Petoro - a driving force on the Norwegian continental shelf

SDFI and Petoro annual report 2015
Troll A. Photo: Harald Pettersen, Statoil

Key figures 2015

Net income for the portfolio in 2015 came to NOK 89 billion, compared with NOK 120 billion the year before. Total operating revenue was NOK 158 billion, compared with NOK 180 billion in 2014. Cash flow to the government came to NOK 94 billion as against NOK 111 billion the year before. Total production averaged 1 068 000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d), which was above  the 2014 figure of 1 000 000 boe. Investment was NOK 28 billion as against 36 billion the year before.

NGAAP

 

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

Operating revenue (in NOK million) 157 753 179 797 194 308 213 885 188 820
Net income for the year (in NOK million) 88 999 119 671 132 817 149 986 133 721
Investment (in NOK million) 27 961 35 742 35 444 26 399 19 053
Net cash flow (in NOK million) 93 639 111 068 124 825 146 930 128 083
Production – oil and NGL (1 000 b/d)

411

407 413 430 440
Production – dry gas (million scm/d)

105

94 99 112 92
Oil, NGL and dry gas production (1 000 boe/d)

1 068

1 000 1 034 1 132 1 016
Remaining reserves (million boe)

6 276

6 145 6 423 6 623 6 759
Reserve replacement rate (annual percentage)

133

24 47 67 160
Reserves added (million boe)

520

88 177 278 601
Oil price (USD/bbl)

53

99 110 113 114
Oil price (NOK/bbl)

420

617 647 657 632
Gas price (NOK/scm)

2.14

2.23 2.31 2.35 2.15

PRODUCTION

Production
Total production averaged 1.1 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day, up roughly seven per cent from 2014. Output of both  liquids and gas rose, by one and 11 per cent respectively. A higher gas volume reflects production deferred from 2014 to 2015 in order to boost value.

INCOME AND CASH FLOW

Income and cash flow
Net income for 20151 was NOK 89 billion, down by about 26 per cent from NOK 120 billion the year before. This figure was affected by developments in oil and gas prices, and yielded a cash flow to the government of NOK 94 billion, compared with NOK 111 billion in 2014.

OIL AND GAS PRICES

Oil and gas prices
The price of oil averaged USD 53 per barrel in 2015, compared with USD 99 the year before. This decline in US dollars was partly counteracted by a strengthening of that currency against the Norwegian krone. Converted to the latter, the average oil price was NOK 420 per barrel as against NOK 617 in 2014. Gas reached an average price of NOK 2.14 per scm in 2015, compared with NOK 2.23 the year before.

INVESTMENT

Investment
Investment in 2015 totalled NOK 28 billion, down by roughly 22 per cent from the year. Capital spending for 2015 included such developments as Martin Linge, Johan Sverdrup, Maria, subsea compression on Åsgard and Gullfaks, and Polarled.

REMAINING RESERVES

Remaining reserves
The portfolio’s estimated remaining reserves of oil, condensate, NGL and gas totalled 6 276 million boe at 31 December, up by 130 million boe from the year before. Production in 2015 came to 390 million boe.

SAFETY

Safety
Petoro’s main parameter for monitoring HSE developments is the serious incident frequency (SIF), which measures the number of such events per million working hours. This figure for 2015 was 0.5, and better than the year before. The improvement was overshadowed by December’s fatal accident on the COSL Innovator drilling rig while it was working on Troll. The personal injury frequency per million working hours came to 3.3, which was also a better performance than in earlier years.
1 All figures are presented in accordance with Norwegian accounting legislation and accounting standards (NRS).