PEOPLE, FOCUS & EXECUTION Unconventional Natural Gas Resource Player Unconventional Light Oil Resource Player 2
INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS Q1 2016 average production was 41,958 boe/d, a new quarterly average production record Q1 2016 cash flow of 20.7 million or 0.14 per basic common share Q1 2016 record low operating costs of 3.71/boe, a 27%…
INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS Focused assets in the Peace River Arch Area of Alberta (the Montney/Doig Natural Gas Resource Play and the Charlie Lake Light Oil Resource Play) Essentially 100% working interest; 99% of production is operated…
CORPORATE SNAPSHOT Production 2015 Average Production (boe/d) 38,950 (86% gas) Q1 2016 Average Production (boe/d) 41,958 (88% gas) 2015 Year End Reserves(1) 2P Reserves 573 MMboe (18% PDP) 2P FD&A Cost (Including FDC) 1.32/boe 2P…
BIRCHCLIFFS HISTORY A Track Record of Execution
KEYS TO SUCCESS Executives with proven track record, continuity since inception and significant ownership Management Highly experienced Management Team with excellent technical knowledge and a long history with the company 198 (197.9)…
PRODUCTION HISTORY 50,000 45,000 40,000 41,000 40,000 Compound annual growth of 38,950 Average Production (boe/d) 30% per year since 2005 35,000 33,734 30,000 25,829 25,000 22,802 20,000 18,136 15,000 13,079…
CORPORATE RESERVES SUMMARY 700,000 600,000 On a per share basis PDP, 1P and 2P reserves have increased at a compound 500,000 annual growth of 16%, 26% and 27% per year since 2005, respectively Reserves(1) (Mboe) 400,000…
CORPORATE NPV10 (BT) 4,500 4,000 Birchcliffs 2015 year end 2P 3,500 NPV10 (BT) was 3.9 billion (up from 3.8 billion in 2014) 3,000 NPV10(1) (million) 2,500 PDP TP 2,000 2P 1,500 1,000 500 0 YE 2005 YE 2006 YE…
DELOITTE PRICE DECK YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON Deloitte WTI Forecast Deloitte AECO Forecast Dec 31, 2015 vs. Dec 31, 2014 Dec 31, 2015 vs. Dec 31, 2014 100 6.00 90 Five Year Average Forecast 78.64/bbl as at Dec 31, 2014 5.00 Five…
PROVEN TRACK RECORD AS A LOW COST PRODUCER Even in 2012, the lowest average AECO natural gas price in over 10 years, Birchcliff was still able to generate profit. 5 Year Profitability Breakdown: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Average…
PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF PER SHARE GROWTH 45,000 270 600 4,000 Annual Production (boe/d) P+P Reserves per Share (boe/1,000 40,000 Production per Share 240 525 3,500 Proved Annual Production (boe/d) (boe/d/million shares)…
HISTORICAL CAPITAL EFFICIENCY AVERAGE DECEMBER TO DECEMBER PRODUCTION; NOT IPs Dec Avg. Dec Avg. 40,354 45,000 40,454 boe/d Additions boe/d 40,000 Dec Avg. Base 28,749 35,000 Dec Avg. boe/d Total Production 27,142 Production…
2015 ACCOMPLISHMENTS Achieved annual average production of 38,950 boe/d (15% Y/Y growth) Drilled 32 (31.5 net) horizontal wells including 29 (29.0 net) Montney/Doig horizontal natural gas wells, 1 (1.0 net) Charlie Lake horizontal…
LOOKING FORWARD 2016 Plans & Beyond
2016 GOALS The revised 2016 capital expenditure program is designed to accomplish the following: Spending net of acquisitions and dispositions to approximate cash flow assuming an average WTI price of US43.00/bbl and an average AECO…
REVISED 2016 CAPITAL EXPENDITURE PROGRAM 2016 CAPITAL BUDGET: 103.5 MILLION Gross Wells Net Wells Net Capital (millions)(1) Difference in Capital Drilling & Development(2) New Old New Old New Old (millions)(1) Montney D1 Horizontal…
BORROWING BASE DETAILS Due to the current commodity price environment, the borrowing base under Birchcliffs credit facilities was recently re-determined at 750 million, a modest reduction from the previous borrowing base of 800…
MODERNIZED ROYALTY FRAMEWORK VS. ALBERTA ROYALTY FRAMEWORK Modernized Royalty Framework (MRF) is expected to have a positive impact to Birchcliff vs. Alberta Royalty Framework (ARF) below C2.50/GJ AECO MRF is expected to have a…
MONTNEY/DOIG NATURAL GAS RESOURCE PLAY A Significant Position in a World Class Play
MONTNEY/DOIG - A WORLD CLASS RESOURCE PLAY Resource density. Stacked resource up to 300 metres thick. Large areal extent. Extends over 50,000 square miles. Exceptional fracability. Low clay content, Birchcliff Montney/Doig low Poissons…
2016 POUCE COUPE MONTNEY/DOIG DRILLING PROGRAM 100% owned and operated Utilizing pad drilling efficiencies; 12 wells from three pads All pads already tied-in to Birchcliffs infrastructure system minimizing equipping and tie-in…
BIRCHCLIFF MONTNEY/DOIG ARC Birchcliff Pouce Coupe Large contiguous land base with 951.8 net sections prospective for Murphy the Montney/Doig over our three Kelt current development intervals Encana Direct Stacked…
POUCE COUPE AREA Proven asset in development phase Montney C Wells in the area show high initial Exploration Horizontal deliverability, low terminal decline and stable long term production Exploration success in the Montney D4…
ELMWORTH DEVELOPMENT Second Exploration Horizontal Birchcliff has drilled two successful exploration horizontal wells into the Montney D4 interval, both of which are expected to result in First Exploration follow up drilling and…
STACKED RESOURCE PROVIDES SUBSTANTIAL FUTURE UPSIDE Basal Doig / Upper Montney (D5) 309.9 (293.7 net) sections at Dec 31, 2015 with 2P reserves booked on 31% of land Montney D4 293.4 (287.0 net) sections at Dec 31, 2015 2P…
MONTNEY/DOIG RESERVES 600,000 Drilled 29 HZ M/D wells Drilled 41 HZ 500,000 188 (187.9 net) Montney/Doig M/D wells horizontal natural gas wells Drilled 25 HZ M/D wells drilled as of Dec 31, 2015 Drilled 22 HZ 400,000…
2015 MONTNEY/DOIG RESOURCE ASSESSMENT Reserves and Resource Volumes (Bcfe)(1)(2) Resource Class Raw/Sales Low Estimate Case Best Estimate Case High Estimate Case Cumulative Production(3) Sales 286.2 286.2 286.2 Remaining…
LOW DECLINE PRODUCTION All wells are choked initially for better operational efficiency, higher ultimate recovery and reservoir management. This leads to lower declines and subsequently less wells required to maintain production base…
MONTNEY/DOIG REPRESENTS 84% OF PRODUCTION AND 90% OF 2P RESERVES Production (boe/d) 2P Reserves(1) (MMboe) 50,000 700 Corporate Production Corporate Reserves Montney/Doig Production 600 Montney/Doig Reserves 40,000 500 30,000 400…
NEW LOWER MONTNEY (D1) TYPE CURVE 2P Reserves: 7.7 Bcfe (sales) 34
LOWER MONTNEY (D1) CORE AREA COMPLETION EVOLUTION Completion Cost per Stage vs. Number of Stages Lateral Length 18 300 2,500 Number of Stages Completion Cost per Stage (000's) Lateral Length Completion Cost per Stage 15 250…
NEW COMPLETION TECHNIQUES IMPROVING D1 WELL RESULTS 36
DRILLING & 0 Drilling Days vs. Depth 500 2015 Montney/Doig Wells COMPLETION 1,000 1,500 2014 Montney/Doig Wells INITIATIVES Measured Depth (m) 2,000 2,500 Achieved steady reduction in 3,000 both drilling time &…
ONE OF THE LARGEST MONTNEY LAND HOLDERS 1,600,000 1,400,000 Birchcliff has one of the largest land 1,200,000 positions in the entire Montney/Doig Net Montney Acres 1,000,000 Natural Gas Resource Play 800,000 600,000…
PCS GAS PLANT The Engine for Future Growth
Production Processed 2012 2013 2014 2015 Q1 2016 through the PCS Gas Plant Average daily production, net to Birchcliff: Natural gas (Mcf) 59,327 91,666 132,808 163,641 171,659 Oil & NGLs (bbls) 204 527 1,065 1,287 991 Total boe…
Corporate Operating Costs vs. % of Natural Gas Sales Volumes Processed at the PCS Gas Plant KEY STRATEGIC 10.00 100% Corporate Operating Cost (/boe) Volume Through PCS Gas Plant ADVANTAGES 8.00 6.00 80% 60%…
TCPL SERVICE OVERVIEW TCPL service secured to execute Birchcliffs long term plans Sufficient renewable service that can be cancelled with one year notice; gives ultimate flexibility to future pace of development Secondary service can…
PCS GAS PLANT HIGHLIGHTS 100% owned & operated Current processing capacity of 180 MMcf/d Subject to commodity prices, 19% Birchcliff expects that the Phase V expansion will be completed in 2017, adding 80 MMcf/d bringing total…
PCS GAS PLANT Scenario Analysis
IMPROVED PCS GAS PLANT ECONOMICS As of December 31, 2015, Deloittes estimate of DCCET (drill, case, complete, equip and tie-in) costs for our Montney/Doig horizontal natural gas wells decreased to 4.4 million largely due to…
ILLUSTRATIVE 80 MMcf/d PCS GAS PLANT BUILD & FILL SCENARIO The chart to the right depicts the Montney/Doig Wells to keep 80 MMcf/d Gas estimated Montney/Doig wells Plant Full for 30+ Years(1) required to keep 80 MMcf/d plant 30…
The table below presents on an annual basis the internally estimated (1) facilities and DCCET capital requirements, (2) operating cash flow and (3) free cash flow (FCF) from an 80 MMcf/d PCS Gas Plant under various AECO natural gas…
PROXIMAL TO INFRASTRUCTURE WITH LONG TERM EXPOSURE TO LNG EXPORT Montney/Doig Birchcliff Pouce Coupe Production Montney/Doig & PCS Gas Plant Owned Infrastructure PCS Gas Plant Nova Pipeline System North American Market…
ENOUGH RESOURCE TO FILL A ONE Bcf/d LNG TRAIN FOR OVER 30 YEARS = 1 Bcf/d LNG Train X 365 Days X 30 Years 11.0 Tcf BIR Remaining BIR Contingent Reserves Resource + / = 1 Bcf/d LNG 3.1 Tcfe 9.5 Tcfe 30+ Years Train…
CHARLIE LAKE LIGHT OIL RESOURCE PLAY Dependable Light Oil Production
WORSLEY CHARLIE LAKE LIGHT OIL One 2016 well Essentially 100% W.I. with continued 18 sections of land and extends operatorship and control of wells, pool to N.E. off an existing pad at minimal pipelines and facilities tie-in cost…
WORSLEY CHARLIE LAKE LIGHT OIL ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE SEPTEMBER 2007 ACQUISITION 2P reserves have increased over 170% to 41.1 MMboe from 15.1 MMboe Production increased over 25% to 4,236 boe/d in 2015 from 3,400 boe/d 2015 year end…
WORSLEY AREA RESERVES 45,000 40,000 35,000 30,000 Reserves(1) (Mboe) 25,000 PDP 20,000 TP 2P 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 YE 2007 YE 2008 YE 2009 YE 2010 YE 2011 YE 2012 YE 2013 YE 2014 YE 2015 PDP 6,018 6,395…
WORSLEY AREA NPV10 (BT) VS. DELOITTE OIL PRICE FORECAST 1,000 120 900 100 800 5 Year WTI Average /bbl 700 80 600 NPV10(1) (million) 500 60 400 40 300 200 20 100 0 0 YE 2007 YE 2008 YE 2009 YE 2010 YE 2011…
PROGRESS CHARLIE LAKE LIGHT OIL Second Horizontal First successful Charlie Lake light Exploration Well IP30: 450 boe/d oil exploration horizontal well (19% oil) drilled in Q4 2014 and brought on 3D Seismic production in December…
BUILDING ON OUR PAST Over 10 Years of Success
Record annual average Birchcliffs average daily production was 38,950 boe/d in production of 38,950 2015 compared to 2,793 boe/d in 2005, a compounded boe/d in 2015 annual growth rate of 30% per year over that span. 2,793 boe/d 1…
Production Growth 45,000 300 boe/d/million wtd. avg. shares 40,000 250 35,000 Birchcliff has increased production at a 30,000 200 compound annual growth rate of boe/d 25,000 150 20,000 15,000 100 30% since 2005.…
Cash Flow from Operations 350 2.50 300 2.00 250 On average, cashflow and cash flow per common share have increased millions 1.50 /share 200 150 1.00 by 10% and 6%, respectively, over 100 0.50 the past five years.…
Reserves Growth 700 4,000 600 3,500 Birchcliff has added significant low cost reserves 3,000 500 since commencing operations in 2005. On a per boe/1,000 Shares 2,500 common share basis, PDP, 1P and MMboe 400 2,000 300…
APPENDIX
SERIES A PERPETUAL PREFERRED SHARES Preferred Share Details Series A Number of Shares 2 million Issue Date August 8, 2012 TSX Trading Symbol BIR.PR.A Issue / Par Price 25.00 per share Quarterly Dividend 0.5000 per share Yield at…
SERIES C PREFERRED SHARES Preferred Share Details Series C Number of Shares 2 million Issue Date June 14, 2013 TSX Trading Symbol BIR.PR.C Issue / Par Price 25.00 per share Quarterly Dividend 0.4375 per share Yield at Issue 7.0%…
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Mr. Tonken is a Director and the President and CEO of Birchcliff. He has more than 35 years of A. Jeffery experience in the oil and gas industry and is one of the Corporations founders. Prior to creating Birchcliff,…
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Mr. Carlsen was appointed Vice-President, Engineering on July 22, 2013. He previously served as Christopher A. Asset Team Lead and Senior Exploitation Engineer with Birchcliff. Mr. Carlsen is a Professional Engineer…
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mr. Shaw is a Director of Birchcliff and has more than 28 years of experience in the oil and gas industry Larry A. Shaw and is one of the Corporations founders. Prior to joining Birchcliff, Mr. Shaw served as Chairman…