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Maha Energy AB (publ) Announce October Production Volumes.

Maha Energy AB (publ) Announce October Production Volumes.

Production Volumes
The Company's aggregate sales production for the month of October totaled 84,3241 barrels of oil and 46.622 million scf of gas for a combined average production of approximately 2,971 BOE/day2, before royalties and taxes.

Tie Field
During the month of October the dual GTE-4 oil producing well continues to flow oil from the long string (Sergi) only, due to a stuck blanking sleeve in the Agua Grande (AG) short string.  The Tie field processing plant was shut down two times during the month due to planned and unplanned activities. Finally, Tie-1 (attic well) suffered production interruptions from the short string (AG) due to water loading occurring, following the planned facility shut down.  A workover rig is currently restoring production from the Tie-1 AG zone.  The workover rig will then move to restore production from the AG zone in the GTE-4 well.

The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 16:50 CEST on 4 November 2020.

1   Subject to minor standard industry adjustments at the time of custody transfer.
2   Barrels of oil equivalent ("BOE") conversion ratio of 6,000 scf: 1 bbl is used.

For more information, please contact:        
Jonas Lindvall (CEO)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11        
jonas@mahaenergy.ca

Victoria Berg (Investor Relations)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11      
victoria@mahaenergy.ca

About Maha
Maha Energy AB (publ) is a listed, international upstream oil and gas company whose business activities include exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas. The strategy is to target and develop underperforming hydrocarbon assets on global basis. Maha operates four oil fields: Tartaruga and Tie in Brazil, Powder River (LAK Ranch) and Illinois Basin in the United States. The shares are listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market (MAHA-A) in Stockholm. FNCA Sweden AB is Certified Adviser and can be contacted at info@fnca.se or +46-8-528 00 399. The head office is in Stockholm, Sweden with a technical office in Calgary, Canada, as well as operations offices in Newcastle, WY, USA and Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. For more information, please visit our website www.mahaenergy.ca.

Maha Energy announces fixed income investor meetings and 5-year operational strategy

Press release
Stockholm
October 26, 2020

Maha Energy announces fixed income investor meetings and 5-year operational strategy

Maha Energy AB ("Maha" or the "Company") has mandated Arctic Securities AS (Global Coordinator and Joint Bookrunner), Pareto Securites AS and SpareBank1 Markets AS (Joint Bookrunners) to arrange a series of fixed income investor meetings and calls commencing on 26 October, 2020. An up to USD 80 million senior secured bond issue with a tenor of 3 years may follow, subject to inter alia market conditions. The net proceeds from the potential bond issue will be used to refinance existing bond debt and to finance future capital expenditures and acquisitions.

To complement the anticipated bond proceeds, the Company is further pleased to announce its’ next five-year operational strategy. In brief, the strategy is to grow the Company in three core areas, Brazil, Oman1 and USA and to continue to grow gross2 company production to over 15,000 BOEPD.  Existing cash, internally generated cash flow and a potential refinancing of the Company’s bond will all contribute to achieve the operational strategy.  Please refer to the Company’s 5-year operational strategy, now available on the Company’s website:
https://mahaenergy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20201022-corporate-presentation-v2.pdf

Jonas Lindvall, CEO at Maha comments: “Our diversification strategy is taking shape.  We now have a firm foothold in Brazil, USA and Oman1, and this anticipated bond will provide the  Company the necessary funds to accelerate growth in all three areas.”

This information is such information that Maha Energy AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out below, at 07:01 a.m. CET on 26 October, 2020.

1 The Block 70 EPSA was signed earlier this month and is further subject to ratification by H.M. The Sultan of Oman.
2 Gross production volumes before any royalties and/or production sharing with a host Government.

For more information, please contact:        

Jonas Lindvall (CEO)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11        
Email: jonas@mahaenergy.ca

or

Victoria Berg (Investor Relations)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11      
Email: victoria@mahaenergy.ca

Maha in Brief

Maha Energy AB is a Swedish public limited liability company. FNCA Sweden AB has been engaged as Certified Adviser and can be contacted at info@fnca.se or +46-8-528 00 399. The Company's auditors are Deloitte. The Company's predecessor Maha Energy Inc. was founded in 2013 in Calgary, Canada, by Jonas Lindvall and Ron Panchuk. In May 2016, the new group was formed with Maha Energy AB as parent company for purposes completing an initial public offering on the Nasdaq First North Sweden stock exchange. Jonas Lindvall, CEO and Managing Director, has 30 years of international experience in the oil and gas industry, starting his career with Lundin Oil during the early days of E&P growth.  After 6 years at Shell and Talisman, Jonas joined, and helped secure the success of, Tethys Oil AB. Maha's strategy is to target and develop underperforming hydrocarbon assets on global basis. The Company operates four oil fields, Tartaruga and Tie in Brazil, Powder River (LAK Ranch) and Illinois basins in the United States For more information, please visit our website www.mahaenergy.ca.

Maha Energy AB (publ) (“Maha”, or the “Company”) announce partial restoration to the revised 2020 investment capital plan and comments on 2020 production guidance

Press release
Stockholm
October 15, 2020

Maha Energy AB (publ) (“Maha”, or the “Company”) announce partial restoration to the revised 2020 investment capital plan and comments on 2020 production guidance

  • 2020 annual average production rate is expected to land between 3,700 – 4,000 BOEPD
  • 2020 Investment Capital Plan is increased by US$ 8.7 m
  • Year-end expected daily production rate of 5,200 – 5,700 BOEPD

2020 Annual Production Guidance
Due to effects from Covid-19, the Company currently expects the 2020 annual average production volumes to land at about 5% below the lower end of the previously communicated guidance of 4,000 – 5,000 BOEPD.  Effects from Covid-19 still impact ‘on the ground’ logistics and personnel movements in Brazil, which in turn has a direct impact on production uptime. 

“2020 has been a tough year so far and our production capacity has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Although Covid-19 continues to impact all aspects of our operations, I am pleased to announce that we are increasing our investment pace to further grow production in Brazil into 2021 and beyond. With this increase in investment we expect to end 2020 with a daily production rate between 5,200 – 5,700 BOEPD.” said Jonas Lindvall, CEO of Maha Energy AB.

2020 Investment Capital Plan
In light of the higher than budgeted oil price, and the subsequent stabilization of the oil market, the Company has decided to partially restore the 2020 revised Investment Capital Plan (as communicated on 22 May, 2020) as follows:

  1. Drill and complete the Tie-2 well (TS-1) well during Q4.
  2. Drill and complete the Tie-3 well (TS-2) well during Q4.
  3. Resume testing operations on Maha-1 (7TTG-3D-SES) at Tartaruga in Q4.
  4. Undertake a recompletion of GTE-4 to restore Agua Grande (AG) zone production.
  5. Complete the previously announced work program in the Illinois Basin, of 1 production well plus complete a drilled-but-uncompleted well.
  6. Commence various facility support projects at Tie and Tartaruga.

With the completion of the revised work program described above; the Company expects to end 2020 with a daily production rate in the range of 5,200 – 5,700 BOEPD.

The additional capital projects now included in 2020 is estimated at US$ 8.7 m bringing the total 2020 capital spend to US$ 24.2 million for the year. Funding of the Capital Plan is through Company cash on hand and operating cash flow.

Investment Capital Plan Details

Tie-2 & Tie-3 – Tie Field
Tie-2 is expected to be completed by 15 November and production from this well is expected by 1 December.  Tie-3 (water injector) will be drilled immediately after the Tie-2 well is completed and will provide important reservoir pressure support.

GTE-4 – Tie Field
The GTE-4 well was converted to a dual pumping well during the second quarter this year.  A subsequent well test proved inflow restrictions in the AG zone which was ultimately resolved, but unfortunately during the pump installation, a blanking sleeve became stuck in the well.  Depending on rig availability and associated manpower, a workover is now scheduled during November to recomplete and restore the GTE-4 well to a comingled producer.

Maha-1 (7TTG-3D-SES) – Tartaruga Field
The Maha-1 well testing operations were suspended in March due to Covid-19 impedements.  The Company will resume testing operations later this month.  Once tests are completed, which are expected at the end of November, the Company will communicate well test results and place the well on production.

Illinois Basin
The Company has contractual obligations to drill one production well and to complete an already drilled-but-uncompleted well before the end of the year.

This information is such information that Maha Energy AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, 02:00 a.m. CET on 15 October, 2020.

For more information, please contact:        

Jonas Lindvall (CEO)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11        
Email: jonas@mahaenergy.ca

or

Victoria Berg (Investor Relations)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11      
Email: victoria@mahaenergy.ca

Maha in Brief

Maha Energy AB is a Swedish public limited liability company. FNCA Sweden AB has been engaged as Certified Adviser and can be contacted at info@fnca.se or +46-8-528 00 399. The Company's auditors are Deloitte. The Company's predecessor Maha Energy Inc. was founded in 2013 in Calgary, Canada, by Jonas Lindvall and Ron Panchuk. In May 2016, the new group was formed with Maha Energy AB as parent company for purposes completing an initial public offering on the Nasdaq First North Sweden stock exchange. Jonas Lindvall, CEO and Managing Director, has 30 years of international experience in the oil and gas industry, starting his career with Lundin Oil during the early days of E&P growth.  After 6 years at Shell and Talisman, Jonas joined, and helped secure the success of, Tethys Oil AB. Maha's strategy is to target and develop underperforming hydrocarbon assets on global basis. The Company operates four oil fields, Tartaruga and Tie in Brazil, Powder River (LAK Ranch) and Illinois basins in the United States For more information, please visit our website www.mahaenergy.ca.

Maha Energy AB: Announce September Production Volumes and extends invitation to Annual Investor Presentation 7 October

Maha Energy AB (publ)
Strandvägen 5A
SE-114 51 Stockholm
www.mahaenergy.ca

Press release
Stockholm
October 3, 2020

Maha Energy AB (publ) Announce September Production Volumes and extends invitation to Annual Investor Presentation 7 October.

Production Volumes

The Company's aggregate sales production for the month of September totaled 89,7121 barrels of oil and 47.543 million scf of gas for a combined average production of approximately 3,255 BOE/day2, before royalties and taxes.

During the month of September the dual GTE-4 oil producing well was shut down for 14 days, due to workover operations to fish a stuck blanking sleeve in the Agua Grande (AG) short string.  Fishing operations to date have been unsuccessful and a more rigorous workover operation is now scheduled during the fourth quarter to restore production from the AG zone.  Production from GTE-4 well (Sergi zone) was resumed on the 28th of September and is performing as expected. Tartaruga had issues during the month with unreliable power from the local grid – back up generation is installed and production is stabilizing.

The annual Maha Energy Investor and Shareholder Presentation will be held at 17:00 CET on 7 October, 2020. Jonas Lindvall, Managing Director of Maha Energy AB will host a virtual presentation of the Company’s activities and future plans.  Questions can be posed ahead of the presentation by e-mailing Victoria@mahaenergy.ca. Please visit https://mahaenergyab.se/events/ for further details.

The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 22:05 CEST on 3 October 2020.

1   Subject to minor standard industry adjustments at the time of custody transfer.
2   Barrels of oil equivalent ("BOE") conversion ratio of 6,000 scf: 1 bbl is used.

For more information, please contact:        

Jonas Lindvall (CEO)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11        
Email: jonas@mahaenergy.ca

or

Victoria Berg (Investor Relations)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11      
Email: victoria@mahaenergy.ca

Maha in Brief

Maha Energy AB is a Swedish public limited liability company. FNCA Sweden AB has been engaged as Certified Adviser and can be contacted at info@fnca.se or +46-8-528 00 399. The Company's auditors are Deloitte. The Company's predecessor Maha Energy Inc. was founded in 2013 in Calgary, Canada, by Jonas Lindvall and Ron Panchuk. In May 2016, the new group was formed with Maha Energy AB as parent company for purposes completing an initial public offering on the Nasdaq First North Sweden stock exchange. Jonas Lindvall, CEO and Managing Director, has 30 years of international experience in the oil and gas industry, starting his career with Lundin Oil during the early days of E&P growth.  After 6 years at Shell and Talisman, Jonas joined, and helped secure the success of, Tethys Oil AB. Maha's strategy is to target and develop underperforming hydrocarbon assets on global basis. The Company operates four oil fields, Tartaruga and Tie in Brazil, Powder River (LAK Ranch) and Illinois basins in the United States For more information, please visit our website www.mahaenergy.ca.

Maha Energy AB (publ) to be awarded new exploration block onshore Oman (“Block 70” or “Mafraq”)

Maha Energy AB (publ)
Strandvägen 5A
SE-114 51 Stockholm
www.mahaenergy.ca

Press Release
Stockholm
September 25, 2020

Maha Energy AB (publ) to be awarded new exploration block onshore Oman (“Block 70” or “Mafraq”)

Maha Energy AB ("Maha" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it will be awarded a new exploration block by the Ministry of Energy and Minerals of the Sultanate of Oman. Block 70 is an onshore block that includes the shallow undeveloped Mafraq heavy oil field.  The Block is located in the middle of the prolific and oil producing Ghaba Salt Basin in the central part of Oman.  Maha will (through a wholly owned subsidiary) be the operator of the Block and hold a 100% working interest. The entry into Oman marks a milestone for the Company’s diversification strategy. The Block agreement is scheduled to be signed on 1 October 2020 and is further subject to a Royal Decree.  Further details of the Block and the future work program will be communicated after the effective date of the EPSA.

Jonas Lindvall, President and Chief Executive Officer of Maha, comments: "To be allowed an opportunity to explore and develop the Mafraq oil field is an exceptional opportunity to add value to Maha and the people of Oman.  The Mafraq oil field contains significant amounts of oil and previous and extensive pump tests has proven the productivity of the field.”

The Mafraq oil field was discovered by Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) in 1988 and was further delineated by four wells and 3D seismic in stages until 2010.  Two wells were placed on pump production tests, of which one was placed on an extended test in order to prove long term productivity.  The Mafraq field is estimated by third parties to contain between 185 – 280 million barrels of original oil in place (OIP).  The productive reservoir is shallow, at approximately 430 m. below ground level.

Jonas Lindvall further commented:” The fact that PDO did not develop this asset is by no means a reflection of the quality of the asset, it just reflects the reality of constrained resources and project ranking.”

The Block covers an area of 639 km2 and is covered by both 2D and 3D seismic data that has been acquired by previous operators has been made available to Maha. Eight wells have been drilled within the block boundary, five of which are on the Mafraq oil field. 

The Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) for Block 70 covers an initial exploration period of three years with an optional extension period of another three years. In case of a commercial oil or gas discovery, the EPSA can be transformed into a fifteen year production license which can be extended for another five years. In case of a commercial discovery the Oman Government Oil Company has a right to acquire up to a 30% interest in Block 70 against refunding the pro rata share of past expenditure. The initial work commitments during the first period include geological studies, seismic reprocessing and well commitments.

For more information, please contact:         

Jonas Lindvall (CEO)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11
Email: jonas@mahaenergy.ca

or

Victoria Berg (Investor Relations)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11
Email: victoria@mahaenergy.ca

The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 02:00 CET on 25 September 2020.

Maha in Brief
Maha Energy AB is a Swedish public limited liability company. FNCA Sweden AB has been engaged as Certified Adviser and can be contacted at info@fnca.seor +46-8-528 00 399. The Company’s auditors are Deloitte. The Company’s predecessor Maha Energy Inc. was founded in 2013 in Calgary, Canada, by Jonas Lindvall and Ron Panchuk. In May 2016, the new group was formed with Maha Energy AB as parent company for purposes completing an initial public offering on the Nasdaq First North Sweden stock exchange. Jonas Lindvall, CEO and Managing Director, has 30 years of international experience in the oil and gas industry, starting his career with Lundin Oil during the early days of E&P growth.  After 6 years at Shell and Talisman, Jonas joined, and helped secure the success of, Tethys Oil AB. Maha’s strategy is to target and develop underperforming hydrocarbon assets on global basis. The Company operates four oil fields, Tartaruga and Tie in Brazil, Powder River (LAK Ranch) and Illinois basins in the United States. For more information, please visit our website www.mahaenergy.ca.

Maha Energy AB (publ) – Announces an operational update

Maha Energy AB (publ)
Strandvägen 5A
SE-114 51 Stockholm
www.mahaenergy.ca

Press Release
Stockholm
September 23, 2020

Maha Energy AB (publ) – Announces an operational update

  • Maha’s 2 x 1,380 HP compression project at Tie has been successfully commissioned
  • Drilling rig is now onsite at the “Tie 2” location in Brazil and has commenced drilling

Maha Energy AB ("Maha" or the "Company") today announce an operational update for its activities in Brazil and the United States.

Jonas Lindvall, President and Chief Executive Officer of Maha, comments: "Notwithstanding Covid-19 continuing to challenge some of our operations we have achieved two important milestones at the Tie Field. We are very happy to announce commencement of our gas compression and injection project and the spud of the next production well at the Tie field.”

Operational update

Tie Field

Compression Project
During the month of August, a dedicated commissioning team has been onsite to commission the two 1,380 HP compression units that have been installed. On 11 September, the units commenced operations and started to inject gas while simultaneously delivering conditioned gas to GTW and CDGN. Any excess gas produced at Tie will now be injected back into the reservoir affording significant operational flexibility and redundancy for Tie field oil production.  This fast track project commenced in November 2019 and teams from both Enerflex and Maha ensured an on-time delivery even whilst managing the Covid-19 pandemic.

GTE-4
During the second quarter the GTE-4 well was converted to a dual pumping well.  The Sergi zone is producing above expectations.  However, after swabbing the Agua Grande zone and running the downhole jetpump assembly in the hole, a blanking sleeve became stuck downhole which requires further fishing.  At the moment, the rig is shut down due to several active Covid-19 cases and operations will only resume once personnel are clear of Covid-19.  GTE-4 is currently only producing from the Sergi zone.

Tie 2 and Tie 3 Wells (new wells)
The Tie south drilling pad has been built and a drilling rig has mobilized to site and drilling operations at Tie 2 (previously known as TS-1) commenced at 20:00 hrs on 22 September. The Tie 3 (previously known as TS-2) injector is planned to be drilled immediately after Tie 2 is completed. Each well is anticipated to take 40 – 45 days to drill and complete. Tie 2 is a near vertical dual zone producer whilst the Tie 3 well is planned to be a dual zone water injector.

Facility and Covid-19
Due to ten positive Covid-19 tests amongst both staff and contractor personnel several smaller capital expansion projects have been temporarily suspended within the Tie station to reduce headcount and protect the core operating team. At the moment, there is no direct impact on production.

Tartaruga

The Tartaruga field continues to meet production targets and is operating currently with only limited impact from Covid-19. Gas sales from Tartaruga commenced in July via the third-party company GTW (“Gas to Wire”), who generates electricity from the associated gas produced at Tartaruga to the local grid.

Illinois Basin

Operations continue to run smoothly on our new asset in Illinois and Indiana with successful maintenance workovers being carried out to maintain production at approximately 150 bbl/d.

For more information, please contact:         
Jonas Lindvall (CEO)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11
Email: jonas@mahaenergy.ca

Or

Victoria Berg (Investor Relations)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11
Email: victoria@mahaenergy.ca

The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 07:52 CEST on 23 September 2020.

Maha in Brief

Maha Energy AB is a Swedish public limited liability company. FNCA Sweden AB has been engaged as Certified Adviser and can be contacted at info@fnca.seor +46-8-528 00 399. The Company’s auditors are Deloitte. The Company’s predecessor Maha Energy Inc. was founded in 2013 in Calgary, Canada, by Jonas Lindvall and Ron Panchuk. In May 2016, the new group was formed with Maha Energy AB as parent company for purposes completing an initial public offering on the Nasdaq First North Sweden stock exchange. Jonas Lindvall, CEO and Managing Director, has 30 years of international experience in the oil and gas industry, starting his career with Lundin Oil during the early days of E&P growth.  After 6 years at Shell and Talisman, Jonas joined, and helped secure the success of, Tethys Oil AB. Maha’s strategy is to target and develop underperforming hydrocarbon assets on global basis. The Company operates four oil fields, Tartaruga and Tie in Brazil, Powder River (LAK Ranch) and Illinois Basin in the United States For more information, please visit our website www.mahaenergy.ca.

Maha Energy AB (publ) Announce August Production Volumes

­­­Maha Energy AB (publ)
Strandvägen 5A
SE-114 51 Stockholm
www.mahaenergy.ca

Press release
Stockholm
September 3, 2020

Maha Energy AB (publ) Announce August Production Volumes

Production Volumes

The Company's aggregate sales production for the month of August totaled 101,2041 barrels of oil and 56.461 million scf of gas for a combined average production of approximately 3,568 BOE/day2, before royalties and taxes, which was in line with the Company’s expectations for the month.

A 3 day planned shutdown of the Tie Production Facilities affected production of oil and gas from the Tie field during the month of August.  The Tie field also suffered a string of electrical power failures and shortages during the month.  Lastly, also at the Tie field, well testing and flow-back work on the GTE-4 short string (Agua Grande) necessitated the long string (Sergi) to be temporarily closed in.    

Effects, such as reduced manning and movement restrictions, of the Covid-19 Pandemic continue to adversely affect production in Brazil.

1   Subject to minor standard industry adjustments at the time of custody transfer.
2   Barrels of oil equivalent ("BOE") conversion ratio of 6,000 scf: 1 bbl is used.

For more information, please contact:        

Jonas Lindvall (CEO)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11        
Email: jonas@mahaenergy.ca

or

Victoria Berg (Investor Relations)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11      
Email: victoria@mahaenergy.ca

Maha in Brief

Maha Energy AB is a Swedish public limited liability company. FNCA Sweden AB has been engaged as Certified Adviser and can be contacted at info@fnca.se or +46-8-528 00 399. The Company's auditors are Deloitte. The Company's predecessor Maha Energy Inc. was founded in 2013 in Calgary, Canada, by Jonas Lindvall and Ron Panchuk. In May 2016, the new group was formed with Maha Energy AB as parent company for purposes completing an initial public offering on the Nasdaq First North Sweden stock exchange. Jonas Lindvall, CEO and Managing Director, has 30 years of international experience in the oil and gas industry, starting his career with Lundin Oil during the early days of E&P growth.  After 6 years at Shell and Talisman, Jonas joined, and helped secure the success of, Tethys Oil AB. Maha's strategy is to target and develop underperforming hydrocarbon assets on global basis. The Company operates four oil fields, Tartaruga and Tie in Brazil, Powder River (LAK Ranch) and Illinois basins in the United States For more information, please visit our website www.mahaenergy.ca.

Maha Energy AB Announces Filing of Second Quarter Report & Live Webcast

Maha Energy AB (publ)
Strandvägen 5A
SE-114 51 Stockholm
www.mahaenergy.ca

                                                                
Press release
Stockholm
24 August 2020
                                                                                                                                                                                            
Maha Energy AB Announces Filing of Second Quarter Report & Live Webcast

Maha Energy AB (publ) (“Maha” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce its Second Quarter results.  The report is attached to this press release and available on the Company’s website at www.mahaenergy.ca.

Second Quarter 2020

  • Record daily oil & gas production for Q2 2020 averaged 3,602 BOEPD (Q2 2019: 2,739 BOEPD)
  • Illinois Basin, acquired at the end of Q1 2020, averaged at 144 BOEPD for Q2 2020
  • Revenue of USD 7.9 million (Q2 2019: USD 14.1 million)
  • Operating netback of USD 4.4 million or USD 13.80 per BOE (Q2 2019: USD 10.7 million or USD 43.30 per BOE)
  • EBITDA of USD 3.4 million (Q2 2019: USD 9.2 million)
  • Net result of USD 0.4 million (Q2 2019: USD 6.2 million)
  • Basic and Diluted Earnings per share of USD 0.00 (Q2 2019: USD 0.06)
  • Cash and cash equivalents balance of USD 15.7 million (Q2 2019: 20.5 million)

Six Months Ended 30 June 2020

  • Daily oil & gas production for H1 2020 averaged 3,445 BOEPD (H1 2019: 2,704 BOEPD).
  • Revenue of USD 19.1 million (H1 2019: USD 25.8 million)
  • Operating netback of USD 12.2 million or USD 20.42 per BOE (H1 2019: 19.7 USD million or 41.83 USD per BOE)
  • EBITDA of USD 9.9 million (H1 2019: USD 16.9 million)
  • Net result for the period of USD 3.6 million (H1 2019: USD 10.4 million)
  • Basic Earnings per share of USD 0.04 (H1 2019: USD 0.11)
  • Diluted Earnings per share of USD 0.03 (H1 2019: USD 0.10)
  • Cash and cash equivalents balance of USD 15.7 million (2019: 22.4 million).

Financial Summary

(TUSD, unless otherwise noted) Q2 2020 Q1 2020 Q4 2019 Q3 2019 Q2 2019 H1 2020 H1 2019 FY 2019
Net Daily Production (BOEPD) 3,602 3,288 3,165 3,593 2,739 3,445 2,704 3,044
Revenue 7,926 11,207 13,672 16,068 14,098 19,133 25,849 55,589
Operating netback 4,377 7,858 9,825 12,017 10,668 12,235 19,697 41,539
EBITDA 3,436 6,434 8,354 10,663 9,188 9,870 16,851 35,868
Net result for the period 407 3,191 2,679 6,570 6,157 3,598 10,405 19,654
Earnings per share – Basic (USD) 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.07 0.06 0.04 0.11 0.20
Earnings per share – Diluted (USD) 0.00 0.03 0.02 0.06 0.06 0.03 0.10 0.18
Cash and cash equivalents 15,699 19,190 22,450 20,421 20,504 15,699 20,504 22,450

Letter to shareholders

Dear Friends and Fellow Shareholders of Maha Energy AB,

Record Quarter
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to challenge our business.  Despite a record quarter for production, quarterly revenue is just over half of the comparable period last year. Three individuals (contractors) working at the Tie field tested positive for the virus, directly impacting operations (all three have since recovered). And finally, travel restrictions continue to cause real problems for the movement of equipment and people in Brazil. Despite this, Maha had a record quarter in terms of production, the quarterly netback is a healthy US$ 13.80 per boe, OPEX is US$ 7.66 per boe and our G&A cost is a stellar US$ 2.61 per boe. Simply put at the average quarterly Brent price of US$ 29.34, Maha is still generating significant positive netbacks (US$ 13.80 per boe). Corrected for G&A expenses, on a per barrel basis, and Maha will continue to generate positive cashflows at a Brent Oil price as low as US$ 16 per bbl. We are pleased to report our highest production quarter on record and 11th straight quarter of positive net results – we are still profitable, even at these challenging times. A true testament to the robustness of our assets and our team.

The first two months of the second quarter was in the epicenter of the COVID-19 storm. Our production capability suffered; as did the oil price. OPEX and CAPEX were reduced to conserve cash and the Company temporarily prepared for survival mode. Towards the end of the quarter, however, as the OPEC+ production cuts started to bite, and as oil prices stabilized, our operations and project work could resume. In terms of field activity, we are almost back to pre-COVID-19 levels.

Field work in Brazil
An unseasonably wet ‘rainy season’ has affected civil works for the remaining minor project works at the Tie field.  The effect of this are a few weeks delay in flowline installations between GTE-4 and the battery, the compressor installation and the GTE-7 water supply line. Construction progress of the Tie south drilling locations have also been delayed by the rain. Further, and as mentioned, COVID-19 has caused labor issues as contractors reported in sick.  An important event during the quarter was the recompletion of GTE-4 from a free flowing well to a dual pumping well. Positively, the GTE-4 Sergi zone is now producing 800 BOPD on pump, some 300 BOPD more than what was anticipated. Finally, at Tartaruga, Gas-To-Wire started delivering electricity to the local grid allowing for the associated gas there to be monetized.

Government Incentives
In response to the tough times, the Brazilian Government is considering temporarily reducing the oil and gas royalty from 10% to 5%.  If this proposal is implemented, Maha will be profitable at an even lower oil price.

Negative Oil Price on 20 April.
On 20th April, history was made when, for one day, WTI oil was sold at a negative US$ 36.98/bbl, meaning that sellers were paying buyers to take their oil. Of course, there was no fundamental supply and demand cause for this, instead it stemmed from oil traders having to pay to get out of their future contracts. Something we are not likely to see again. Note that this event affected only WTI oil, Brent oil was largely unaffected.  Even as unusual as that was, it demonstrates how uncertain and volatile the oil markets were (and still are) due to the demand erosion of COVID-19. 

The short version of the current oil market is;

  • unprecedented reduction in demand for oil (although not as much as originally believed),
  • there is still a large surplus of oil available, keeping prices low,
  • high cost production has been hit very hard (shale oil, deepwater, oilsands)
  • CAPEX has been slashed from already depressed expenditure levels,
  • hundreds of independent oil companies have filed for bankruptcy since 2015.

Surprisingly, according to the Energy Information Agency (EIA), crude oil and gasoline inventories in the United States is only 16% and 8% higher respectively than the 5-year moving average1.  Furthermore, on 4 August, the EIA Monthly Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production Report stated: “Production of crude oil decreased in the United States in May 2020 by 1.99 million barrels per day (b/d), the largest monthly decrease since at least January 1980.”

Given the OPEC+ cuts, the smaller than originally forecasted demand reduction, the knee-jerk reaction of industry CAPEX slashing, and as the world reboots, an upcoming crude oil shortage is easy to see.  The timing of the balancing of the markets have constantly been updated and brought forward. Some analysts believe that the supply/demand curves will cross already in the third quarter of this year.  Of course, OPEC+ will easily be able to accommodate the increase in oil demand to the pre-COVID-19 levels, but thereafter it will become challenging.  Slashing of CAPEX this year is compounded by five consecutive years of depressed investments into oil and gas projects.  Given the very long lag time for oil to be brought on stream and onto the markets, the lack of investments for the past 6 years is concerning.

As the old adage goes: “the cure for high prices are high prices” – and the inverse of this is true as well.

To still turn a profit during the absolute worst quarter in modern history says a lot about the tenacity and resilience of the Maha team. I am super thankful to all of my fellow Maha colleagues for keeping the Company going whilst we all battle this pandemic. We think we are superbly prepared for the upcoming upturn in oil prices. 

Stay well and stay healthy,

 “Jonas Lindvall”
Managing Director

1 EIA.  August 4, 2020 U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production Report.  And 31 July,2020 Weekly Petroleum Data Report.

Q2 Webcast 24 August 2020

There will be a live webcast today, 24 August at 16:00 CET (Stockholm time) to present the Q2 results and provide an operational update. A link to the webcast is available on the Company’s website: www.mahaenergy.ca.  Interested parties are encouraged to e-mail questions ahead of time to victoria@mahaenergy.ca.   Questions posted on the day of the presentation should be done directly in the YouTube Comments/Questions field. The webcast will be broadcast live on Nyhetsbyrån Direkts Youtube Channel and hosted by Laikas’ Mr.Kaarlo Airaxin, and will feature Maha’s CEO Jonas Lindvall and CFO Andres Modarelli.

Adviser

Certified Advisor: FNCA Sweden AB, info@fnca.se, Telephone: +46-8-528 00 399.

For more information, please contact:              


Jonas Lindvall (CEO)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11                                             
Email: jonas@mahaenergy.ca

or

Andres Modarelli (CFO)
Tel: +1-403-454-7560
Email: andres@mahaenergy.ca

or

Victoria Berg (Investor Relations)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11                   
Email: victoria@mahaenergy.ca

Miscellaneous
             
This information is published in accordance with the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

Maha in Brief

Maha Energy AB is a Swedish public limited liability company. FNCA Sweden AB has been engaged as Certified Adviser and can be contacted at info@fnca.se or +46-8-528 00 399. The Company's auditors are Deloitte. The Company's predecessor Maha Energy Inc. was founded in 2013 in Calgary, Canada, by Jonas Lindvall and Ron Panchuk. In May 2016, the new group was formed with Maha Energy AB as parent company for purposes completing an initial public offering on the Nasdaq First North Sweden stock exchange. Jonas Lindvall, CEO and Managing Director, has 30 years of international experience in the oil and gas industry, starting his career with Lundin Oil during the early days of E&P growth.  After 6 years at Shell and Talisman, Jonas joined, and helped secure the success of, Tethys Oil AB. Maha's strategy is to target and develop underperforming hydrocarbon assets on global basis. The Company operates three oil fields, Tartaruga and Tie in Brazil, Powder River (LAK Ranch) and Illinois basins in the United States For more information, please visit our website www.mahaenergy.ca.

Maha Energy AB (publ) Announce July Production Volumes

­­­Maha Energy AB (publ)
Strandvägen 5A
SE-114 51 Stockholm
www.mahaenergy.ca

Press release
Stockholm
August 3, 2020

Maha Energy AB (publ) Announce July Production Volumes

Production Volumes

The Company's aggregate sales production for the month of July totaled 111,4041 barrels of oil and 58.090 million scf of gas for a combined average production of approximately 3,906 BOE/day2, before royalties and taxes.

Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic along with planned commissioning work and individual well testing operations at the Tie field affected production this month. 

1   Subject to minor standard industry adjustments at the time of custody transfer.
2   Barrels of oil equivalent ("BOE") conversion ratio of 6,000 scf: 1 bbl is used.

For more information, please contact:        

Jonas Lindvall (CEO)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11        
Email: jonas@mahaenergy.ca

or

Victoria Berg (Investor Relations)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11      
Email: victoria@mahaenergy.ca

Maha in Brief

Maha Energy AB is a Swedish public limited liability company. FNCA Sweden AB has been engaged as Certified Adviser and can be contacted at info@fnca.se or +46-8-528 00 399. The Company's auditors are Deloitte. The Company's predecessor Maha Energy Inc. was founded in 2013 in Calgary, Canada, by Jonas Lindvall and Ron Panchuk. In May 2016, the new group was formed with Maha Energy AB as parent company for purposes completing an initial public offering on the Nasdaq First North Sweden stock exchange. Jonas Lindvall, CEO and Managing Director, has 30 years of international experience in the oil and gas industry, starting his career with Lundin Oil during the early days of E&P growth.  After 6 years at Shell and Talisman, Jonas joined, and helped secure the success of, Tethys Oil AB. Maha's strategy is to target and develop underperforming hydrocarbon assets on global basis. The Company operates four oil fields, Tartaruga and Tie in Brazil, Powder River (LAK Ranch) and Illinois basins in the United States For more information, please visit our website www.mahaenergy.ca.

Maha Energy AB (publ) comments on acquisition strategy

­­­Maha Energy AB (publ)
Strandvägen 5A
SE-114 51 Stockholm
www.mahaenergy.ca

Press release
Stockholm
July 20, 2020

Maha Energy AB (publ) comments on acquisition strategy

Due to the recent speculation in various forums regarding potential acquisitions, and in particular a potential agreement on Block 70 in Oman, Maha has the following announcement.

As part of Maha’s exploitation strategy, the Company continuously evaluates various strategic and tactical growth opportunities around the world.  Since the Company focuses on underperforming hydrocarbon assets, the opportunities continuously being evaluated range in geographical and technical nature.  The key driver for the Company is value per barrel. The Company is currently evaluating a number of opportunities in a number of different jurisdictions. 

These opportunities are in various stages of the evaluation/negotiation process, and at this time none of the opportunities are at a stage whereby Market Abuse Regulations (MAR) (insider information) are deemed required.

For more information, please contact:        

Jonas Lindvall (CEO)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11        
Email: jonas@mahaenergy.ca

or

Victoria Berg (Investor Relations)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11      
Email: victoria@mahaenergy.ca

Maha in Brief

Maha Energy AB is a Swedish public limited liability company. FNCA Sweden AB has been engaged as Certified Adviser and can be contacted at info@fnca.se or +46-8-528 00 399. The Company's auditors are Deloitte. The Company's predecessor Maha Energy Inc. was founded in 2013 in Calgary, Canada, by Jonas Lindvall and Ron Panchuk. In May 2016, the new group was formed with Maha Energy AB as parent company for purposes completing an initial public offering on the Nasdaq First North Sweden stock exchange. Jonas Lindvall, CEO and Managing Director, has 30 years of international experience in the oil and gas industry, starting his career with Lundin Oil during the early days of E&P growth.  After 6 years at Shell and Talisman, Jonas joined, and helped secure the success of, Tethys Oil AB. Maha's strategy is to target and develop underperforming hydrocarbon assets on global basis. The Company operates three oil fields, Tartaruga and Tie in Brazil, Powder River (LAK Ranch) and Illinois basins in the United States For more information, please visit our website www.mahaenergy.ca.