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EMPIRE OIL & GAS NL
16 February 2016 The Manager Company Announcements Office Australian Securities Exchange 20 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000
COMPANY UPDATE Perth Basin domestic gas producer Empire Oil & Gas NL (“Empire”, ASX:EGO) is pleased to release an updated investor presentation following successful operational milestones over the last 3 months. The presentation outlines Empire’s compelling investment case and Empire’s near term milestones.
RECENT OPERATIONAL MILESTONES
Red Gully North-1 gas discovery of 53m net gas pay Completion of an independent assessment of Red Gully North-1 contingent resources (2C: 10.7 PJ) Increase in average daily production at Red Gully to 9.4TJ/day, beyond the current Tranche 2 gas
sales arrangement Completion of the Black Swan airborne geophysical survey interpretation, resulting in several new
leads and an enhanced understanding of the structural configuration of Empire’s Perth Basin acreage
A new operations and maintenance contract implemented during the December quarter which has already reduced operational expenditure by 13% at the Red Gully Processing Facility
Chief Executive Officer Ken Aitken said: “The last 3 months have been particularly exciting for Empire as a number of operational milestones were met and exceeded. The next 12 months provide a strong opportunity for Empire to extend its successes with upcoming production test results from Red Gully North-1 and the drilling of the Lockyer Deep / North Erregulla Deep prospect. We look forward to delivering significant value to our loyal shareholders as we focus on continued production performance from Red Gully and extending our Perth Basin production footprint in the near term.”
For further information, please contact:
Ken Aitken Chief Executive Officer Empire Oil & Gas NL Telephone: +61 8 9286 4600
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Agenda
‒ Investment highlights
‒ Company snapshot
‒ Board and management
‒ Strategy and vision
‒ Recent operational performance
‒ Red Gully update
‒ WA domgas market dynamics
‒ Exploration portfolio
‒ Upcoming catalysts
‒ Conclusion
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Investment highlights
Emerging gas producer with high margin domestic gas revenues and a substantial exploration portfolio
‒ High margin, CPI-linked domestic gas production and revenue streams
• Approx. 84% of total Empire revenue based on gas production under a long term 10PJ contract
‒ Strong competitive position with material exploration prospects which could deliver reserves to meet potential growth in WA domestic gas demand
• Red Gully North-1 gas discovery has the potential to increase gas reserves by c.60% and expand the Red Gully production hub
• Lockyer Deep / North Erregulla Deep represent one of the largest gas prospects remaining in the Perth Basin
‒ Owner of significant infrastructure assets
‒ Upcoming share price catalysts include Red Gully North-1 production test results and further operational improvements at Red Gully Processing Facility
‒ Shareholders are well placed to benefit from successful corporate and operational turnaround initiatives undertaken over the last 2 years
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Company snapshot
Financial information Share price (11-Feb-16) A$0.37
Number of shares1 102.4m
Market capitalisation A$37.8m
Cash (31-Dec-15) A$6.8m
Debt (31-Dec-15)2 A$14.9m
Enterprise Value A$45.9m Source: IRESS Notes: 1 Excludes 7.85m listed options (exercise price A$0.900, expiry date Apr-18) and 1.72m
unlisted employee share options on issue 2 Loan from major shareholder ERM
Top shareholders ERM Power 19.4%
Philip Garratt 6.6%
Dynamic Supplies Pty Ltd 3.0%
Robert Hutchfield 1.4%
Tom Vincent 0.9%
Board and management 8.0%
Company overview High quality exploration portfolio with the largest
acreage position in the Perth Basin
Stable production and CPI-linked gas revenue streams through secure Sales Agreements with Alcoa and BP
100% owner of significant infrastructure assets
Competitive position as an established domestic gas producer to meet potential future supply shortfall
Volumetric assessment of Red Gully North-1 underway
Emerging explorer and producer with secure, CPI-linked gas revenues
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Board and management
Antonino (Tony) Ianello – Chairman 30+ years of experience in banking and energy Previously Managing Director of Western Power Corporation Currently Non-Executive Chairman of D’Orsogna Ltd and a Director ERM
Power Limited (ASX: EPW) Stuart Brown – Non-Executive Director 30+ years experience at the technical, managerial and board levels Previous Vice-President Strategic Planning at Woodside (ASX: WPL) Current Director of Cue Energy (ASX: CUE) Philip Garratt – Non-Executive Director 30+ years of senior management experience in the oil and gas industry Previous Chief Executive Officer of IDM International
Thomas Vincent – Non-Executive Director Highly experienced lawyer and investment banker with experience in
Australia and the UK Previously worked for Deutsche Bank as Vice President of Credit Trading
Empire has assembled a highly experienced Board and management team with specific experience in unlocking shareholder value from the Perth Basin
Significant operational knowledge of the Perth Basin will allow Empire to optimise the performance of the Red Gully project and also new discoveries over our 10,311km2 Perth Basin tenement holding
Management Board
Ken Aitken – CEO 30+ years E&P technical and executive experience Extensive knowledge of WA’s energy industry including 7 years as
Manager of Origin’s Perth Basin Assets Part of the team that discovered and developed the Redback field Previously held senior roles with Origin, Mitsui and Apache
Milton Schmedje – Exploration Manager 30+ years experience with ASX-listed E&P Companies including Ampolex,
Origin, AWE and Tap Oil Includes 15 years operating experience in Australian onshore Permian-
Jurassic petroleum basins
John Mastrocinque – Operations and Engineering Manager 25+ years industry experience with Australian and international
operators and FPSO providers Significant operations, engineering and project management experience
Rachel Rees – Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary 25+ years of senior financial experience across multiple sectors Chartered Accountant with commercial, strategic and risk management,
corporate governance and financial management experience
Agile and entrepreneurial Board and management team with a strong track record of Perth Basin exploration and development success
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Current focus is to build reserves around the Red
Gully hub to expand or extend existing production
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─ Red Gully North flow testing in March/April 2016
─ Independent volumetric assessment of Red Gully North is underway
Corporate opportunities are being actively
considered in order to expand Perth Basin
production
Ultimate strategy is to expand production with
another hub through acquisition or from drilling
multiple material high impact exploration targets
Board and management are focused on transforming Empire from a producing small-cap to a producing mid-cap within 5 years
Strategy and vision
Near term strategic focus Empire’s long term value creation strategy
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Empire is one of the leading hydrocarbon producers in the Perth Basin and is the largest acreage holder in the region
Empire portfolio overview
Production (conventional gas and condensate)
Exploration
Red Gully: – Produces both conventional gas and – condensate
– 84% of revenues under a CPI-linked – long term gas contract – Operating close to capacity of – 10TJ/day gas and 300bbl/day conds – 10PJ gas sales contracted to Alcoa – under the “Tranche 2” agreement – 100% ownership of Red Gully gas and condensate processing plant
Lockyer Deep/ – Major gas prospect located 15km / North Erregulla – from AWE’s Waitsia gas discovery Deep: – Aiming to be drilled in FY 16/17
Raven: – New oil play down dip of the – Cataby-1 oil discovery – Recently matured to prospect status
Red Gully North: – Situated only 4km from Red Gully – Intersected 53m net gas pay (2016) – RISC assessed 2C resources of 10.7PJ1
Portfolio overview Perth Basin acreage
Notes: 1 RISC Independent Resources Evaluation Report February 2016
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Red Gully (RG) production reserves Exploration Corporate/finance
Achievements over the last 12 months
2 years without a Lost Time Incident (LTI) at RG plant
RG production optimised and plant uptime at 98%
30% reduction in RG operation costs in FY15
Two reserve upgrades of Red Gully B Sand since ERM transaction
─ 1P gas reserves up 78.2%
─ 2P gas reserves up 64%
─ 1P condensate reserves up 32.2%
─ 2P condensate reserves up 17.3%
Perth Basin tenements now in good standing with DMP
Manageable drilling commitments
Completed Black Swan survey on time and budget
Portfolio rationalised :
─ Exited from Carnarvon
─ Farm-out South Perth
─ Increased exposure/focus on North Perth Basin
Red Gully North-1 completed with 53m net gas pay intersected
Matured 3 high impact prospects for drilling 16/17
Built highly experienced Perth Basin team
Acquired 100% interest in RG plant
Recapitalisation complete via A$15.7m capital raising – April 2015
Business delivered maiden profit in FY15
Red Gully gas plant paid off
Alcoa GSA Tranche 1 obligation fulfilled. Tranche 2 commenced ahead of schedule – now receiving 100% of gas and condensate revenue
Significant achievements have been made in the last 12 months in 3 focus areas
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Red Gully – Production and infrastructure
100% ownership of Red Gully gas and condensate processing plant located 150km north of Perth which is close to end-users and exploration assets
─ Plant is currently capable of processing 10TJ/d of gas and 400bbl/d of condensate
─ Plant operating efficiently with best in class uptime
─ 100% ownership of the pipeline infrastructure connecting Red Gully and the major Dampier-Bunbury pipeline
─ Spur pipeline runs for 2.8km from Red Gully to connect to the Dampier-Bunbury pipeline
Room for plant expansion / LPG opportunity subject to project economic viability
Empire’s owns 100% of its processing infrastructure and has successfully operated the plant with best in class uptime Infrastructure overview Historical monthly average production FY14 & FY15
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Gas contracts Counterparty Terms
Tranche 1 gas (completed)
─ 5PJ for a total of A$25m in revenue (pre-paid) ─ Price increase reflecting removal of pre-payment risk
Tranche 2 gas ─ Up to 8TJ/d of gas at undisclosed price for a total of 10 PJ
─ Commenced production in 3Q15
Uncontracted gas ─ Seeking counterparty for long term contracts ─ 2PJ of gas available at 2-3 TJ/day
Condensate ─ Provider of c.300 bpd of condensate ─ Condensate is processed and trucked to the Kwinana BP refinery
Red Gully – secure CPI-linked gas revenue streams
De-risked revenue stream through fixed price Gas Sales Agreements (“GSA”)
Fixed price agreements, with any changes linked to CPI
Additional sales beyond Tranche 2 underway, currently producing 9.4TJ/d
Certainty of bringing product to market
─ Empire is the owner of processing infrastructure (plant and spur pipeline)
─ Key customer has a 20 year access agreement to use the Dampier-Bunbury pipeline
Customers are large listed multinational companies with investment grade ratings and low credit risk
Empire has a secure gas sales agreement with Alcoa and a condensate agreement with BP
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Reserves 1P 2P 3P
Gas PJ 12.3 17.8 21.5
Condensate MSTB 379.6 554.5 676.1
Gas mmboe 2.1 3.1 3.7
Condensate mmboe 0.3 0.5 0.6
Total mmboe 2.4 3.6 4.3
Resources 1C 2C 3C
Gas PJ 13.3 21.4 32.0
Condensate MSTB 296.1 510.0 812.9
Gas mmboe 2.3 3.7 5.5
Condensate mmboe 0.3 0.5 0.7
Total mmboe 2.2 3.6 5.7
Reserves to support production growth
Empire has 1P reserves that exceed current contract requirements
Empire has c. 12PJ of 1P Reserves and c. 18PJ of 2P Reserves
Reservoir life of approximately 8 years based on 2P Reserves with significant extension based on successful test on RGN-1
Reserves and resources1,2,3,4
Notes: 1. Red Gully and Gingin West Reserves at 1 July 2015 2. Contingent resources updated for Red Gully North-1 as at 4 February 2016 3. PJ to mmboe converted at 0.17194, MSTB to mmboe converted at 0.0009 4. See disclaimer for full notes
Current supply arrangements
Reserves and resources underwrite current contracts, as well as providing a strong platform for growth
Gas and condensate reserves growth
July 2015 compared with Oct 2014 RISC Reports (Red Gully B, 100% basis)
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WA domgas market is transitioning to new supply sources and opportunities are arising for Empire
New WA domgas supply is priced significantly higher than historical supply, due to cost base
WA domgas supply capacity, at high prices, remains uncommitted
Strong competitive position
Long term WA domgas supply transition Empire’s WA domgas price expectations
WA domgas market experiencing short term volatility
Long term demand fundamentals of WA domgas market remain largely unchanged
IMOWA forecast ‘new domgas contract prices (ex-plant)’ are matching Empire’s expectations
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Empire’s strong competitive position is supported by favourable long term WA domgas market dynamics
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Unrivalled exploration portfolio
Red Gully North-1 drilling completed in late 2015
─ Intersected 53m net gas pay
─ 10.7TJ contingent resources (2C) defined
─ Testing to commence in March or April 2016
Successful completion and testing could result in a significant increase to production with capacity expansion or extension of plant life.
Significant contingent and prospective Resources, which are all located within 4km of the Red Gully Processing Plant
Location of the Perth basin
Perth basin acreage holders (gross km2)
Empire has a dominant position in the Perth basin, with over 45% of exploration acreage
The Perth Basin is experiencing a renaissance and Empire is positioned to capitalise on its growth as the largest acreage holder in the basin Exploration overview
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Unrivalled quality Perth Basin prospects
Lockyer Deep/North Erregulla Deep prospect strengthened by recent AWE discovery of 2P+2C of 484 bcf in adjacent field
Waitsia (adjacent to Lockyer Deep/North Erregulla Deep): “Has the potential to be the largest onshore conventional gas discovery in Western Australia in the last 50 years” — AWE
Location of prospects
Prospect Location Commentary
Red Gully North (Discovery Dec 2015)
EP 389 Situated only 4kms from Red Gully Processing Facility RISC assessed 2C contingent gas resources of 10.7PJ1
Lockyer Deep/ North Erregulla Deep
EP 368 Significant gas prospect adjacent to AWE’s Waitsia gas discovery Planned for FY16/17 subject to funding
Raven EP 432 New oil play down dip of the Cataby-1 oil discovery Recently matured to prospect status
Portfolio overview
Empire has a focused pipeline of high quality exploration prospects
Notes: 1 RISC Independent Resources Evaluation Report February 2016
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Black Swan survey results are very encouraging for Empire’s future exploration activities, giving Empire a more complete structural view over its acreage
Black Swan survey results
Survey results Black Swan geophysical survey overview
International geophysical contractor CGG successfully completed the Black Swan airborne geophysical survey interpretation in January 2016
─ Acquired the data using a 1km line spacing
─ Work identified several structural highs and new leads
New leads have been identified in three of Empire’s 100% owned exploration tenements
─ EP 454: Highs identified on the western side of the Yarra Yarra Terrace
─ EP 432: Very large northsouth trending structural high identified. Potential for large Permian gas plays
─ EP 389: Large structural leads have been interpreted in a fairway in northern EP 389, northwest of RGPF
Empire plans to accelerate infill 2D seismic programs to mature the identified leads to prospect status for future drilling
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Red Gully overview
Four high quality exploration prospects
3D seismic coverage
Close proximity to existing facilities
Low cost development potential
Red Gully North (Previously Gingin Updip) Updip of existing Gingin-1 discovery
Exploration well drilled in Nov – Dec 2015
Plant expansion could increase production to 15TJ/d
2016 RISC assessment of contingent (2C) resources – 10.7PJ gas, 125Mbbl condensate1
Black Swan survey Black Swan Airborne geophysical survey identified
encouraging structural leads north of Red Gully that will be matured with infill 2D seismic
2D seismic planned for the summer of 2017/2018
Gingin East, Bootine Deep and Wannamal prospects provide further exploration upside
Red Gully – Exploration overview
Red Gully project location
Red Gully is Empire’s flagship production and exploration asset
Notes: 1 RISC Independent Resources Evaluation Report February 2016
Proposed national parks
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Red Gully North-1 is 100% owned by Empire and located c.4km north of the Red Gully Processing Facility
─ Allows fast tie-back and commercialisation
Initial Red Gully North-1 drilling results were released on 29 December 2015
─ 53m net gas pay delivered
─ Volume in line with pre-drill expectations
─ Drilling completed on time and within budget
─ Minor gas pay zones discovered beneath the 53m net gas pay interval
Gas column located in Jurassic age Cattamarra coal measures in the C and D sandstone levels
─ These measures were the primary objective of the well at depths of 3,725m and 4,074m
─ Average porosity in the two main sandstone levels were 10% and 9% respectively
Results have been independently confirmed by Saros
Well operations were finalised with 7” casing and cemented at a total depth of 4,392m
Red Gully North-1: Drilling results
Drilling results
Red Gully North-1 well-site
Red Gully North-1 location
Red Gully North Contingent Resources1
Red Gully North-1 results released on 29 December 2015 successfully delivered 53m net gas pay, exceeding pre-drill expectations
Resources 1C 2C 3C C sand PJ (gas) 2.4 3.4 4.9
Mbbl (conds) 26 39 65
D sand PJ (gas) 3.8 7.3 11.8
Mbbl (conds) 30 86 144
Total PJ (gas) 6.2 10.7 16.7
Mbbl (conds) 56 125 209
Notes: 1 RISC Independent Resources Evaluation Report February 2016
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Red Gully North-1: Forward work program
Indicative timeline
Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2016
A production completion has been pre-ordered and is expected to commence in March or April 2016
─ The existing drill rig has been substituted by a less expensive, specialised workover rig
─ Completion has been designed to isolate and test each zone for enhanced understanding of the gas pay zones
─ Focus will be to determine gas deliverability, condensate levels and recover gas and condensate samples
Forward work program
The Red Gully North-1 production testing expected to commence in March or April 2016
Red Gully North-1
Other projects Reserves review
Complete and test
Lockyer Deep / North Erregulla Deep drilling
RISC resource assessment
Approvals and potential development and tie-in
Gas marketing
Plans for completion and testing
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Notes: 1 Production rates are contingent on success and determination of discovered volumes 2 Assumes conversion of contingent resources to reserves. RISC Independent Resources Evaluation Report February 2016
Red Gully Processing Facility forecast gas production (TJ/d)
Red Gully – production hub potential
A potential Red Gully plant expansion could increase the current production rate to approximately 15TJ/d
Increase plant throughput to 10TJ/d (Jan-17)
─ Potential tie in Red Gully North Balance flow from wells c. 5TJ/d each
─ Provides well redundancy and opportunity to acquire pressure data from Red Gully North to assess volumes and possible expansion
Increase plant throughput to 10TJ/d (Jan-17)
─ Potential tie in Red Gully North
Expand plant to 15TJ/d (Jan-18)
Potential tie in of exploration success (Jun-19)
Extension case1
Red Gully: B-Sand 2P: 17.4PJ D-Sand 2P: 0.1PJ (current production profile)
RGN-1: 2C : 10.7 PJ2
Exploration success +15 PJ
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Jan-25 Abandonment at 2MMscf/d (~2.3TJ/d)
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Red Gully: B-Sand 2P: 17.4PJ D-Sand 2P: 0.1PJ (current production profile)
RGN-1: 2C : 10.7 PJ2
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Lies along trend from the recent Waitsia discovery by AWE Limited (ASX: AWE)
─ This discovery was perhaps the most significant since Dongara field in the 1960’s
Trend is proved oil bearing through the historic North Erregulla-1 and Lockyer-1 wells at the Dongara Sandstone level
─ Deeper stratigraphic levels were not drilled and remain untested
Drilling currently scheduled for FY16/17
─ Medium risk high impact well targeting the Kingia/High Cliff play
─ Targets high case of 256 bcf
─ Immediate follow-up potential at North Erregulla
Currently finalising funding alternatives including potential farm-in partners
Lockyer Deep / North Erregulla Deep prospect
Location of Lockyer Deep / North Erregulla Deep Lockyer Deep / North Erregulla Deep (EP 368)
Lockyer Deep / North Erregulla Deep is a high impact, high volume target located along trend to AWE’s recent Waitsia discovery
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Targeting Jurassic sands down-dip of known oil (Cataby-1)
Discovery target of 12 million barrels (mid/best case)
Drilling currently anticipated for 2017
─ Medium risk high impact well
─ Drilling will test a large fault block adjacent to a Jurassic source kitchen
─ Success has the potential to open up a new Jurassic oil play
Currently finalising funding alternatives including potential farm-in partners
Raven prospect
Location of Raven Raven-1 (EP 432)
Target with high oil potential which will test a large separate structure down dip of the Cataby-1 oil discovery
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Growth opportunities
Increase throughput at Red
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Increase gas marketing to reach processing capacity of 10TJ/d
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Increase plant processing capacity to 15TJ/d (subject to RGN-1 economics)
Increase Perth Basin production and accelerate multi-hub facility production
Another discovery would be transformational
Opens potential for second production hub within 2-3 years
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Clear and significant upside to current operations including increasing contracted volumes
Volumes to be produced through existing plant
Potential to be funded through organic cash flows from existing plant and debt facility
Variety of funding structures including debt, equity and tolling/gas prepayment structures
Majority of funding likely to come from farm-in partners
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Key financials (A$) FY2014 FY2015 Change (yoy)
Revenue $12.4m $19.1m +54%
Gross profit $4.0m $6.9m +73%
EBITDAX $2.7m $10.0m +270%
NPAT ($2.3m) $7.6 nm1
EPS (cps) (0.036) 0.108 nm1
Net assets (at 30-June) $36.6 $63.1 +72%
Cash balance (at 30-June) $1.9m $11.5m +505%
Strong FY15 financial results were the result of successful corporate turnaround initiatives and increased efficiencies
FY15 financial performance
Operating costs reduced by 30% as a result of continuing efficiency improvements and an increase in plant uptime (to an average of over 96%)
Completion of the ERM transaction secured Empire’s 100% ownership of the Red Gully Processing Facility (up from 76.39%)
Increase in average daily gas production to 7.9TJ/day (from 5.1TJ/day in FY14)
Empire is now generating significant cash flows from an efficient production facility, providing a firm foundation for an exciting year of exploration and growth ahead
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Upcoming share price catalysts
GSA In discussions – Discussions continue with other potential buyers of surplus gas
TRANCHE 2 Gas sales underway
– Tranche 2 sales from GSA with Alcoa underway – Currently generating revenue with P&L impact in FY16
– Production testing commencing in March or April 2016 RED GULLY NORTH-1 Testing in 1Q16
– Further news relating to potential supply constraints post 2020 DOMGAS PRICES Ongoing
Near term operational, corporate and macro news flows will provide a number of share price catalysts
– Active assessment of corporate growth opportunities – ERM debt re-financing CORPORATE
FARM-OUT TO FUND 2016/17 EXPLORATION
– Lockyer Deep / North Erregulla Deep high impact large volume gas and oil potential
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Conclusion – Investment highlights
‒ High margin, CPI-linked domestic onshore gas producer with 84% of revenue linked to gas under long term contract
‒ Strong competitive position with material exploration prospects which could deliver reserves to meet potential growth in WA domestic gas demand
Red Gully North-1 gas discovery has the potential to increase gas reserves by c.60% and expand the Red Gully production hub
Lockyer Deep / North Erregulla Deep represent one of the largest gas exploration prospects remaining in the Perth Basin
‒ Owner of significant infrastructure assets
‒ Upcoming share price catalysts include Red Gully North-1 production test results and further operational improvements at Red Gully Processing Facility
‒ Shareholders are well placed to benefit from successful corporate and operational turnaround initiatives undertaken over the last 2 years
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Disclaimer
This presentation has been prepared by Empire Oil and Gas NL (“EGO”) for general information purposes only. This presentation may contain certain forward-looking statements which have not been based solely on historical facts but rather on EGO’s current expectations about future events and a number of assumptions which are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are outside the control of EGO and its Directors, Officers and Advisers. Due care and attention has been taken in the preparation of this presentation.
However, the information contained in this presentation (other than as specifically stated) has not been independently verified for EGO or its Directors and Officers, nor has it been audited. Accordingly, the Company does not warrant or represent that the information contained in this presentation is accurate or complete. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no liability, however arising, will be accepted by EGO or its Directors, Officers or Advisers, for the fairness, accuracy or completeness of the information contained in the presentation. The Company is not under any obligation to update the information contained in this presentation.
Information on the Reserves and Resources in this release relating to the L18, L19 and EP389 assets is based on an independent review and audit conducted by RISC Operations Pty Ltd (RISC), a leading oil and gas industry advisory firm. RISC is independent with respect to Empire Oil & Gas NL in accordance with the Valmin Code, ASX listing rules and ASIC requirements. The review and audit was carried out in accordance with the SPE Reserves Auditing Standards and the SPE-PRMS guidelines under the supervision of Mr. Geoffrey J Barker, a Partner of RISC. Mr. Barker is a member of the SPE and his qualifications include a Master of Engineering Science (Petroleum Engineering) from Sydney University and more than 30 years of relevant experience. Mr. Barker meets the requirements of qualified petroleum reserve and resource evaluator in accordance with ASX listing rules and consents to the inclusion of this information in this report which fairly represents the information and supporting documentation reviewed.
Notes to Reserve and Resource table Red Gully and Gingin West Reserves as of RISC 1 July 2015 Independent Reserve Evaluation report. Contingent resources updated for Red Gully North-1 as at 4 February 2016. Red Gully comprises the B and D sand reserves discovered by the Red Gully-1 well. Gingin West comprises the D sand reserves discovered by Gingin West-1
well. Red Gully, Gingin West, and Gingin East contingent resources at 1 July 2015. Red Gully comprises the B and D sand resources discovered by the Red Gully-1 well. Gingin West comprises the D sand resources discovered by the Gingin
West-1 well. Gingin East comprises the resources discovered by the Gingin-2 well. Additions beyond the field level have all been made arithmetically, as a result RISC cautions that 1P and 1C aggregate quantities may be very conservative
and the 3P and 3C aggregate quantities may be very optimistic due to portfolio affects. Probabilistic and deterministic evaluation methods have been used (in accordance with ASX listing rule 5.28).
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