One Step Ahead of The Drill Bit JEFFERIES 2014 GLOBAL ENERGY CONFERENCE November 2014 NYSE MKT: NOG
CORPORATE PROFILE 100% Williston Basin Bakken/Three Forks Pure Play: 185,000 Net Acres 1,300 Remaining Net Well Inventory(1) 76% of North Dakota Acreage Held(2), 64% Held in Total Produc;on: (3rd Quarter 2014) Averaged…
WILLISTON BASIN ACREAGE POSITION (185,000 NET) 4
KEY INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS Largest, Exclusively Non-operator in the Williston Basin First-mover advantage in 2006 Strong balance sheet and liquidity for drilling and addi5onal acquisi5ons Par5cipa5on in over 2,600 Bakken/Three…
2014 GUIDANCE 2014 CapEx Budget ( in millions) Produc;on and Net Well Addi;ons Drilling and Comple5on* 415 5.6 5.5 MMBoe 45 Acreage and Other Expenditures 35 5.5 5.4 44 Wells Total 450 44 5.3 5.2 Produc;on (MMBoe) 5.1…
Strengthening the Founda5on, Mul5-Year Growth Prole GROWING THE FRANCHISE 7
ACREAGE ACQUISITION MODEL Buy Acreage One Step Ahead of the Drill Bit Deep knowledge of the Williston Basin Par5cipated in 25% of all Bakken/Three Forks wells drilled since 2006 2,197 gross producing wells; 359 gross wells…
CONTINUOUS OPPORTUNITY STREAM Non-Operated Larger Operators Posi5ons from Seeking to Companies Consolidate Preferring to Operated Posi5ons Operate (Post-Acquisi5on) Operators Looking to Sell Down Smaller Par5es…
HIGH-QUALITY ACREAGE PORTFOLIO Founda;on for Con;nued Growth Northern Net Acreage Summary 23% 24% 36% 64% 77% 76% Montana North Dakota Total % Held (1) Total % Non-Held ND % Held (1) ND % Non-Held Net Acres By…
CURRENTLY DRILLING IN THE CORE 93% of Current Drilling Located in the Big Four Coun;es Mountrail McKenzie 27% 30% Other 7% 10% 26% Williams Dunn 11
PARTNERED WITH LEADING OPERATORS Percentage of PDPs By Operator Top 10 Operators Slawson 1 Explora5on 10.8% Con5nental 7.2% 2 Resources 21.5% 6.2% 3 Hess 5.5% 4 Whi5ng Petroleum Less Than 2% 5 Oasis…
High Cash Margin (93% Oil) Produc5on WILLISTON BASIN ECONOMICS 13
Capital and Liquidity to Con5nue Growth Path FINANCIAL OVERVIEW 19
LIQUIDITY RESOURCES FOR GROWTH Financial Resources to Stay One Step Ahead Liquidity 600 500 [VALUE] Liquidity of in millions 400 330 Million 550 300 8 200 322 322 100 8 0 Credit Facility(1)…
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS Acquisi;on and Development Investment (1) Capital Shiling to Development (1) 600 100% Percentage of Total Capital Investment 537.5 90% Capital Investment ( in millions) 500 38% 450 80%…
WHY NORTHERN TODAY Proven Acquisi;on Model Acquire High-Poten;al Acreage Par5cipated in over 2,500 Bakken/Three Forks wells; 25% of all Bakken/TF Drilling Deep Knowledge of the Bakken and Three Forks Go-To Non-Op Acreage Buyer…
LEADING PERFORMANCE AT A VALUE PRICE EV / Proved Reserves (YE 2013) EV / Produc;on (TTM Q314) 35 200 180 30 160 /Boepd ( in thousands) 25 140 120 20 /Boe 100 15 80 10 60 40 5 20 0 0 KOG…