{"id":14183,"date":"2024-01-24T09:56:16","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T09:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=14183"},"modified":"2024-01-24T09:56:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T09:56:16","slug":"ghana-tullow-oil-start-up-of-jubilee-south-east-drives-production-cash-flow-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/ghana-tullow-oil-start-up-of-jubilee-south-east-drives-production-cash-flow-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"GHANA: Tullow Oil Start-up of Jubilee South East Drives Production &#038; Cash Flow Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Operational<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Full year working interest production averaged c.63 kboepd in 2023, including c.6 kboepd of Jubilee gas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Water injection issues at Jubilee encountered in 2023, have now been resolved.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Excellent drilling performance with four Jubilee producer and three Jubilee water injection wells brought onstream.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Start-up of Jubilee South East marking a material step up in Jubilee production that surpassed 100 kbopd.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Financial<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Revenue of c.$1.6 billion (including c.$140 million hedge costs) at an average realised oil price (post-hedging) of $77.5\/bbl.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Capital and decommissioning expenditure were c.$380 million and c.$70 million, respectively.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Underlying operating cash flow<sup>1<\/sup>&nbsp;of c.$800 million and free cash flow of c.$170 million, ahead of guidance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Net debt reduction of c.$250 million resulting in year-end net debt of c.$1.6 billion and gearing of 1.4 times, ahead of target of 1.5 times.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gross debt reduction of c.$400 million from tenders of the 2025 and 2026 notes combined with annual amortisations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Executed material step in refinancing strategy with new $400 million debt facility agreed with Glencore.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ghana gas commercialisation via interim gas sales agreement, delivering c.$30 million revenue. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>2024 Outlook \u2013 Focus on free cash flow generation<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Operational<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Group working interest production expected to average between 62 to 68 kboepd, including c.7 kboepd of gas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Five Jubilee wells (three producers and two water injectors) expected to come onstream in 2024. This will conclude the activity planned at the start of the drilling programme approximately six months ahead of schedule with excellent drilling performance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Later in 2024, Tullow and its Joint Venture Partners intend to take a drilling break in Ghana while existing well stock sustains production at Jubilee, and TEN decline continues to be effectively minimised. Drilling is expected to resume in 2025, and the procurement process for a new rig will commence in 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Activity in the non-operated portfolio will focus on infill drilling and an infrastructure-led exploration well at the Simba licence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Financial<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2024 capital expenditure of c.$250 million with approximately 60% allocated to Jubilee and 25% to non-operated assets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cash taxes expected to be c.$350 million at $80\/bbl with payments weighted to the first half of the year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hedge portfolio protects c.60% of forecast sales volumes at weighted average price of $58\/bbl through the year; material uncapped exposure to oil price upside from June once legacy hedges have rolled off, with c.20% of sales volumes capped at weighted average price of $114\/bbl for the period June to December.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forecast free cash flow of $200-300 million at $80\/bbl, with the range largely driven by timing of revenue receipts for 18 to 19 cargoes lifted in Ghana during the year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Year-end net debt expected to be less than $1.4 billion; cash gearing of net debt to EBITDAX expected to be around one times at $80\/bbl.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On track to deliver targeted c.$800 million free cash flow over 2023 to 2025 period, with over $600 million free cash flow expected to be generated over 2024 to 2025 at $80\/bbl.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rahul Dhir, Chief Executive Officer, Tullow, commented today:<\/strong> <em>\u201cContinued delivery of our business plan in 2023 resulted in a major inflection point as we moved from a period of investment focus to delivery of free cash flow growth. We are on track to deliver c.$600 million free cash flow over the next two years to achieve our stated target of c.$800 million of free cash flow from 2023 to 2025 at $80\/bbl. The debt facility agreed with Glencore is a strong endorsement of our business plan and we have no material uncovered debt maturities until May 2026. At the same time our assets are expected to deliver production growth, while we continue to maintain our laser focus on operational excellence and capital discipline.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operational Financial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":14184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7442,11,7444],"tags":[997,9426,2571],"class_list":["post-14183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-top-news","category-west-africa","tag-ghana","tag-jubilee-south-east","tag-tullow-oil","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Jubilee-Field.jpg?fit=560%2C315&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3GL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13936,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/ghana-tullow-oil-operational-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":14183,"position":0},"title":"GHANA: Tullow Oil Operational Update","author":"","date":"September 13, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Jubilee Gross oil production from the Jubilee field averaged 72.4 kbopd (net: 28.2 kbopd) in the first half of the year. This was slightly below expectations largely due to reduced water injection in late 2022 and into the first quarter of 2023, which has since been rectified in February 2023.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Tullow-Ghana-OVID.jpg?fit=450%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14248,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tullow-oil-provides-2023-operational-performance-2024-outlook\/","url_meta":{"origin":14183,"position":1},"title":"Tullow Oil Provides 2023 Operational Performance 2024 Outlook","author":"","date":"March 6, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Operational performance In 2023, full year working interest production averaged 62.7 kboepd, including 6.9 kboepd of gas. 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A high focus on cost control and a disciplined approach to operational efficiency has driven a very strong performance for the year, with group production in line with guidance and expectations,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tullow-Oil.jpg?fit=713%2C476&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tullow-Oil.jpg?fit=713%2C476&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tullow-Oil.jpg?fit=713%2C476&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tullow-Oil.jpg?fit=713%2C476&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12436,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tullow-oil-provides-july-trading-statement-operational-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":14183,"position":4},"title":"Tullow Oil Provides July Trading Statement &#038; Operational Update","author":"","date":"July 13, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Rahul Dhir, Chief Executive Officer, Tullow Oil plc, commented today: \u201cIt is two years since I joined Tullow and today, we are in a very different place. A relentless focus on costs, capital discipline and operating performance is ensuring delivery of our business plan. 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