/KASE, August 17, 2021/ – NOSTRUM OIL & GAS PLC (United Kingdom), whose
shares are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided
KASE with a press release dated August 17, 2021, which states the following
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
financial results in respect of the six-month period ending 30 June 2021.
Highlights:
Financial
- Revenues of US$92.3 million (H1 2020: US$92.6 million). Average Brent price
in H1 2021 of US$65.2 (H1 2020: US$40.0).
- Net operating cashflows of US$46.3 million (H1 2020: US$47.0 million).
- EBITDA of US$52.8 million (H1 2020: US$38.7 million).
- EBITDA margin of 57.2% (H1 2020: 41.8%).
- Closing cash for the period of US$108.1 million (December 31, 2020: US$93.9
million). Cash excludes US$21.5 million held in a secure account under the
terms of the Forbearance Agreements.
- We continue to accrue interest on the 2022 and 2025 loan notes, but no
interest has been paid on the loan notes since February 2020 (see Bond
Restructuring, below).
- Continued focus on cost optimization to help manage the Company’s liquidity
The full version of the press release is posted on KASE website at
https://kase.kz/files/emitters/GB_NTRM/gb_ntrm_reliz_170821_eng_2.pdf.
[2021-08-17]