Petoro - a driving force on the Norwegian continental shelf

SDFI and Petoro annual report 2014
Foto: Emile Ashley

Key figures 2014

Net income for the portfolio in 2014 came to NOK 119.7 billion, compared with NOK 132.8 billion the year before. Total operating revenue was NOK 179.8 billion, compared with NOK 194.3 billion in 2013. Cash flow to the government came to NOK 111.1 billion as against NOK 124.8 billion the year before. Total production averaged 1 000 000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d), which was about three per cent lower than the 2013 figure of 1 034 000 boe. Investment was on a par with 2013, and the highest ever for the portfolio.

NGAAP

 

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

Operating revenue (in NOK million) 179 797 194 308 213 885 188 820 159 270
Net income for the year (in NOK million) 119 671 132 817 149 986 133 721 105 379
Investment (in NOK million) 35 742 35 444 26 399 19 053 19 533
Net cash flow (in NOK million) 111 068 124 825 146 930 128 083 103 572

Production – oil and NGL (1 000 b/d)

407

413

430

440

470

Production – dry gas (million scm/d)

94

99

112

92

97

Oil, NGL and dry gas production (1 000 boe/d)

1 000

1 034

1 132

1 016

1 080

Remaining reserves (million boe)

6 145

6 423

6 623

6 759

6 541

Reserve replacement rate (annual percentage)

24

47

67

160

37

Reserves added (million boe)

88

177

278

601

187

Oil price (USD/bbl)

99

110

113

114

79

Oil price (NOK/bbl)

617

647

657

632

482

Gas price (NOK/scm)

2.23

2.31

2.35

2.15

1.76

PRODUCTION

Production
Total production from the SDFI portfolio averaged one million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day, down roughly three per cent from 2013. Output of liquids declined slightly, by 1.5 per cent. A reduction in gas volume reflected a decision to postpone production in order to boost value.

INCOME AND CASH FLOW

Resultat / kontantstrøm
Net income for 20141 was NOK 119.7 billion, down by about 10 per cent from NOK 132.8 billion the year before. This figure was affected by developments in oil and gas prices, and gave a cash flow to the government of NOK 111.1 billion, compared with NOK 124.8 billion in 2013.

OIL AND GAS PRICES

Olje- og gasspris
The price of oil averaged USD 99 per barrel in 2014, compared with USD 110 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 617 per barrel as against NOK 647 in 2013. Gas fetched an average price of NOK 2.23 per scm in 2014, compared with NOK 2.31 the year before.

INVESTMENT

Kostnader
Investment in 2014 totalled NOK 35.7 billion, on a par with the year before and the highest ever figure for the portfolio. Capital spending for 2014 included new developments such as Valemon, Martin Linge, fast-track projects, subsea compression on Åsgard and new compressors on Troll.

REMAINING RESERVES

Gjenværende reserver
The portfolio’s estimated remaining reserves of oil, condensate, NGL and gas totalled 6 145 million boe at 31 December, down by 277 million boe from the year before. Production in 2014 came to 365 million boe.

SAFETY

Sikkerhet
Petoro’s main parameter for monitoring HSE developments in the SDFI portfolio is the serious incident frequency, which measures the number of such events per million working hours. This figure for 2014 was 0.7, an improvement on the year before. The number of personal injuries per million working hours came to 3.8, 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).