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Premier Oil

May 2018

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  • Epic Code:
  • PMO
  • Price:
  • 70.5p
Having spiked to 103p the shares re-traced with the culprit being results showing a larger than expected loss of US$254m relating mainly to a US$252m non-cash impairment on its Solan field, where production was lower than expected due to poor reservoir performance. There was also a gain of US$129m from the Wytch Farm disposal. Finance charges of US$329m (7.3% cost of US$3bn bank funds drawn plus US$86m fees) further weigh, but Premier still generated US$71m free cash flow, reducing net debt to US$2.7bn.Premier’s proven and probable reserves fell 15% to 302m barrels due to Solan (minus 12.4m barrels) and Wych Farm (minus 11.7m barrels), but Premier has a strong chance to make it back and more as its Mexican discovery, Zama, tr ...

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