EP ACTIVITY UPDATE
Tourmaline exited 2023 with average daily production in excess of 600,000 boepd including over 150,000 bbls/d of average liquids production and has continued at these production levels in January. The Company is operating all 16 drilling rigs as planned in the Q1 2024 EP program and the planned 2024 capital program has minimal associated facility expenditures. Similar to 2023, Tourmaline plans to maximize free cash flow(1) in 2024. The Company will closely monitor exploration and production expenditures(2) and the natural gas pricing environment throughout the year and adjust the EP program accordingly. Tourmaline has 724 mmcfpd of natural gas hedged at an average price of
ADDITIONAL LNG AGREEMENTS
Tourmaline is pleased to announce that it has increased its exposure to JKM by entering into a netback agreement with
Tourmaline has also expanded its international exposure to include a physical netback agreement with
FINANCIAL UPDATE
Tourmaline plans to pay four quarterly special dividends in 2024 in addition to the quarterly base dividend of
(1) | "Free cash flow" is a non-GAAP financial measure defined as cash flow less capital expenditures, excluding acquisitions and dispositions. Free cash flow is prior to dividend payments. See "Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures" in the Company's most recently filed Management's Discussion and Analysis (the "Q3 MD&A"), which information is incorporated by reference into this news release, for further information on the composition of and, where required, reconciliation of this measure. |
(2) | "Exploration and production expenditures" is defined as Capital Expenditures, excluding acquisitions, dispositions, and other corporate expenditures. "Capital Expenditures" is a non-GAAP financial measure. See "Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures" in the Q3 MD&A, which information is incorporated by reference into this news release, for further information on the composition of and, where required, reconciliation of this measure. |
(3) | Net debt is a capital management measure. See "Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures" in the Q3 MD&A, which information is incorporated by reference into this news release, for further information on the composition of and, where required, reconciliation of this measure. |
(4) | "Cash flow" is a non-GAAP financial measure defined as cash flow from operating activities adjusted for the change in non-cash working capital (deficit) and current income taxes. See "Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures" in the Q3 MD&A, which information is incorporated by reference into this news release, for further information on the composition of and, where required, reconciliation of this measure. |
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CURRENCY
All amounts in this news release are stated in Canadian dollars unless otherwise specified.
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
This news release contains forward-looking information and statements (collectively, "forward-looking information") within the meaning of applicable securities laws. The use of any of the words "forecast", "expect", "anticipate", "continue", "estimate", "objective", "ongoing", "on track", "may", "will", "project", "should", "believe", "plans", "intends" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking information. More particularly and without limitation, this news release contains forward-looking information concerning Tourmaline's plans and other aspects of its anticipated future operations, management focus, objectives, strategies, financial, operating and production results, business opportunities and shareholder return plan, including the following: the number of drilling rigs expected to be operated for the Q1 2024 EP program; the expectation that the 2024 capital program will have minimal facility expenditures; plans to maximize free cash flow in 2024 and closely monitor exploration and production expenditures and the natural gas pricing environment throughout the year and adjust the EP program accordingly; plans to pay quarterly special dividends in 2024 and maintain current quarterly base dividend levels; plans to maintain the net debt to cash flow target of between 0.25 and 0.35 times by year-end 2024; plans to commence a process to sell
Although Tourmaline believes that the expectations and assumptions on which such forward-looking information is based are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking information because Tourmaline can give no assurances that it will prove to be correct. Since forward-looking information addresses future events and conditions, by its very nature it involves inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors and risks. These include, but are not limited to: the risks associated with the oil and gas industry in general such as operational risks in development, exploration and production; delays or changes in plans with respect to exploration or development projects or capital expenditures; the uncertainty of estimates and projections relating to reserves, production, revenues, costs and expenses; health, safety and environmental risks; commodity price and exchange rate fluctuations; interest rate fluctuations; marketing and transportation; loss of markets; environmental risks; competition; incorrect assessment of the value of acquisitions; failure to complete or realize the anticipated benefits of acquisitions or dispositions; ability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources; uncertainties associated with counterparty credit risk; failure to obtain required regulatory and other approvals; risks relating to Indigenous land claims and duty to consult; climate change risks; severe weather (including wildfires); inflation; supply chain risks; the impact of wars or other hostilities (including the war in
Additional information on these and other factors that could affect Tourmaline, or its operations or financial results, are included in the Company's most recently filed Management's Discussion and Analysis (See "Forward-Looking Statements" therein), Annual Information Form (See "Risk Factors" and "Forward-Looking Statements" therein) and other reports on file with applicable securities regulatory authorities and may be accessed through the SEDAR+ website (www.sedarplus.ca) or Tourmaline's website (www.tourmalineoil.com).
The forward-looking information contained in this news release is made as of the date hereof and Tourmaline undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless expressly required by applicable securities laws.
BOE EQUIVALENCY
In this news release, production and reserves information may be presented on a "barrel of oil equivalent" or "BOE" basis. BOEs 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. In addition, as the value ratio between natural gas and crude oil based on the current prices of natural gas and crude oil 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.
FINANCIAL OUTLOOKS
Also included in this news release are estimates of Tourmaline's year-end 2024 net debt to cash flow target levels, which are based on, among other things, the various assumptions as to production levels, capital expenditures and other assumptions disclosed in this news release and including Tourmaline's estimated average 2024 production of 600,000 boepd, commodity price assumptions for natural gas (
OIL AND GAS METRICS
This news release contains certain oil and gas metrics which do not have standardized meanings or standard methods of calculation and therefore such measures may not be comparable to similar measures used by other companies and should not be used to make comparisons. Such metrics have been included in this document to provide readers with additional measures to evaluate the Company's performance; however, such measures are not reliable indicators of the Company's future performance and future performance may not compare to the Company's performance in previous periods and therefore such metrics should not be unduly relied upon.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION REGARDING PRODUCT TYPES
This news release includes references to exit 2023 average daily production. The following table is intended to provide supplemental information about the product type composition for the production figure that is provided in this news release:
Light and Medium | Conventional | Natural Gas | Oil Equivalent | |||||||
Company Gross | Company Gross | Company Gross | Company Gross | Company Gross (boe) | ||||||
Exit 2023 Average Daily | 52,500 | 1,495,000 | 1,205,000 | 97,500 | 600,000 |
(1) | For the purposes of this disclosure, condensate has been combined with Light and Medium Crude Oil as the associated revenues and certain costs of condensate are similar to Light and Medium Crude Oil. Accordingly, NGLs in this disclosure exclude condensate. |
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS:
1H | first half |
2H | second half |
AB-NIT | NOVA Inventory Transfer |
bbl | barrel |
bbls/day | barrels per day |
bbl/mmcf | barrels per million cubic feet |
bcf | billion cubic feet |
bcfe | billion cubic feet equivalent |
bpd or bbl/d | barrels per day |
boe | barrel of oil equivalent |
boepd or boe/d | barrel of oil equivalent per day |
bopd or bbl/d | barrel of oil, condensate or liquids per day |
DUC | drilled but uncompleted wells |
Dutch TTF | Dutch Title Transfer Facility, a natural gas pricing location within |
EP | exploration and production |
gj | gigajoule |
gjs/d | gigajoules per day |
JKM | Japan Korea Marker |
LNG | liquefied natural gas |
mbbls | thousand barrels |
mmbbls | million barrels |
mboe | thousand barrels of oil equivalent |
mboepd | thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day |
mcf | thousand cubic feet |
mcfpd or mcf/d | thousand cubic feet per day |
mcfe | thousand cubic feet equivalent |
mmboe | million barrels of oil equivalent |
mmbtu | million British thermal units |
mmbtu/d | million British thermal units per day |
mmcf | million cubic feet |
mmcfpd or mmcf/d | million cubic feet per day |
MPa | megapascal |
mstb | thousand stock tank barrels |
mtpa | million tonnes per year |
natural gas | conventional natural gas and shale gas |
NCIB | normal course issuer bid |
NGL or NGLs | natural gas liquids |
PGE | Pacific Gas & Electric |
tcf | trillion cubic feet |
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