Paris, 13 February 2017 No. 04-17
Activity and sales 2016
12-month sales 2016: €317m versus €276m, up 15%
- Sharp increase in oil production in Gabon to 27,195 bopd (at 100%), up 27% on fiscal year 2015
- Oil production stabilised at average 27,958 bopd (at 100%) over the last three quarters of fiscal year 2016
- Gas sales in Tanzania: average 20.7 MMcf/d (M&P share) for 2016
- Decline in oil prices: average sale price down 9% to US$42.7/bbl
| 2016 sales | |||||||||
| Q1 2016 | Q2 2016 | Q3 2016 | Q4 2016 | 2016 | 2015 | Chg.16/15 | |||
| Total production sold in the period | |||||||||
| barrels of oil | 1,692,349 | 1,886,151 | 1,947,980 | 1,911,005 | 7,437,485 | 5,836,810 | +27% | ||
| BTU | 2,126,535 | 2,280,973 | 1,551,492 | 1,781,792 | 7,740,792 | 2,823,660 | +174% | ||
| Average sale price | |||||||||
| OIL, in US$/bbl | 32.6 | 45.1 | 44.2 | 47.5 | 42.7 | 47.1 | -9% | ||
| GAS, in US$/ BTU | 3.11 | 3.11 | 3.16 | 3.16 | 3.13 | 3.34 | -6% | ||
| EUR/USD exchange rate | 1.10 | 1.13 | 1.12 | 1.08 | 1.11 | 1.11 | 0% | ||
| SALES | |||||||||
| Oil production | 55 | 81 | 81 | 88 | 305 | 255 | 20% | ||
| Gabon | 50 | 76 | 77 | 84 | 287 | 248 | 16% | ||
| Tanzania | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 154% | ||
| Drilling activity | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 21 | -42% | ||
| Consolidated sales | 58 | 84 | 83 | 92 | 317 | 276 | +15% | ||
Group consolidated sales in fiscal year 2016 up 15% to €317 million.
This improvement reflects the 27% increase in oil production in Gabon, which averaged 27,195 bopd (at 100%) over the full fiscal year 2016, versus 21,347 bopd (at 100%) over the previous fiscal year.
Production has been 27,958 bopd since 1 April 2016. This notable increase, and its continuation, is due to the positive impact of the water injection works and processes and to the actions leaded by the operator, jointly with the users, to solve the crude evacuation issues via the securing of the output pipeline.
The average sale price over fiscal year 2016 was down 9% at US$42.7/bbl versus US$47.1/bbl in the previous fiscal year. The Rabi Light discount over Brent averaged US$2.17/bbl in 2016 versus US$3.64/bbl in 2015.
In Tanzania, gas output in fiscal year 2016 averaged 20.7 MMcf/d (M&P share), reflecting the reduced demand for gas from the State corporation TPDC (Tanzanian Petroleum Development Corporation). Gas production capacity at the Mnazi Bay permit is currently approximately 80 MMcf/d compared to an operated production of around 43 MMcf/d.
| Maurel & Prom working interest production | ||||||||||
| unit | Q1 2016 | Q2 2016 | Q3 2016 | Q4 2016 | 2016 | 2015 | Chg. 16/15 | |||
| Oil | bopd | 19,910 | 22,195 | 22,666 | 22,237 | 21,756 | 17,078 | +27% | ||
| Gas | MMcf/d | 22.8 | 24.5 | 16.5 | 18.9 | 20.7 | 7.6 | +172% | ||
| TOTAL | boepd | 23,717 | 26,279 | 25,413 | 25,392 | 25,202 | 18,367 | +37% | ||
Oil production in Q4 2016 was 22,237 bopd (M&P share) or 27,797 bopd at 100%, although output from the Ezanga field in Gabon (Maurel & Prom operator, 80%) had to be curtailed for three days due to a strike organised by the national oil workers' union (Organisation nationale des employés du pétrole / ONEP) which began on 17 October 2016. The safety of non-strikers and of the facilities was thus protected.
In Tanzania, the level of gas production depends on industrial consumption in Dar Es Salam, routed through TPDC buying from the operator (Maurel & Prom, 48.06%).
| French | English | ||
| pieds cubes | pc | cf | cubic feet |
| pieds cubes par jour | pc/j | cfpd | cubic feet per day |
| milliers de pieds cubes | kpc | Mcf | 1,000 cubic feet |
| millions de pieds cubes | Mpc | MMcf | 1,000 Mcf = million cubic feet |
| milliards de pieds cubes | Gpc | Bcf | billion cubic feet |
| baril | bbl | bbl | Barrel |
| barils d'huile par jour | b/j | bopd | barrels of oil per day |
| milliers de barils | kb | Mboe | 1,000 barrels |
| millions de barils | Mb | MMbbl | 1,000 Mbbl = million barrels |
| barils équivalent pétrole | bep | boe | barrels of oil equivalent |
| barils équivalent pétrole par jour | bep/j | boepd | barrels of oil equivalent per day |
| milliers de barils équivalent pétrole | kbep | Mboe | 1,000 barrels of oil equivalent |
| millions de barils équivalent pétrole | Mbep | MMboe | 1,000 Mbbl = million barrels of oil equivalent |
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