Paris, 23 April 2018
No. 05-18
Q1 2018 sales: $128 million
Q1 2018 sales
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| | Q1 2017 | Q2 2017 | Q3 2017 | Q4 2017 | | Q1 2018 | | Q1 2017 | Q4 2017 |
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| Total production sold over the period, M&P share | | | | | | | | | |
| million barrels of oil | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | | 1.7 | | +6% | +5% |
| million MMBTU | 1.9 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 2.8 | | 3.4 | | +78% | +24% |
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| Average sale price | | | | | | | | | |
| Oil, in $/bbl | 52.8 | 48.6 | 50.0 | 59.7 | | 66.3 | | +26% | +11% |
| Gas, in $/BTU | 3.18 | 3.22 | 3.13 | 3.12 | | 3.18 | | +0% | +2% |
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| EUR/USD exchange rate | 1.06 | 1.10 | 1.17 | 1.18 | | 1.23 | | +16% | +4% |
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| Sales (in $m) | | | | | | | | | |
| Oil production | 91 | 87 | 97 | 109 | | 124 | | +36% | +14% |
| Gabon | 86 | 83 | 90 | 102 | | 115 | | +34% | +13% |
| Tanzania | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | | 9 | | +78% | +27% |
| Drilling operations | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | | 4 | | -23% | -4% |
| Consolidated sales (in $m) | 96 | 90 | 101 | 113 | | 128 | | +33% | +13% |
| Consolidated sales (in €m) | 90 | 81 | 86 | 97 | | 104 | | +15% | +7% |
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The favourable trend in sales results from a sharp increase in the average price of the sale of oil produced in Gabon ($66.3/bbl, +26% versus Q1 2017, +11% versus Q4 2017).
Additionally, Q1 sales in Gabon were positively impacted (in the amount of about $8 million) by an entitlement volume that exceeded production for the quarter in question.
Hydrocarbon production in Q1 2018
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| | | Q1 2017 | Q2 2017 | Q3 2017 | Q4 2017 | | Q1 2018 | | Q1 2017 | Q4 2017 |
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| Production operated by Maurel & Prom (100%) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oil | bopd | 24,303 | 25,104 | 26,290 | 24,144 | | 23,975 | | -1% | -1% |
| Gas | MMcf/d | 43.3 | 30.7 | 60.0 | 62.2 | | 77.0 | | +78% | +24% |
| TOTAL | boepd | 31,509 | 30,221 | 36,268 | 34,514 | | 36,804 | | +17% | +7% |
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Maurel & Prom
share of production | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oil | bopd | 19,442 | 20,083 | 21,032 | 19,315 | | 19,180 | | -1% | -1% |
| Gas | MMcf/d | 20.8 | 14.8 | 28.8 | 29.9 | | 37.0 | | +78% | +24% |
| TOTAL | boepd | 22,905 | 22,542 | 25,828 | 24,299 | | 25,346 | | +11% | +4% |
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Operated oil production in Gabon in Q1 2018 totalled 23,975 bopd, with 19,180 bopd as M&P's share (80%). This level of production remained virtually unchanged compared to Q4 2017 and Q1 2017.
As previously announced and with a view to mitigating the natural depletion of the fields, Maurel & Prom resumed its drilling operations in 2018, after they were suspended in 2015. The work programme includes eleven development wells and three sidetracks. In accordance with the agreed schedule, drilling of the first well began on 17 March. The expected positive effects on production should be seen in the second half of the year.
In Tanzania, average gas output totalled 77.0 MMcf/d (operated share), corresponding to 37.0 MMcf/d as M&P's share (48.06%). In March 2018, the Mnazi Bay field achieved a record production level of 84.8 MMcf/d, after it exceeded the monthly production threshold of 80.0 MMcf/d for the first time in February 2018. This production increase seeks to address the gas demand growth in order to meet national requirements.
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This document may contain forward-looking statements regarding the financial position, results, business and industrial strategy of Maurel & Prom. By nature, forward-looking statements contain risks and uncertainties to the extent that they are based on events or circumstances that may or may not happen in the future. These projections are based on assumptions we believe to be reasonable, but which may prove to be incorrect and which depend on a number of risk factors, such as fluctuations in crude oil prices, changes in exchange rates, uncertainties related to the valuation of our oil reserves, actual rates of oil production and the related costs, operational problems, political stability, legislative or regulatory reforms, or even wars, terrorism and sabotage.
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