· All operations were conducted without any harm to people or the environment
· EBITDA of £6.943m for the six month period
· Booster compressor successfully installed
Angus Energy is pleased to announce its interim accounts for the six months ended 31 March 2025 as set out below. A copy of the Interims is available on the Company's website www.angusenergy.co.uk
Chairman's Statement
Dear Shareholders,
I am pleased to share with you the interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2025. First, following his resignation, tendered after the period end, the Board would like to thank Richard Herbert for his dedication and hard work in taking the Company through what has been a transformative time in its development.
Despite delays to the installation of the Booster, the Company reported strong EBITDA for the period. The Board remains committed to unlocking the significant potential embedded in our asset base and corporate platform. Our goal is to position the Company to better weather near-term volatility while laying the foundation for sustainable long-term growth.
All operations were conducted without any harm to people or the environment. We have also taken proactive steps to pursue both organic and inorganic growth opportunities. On the organic front, our technical teams have identified a number of near-field development and optimization targets within our existing portfolio that is needed to enhance production and cash flow. Concurrently, our M&A team remains active in evaluating potential transactions that are value-accretive, strategically aligned, and capable of accelerating our transformation.
In line with these efforts, the Company is currently assessing a potential reverse takeover (RTO) transaction. As a result, trading in our shares has been temporarily suspended in accordance with regulatory requirements. We are also engaged in active discussions with Trafigura on the restructuring of our existing debt facility. While we understand this may cause uncertainty for shareholders in the short term, we believe the RTO under consideration, along with other M&A opportunities currently under consideration, could significantly strengthen and expand our operational footprint by increasing reserves production and cashflow, and create a path toward growth and renewed shareholder value. At present, discussions pertaining to the RTO are at an early stage. The Company has signed a non-binding agreement which is subject to completion of due diligence, financing and other material considerations and there is no certainty that it will be completed.
We are mindful of the responsibility we owe to our shareholders and stakeholders, and I want to assure you that every effort is being made to steer Angus through this period of transition. The Board remains confident that, with discipline and strategic focus, we can emerge stronger and better positioned to take advantage of the opportunities ahead.
Net revenue from oil and gas production during the period was £11.302m on gross production of 17,361 bbls of gas condensate, 3,695 bbls of crude oil and 10.443 mm therms of natural gas as against hedged volumes of 7.5 mm therms for the period. This was the result of production from the Saltfleetby Gas Field and the Brockham Oil Field. Average sales prices achieved during the period were £35.18/bbls for gas condensate, £57.58/bbls for crude oil and £1.00/therm for natural gas.
The Group recorded a profit of £0.756m, which included an operating profit of £3.367m. EBITDA for the period was £6.943m. The derivative profit is based on future production and calculated using forward gas prices as at 31 March 2025. The derivative will be realised to a profit or loss when the payments under the derivative instruments become due.
Operational Highlights
Saltfleetby (100% Working Interest)
Gas volumes produced and sold from the Saltfleetby Field equalled 10.443 mm therms in aggregate for the period as against hedged volumes of 7.5 mm therms for the period. Operational efficiency was 90% for the period. Gas condensate (liquid) production was 17,361 bbls for the period.
The new booster compressor at the Saltfleetby Gas Field commenced operation on 11 April 2025. The compressor operates at a lower suction pressure than the two existing compressors at the field, allowing more pressure drawdown of the wells and helping to alleviate the impact of liquid loading in the wells, which has been increasingly impacting gas flow rates in the last three months. The introduction of the booster compressor has resulted in a circa 15% increase in production compared with the average production forecasts without the booster operational.
Angus has been conducting well tests to determine the optimum configuration of the plant and wells to increase production. Well tests identified a number of in-wellbore production enhancement opportunities which are being progressed to FID ("Final Investment Decision"). These opportunities, targeted for Q3 2025, include coil tubing workovers which are necessary to enhance production.
Future Drilling
Building on the seismic reprocessing and remapping work completed in 2023, a geocellular, dynamic reservoir model has been constructed across the Westphalian Sandstone and underlying Namurian reservoir at the Saltfleetby Gas Field. The reservoir model gives us a greater understanding of the reservoir properties and fluid flow within the reservoir and in turn has then been used to identify several infill drilling opportunities. Additionally, this reservoir model will be fundamental in the progression of the long-term plan for the Satlfleetby field as a future storage facility for CO2, Natural Gas or Hydrogen at the end of gas production.
Angus is evaluating the drilling of a new well which has received full regulatory approval, adding a fourth producer to the field to accelerate production and increase shareholder value. The well is in the preliminary design phase with a target drilling date of Q1 2026, subject to funding and pending delivery time for long lead items. The target drill date would allow for 2 and up to 6 mmcf/d of incremental field production in Q2 2026.
Brockham (80% Working Interest)
Gross oil volumes sold from the Brockham Field equalled 3,695 barrels in aggregate for the period, an average of 24 bopd. The Company has continued optimization of oil production through improvements in operational efficiency and the field is currently producing at circa 40 bopd gross. Production will continue to be monitored, and an assessment is being undertaken to determine if BRX4Z, a suspended offset well, can be commercially brought into production to increase recovery from the Portland reservoir.
Balcombe (25% Working Interest)
Following the initial 7-day well test in the Autumn of 2018, a planning application was submitted in late 2019 for a longer 3-year well test on the Balcombe-2Z well. The aim of the planned operation is to recover remaining drilling fluids from the wellbore and conduct a long-term extended well test to indicate to what degree the well and field can produce hydrocarbons at a commercial rate. The Planning Inspectorate's decision in October 2023 to grant the Company the right to test the existing well, was appealed by a residents' organization and heard in court on the 26th and 27th of January 2025. The decision of the High Court was made public on 16 April 2025 and ruled in favour of the Company. The Company is now evaluating options for the extended well test.
Lidsey (80% Working Interest)
Due to the high cost of water disposal, Lidsey has remained shut in, however, as previously stated, a planning application has been submitted to allow for transportation of produced water off-site to the Brockham oil field for voidage replacement and pressure maintenance. This application has now been approved, and we are awaiting imminent formal validation. Once received, the Company will progress to test the integrity of the well in readiness for future production, confirm the operability of the currently installed artificial lift, and establish the re-instatement production potential of the X2 well. This is low-cost operation, and if successful, it will allow for the reinstatement of the site with produced water trucked to Brockham for injection.
Financial Highlights
On 19 March 2025, the Company issued 427,893,123 Ordinary Shares at 0.02 pence per share to Forum Energy Services Limited in relation to a £1,000,000 Deferred Consideration based on a conversion notice received on 22 February 2025. The Company also issued a further 137,145,481 in relation to accrued interest on the Deferred Consideration up to 31 December 2024.
Under existing arrangements and calculation methods the Company is required to issue 368,376,672 shares (or cash equivalent) in aggregate in settlement of the Q2, Q3 and Q4 2024 and Q1 2025 royalty interest. Angus is currently negotiating the timing of the settlement with the royalty interest holders and will provide an update accordingly.
As announced on 22 February 2024, Angus Energy entered into a Financing Facility with a subsidiary of Trafigura Group PTE Ltd ("Trafigura"). The terms of the Facility are unchanged from those of the term sheet summarised by the Company via RNS on 20 December 2023, being a 5-year loan, with a twelve-month grace period on principal repayment and then approximately even amortisation from March 2025. Production variability during the first quarter of 2025, before the booster compressor was commissioned, has resulted in the first principal repayment of £1.25 million, being deferred as part of ongoing discussions with Trafigura about restructuring the repayment schedule.
As at 31 March 2025 the Group had cash of £0.785m.
On 19 June 2025, the Company announced that Richard Herbert had tendered his resignation as CEO and a director of the Company with immediate effect.
Outlook
The Company looks forward to providing an update on the restructuring of its debt arrangements alongside the stabilisation and optimisation of production as Saltfleetby.
In parallel the Company continues to progress both organic and inorganic growth opportunities and we look forward to updating shareholders as our plans progress.
With kind regards,