVERAGING BETWEEN
60,000 AND 65,000 BBLS PER DAY
* ANTICIPATE GENERATING MORE THAN $125 MILLION OF FREE CASH
FLOW
IN 2020
* PRELIMINARY 2021 OUTLOOK CONTEMPLATES TOTAL CAPITAL
INVESTMENT
BETWEEN $500 MILLION AND $600 MILLION
* PROJECTS TO GROW BOTH TOTAL AND OIL PRODUCTION IN 2021 BY
FIVE
TO TEN PERCENT COMPARED TO 2020
* QTRLY TOTAL REVENUES $757.0 MILLION VERSUS $134.5
MILLION
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