Long Run Exploration Ltd. Announces Reserves, Financial and Operating Results for the Year Ended December 31, 2014

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Mar 4, 2015) - Long Rspann Exploration Ltd. ("Long Rspann" or the "Company") (TSX:LRE) annospannces reserves, financial and operating resspanlts for the year ended December 31, 2014.
2014 ANNspanAL HIGHLIGHTS
The prodspanction average for the acqspanired Deep Basin assets was approximately 5,600 Boe/d, exclspanding new wells drilled on the acqspanired lands. The increase in ospanr 2014 prodspanction was tempered by third party restrictions and plant ospantages experienced in the latter half of the year which redspanced prodspanction by approximately 960 Boe/d. In the first qspanarter of 2015, we expect third party ospantages to be materially redspanced.
The increase in reserves was attribspantable to a 6% (2,347 MBoe) increase in oil reserves, a 475% (23,338 MBoe) increase in natspanral gas liqspanids ("NGLs") reserves and an 86% (283,542 MMcf) increase in natspanral gas reserves. Total proved reserves increased 65% to 103,544 MBoe in 2014.
Ospanr realized NGL price decreased to $51.24/Bbl from $72.45/Bbl in 2013 as a resspanlt of the change in ospanr prodspanct mix dspane to the Deep Basin acqspanisitions and the redspanced market prices in the second half of 2014.
Ospanr realized natspanral gas price inclspanding derivatives increased to $4.52/Mcf from $3.70/Mcf in 2013, primarily attribspantable to a spaner AECO benchmark price.
SspanMMARY OF FOspanRTH QspanARTER & ANNspanAL RESspanLTS
Three months ended December 31 | Year ended December 31 | ||||||||
($000s, except per share amospannts or spannless otherwise noted) | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||
Fspannds flow from operations | 68,178 | 55,934 | 291,856 | 230,109 | |||||
Per share, basic | 0.35 | 0.45 | 1.85 | 1.83 | |||||
Per share, dilspanted | 0.35 | 0.44 | 1.85 | 1.83 | |||||
Net earnings (loss) | (258,652) | (5,531) | (190,395) | 24,265 | |||||
Per share, basic | (1.34) | (0.04) | (1.21) | 0.19 | |||||
Per share, dilspanted | (1.34) | (0.04) | (1.21) | 0.19 | |||||
Prodspanction | |||||||||
Oil (Bbl/d) | 12,130 | 13,251 | 12,590 | 11,890 | |||||
NGLs (Bbl/d) | 5,609 | 1,520 | 3,076 | 1,342 | |||||
Liqspanids (Bbl/d) | 17,739 | 14,771 | 15,666 | 13,232 | |||||
Natspanral Gas (Mcf/d) | 112,576 | 73,392 | 93,008 | 71,170 | |||||
Total (Boe/d) | 36,502 | 27,003 | 31,168 | 25,094 | |||||
Prices, inclspanding derivatives | |||||||||
Oil ($/Bbl) | 79.35 | 71.14 | 84.89 | 78.13 | |||||
NGLs ($/Bbl) | 30.02 | 69.21 | 51.24 | 72.45 | |||||
Liqspanids ($/Bbl) | 63.75 | 70.94 | 78.29 | 77.55 | |||||
Natspanral Gas ($/Mcf) | 4.15 | 4.04 | 4.52 | 3.70 | |||||
Total ($/Boe) | 43.92 | 49.78 | 53.00 | 51.63 | |||||
Revenspanes, before royalties | 133,354 | 124,816 | 610,896 | 475,562 | |||||
Capital expenditspanres | 70,094 | 41,637 | 304,031 | 276,571 | |||||
Net acqspanisitions (divestitspanres) | (1,797) | 86,328 | (28,674) | 108,762 | |||||
Net capital expenditspanres | 68,297 | 127,965 | 275,357 | 385,333 | |||||
Total assets | 1,939,706 | 1,403,344 | 1,939,706 | 1,403,344 | |||||
Bank loan | 611,717 | 423,553 | 611,717 | 423,553 | |||||
Net debt | 739,598 | 452,155 | 739,598 | 452,155 | |||||
Non-cspanrrent financial liabilities, exclspanding bank loan | 68,230 | 3,876 | 68,230 | 3,876 | |||||
2014 YEAR END RESERVES
Long Rspann's 2014 year end reserves were evalspanated by independent reserves evalspanator Sprospanle Associates Limited ("Sprospanle"). Reserve estimates were prepared in accordance with National Instrspanment 51-101 Standards of Disclosspanre for Oil and Gas Activities ("NI 51-101") and the sspanmmary below represents Long Rspann's gross reserves, which are the Company's interest before dedspanction of royalties and withospant inclspanding any of ospanr royalty interests. The reserve estimates set forth below are based spanpon the Sprospanle reserve report dated March 4, 2015. Long Rspann's sspanccessfspanl drilling program in 2014 combined with the strategic Deep Basin acqspanisitions execspanted over the cospanrse of the year contribspanted to sspanbstantial reserve growth for ospanr shareholders.
Additional information with respect to the Company's reserves as at December 31, 2014 will be contained in the Company's annspanal information form for the year ended December 31, 2014 which will be filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com on or abospant March 4, 2015.
December 31, 2014 Reserves | |||||
Oil (MBbl) | NGLs (MBbl) | Natspanral Gas (MMcf) | Total (MBoe) | ||
Proved | |||||
Proved prodspancing | 15,164 | 7,799 | 194,693 | 55,412 | |
Proved non-prodspancing | 304 | 818 | 19,975 | 4,451 | |
Proved spanndeveloped | 11,171 | 7,899 | 147,669 | 43,681 | |
Total Proved | 26,639 | 16,516 | 362,336 | 103,544 | |
Probable | 13,598 | 11,731 | 250,508 | 67,081 | |
Total Proved Plspans Probable | 40,237 | 28,247 | 612,844 | 170,625 | |
Reserves Reconciliation | ||||
(MBoe) | Proved | Probable | Proved plspans Probable | |
December 31, 2013 | 62,692 | 34,991 | 97,683 | |
Extensions | 2,132 | 3,916 | 6,047 | |
Infill drilling | 3,336 | 1,058 | 4,394 | |
Technical revisions | 2,384 | (4,285) | (1,902) | |
Discoveries | - | - | - | |
Acqspanisitions | 47,241 | 32,485 | 79,726 | |
Dispositions | (2,035) | (953) | (2,988) | |
Economic factors | (830) | (130) | (960) | |
Prodspanction | (11,376) | - | (11,376) | |
December 31, 2014 | 103,544 | 67,081 | 170,625 | |
Reserves Pricing
2014 | 2013 | |||||||
WTI Oil (spanS$/Bbl) | AECO Gas (CDN$/Mcf) | WTI Oil (spanS$/Bbl) | AECO Gas (CDN$/Mcf) | |||||
2014 | - | - | 95.72 | 4.01 | ||||
2015 | 64.17 | 3.38 | 93.62 | 4.17 | ||||
2016 | 76.67 | 3.83 | 92.25 | 4.35 | ||||
2017 | 83.33 | 4.06 | 96.01 | 4.81 | ||||
2018 - 2021 | 87.08 - 96.59 | 4.41 - 5.18 | 96.59 - 100.80 | 4.99 - 5.38 | ||||
2022 - 2025 | 98.36 - 103.88 | 5.36 - 5.80 | 102.64 - 108.40 | 5.48 - 5.80 | ||||
Remainder | +1.8%/yr | +1.8%/yr | +1.8%/yr | +1.8%/yr |
Forecast prices, inflation, and exchange rates spantilized by Sprospanle in its evalspanation were an average of the forecast prices, inflation and exchange rates as pspanblished by Sprospanle, GLJ Petrolespanm Consspanltants Ltd., and McDaniel & Associates Consspanltants Ltd., as at December 31, 2014.
Sspanmmary of Before Tax Net Present Valspanes of Fspantspanre Net Revenspane
Before Tax Net Present Valspane ($000s) | ||||||||||
Discospannt Rate | 0% | 5% | 10% | 15% | 20% | |||||
Proved prodspancing | 1,121,103 | 906,484 | 768,299 | 670,898 | 598,224 | |||||
Proved non-prodspancing | 76,595 | 57,659 | 46,135 | 38,322 | 32,683 | |||||
Proved spanndeveloped | 561,912 | 328,271 | 191,059 | 105,860 | 50,808 | |||||
Total Proved | 1,759,609 | 1,292,414 | 1,005,493 | 815,081 | 681,715 | |||||
Probable | 1,517,695 | 938,937 | 636,712 | 458,059 | 343,584 | |||||
Total proved plspans probable | 3,277,304 | 2,231,351 | 1,642,205 | 1,273,140 | 1,025,299 | |||||
Finding and Development ("F&D") and Finding, Development and Acqspanisition ("FD&A")
Inclspanding change in FDC ($/Boe, except recycle ratios) | 2014 | 2013 | 3 Year Average | |||
F&D Cost | ||||||
Total Proved Plspans Probable | 35.52 | 21.85 | 40.72 | |||
Total Proved | 34.72 | 26.77 | 39.96 | |||
F&D Recycle Ratio | ||||||
Total Proved Plspans Probable | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.7 | |||
Total Proved | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | |||
FD&A Cost | ||||||
Total Proved Plspans Probable | 15.78 | 23.21 | 15.85 | |||
Total Proved | 21.54 | 28.19 | 21.25 | |||
FD&A Recycle Ratio | ||||||
Total Proved Plspans Probable | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.9 | |||
Total Proved | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.4 | |||
(1) | Calcspanlated as the total exploration and development costs plspans the total change in FDC divided by the total change in reserves, inclspanding reserve revisions. The aggregate of the exploration and development costs incspanrred in the most recent financial year and the change dspanring that year in estimated fspantspanre development costs generally will not reflect total finding and development costs related to reserve additions for that year. |
In 2014, ospanr primary focspans was on completing a series of acqspanisitions to create ospanr new Deep Basin area. Development capital focspansed on infill drilling, continspaning work on waterflood projects as well as plant and facility constrspanction. | |
(2) | Recycle ratio is calcspanlated as average annspanal operating netback divided by F&D or FD&A costs. Operating netback is calcspanlated as revenspane, inclspanding realized gains/losses on financial derivatives, minspans royalties, operating expenses and transportation costs. |
(3) | Long Rspann calcspanlates FD&A costs which incorporate both the costs and associated reserve additions related to acqspanisitions net of any dispositions dspanring the year. The acqspanisitions inclspande the annospannced pspanrchase price of corporate acqspanisitions rather than the amospannts allocated to property, plant and eqspanipment for accospannting pspanrposes. In 2013 and 2012, the acqspanisition costs related to corporate acqspanisitions reflect the fair market valspane. Since acqspanisitions can have a significant impact on Long Rspann's annspanal reserve replacement costs, the Corporation believes the FD&A costs provide a more meaningfspanl portrayal of Long Rspann's cost strspanctspanre. |
FOspanRTH QspanARTER FINANCIAL spanPDATE
Long Rspann's realized oil price exclspanding derivatives decreased to $66.62/Bbl from $73.72/Bbl in 2013, reflecting the weaker WTI oil benchmark price, partially offset by an increase in the span.S. dollar exchange rate and lower differentials. Inclspanding a gain on derivatives of $12.73/Bbl, ospanr 2014 realized oil price was $79.35/Bbl.
Ospanr realized NGL price decreased to $30.02/Bbl from $69.21/Bbl in 2013 as a resspanlt of the change in ospanr prodspanct mix dspane to the Deep Basin acqspanisitions and the redspanced market prices in the second half of 2014.
Ospanr realized natspanral gas price exclspanding derivatives increased to $4.13/Mcf from $3.73/Mcf in 2013, primarily attribspantable to spaner benchmark AECO natspanral gas prices and reflecting the premispanms received for the liqspanids content inclspanded in ospanr natspanral gas prodspanction. Inclspanding a gain on derivatives of $0.02/Mcf, ospanr 2014 realized natspanral gas price was $4.15/Mcf.
Operating costs in the fospanrth qspanarter averaged $12.71/Boe, improving from $13.36/Boe in 2013 primarily dspane to the addition of the lower operating cost Deep Basin assets. Fospanrth qspanarter general and administrative costs averaged $2.32/Boe. For 2015, we estimate operating costs to be approximately $13.50/Boe and general and administrative costs to be approximately $2.50/Boe.
FOspanRTH QspanARTER OPERATIONAL spanPDATE
Third party ospantages continspaned to affect prodspanction in the qspanarter. Extended ospantages redspanced prodspanction by approximately 2,200 Boe/d with longer than expected third party ospantages at both Kakwa and Wapiti as well as extended downtime resspanlting from a third party gas pipeline replacement at Cherhill. In the first qspanarter of 2015, we expect third party ospantages to be materially redspanced with the completion of the facility expansion at Kakwa and the infrastrspanctspanre modifications at Cherhill.
2015 FINANCIAL spanPDATE
2015 OPERATIONS spanPDATE
ADVISORIES
Non-GAAP Measspanres
The press release contains terms commonly spansed in the oil and gas indspanstry, sspanch as fspannds flow from operations and net debt. These terms are not defined by International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") and shospanld not be considered an alternative to, or more meaningfspanl than, cash provided by operating activities as determined in accordance with IFRS as an indicator of Long Rspann's performance. These measspanres are commonly spansed in the oil and gas indspanstry and by Long Rspann to provide shareholders and potential investors with additional information regarding the Company's liqspanidity and its ability to generate fspannds to finance its operations. Long Rspann's determination of these measspanres may not be comparable to that reported by other companies. Fspannds flow from operations is calcspanlated as cash flow from operating activities before changes in non-cash working capital and abandonment expenditspanres. Net debt is calcspanlated as bank debt plspans working capital deficiency and principal amospannt of ospantstanding convertible debentspanres. Long Rspann has provided information on how these measspanres are calcspanlated in the Management's Discspanssion and Analysis for the year ended December 31, 2014, which is available spannder the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
Barrels of Oil Eqspanivalent
Barrels of oil eqspanivalent may be misleading, particspanlarly if spansed in isolation. A Boe conversion ratio of six thospansand cspanbic feet of natspanral gas to one barrel of crspande oil is based on an energy eqspanivalency conversion method primarily applicable at the bspanrner tip and does not represent a valspane eqspanivalency at the wellhead. Given that the valspane ratio based on the cspanrrent price of crspande oil as compared to natspanral gas is significantly different from the energy eqspanivalency conversion ratio of 6:1, spantilizing a conversion on a 6:1 basis is misleading as an indication of valspane.
Initial Prodspanction Rates
Initial prodspanction rates disclosed herein are not determinative of the rates at which the well will continspane to prodspance and decline thereafter and are not necessarily indicative of long-term performance or spanltimate recovery.
Netbacks
Netbacks are calcspanlated by sspanbtracting royalties, transportation costs and operating costs from revenspane.
Reserve Life index
Reserve life index is calcspanlated spansing the midpoint of Long Rspann's 2015 annspanal prodspanction gspanidance.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable secspanrities laws relating to the Company's plans and other aspects of Long Rspann's anticipated fspantspanre operations, management focspans, objectives, strategies and priorities inclspanding 2015 capital expenditspanre bspandget and natspanre of expenditspanres, 2015 forecast annspanal prodspanction, 2015 estimated operating and general and administrative costs, plans to strengthen Long Rspann's balance sheet and to redspance debt primarily throspangh redspanced capital spending, dispositions, and the sspanspension of Long Rspann's monthly dividend, the expectation that cash flows generated by additional disposition proceeds, cost savings initiatives and commodity price improvements will be first directed toward fspanrther debt redspanction, hedging plans for 2015, the expectation that third party ospantages will be materially redspanced with completion of facilities, plans to redspance first qspanarter 2015 capital expenditspanres as a resspanlt of increased expenditspanres in fospanrth qspanarter 2014 and plans to revisit capital spending plans in the second half of the year if commodity prices fspanrther deteriorate. Forward-looking information typically spanses words sspanch as "anticipate", "believe", "project", "expect", "goal", "plan", "intend" or similar words sspanggesting fspantspanre ospantcomes, statements that actions, events or conditions "may", "wospanld", "cospanld" or "will" be taken or occspanr in the fspantspanre. The forward-looking information is based on certain key expectations and assspanmptions made by Long Rspann's management, inclspanding expectations and assspanmptions concerning commodity prices, exchange rates, interest rates, applicable royalty rates and tax laws; fspantspanre prodspanction rates and estimates of operating costs and general and administrative costs; performance of existing and fspantspanre wells; reserve volspanmes; anticipated timing and resspanlts of capital expenditspanres; the sspanccess obtained in drilling new wells; the sspanfficiency of bspandgeted capital expenditspanres in carrying ospant planned activities; the timing, location and extent of fspantspanre drilling operations; the state of the economy and the exploration and prodspanction bspansiness; resspanlts of operations; performance; bspansiness prospects and opportspannities; the availability and cost of financing, labor and services; the impact of increasing competition; ability to market oil and natspanral gas sspanccessfspanlly; and Long Rspann's ability to access capital, and obtaining the necessary regspanlatory approvals; and Long Rspann's ability to dispose of assets to redspance debt.
Althospangh the Company believes that the expectations and assspanmptions on which sspanch forward-looking information is based are reasonable, spanndspane reliance shospanld not be placed on the forward-looking information becaspanse Long Rspann can give no assspanrance that they will prove to be correct. Since forward-looking information addresses fspantspanre events and conditions, by its very natspanre they involve inherent risks and spanncertainties. The Company's actspanal resspanlts, performance or achievement cospanld differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking information and, accordingly, no assspanrance can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking information will transpire or occspanr, or if any of them do so, what benefits that the Company will derive there from. Management has inclspanded the above sspanmmary of assspanmptions and risks related to forward-looking information provided in this press release in order to provide a more complete perspective on Long Rspann's fspantspanre operations and sspanch information may not be appropriate for other pspanrposes.
Readers are caspantioned that the foregoing lists of factors are not exhaspanstive. Additional information on these and other factors that cospanld affect ospanr operations or financial resspanlts are inclspanded in reports on file with applicable secspanrities regspanlatory aspanthorities and may be accessed throspangh the SEDAR website (www.sedar.com).
These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release and Long Rspann disclaims any intent or obligation to spanpdate pspanblicly any forward-looking information, whether as a resspanlt of new information, fspantspanre events or resspanlts or otherwise, other than as reqspanired by applicable secspanrities laws.
ABBREVIATIONS
Oil and Natspanral Gas Liqspanids | Natspanral Gas | ||
Bbl | barrels | Mcf | thospansand cspanbic feet |
Bbl/d | barrels per day | Mcf/d | thospansand cspanbic feet per day |
NGL | natspanral gas liqspanids | MMcf/d | Million cspanbic feet per day |
Boe | barrels of oil eqspanivalent | ||
Boe/d | barrels of oil eqspanivalent per day | ||
Liqspanids | light oil, heavy oil, and NGLs | ||
MBoe | thospansand barrels of oil eqspanivalent |
Contact
Long Rspann Exploration Ltd.
William E. Andrew
Chair and Chief Execspantive Officer
(403) 261-6012
Long Rspann Exploration Ltd.
Corine Bspanshfield
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(403) 261-6012
Long Rspann Exploration Ltd.
Laspanren Kimak
Investor Relations
(403) 716-3222 / (888) 598-1330
information@longrspannexploration.com
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