CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - May 13, 2014) - Serinus Energy Inc. ("Serinus", "SEN" or the "Company") (TSX:SEN), is pleased to report its financial and operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2014.
First Quarter Highlights
Note: Serinus prepares its financial results on a consolidated basis, which includes 100% of its indirectly 70% owned subsidiary, KUB-Gas LLC ("KUB-Gas"). Unless otherwise noted by the phrases "allocable to Serinus", "net to Serinus", "attributable to SEN shareholders" or "net to SEN WI", all values and volumes refer to the consolidated figures. Serinus reports in US dollars; all dollar values referred to herein, whether in dollars or per share values are in US dollars unless otherwise noted.
Summary Financial Results (US$ 000's unless otherwise noted)
Three Months Ending March 31 | |||||
2014 | 2013 | Change | |||
Oil and Gas Revenue | 35,863 | 28,709 | 25% | ||
Net Income (as reported) | 2,734 | 4,234 | (35%) | ||
per share, basic and diluted | $0.03 | $0.09 | |||
Net Income (allocable to SEN) | 1,657 | 2,082 | (20%) | ||
per share, basic and diluted | $0.02 | $0.04 | |||
Comprehensive Net Income | (16,156) | 4,234 | (482%) | ||
per share, basic and diluted | ($0.21) | $0.09 | |||
Cash Flow from Operations (as reported) | 14,867 | 9,961 | 49% | ||
per share, basic and diluted | $0.19 | $0.21 | |||
Cash Flow from Operations (allocable to SEN) | $11,315 | $5,912 | 91% | ||
per share, basic and diluted | 0.14 | 0.12 | |||
Capital Expenditures | 10,251 | 8,881 | 15% | ||
Average Production (net to Serinus) | |||||
Oil | (Bbl/d) | 1,024 | - | ||
Gas | (Mcf/d) | 22,355 | 18,067 | 24% | |
Liquids | (Bbl/d) | 99 | 140 | (29%) | |
BOE | (boe/d) | 4,849 | 3,151 | 54% | |
Average Sales Price | |||||
Oil | ($/Bbl) | $108.06 | na | ||
Gas | ($Mcf) | $9.04 | $11.61 | ||
Liquids | ($Bbl) | $78.19 | $95.69 | ||
BOE | ($/boe) | $66.07 | $70.86 | ||
March 31 | |||||
2014 | 2013 | ||||
Cash & Equivalents | 14,756 | 35,553 | |||
Working Capital | (17,387) | 1,217 | |||
Long Term Debt | 10,571 | 17,112 | |||
Shares Outstanding | 78,629,941 | 48,175,673 | |||
Average for period | 78,620,897 | 48,175,673 |
Operational Highlights & Update
Q1 2014 Production | Q1 2014 Commodity Prices | |||||||
Ukraine1 | Tunisia | Total | Ukraine | Tunisia | Total | |||
Oil | (bbl/d) | - | 1,024 | 1,024 | ($/bbl) | - | $108.06 | $108.06 |
Gas | (Mcf/d) | 20,427 | 1,928 | 22,355 | ($/Mcf) | $8.55 | $14.18 | $9.04 |
Liquids | (bbl/d) | 99 | - | 99 | ($/bbl) | $78.19 | - | $78.19 |
Boe | (boe/d) | 3,504 | 1,345 | 4,849 | ($/boe) | $52.04 | $102.57 | $82.18 |
Outlook
Serinus has an active program planned for the balance of the year, which includes among other things:
Updated Corporate Presentation
Serinus' May 2014 corporate presentation is now available on the Company's website at www.serinusenergy.com, in the Investor Centre.
Supporting Documents
The full Management Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A") and Financial Statements have been filed in English on www.sedar.com and in Polish and English via the ESPI system, and will also be available on www.serinusenergy.com.
Abbreviations
bbl | Barrel(s) | bbl/d | Barrels per day | ||
boe | Barrels of Oil Equivalent | boe/d | Barrels of Oil Equivalent per day | ||
Mcf | Thousand Cubic Feet | Mcf/d | Thousand Cubic Feet per day | ||
MMcf | Million Cubic Feet | MMcf/d | Million Cubic Feet per day | ||
Mcfe | Thousand Cubic Feet Equivalent | Mcfe/d | Thousand Cubic Feet Equivalent per day | ||
MMcfe | Million Cubic Feet Equivalent | MMcfe/d | Million Cubic Feet Equivalent per day | ||
Mboe | Thousand boe | Bcf | Billion Cubic Feet | ||
MMboe | Million boe | Mcm | Thousand Cubic Metres |
About Serinus
Serinus is an international upstream oil and gas exploration and production company with a diversified portfolio of projects in Ukraine, Brunei, Tunisia, Romania and Syria and with a risk profile ranging from exploration in Brunei, Romania and Syria to production and development in Ukraine and Tunisia. The common shares of the Company trade under trading symbol "SEN" on both the WSE (Warsaw Stock Exchange) and the TSX.
In Ukraine, Serinus owns an effective 70% interest in KUB-Gas LLC through its 70% shareholding of KUBGas Holdings Limited. The assets of KUB-Gas LLC consist of 100% interests in five licences near to the City of Lugansk in the northeast part of Ukraine. Four of the licences are gas producing.
In Tunisia, Serinus owns a 100% working interest in the Chouech Essaida, Ech Chouech, Sanrhar and Zinnia concessions, and a 45% working interest in the Sabria concession. Four of the concessions are currently producing oil or gas.
In Brunei, Serinus owns a 90% working interest in a production sharing agreement which gives the Company the right to explore for and produce oil and natural gas from Block L.
In Romania, Serinus has an undivided 60% working interest in the onshore Satu Mare concession, a 2,949 square kilometre exploration and development block, in north western Romania.
In Syria, Serinus holds a participating interest of 50% in the Syria Block 9 production sharing contract which provides the right to explore for and, upon the satisfaction of certain conditions, to produce oil and gas from Block 9, a 10,032 square kilometre area in northwest Syria. The Company has an agreement to assign a 5% ownership interest to a third party which is subject to the approval of Syrian authorities, and which, if approved, would leave the Company with a remaining effective interest of 45% in Syria Block 9. Serinus declared force majeure, with respect to its operations in Syria, in July 2012.
The main shareholder of the Company is Kulczyk Investments S.A., an international investment house founded by Polish businessman Dr. Jan Kulczyk.
Translation: This news release has been translated into Polish from the English original.
Forward-looking Statements This release may contain forward-looking statements made as of the date of this announcement with respect to future activities that either are not or may not be historical facts. Although the Company believes that its expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable as of the date hereof, any potential results suggested by such statements involve risk and uncertainties and no assurance can be given that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. Various factors that could impair or prevent the Company from completing the expected activities on its projects include that the Company's projects experience technical and mechanical problems, there are changes in product prices, failure to obtain regulatory approvals, the state of the national or international monetary, oil and gas, financial, political and economic markets in the jurisdictions where the Company operates and other risks not anticipated by the Company or disclosed in the Company's published material. Since forward-looking statements address future events and conditions, by their very nature, they involve inherent risks and uncertainties and actual results may vary materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statement. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements in this announcement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this announcement, unless required by law.
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