+ BEACH PETROLEUM LIMITED ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 28 November 2008
+ Mr Bob Kennedy Chairman
+ Comparative share prices to Nov 08 Stock price as a % of 52 week high 100% 90% 90% 82% 80% 69% 70% 67% 60% 56% 52% % of high 50% 49% 50% 48% 47% 40% 30% 25% 22% 20% 20% 16% 15% 10% 0% QGC ORG…
+ 1238 wells producing from 241 oil & gas fields
+ Oil price in USD & AUD The bulk of Beachs oil production is sold at a premium to Tapis, the Asian benchmark. The decline of the Australian dollar against the US dollar has ensured that oil prices in Australian dollars per barrel…
+ Renewed growth in Asia is inevitable, particularly for China and India
+ Long Term Hedging Portfolio
+ Bad or poor practice (firm view) Good practice (initial thoughts) Calculated on the basis of Calculated on profits, and by reference revenues, without any to other business goals if appropriate counterbalancing risk…
+ Environmental Responsibilities
+ Shareholder eCommunication
+ Save the Children Future Pathways Re-engaging young people in remote areas
+ Reg Sprigg Rock Star
+ Reg Nelson Managing Director
+ A Portfolio Based Approach
+ Fundamentals Invest in people Steady growth through : Developing the existing asset base Lower risk exploration Improving margins Creating step change potential through high impact exploration Portfolio optimisation for…
+ Portfolio of Producing Assets 1. Cooper/Eromanga 2. Surat Coal Seam Gas 3. Gippsland Oil (BMG) Record production Producing 20+ million Producing gross10,000 Increasingly more oil cubic feet per day barrels of oil per day Large…
+ Well Balanced Exploration Portfolio
+ Limited number of high impact opportunities in Australia/NZ that are material to Beach Areas of interest determined by risk/reward considerations and ability to manage investment initial focus: Australasia Europe mainly…
+ 1. A very oily region with new emerging plays & exploration upside; 2. Deal flow (3 License Rounds per year, farmins, asset sales); 3. Supportive Government & reasonable fiscal regime via Production Sharing Concessions; 4.…
+ Natural gas gives greenhouse benefits: Gas-fired power stations produce 50- 70% less greenhouse gas emissions than equivalent coal-fired power stations & as little as 1% of water usage* Reporting emissions via APPEA and the…
+ Paralana Geothermal Energy Beach farming in to earn 21% with option to increase to 36% Highest recorded heat flow on Australian mainland (128 mW/m2) Close to entry points in main transmission grids TRUenergy Geothermal farming in for…
+ Key Achievements FY08 Record sales revenue of 564 million Cooper Basin oil reserves addition of 5 MMbbl Acquired highly prospective acreage in Egypt, Albania, and Tanzania Successfully raised 191 million of new capital to fund…
+ Strong Reserves Backing Reserves (MMboe) 15 5.85 Cooper oil BMG oil 76.17 48.23 Cooper gas Surat CSG Reserves & Resource 100 Potential (MMboe) 145 2P Reserves Resource base 170 Exploration risked potential
+ 2P Reserves (MMboe) 150 Consistent History of Reserves Growth 100 50 0 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08
+ 10 8 Consistent 6 Range Production Profile Gas 4 Oil 2 0 FY07 FY08 FY09 (est)
+ Record sales revenue up 20% to 564 million Normalised net profit up 69% to FY 2008 Key 53 million Financial Operating cash flow up 73% to Achievements 200 million Cash on hand up 400% to 376 million Continued dividend stream…
+ Comparison of Normalised Profit Net profit after tax (NPAT) 2008 Am 2007 Am NPAT 63.7 103.8 SIGNIFICANT ITEMS Remove BMG Sale (64.2) (73.5) Remove unrealised commodity hedge loss / (gain) 12.3 (30.3) Remove commodity hedge close…
+ Key Drivers behind our increase in Normalised Net Profit after tax 140 27.5 13.3 120 14.4 100 Depreciation 58.6 36.9 Net Interest Tax and Other 80 Am 60 52.7 Hedging 40 31.2 Gross Profit 20 0 Normalised Normalised FY…
+ Effect on Income Statement FY08 - net loss of 119 million FY09 - net gain to date 103 million Cash flow effect by closing out Oil Price Hedges Hedging Minimal impact given average oil price to date
+ Relative loss on close out of hedge book to market average Less than 1 per bbl AUD Tapis Oil Price vs Net Hedge Closeout (Jul-Dec 08) 160.00 150.00 140.00 130.00 116.99 A/bbl 120.00 Actual/Forecast 116.10 Act/Fct…
+ Forward curve as at 30 June 2008
+ Forward curve as at 21 November 2008
+ Oil made up 57% of oil and gas revenue Gas / gas-liquids a natural hedge against the oil price Product Split Gas oil and gas Liquids 18% revenue Oil Sales 57% Gas and Ethane 25%
+ 30 June 2008 -debt down 29% to 235million (18% gearing down from 26%) Debt and 30 September 2008 - debt now dividend reduced to 218million management (gearing down to 16%) Ability to annually review debt Dividends partially…
+ Record quarter oil sales for September 2008 quarter of 183 million Strong first half supported by oil Outlook for 2009 hedge floors at US60 and US80 (representing 60% of oil financial year sales to June 2009)
+ Hector Gordon Chief Operating Officer
+ Operations Review Review of FY2008 Cooper Basin Gippsland Basin Surat Basin Egypt Outlook for FY2009
+ FY08 Production FY08 Production 2.8 million barrels of oil (MMbbl) 5% 30 Peta-Joules 21% of Gas (PJ)C ooper Oil 9.3 million barrels 9 % of oil Gippsland Oil Production 65% equivalent (MMboe) C ooper Gas Surat Gas FY08…
+ Reserves Growth 150 100 Surat Gas MMboe Reserves Cooper Gas Reserves Growth of 62% 50 Oil Tipton West up by 62 MMboe 8.4 MMboe added in Cooper 0 F Y0 6 F Y0 7 F Y0 8 Growth in Cooper oil: High profit margin…
+ Exploration Lower Risk Cooper Basin Program High Impact Program Offshore Australia / NZ Spain Albania Egypt Gulf of Suez Tanzania Rigorous Evaluation Strong Joint Venture Partners Effective Management Significant…
+ Cooper Basin Reserves 235 PJ & 15 MMbbl Production - 30 PJ & 2MMbbl Revenue - 435 million Current oil focus Longer Term Gas focus 7,000 PJ potential in unconventional reservoirs CO2 Sequestration
+ Cooper Basin Western Flank
+ PEL 92 A Cooper Basin Sweet Spot High Profit Oil Callawonga-Parsons Area A A/barrel Oil discovered to date 6.4 MMbbl Exploration 27 million 4 / bbl Development 42 million 7 / bbl Total Finding & Devt 69 million 11 / bbl…
+ Surat Basin Tipton West Coal Seam Gas 2P Reserves 1,107 PJ (443 PJ net) Substantial Upside Significant International Focus on Queensland CSG Santos Petronas Arrow Shell Origin ConocoPhillips Queensland Gas BG Beach ranks 6th…
+ Gippsland Oil BMG Project At 30 June 2008: Beach 30% Producing 10,000 bbls/day Oil Reserve - 25 MMbbl (7.5 MMbbl net) Gas Resource - 249 PJ Beach has recovered all its costs on BMG + 50 million Further development planned…
Egypt North Shadwan Concession Beach 20% Operator BP 3 undeveloped oil + discoveries Reserves 40 MMbbl (8 MMbbl net) First production end 2009 Southeast July Concession Beach 20% Operator Dana South July -1 drilled early…
+ Drilling Outlook 90 Wells 80 in Cooper Basin (50:50 oil/gas) 10 Offshore / International Key Exploration Wells Spikey Beach-1 (Bass) December Burtocal-2 (Gulf of Suez) December Fermat-1 (Otway) January Manta-3 appraisal…
+ Reg Nelson Managing Director
+ Outlook where are oil prices heading The International Energy Agency in its recent World Energy Outlook (November 2008) says that, despite the short term effects of global slow down, energy demand is expected to grow at 1.6% on…
+ Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Outlook where are will add further momentum to the natural gas prices heading gas sector * * Second Annual Report by the Australian Energy Regulator
+ Cooper Gas Flare
+ BEACH PETROLEUM LIMITED ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 28 November 2008
+ PROXY Beach has received 1,935 Proxy votes SUMMARY This represents 336,371,151 Votes
+ To consider and put to a non- binding vote the following RESOLUTION 1 resolution: ADOPTION OF That the remuneration report REMUNERATION for the financial year ended REPORT 30 June 2008 be adopted
+ RESOLUTION 1 ADOPTION OF REMUNERATION REPORT For Against Open Total Abstain / No Total (Usable) Valid instructions Proxies At Available / open Received Discretion Votes unusable / of Proxy excluded Adopt Remuneration Report…
+ To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary RESOLUTION 2 resolution: RE-ELECTION OF MR J. C. BUTLER AS A That Mr John Charles Butler, who retires by rotation pursuant to the constitution of DIRECTOR…
+ RESOLUTION 2 RE-ELECTION OF MR J. C. BUTLER AS A DIRECTOR For Against Open Total Abstain / No Total (Usable) Valid instructions Proxies At Available / open Received Discretion Votes unusable / of Proxy excluded Re-election of…
+ PRESENTATION BY MR J C BUTLER
+ SHAREHOLDER TRIP
+ To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary RESOLUTION 3 resolution: RE-ELECTION OF That Mr Hector Mackenzie Gordon, who MR H M GORDON AS A retires by rotation pursuant to the DIRECTOR constitution of…
+ RESOLUTION 3 RE-ELECTION OF MR H M GORDON AS A DIRECTOR For Against Open Total Abstain / No Total (Usable) Valid instructions Proxies At Available / open Received Discretion Votes unusable / of Proxy excluded Re- election…
+ PRESENTATION BY MR H M GORDON
+ To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary RESOLUTION 4 resolution: APPROVAL OF SHARE ISSUE UNDER A SHARE That, for the purpose of listing rule 7.4 and for all other purposes, the issue of PLACEMENT…
+ RESOLUTION 4 APPROVAL OF SHARE ISSUE UNDER A SHARE PLACEMENT For Against Open Total Abstain / No Total (Usable) Valid instructions Proxies At Available / open Received Discretion Votes unusable / of Proxy excluded Approval of…
+ To consider and if thought fit pass the following resolution as a special resolution: That the constitution tabled at the meeting, and signed by the Chairman of RESOLUTION 5 the meeting for the purpose of NEW COMPANY…
+ RESOLUTION 5 NEW COMPANY CONSTITUTION For Against Open Total Abstain / No Total (Usable) Valid instructions Proxies At Available / open Received Discretion Votes unusable / of Proxy excluded New Company 326,363,097 3,120,535…
+ To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution: RESOLUTION 6 That the grant of rights to acquire ordinary shares in Beach Petroleum, and ISSUE OF RIGHTS TO the issue or transfer of ordinary…
+ RESOLUTION 6 ISSUE OF RIGHTS TO MANAGING DIRECTOR MR R G NELSON For Against Open Total Abstain / No Total (Usable) Valid instructions Proxies At Available / open Received Discretion Votes unusable / of Proxy excluded Issue of…
+ To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution: RESOLUTION 7 That the grant of rights to acquire ordinary shares in Beach Petroleum, and ISSUE OF RIGHTS TO the issue or transfer of ordinary…
+ RESOLUTION 7 ISSUE OF RIGHTS TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MR H M GORDON For Against Open Total Abstain / No Total (Usable) Valid instructions Proxies At Available / open Received Discretion Votes unusable / of Proxy excluded Issue…