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Seplat to drill two gas wells in 2020 as cash reserves hit $343m

by Tribune Online
July 29, 2020
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Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, a leading Nigerian independent energy company listed on both the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE), said it is set to drill two gas wells this year, as it announced a new cash reserve of to $343million despite lower revenues, for the six months ended 30 June 2020.

The Company’s full-year CAPEX of $120million ($86million already invested) would also include two gas wells and related infrastructure.

Revenue for the period stood at $234million amid lower oil prices and demand. Commenting on the results, which were released to the NSE and LSE on

Wednesday, the Chief Executive Officer, Seplat, Mr Austin Avuru, said: “Seplat has delivered a robust performance despite the unprecedented crises we have experienced since March. Our continued resilience is possible as a result of our financial strength, our careful management of risk and our prudent approach to capital allocation. Unlike many in our industry, we were able to protect our

2019 dividend and increase our capital investment to ensure continued growth.”

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Seplat’s oil hedging strategy and gas revenues, according to Avuru, have continued to protect the business from price volatility, with the Company achieving substantial cost reductions from its suppliers while managing own costs even more carefully in this challenging period.

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“Thanks to the excellent relationships we have with our Government partners and supply chain, our Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) receivables have fallen and we are managing our payments equitably. The cash position is also robust because our careful management of debt has ensured that the majority of obligations mature in 2022 and 2023. We are operating within our covenants on all our lines of debt,” the Seplat CEO said.

Speaking on Seplat’s efforts at ameliorating the impacts of Coronavirus, the Seplat outgoing CEO said: “As part of our commitment to our host communities, we have provided medical and food assistance where needed and will continue to do whatever we can to support those upon whom we depend for our business.

“This is my final set of results as Chief Executive of the Company I helped to found 10 years ago. I thank all my staff, past and present, for working to make Seplat a major force in Nigerian energy production. I hand a robust and successful company over to Roger

Brown, the incoming CEO, in the confidence, that he and everyone at Seplat will make its second decade even more successful than its first.”

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