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NOVATEK Announces Consolidated IFRS Results for First Quarter 2017

Moscow, 26 April 2017. PAO NOVATEK today released its consolidated interim condensed financial statements as of and for the three months ended 31 March 2017 prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). 

IFRS Financial Highlights
(in millions of Russian roubles)
  1Q 2017 1Q 2016
Oil and gas sales
154,001
138,211
Other revenues
627
1,140
Total revenues
154,628
139,351
Operating expenses
(109,364)
(97,159)
Net gain on disposal of interests in joint ventures
-
73,072
Other operating income (loss), net
274
971
Profit from operations*
45,538
43,163
Normalized EBITDA of subsidiaries*
53,815
50,823
Normalized EBITDA including share in EBITDA of joint ventures*
68,180
62,136
Finance income (expense)
(8,602)
916
Share of profit (loss) of joint ventures, net of income tax
43,626
23,381
Profit before income tax
80,562
140,532
Profit attributable
to shareholders of PAO NOVATEK
71,018
115,917
Normalized profit** attributable to shareholders of PAO NOVATEK
44,345
36,899
Normalized earnings per share 
(in Russian roubles)**
14.70
12.22
*  Before disposals of interests in joint ventures.
** Excluding the effect from the disposal of interests in joint ventures, as well as the effect of foreign exchange gains (losses).
 

In the first quarter 2017, our total revenues increased to RR 154.6 billion, or by 11.0% compared to the first quarter 2016. We also recorded an increase of 9.7% in the Company’s Normalized EBITDA, including our respective share in the EBITDA of joint ventures, which totaled RR 68.2 billion. The growth in our revenues and EBITDA was largely driven by the increase in natural gas sales volumes as well as the increase in liquids sales prices.

Profit attributable to NOVATEK shareholders decreased by 38.7% to RR 71.0 billion (RR 23.54 per share), as compared to RR 115.9 billion (RR 38.40 per share) in the first quarter 2016. The amount of profit was significantly impacted by the foreign exchange effect (including at the joint ventures level), and its dynamics – by the effect of the disposals of interests in joint ventures. Net of these effects, our adjusted profit attributable to NOVATEK shareholders increased by 20.2% to RR 44.3 billion compared with the first quarter 2016.

Production and Purchased Volumes
  1Q 2017 1Q 2016
Total production, million barrels of oil equivalent (boe)
127.7
139.5
Total production, million boe per day
1.42
1.53
Natural gas production including proportionate share in the production of joint ventures, million cubic meters (mmcm)
15,721
17,236
Natural gas production by subsidiaries, mmcm
10,921
12,176
Natural gas purchases from joint ventures, mmcm
5,301
2,749
Other purchases of natural gas, mmcm
1,860
2,011
Total natural gas production by subsidiaries and purchases, mmcm
18,082
16,936
Liquids production including proportionate share in the production of joint ventures, thousand tons (mt)
2,967
3,208
Liquids production by subsidiaries, mt
1,713
1,855
Liquids purchases from joint ventures, mt
2,343
2,531
Other purchases of liquids, mt
37
31
Total liquids production by subsidiaries and purchases, mt
4,093
4,417
 
Hydrocarbon Sales Volumes
  1Q 2017 1Q 2016
Natural gas, mmcm
18,752
17,775
   including sales to end-users, mmcm
17,329
16,094
Liquids, mt
4,113
4,642
   including:
 
 
   Gas condensate refined products
1,837
1,881
   Crude oil
1,072
1,188
   Liquefied petroleum gas
677
703
   Stable gas condensate
524
868
   Other oil products
3
2

Our natural gas sales volumes totalled 18.8 bcm, representing a 5.5% increase compared with the corresponding period in 2016. Higher natural gas sales volumes were due to the increased demand for natural gas from end-customers resulted, among other factors, from weather conditions. As at the end of the first quarter 2017, the total amount of natural gas recorded as inventory totalled 130 mmcm compared to 429 mmcm as at the end of the first quarter 2016.

Liquid hydrocarbon sales volumes aggregated 4.1 million tons in the first quarter 2017 representing a decrease of 11.4% as compared to the first quarter 2016. The decrease was a result of a decrease in gas condensate production mainly at mature fields of the Company’s subsidiaries and joint ventures. The dynamics of our liquids sales volumes was also negatively impacted by the decrease in liquids inventories by 90 mt in the first quarter 2017 compared to the decrease by 298 mt in the first quarter 2016. As at 31 March 2017, 813 mt of liquid hydrocarbons were in transit or storage and recognized as inventory.

Selected Items of Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
(in millions of Russian roubles
 
 
31 Mar. 2017
31 Dec.  2016
ASSETS
 
 
Non-current assets
853,518
831,5074
Property, plant and equipment
328,332
331,795
Investments in joint ventures
303,692
259,650
Long-term loans and receivables
190,334
209,145
Total current assets
141,543
132,760
Total assets
995,061
963,834
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
 
 
Non-current liabilities
180,159
197,323
Long-term debt
143,720
161,296
Current liabilities
85,253
108,791
Total liabilities
265,412
306,114
Equity attributable to PAO NOVATEK shareholders
718,090
648,350
Non-controlling interest
11,559
9,370
Total equity
729,649
657,720
Total liabilities and equity
995,061
963,834

The full set of consolidated interim condensed IFRS financial statements, the notes thereto and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations are available on the Company’s web site (www.novatek.ru).


PAO NOVATEK is one of the largest independent natural gas producers in Russia, and in 2017, entered the global LNG market by successfully launching the Yamal LNG project. Founded in 1994, the Company is engaged in the exploration, production, processing and marketing of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons. Upstream activities of the Company’s subsidiaries and joint ventures are concentrated mainly in the prolific Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area, which is the world’s largest natural gas producing area and accounts for approximately 80% of Russia’s natural gas production and approximately 15% of the world’s gas production. NOVATEK is a public joint stock company established under the laws of the Russian Federation.