NOSTRUM OIL & GAS PLC announces 2020 operating results

27.04.21 17:42
/KASE, April 27, 2021/ – NOSTRUM OIL & GAS PLC (United Kingdom), whose shares are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following press release dated April 27, 2021: quote Nostrum Oil & Gas PLC (LSE: NOG) ("Nostrum", or "the Company"), an independent oil and gas company engaging in the production, development and exploration of oil and gas in the pre-Caspian Basin, today announces its full year financial results for the twelve months ending 31 December 2020, together with the publication of the 2020 Annual Report for Nostrum and its subsidiaries taken as a whole ("the Group"). 2020 highlights: Operational - Average daily production after treatment for 2020 totalled 22,337 boepd (2019: 28,540 boepd) with average daily sales volumes for the year of 21,514 boepd (2019: 26,626 boepd). This compares to our production and sales guidance for 2020 of 21,000 boepd and 20,000 boepd, respectively. - COVID 19 remains of the utmost concern. Actions continue to be taken to protect the safety of all staff and contractors and mitigate any impact on operations. To date, no production has been lost because of COVID 19. - As previously reported, drilling was halted for 2020. The successful workover and well intervention activity, completed in August 2020, reduced the rate of decline previously expected in the field. A similar targeted campaign for 2021 has already started. - We continue our focus on ways to monetise spare capacity in the gas treatment facility through processing third party volumes. - Ryder Scott audited 2P reserves reduced to 39 mmboe as announced on 11 March 2021. - On 8 October 2020, the Company announced the disposal of the Darinskoye and YuzhnoGremyachenskoye licences. unquote The full press release is available on KASE website: - https://kase.kz/files/emitters/GB_NTRM/gb_ntrm_reliz_270421_1.pdf – in Russian; - https://kase.kz/files/emitters/GB_NTRM/gb_ntrm_reliz_270421_eng_1.pdf – in English. [2021-04-27]