Corporate
Update
13 June 2024 - Singapore: Jadestone Energy plc
("Jadestone", or the "Company"), an independent upstream company
focused on the Asia-Pacific region, provides the following
corporate update in advance of the Company's 2024 Annual General
Meeting, which is being held at 9:00 a.m. BST today at Simmons
& Simmons LLP, Citypoint, 1 Ropemaker Street, London, EC2Y
9SS.
Year-to-date (end-May) 2024
production has averaged c.17,200 boe/d, a c.50% increase
year-on-year, with production in the second half of 2024 expected
to increase significantly with the onset of production at the
Akatara project. As previously reported, the lower end of the
20-22,000 boe/d 2024 production guidance range remains the most
likely outcome.
Also as recently reported, the
Akatara Gas Processing Facility is nearing the key milestone of
mechanical completion, and the project remains on schedule for
first gas later this month and for commercial gas, LPG and
condensate sales to follow shortly thereafter.
Net debt at the end of May 2024 was
c.US$66 million, a reduction from the last reported figure of
c.US$78 million at the end of March, reflecting c.US$110 million of
cash revenues received in April, ongoing operating and capital
expenditures, and the second payment to the abandonment trust fund
associated with the CWLH 2 acquisition. Due to the phasing of
cargoes, there were no oil liftings in April 2024. May 2024
liftings generated estimated cash revenues of c.US$32 million,
which are expected in June.
2024 operating cost guidance of
US$240-290 million (excludes c.US$30 million of royalties and
carbon taxes) and capital expenditure guidance of US$80-110 million
are also reiterated.
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For further information, please
contact:
Jadestone Energy plc
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Paul Blakeley, President and
CEO
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+65 6324 0359 (Singapore)
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Bert-Jaap Dijkstra, CFO
Phil Corbett, Head of Investor
Relations
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+44 (0) 7713 687467 (UK)
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ir@jadestone-energy.com
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Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited (Nomad, Joint
Broker)
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+44 (0) 20 7710 7600 (UK)
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Callum Stewart
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Jason Grossman
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Ashton Clanfield
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Peel
Hunt LLP (Joint Broker)
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+44 (0) 20 7418 8900 (UK)
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Richard Crichton
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David McKeown
Georgia Langoulant
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Camarco (Public Relations Advisor)
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+44 (0) 203 757 4980 (UK)
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Billy Clegg
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jse@camarco.co.uk
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Andrew Turner
Elfie Kent
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About Jadestone Energy
Jadestone Energy plc is an
independent upstream company focused on the Asia-Pacific
region. It has a balanced and increasingly diversified
portfolio of production and development assets in Australia,
Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, all stable jurisdictions
with a positive upstream investment climate.
Led by an experienced management
team with a track record of delivery, who were core to the
successful growth of Talisman Energy's business in Asia-Pacific,
the Company is pursuing a strategy to grow and diversify the
Company's production base both organically, through developments
such as at Akatara in Indonesia and Nam Du/U Minh in Vietnam, as
well as through acquisitions that fit within Jadestone's financial
framework and play to the Company's strengths in managing maturing
oil assets. Jadestone delivers value in its acquisition strategy by
enhancing returns through operating efficiencies, cost reductions
and increased production through further investment.
Jadestone is a responsible operator
and well positioned for the energy transition through its
increasing gas production, by maximising recovery from existing
brownfield developments and through its Net Zero pledge on Scope 1
& 2 GHG emissions from operated assets by 2040. This strategy
is aligned with the IEA Net Zero by 2050 scenario, which stresses
the necessity of continued investment in existing upstream assets
to avoid an energy crisis and meet demand for oil and gas through
the energy transition.
Jadestone Energy plc (LEI:
21380076GWJ8XDYKVQ37) is listed on the AIM market of the London
Stock Exchange (AIM: JSE). The Company is headquartered in
Singapore. For further information on the Company please
visit www.jadestone-energy.com.
This
release does not contain inside information.