OIL SEARCH LIMITED 2005 Half Year Results 23 August 2005 1
Programme Overview Peter Botten Financial Results Nigel Hartley PNG Activities Update Mark Wilson Middle East / North Africa Jon Pattillo Gas Commercialisation Peter Botten Outlook Peter Botten 2
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Overview Continued world class safety performance Record profit of US63.9m 53% increase Strong production performance At three year high Mature fields performing well Kumul production deferral recovered Record oil prices Costs…
Overview Other highlights of 1H 05 Major progress on PNG Gas Project Indicative customer loads over 200PJ/a FEED advancing : no surprises AGL sale brings long term alignment Other development options being matured First production…
Overview First Half 2005 TSR of 71.7%, ranking Oil Search No.3 in ASX 200 In recognition of first half performance, Board has increased interim dividend from US one cent to US two cents per share 6
Share Price Performance 500 450 400 Relative Performance Index OSH ELECTED 350 OPERATOR OF ASSUMPTION OF PNG OIL FIELDS OPERATORSHIP 300 & ACQUISITION CPS OF CT ASSETS GAS 250 CONVERSION PROJECT FEED STRATEGIC 200…
Treasury Review 250 Gearing % 200 40 150 30 Debt Cash 100 20 Gearing 50 10 0 2002 2003 2004 Jun-05 US208 million in cash at end June, debt at US147million Liquidity of over US300 million, including undrawn committed…
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Oil Search Production 2005 Half Year % Change % Change from 1H from 2H 04 04 Net Oil & 5.090 MMbbls Condensate -1.3% +2.3% Production (28,121 BOPD) Wet Gas 2.73 BCF -1.0% -0.7% Production (15.1 MMscf/d) 5.544 MMboe Total…
Oil Search Production 2005 Half Year PNG Gross Oil Production PNG production adversely 80,000 affected by Kumul terminal 70,000 60,000 shutdown in February and Oil Rate (stbo/d) 50,000 March, though partially…
2005 Kutubu Update Summary 50,000 Potential 45,000 Forecast Fields have responded well to 40,000 History Trend Before Oil Search intense engineering effort 35,000 Oil Rate (stbo/d) 30,000 Current Kutubu production levels…
2005 Gobe Update Summary 40,000 SEG Wedge 35,000 Gobe Main and SE Gobe are SE Gobe mature assets 30,000 Gobe Main Field oil production is constrained Oil Rate (stbo/d) 25,000 by gas handling limits 20,000 Focus…
SEG Wedge Development 807500 810000 812500 815000 817500 0 90 00 -1 SEG 11 drilled in May 2005, - 15 0 80 00 -1 -1 6 0 70 9245000 9245000 -1 0 20 proved a 61m oil column in the 0…
2005 Moran Update 25,000 Summary Potential Base Forecast 20,000 Plant and flowline debottlenecking Base Oil Rate (stbo/d) efforts now largely completed 15,000 Oil rates now benefiting from focus 10,000 on gas…
NW Moran EPT Development Summary Boundary of 3D image Completed installation of NW Moran flowline, production facilities at NWM and APF, commissioning underway Project cost = US 25 million, significantly delayed, impacted by…
NW Moran EPT Construction Progress Heli- supported bridge installation 24
NW Moran EPT Construction Progress Heli- supported bridge installation 25
SE Mananda Development Summary Hegigio bridge, pipeline and facilities construction underway Artists Impression Currently drilling top hole sections of each of 3 new development wells Project cost = US101 million, delayed by…
SE Mananda Construction Progress South Abutment A-frame Tower Roll Up 27
SE Mananda Construction Progress South Abutment A-frame Tower Roll Up 28
SE Mananda Construction Progress South Abutment A-frame Tower Roll Up 29
SE Mananda Construction Progress SEM Bridge Cable Launching 30
PNG Exploration 2005 Activities 140 km of seismic data recorded in foldbelt 6,000 km of airborne gravity and magnetic data recorded Exploration deepening of SE Mananda well late 2005 Passive seismic project being implemented…
Arakubi Prospect Arakubi 2004 seismic has de-risked Arakubi Mean reserves 18 mmstb Arakubi sits above and NE of Usano Site underway May share common fluid contacts Information from well will aid in Structurally simpler 2006…
Juha Appraisal Currently 0.5 tcf Proven 10km gas-in-place (GIIP) Two wells being PRL2 x-section considered one appraisal of Juha discovery one exploration of Mega-Juha - Exploration mega-Juha prospect Juha Current 1P…
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MENA Objectives and Performance Develop 2nd core area into a material business meeting strict investment criteria Substantially grow Companys production base & provide growth opportunities Differentiate Oil Search through the…
Block 43 Nabrajah Field First Non-PNG Oil Production Achievements Early Production Facility commissioned for first oil in July 2005 Currently producing 3,300 bopd from 2 wells in the Qishn reservoir building to 15,000 bopd capacity…
Block 43 Nabrajah Field Block 43 Development Area Block 14 Prospects and Leads Map Nab-9 Nab-8 Nabrajah Nab-2 Nab-1 Nab-5 Al Haglah-1 N-2 gas test 15 Mscfg/d 2000 m SRD Gas/oil contact Block 43 N-5 2225 m SRD Area of…
Block 43 Nabrajah Facilities Under Construction Tie-in to Block 14 Separator at CPF Manifold at CPF Storage tanks 38
New Yemen Exploration Blocks Block S2: Masilah OMV Habban -1 Basin Play New Basement Fairway Discovery 120,000bopd Pipeline Marib-Shabwah Basin Play Fairway 250,000bopd Pipeline Blocks 3, 7 and 74 consolidate OSHs…
Marib-Shabwah Basin Blocks 3 & 7 Prospects and Proven Play Types Block 8 CRETACEOUS Block 7 OSH 34% QISHN SST AZAL SST SABATAYAN SALT Block S2 Al Harsh OMV Habban New Basement ALIF SST Discovery 750m oil column…
Masilah Basin Blocks 35, 43 and 74 Prospects and Proven Play Types Block 14, Block 14 Fields 1.2 billion bbls Block 35 10, 51, 9 QISHN SST CRETACEOUS reserves OSH 46% & 43 (Nabrajah) Block 14 SAAR SHOAL SAAR CLASTICS…
Yemen Block 15 drilling Ras Ghashwah-1X Sarar-1X Masilah-1X Recovered 38 API oil from Recovered 1700 litres 45 API oil from Oil and Gas shows fractured Eocene limestone Hami-1X Cretaceous sands Heavy oil & bitumen Shuhayr-1…
Other MENA Activity Libya EPSA IV award: Area 18 (30%) OSH 30% non operator Seismic acquisition planned for 1Q06 Well in 2007 3 major leads Lead size 150-450mmbo potential OSH participating as a accepted operator and…
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PNG Gas Project - FEED ExxonMobil making progress on technical issues, preparation of EIS, project execution planning, commercial contracts, financing plan etc OSH focus areas: In country operations Co-ordination with oil projects…
PNG Gas Project - Markets In 1H05, signed two new gas sales contracts, which substantially underwrite the project Conditional contracts have been signed totalling 196-268PJ/a Seeking to convert these conditional agreements to…
PNG Gas Project Importance of AGL Deal Sale of interests in PDL2 and PDL4 by OSH to AGL delivers 10% interest in Gas Project Deal to be completed at date of Gas Project Financial Close Introduces new, regionally aligned, upstream…
PNG Gas Project Timetable FEED completion end 2005 Project sanction decision early 2006 (triggers commencement of early development activity eg long lead time items) Financial close 2H 2006 First gas sales - 2009 48
Gas Commercialisation Other Activities OSH has material 2P gas resources, of which less than half is committed to PNG Gas Project seeking markets for balance Petrochemical Joint Venture Mitsubishi Gas Chemical and Itochu…
Gas Commercialisation Other Activities Compressed Natural Gas to NZ Work continues with EnerSea and Itochu Increased interest from gas buyers in NZ Updated technical and commercial information has increased interest in CNG 2H05…
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Outlook - Production Production from PNG fields at highest level in three years Development activity at Kutubu and Gobe has been very successful, Moran facilities debottlenecking showing good results. New field development in PNG…
Outlook Drilling/Exploration Multiple development drilling opportunities made more attractive by high oil price 2H05 drilling focus on SE Gobe wedge, SE Mananda development, Moran development Site preparation on Arakubi, Juha in…
Outlook - Gas PNG Gas Project Convert conditional gas sales contracts to bankable firm sales contracts Complete FEED studies Progress project financing Other gas commercialisation activities advancing 54
Summary Steady growth in production expected in 2005 and 2006 Unhedged exposure to high oil prices Gas commercialisation strategy on track Nabrajah Basement appraisal has potential for significant upside Financially strong,…