CALGARY, March 20, 2014 /CNW/ – Marquee Energy Ltd. (“Marquee” or the “Company”) (TSXV: “MQL”) is pleased to announce its 2013 year-end oil and natural gas reserves, along with its fourth quarter 2013 operating and financial results. The Company’s consolidated financial statements as at December 31, 2013 and for the year then ended and management’s discussion and analysis for the three months and year ended December 31, 2013 are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on Marquee’s website at www.marquee-energy.com.
Reserve Report Highlights (1)
Financial and Operational Highlights include:
2013 YEAR END RESERVES
Marquee’s year end reserves for 2013 are based on the Sproule & Associates Limited (“Sproule”) independent evaluation of the Company’s reserves dated effective December 31, 2013 which were conducted pursuant to NI 51-101 and the Canadian Oil and Gas Evaluation Handbook (“COGE Handbook”)
Summary of Reserves
As at December 31, 2013(1)
| Gross Company Reserves | |||||
| Description | Light Oil (Mbbl) |
Heavy Oil (Mbbl) |
Natural Gas (MMcf) |
NGL (Mbbl) |
Total (Mboe) |
| Proved producing | 1,666 | 782 | 21,223 | 441 | 6,427 |
| Proved non-producing | 117 | 1,755 | 35 | 445 | |
| Proved undeveloped | 1,524 | 346 | 14,216 | 351 | 4,590 |
| Total proved(2) | 3,307 | 1,128 | 37,194 | 827 | 11,461 |
| Probable | 2,143 | 719 | 15,285 | 317 | 5,727 |
| Total proved plus probable(2) | 5,450 | 1,847 | 52,479 | 1144 | 17,188 |
| (1) | Based on Sproule December 31, 2013 forecast prices |
| (2) | Gross Company reserves are the Company’s total working interest share before the deduction of royalties. |
Summary of Before Tax Net Present Values
As at December 31, 2013(1)
| Before Tax Net Present Value of Future Revenue ($M) | |||||
| Discount Rate | |||||
| Description | 0% | 5% | 10% | 15% | 20% |
| Proved producing | 133,729 | 111,945 | 96,762 | 85,639 | 77,161 |
| Proved non-producing | 9,738 | 8,833 | 8,093 | 7,477 | 6,955 |
| Proved undeveloped | 72,516 | 49,201 | 33,379 | 22,271 | 14,254 |
| Total proved | 215,983 | 169,978 | 138,234 | 115,387 | 98,370 |
| Probable | 158,223 | 102,915 | 71,614 | 52,192 | 39,313 |
| Total proved plus probable | 374,207 | 272,893 | 209,849 | 167,579 | 137,683 |
| (1) | Based on Sproule December 31, 2013 forecast prices |
Reconciliation of Reserves
| 2013 Reserves Reconciliation | |||||
| Description (mboe) | December 31, 2012 |
Acquired (Sold) |
Production | Additions, revisions |
December 31, 2013 |
| Total proved | 6,493 | 2,922 | (801) | 2,847 | 11,461 |
| Probable | 5,351 | 1,351 | 0 | (1,075) | 5,727 |
| Proved plus probable | 11,944 | 4,273 | (801) | 1,772 | 17,188 |
Finding, Development and Acquisition Costs
Marquee incurred capital expenditures of $33.3 million in 2013 (2012 – $45.1 million), of which $28.1 million (2012 – $38 million) was spent on exploration and development and $5.2 million (2012- $6.4 million) was spent on land and seismic. Costs related to reserve acquisitions in 2013 are $34.8 million (2012 – $22.2 million). The following table summarizes Marquee’s Finding, Development and Acquisition costs including changes in Future Development Costs.
| Including the Change in Future Development Costs | 2013 | 2012 |
| Total proved ($/boe) | ||
| F&D costs | $23.03 | $17.92 |
| FD&A costs | $16.66 | $18.35 |
| FDC | $81.8 million | $58.2 million |
| Proved plus probable ($/boe) | ||
| F&D costs | $24.60 | $8.82 |
| FD&A costs | $14.21 | $10.38 |
| FDC | $110.8 million | $109.1 million |
2013 YEAR END FINANCIAL RESULTS
Marquee closed the acquisition of the Sonde Western Canadian assets on December 31, 2013. As such, the financial information for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2013 reflect the costs and the share and non-share consideration for the acquisition, but do not include any results from operating the acquired assets.
Funds flow from operations before transaction costs were $12.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2013, an increase of $2.7 million over the year ended December 31, 2012. Production averaged 2,196 boe/d and included a 20% increase in oil and ngl weighting in 2013. The higher oil and ngl weighting, together with higher average realized prices resulted in a 35% increase in field operating netbacks over 2012.
The Company generated $1.6 million funds flow from operations on 2,114 boe/d for the quarter before transaction costs. Funds flow for the quarter were impacted by reduced oil and liquids prices, hedging losses and increased royalties.
The Company incurred $14.6 million capital expenditures in the quarter and $33.3 million in 2013, most of which related to the drilling programs at Michichi and Lloydminster. Marquee also spent more than $2.7 million on the acquisition of new 3D seismic in the fourth quarter in the Company’s core Michichi and Lloydminster areas. The impact on production and cash flow from this capital will largely be realized starting in the first quarter of 2014.
The Company also realized proceeds of $0.6 million on the sale of non-core assets during the quarter and $3.7 million for the year. The impact of these dispositions was a decrease in production of 170 boe/d for the fourth quarter and an average reduction of 88 boe/d for the year.
| Financial and Operational Highlights | ||||||||||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||||||||
| Three months ended December 31 | Year ended December 31 | |||||||||||
| 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012 | |||||||||
| Financial (000’s except share amounts) | ||||||||||||
| Oil and natural gas sales (1) | $ | 10,094 | $ | 9,720 | $ | 45,295 | $ | 37,405 | ||||
| Funds flow from operations (2) | $ | 27 | $ | 2,003 | $ | 10,556 | $ | 9,238 | ||||
| Per share – basic and diluted | $ | 0.00 | $ | 0.04 | $ | 0.19 | $ | 0.18 | ||||
| Per BOE | $ | 0.14 | $ | 9.72 | $ | 13.17 | $ | 11.06 | ||||
| Funds flow from operations – excluding transaction costs (2) | $ | 1,638 | $ | 2,003 | $ | 12,392 | $ | 9,689 | ||||
| Per BOE excluding transaction costs | $ | 8.42 | $ | 9.72 | $ | 15.46 | $ | 11.60 | ||||
| Net loss | $ | (6,246) | $ | (2,911) | $ | (9,873) | $ | (10,529) | ||||
| Per share – basic and diluted | $ | (0.11) | $ | (0.05) | $ | (0.18) | $ | (0.21) | ||||
| Capital expenditures | $ | 14,637 | $ | 14,522 | $ | 33,255 | $ | 45,131 | ||||
| Asset acquisitions including non-cash consideration | $ | 34,791 | $ | – | $ | 34,791 | $ | 2,314 | ||||
| Corporate acquisitions including non-cash consideration | $ | – | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 19,885 | ||||
| Dispositions | $ | (601) | $ | (21,001) | $ | (3,749) | $ | (21,001) | ||||
| Net wells drilled | 6.0 | 7.0 | 11.6 | 17.9 | ||||||||
| Net debt (3) | $ | (73,124) | $ | (43,852) | ||||||||
| Total Assets | $ | 237,961 | $ | 162,645 | ||||||||
| Weighted average basic and diluted shares outstanding | 58,171,161 | 52,953,993 | 55,542,490 | 50,565,982 | ||||||||
| Operational | ||||||||||||
| Daily sales volumes | ||||||||||||
| Oil (bbls per day) | 709 | 651 | 773 | 667 | ||||||||
| Heavy Oil (bbls per day) | 518 | 510 | 516 | 369 | ||||||||
| NGL’s (bbls per day) | 87 | 96 | 80 | 158 | ||||||||
| Gas (mcf per day) | 4,799 | 5,897 | 4,960 | 6,534 | ||||||||
| Total (boe per day) | 2,114 | 2,240 | 2,196 | 2,283 | ||||||||
| % Oil and NGL’s | 62% | 56% | 62% | 52% | ||||||||
| Average realized prices | ||||||||||||
| Oil ($/bbl) | $ | 78.48 | $ | 78.45 | $ | 86.77 | $ | 82.09 | ||||
| Heavy Oil ($/bbl) | $ | 59.49 | $ | 57.29 | $ | 66.59 | $ | 58.98 | ||||
| NGL’s ($/bbl) | $ | 56.89 | $ | 50.83 | $ | 60.53 | $ | 57.06 | ||||
| Gas ($/mcf) | $ | 3.82 | $ | 3.51 | $ | 3.42 | $ | 2.51 | ||||
| Netbacks | ||||||||||||
| Combined ($/boe) | $ | 51.90 | $ | 47.17 | $ | 56.51 | $ | 44.77 | ||||
| Royalties ($/boe) | $ | 7.55 | $ | 4.65 | $ | 6.05 | $ | 4.63 | ||||
| Opex and transportation ($/boe) | $ | 23.43 | $ | 24.37 | $ | 22.55 | $ | 19.50 | ||||
| Field operating netbacks | $ | 20.92 | $ | 18.15 | $ | 27.91 | $ | 20.64 | ||||
| (1) | Before royalties. |
| (2) | Transaction costs relate to the acquisition of oil and natural gas properties on December 31, 2013. The operational results disclosed herein do not include any operational results from those properties. |
| (3) | Net debt is calculated as currents assets less current liabilities, excluding commodity contracts and flow-through share premiums. |
OUTLOOK
Marquee continued to evaluate optimum drilling and completion programs and delineate reservoir development in the Michichi area during 2013 and early 2014. Three dimensional (“3D”) seismic has proven to be an important tool in predicting areas of enhanced Banff reservoir and porosity development; Marquee now has a database of more than 270 square miles of 3D seismic at Michichi. Based on this experience the Company’s knowledge base has evolved and is reflected in recent drilling results. The last 4 wells drilled by Marquee at Michichi in late 2013 and so far in 2014 have all been completed and tied-in.
The 2014 capital budget is designed to focus on oil opportunities in Marquee’s two core areas, Michichi and Lloydminster, and is intended to be fully funded using cash flow from operations, proceeds from dispositions and its available credit facility. Marquee anticipates drilling approximately 12 Michichi horizontal wells and six Lloydminster vertical wells in 2014. The Company has drilled 3 Michichi horizontal wells and 2 Lloydminster wells in 2014 and expects to report stabilized production from all 5 wells early in the second quarter of 2014.
Marquee will also devote a portion of the 2014 Capital Budget to infrastructure improvements at Michichi which will impact area operating costs. The Company is currently completing the second phase of modifications to its gas gathering system which will connect all Sonde wells into the Marquee gas gathering system and gas plant. Operating cost reductions and production efficiency improvements are expected. Capital will be directed to improvement of the Drumheller oil battery and terminal to allow processing of Marquee’s Michichi oil production resulting in reduced operating and transportation costs.
The Company recognizes the optimization potential of existing production and wellbores acquired from Sonde and Paramount. Reviews are underway to identify workover and recompletion candidates for the second half of 2014. Marquee is currently conducting a review of the waterflood potential of its 100% owned Ellerslie oil pool at Drumheller. Estimated original oil reserves in place for this pool are more than 40 million barrels with a recovery factor to date of only 7%.
ABOUT MARQUEE
Marquee Energy Ltd. is a publicly traded Calgary-based growth oriented junior oil and natural gas company currently focused on high rate of return oil development and production. Marquee is committed to growing the company through exploitation of existing opportunities and continued consolidation within its core area at Michichi. An updated presentation and additional information about Marquee may be found on its website www.marquee-energy.com and in its continuous disclosure documents filed with Canadian securities regulators on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) at www.sedar.com
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NON-GAAP MEASUREMENTS
This press release contains certain measures, including “funds from operations”, “funds flow from operations” and “field operating netbacks” that do not have standardized meaning as prescribed by IFRS and, therefore, are considered non-GAAP measures. Readers are cautioned that this press release should be read in conjunction with Marquee’s disclosure under “Non-GAAP Measures” included at the end of the MD&A at www.sedar.com.
Information Regarding Disclosures on Oil and Gas reserves and Operational Information
Estimates of future net revenues presented do not represent the fair market value of the reserves. There is no assurance that the forecast prices and cost assumptions will be attained and variances could be material. The recovery and reserves estimates of Marquee’s crude oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas reserves provided herein are estimates only and there is no guarantee that the estimated reserves will be recovered. Actual crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids reserves may be greater than or less than the estimates provided herein.
The aggregate of the exploration and development costs incurred during the most recent financial year and the change during that year in estimated future development costs generally will not reflect total finding and development costs related to reserves additions for that year.
Forward looking Statements or Information
Certain statements included or incorporated by reference in this news release may constitute forward looking statements under applicable securities legislation. Such forward looking statements or information typically contain statements with words such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “expect”, “plan”, “intend”, “estimate”, “propose”, or similar words suggesting future outcomes or statements regarding an outlook. Forward looking statements or information in this news release may include, but are not limited to:
Such forward-looking statements or information are based on a number of assumptions all or any of which may prove to be incorrect. In addition to any other assumptions identified in this document, assumptions have been made regarding, among other things:
Forward-looking information is based on current expectations, estimates and projections that involve a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by the Company and described in the forward-looking information. The material risk factors affecting the Company and its business are contained in Marquee’s Annual Information Form which is available under Marquee’s issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
The forward-looking information contained in this press release is made as of the date hereof and the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required by applicable securities laws. The forward looking information contained in this press release is expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.
Additional Advisories
Boes are presented on the basis of one Boe for six Mcf of natural gas. Disclosure provided herein in respect of Boe may be misleading, particularly if used in isolation. A Boe conversion ratio of 6 Mcf:1 bbl is based on an energy equivalency conversion method primarily applicable at the burner tip and does not represent a value equivalency at the wellhead. Given that the value ratio based on the current price of crude oil as compared to natural gas is significantly different from the energy equivalency of 6:1, utilizing a conversion on a 6:1 basis may be misleading as an indication of value.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
SOURCE Marquee Energy Ltd.
Richard Thompson
President & Chief Executive Officer
(403) 817-5561
RThompson@marquee-energy.com
Roy Evans
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
(403) 817-5568
REvans@marquee-energy.com
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