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EnQuest’s asset base and production growth
Contents
Strategic Report
IFC Focus on delivery
01 Highlights
02 EnQuest field optimisation
03 2015 achievements
04 EnQuest’s strategy
05 EnQuest’s business model
06
08 Focused on skills and execution
09 Key performance indicators
10 Kraken
12 Scolty/Crathes
14 Tanjong Baram
16 Chairman’s statement
18 Chief Executive’s report
22 Risks and uncertainties
28 Operating review
28 North Sea operations
36 Malaysian operations
38 Major projects
40 Financial review
46 Corporate responsibility review
Governance
48 Board of Directors
50 Senior management
52 Chairman’s letter
54 Corporate governance statement
58 Audit Committee Report
62 Directors’ Remuneration Report
76 Nomination Committee Report
79 Directors’ Report
Financial Statements
82
83
Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities in
Relation to the Group Financial Statements
Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members
of EnQuest PLC
Group Statement of Comprehensive Income
90
Group Balance Sheet
91
Group Statement of Changes in Equity
92
Group Statement of Cash Flows
93
95
Notes to Group Financial Statements
132 Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities for
the Parent Company Financial Statements
133 Company Balance Sheet
134 Company Statement of Changes in Equity
135 Company Statement of Cash Flows
136 Notes to the Financial Statements
145 Company Information
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EnQuest PLC Annual Report & Accounts 2015
Focus on
delivery
EnQuest is an oil and gas production
and development Company, focused on
turning opportunities into value by targeting
maturing assets and undeveloped oil fields.
Strategic priorities in this low oil price environment
EnQuest is addressing its priorities in this low oil price environment: delivering on execution targets,
streamlining operations and strengthening the balance sheet.
Delivering on execution
Production in 2015 was strong across the portfolio,
averaging 36,567 Boepd. EnQuest ended the year
with production averaging above 50,000 Boepd in both
November and December. The Kraken development
continues on schedule. At the mid-point of EnQuest’s
guidance range for 2016, EnQuest is forecasting a further
26% growth in production.
Read more on pages 04–06, 08–12, 14, 18, 28, 36, 38.
26%
1
increase in
production
in 2016
unit opex in low
1
$20s/bbl
post Kraken
Strengthening the balance sheet
EnQuest is improving its balance
sheet through good performance.
Capital expenditure on the Kraken
development has been cut by c.$425
million since sanction.
Read more on pages 04–06,
09–12, 14, 18, 28, 36, 38.
Streamlining operations
EnQuest has continued to reduce
operating costs. In 2015, these were
reduced to $29.7/bbl and EnQuest
is targeting a further reduction to
$25-27/bbl for 2016. At the mid-point,
this represents a 12% saving compared
to 2015. After Kraken and Scolty/Crathes
are onstream unit opex should be in
the low $20s per barrel.
Read more on pages 04–06,
08–12, 14, 18, 28, 36, 38.
$425m
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Kraken capex
reduction
EnQuest PLC Annual Report & Accounts 2015
Highlights
2015
o Production averaged 36,567 Boepd in
2015, up 31% on 2014 and above
EnQuest’s guidance range. In both
November and December, EnQuest
production averaged over 50,000 Boepd.
This reflected a very good operating
performance in 2015, with continuing
high levels of production efficiency.
o Continued to reduce operating costs,
with full year 2015 unit opex at $29.7/bbl,
compared to $42.1/bbl in 2014.
o Revenue of $906.6 million and EBITDA**
of $464.8 million, reflecting the strong
operational performance.
o Projects: Alma/Galia was brought
onstream on 27 October 2015. The
Kraken project continued on schedule
and overall project savings of c.$300
million were achieved compared to the
original sanctioned level of capital
expenditure.
o Net 2P reserves of 216 MMboe*** as at
start of 2016, down 4 MMboe after 2015
production of 13.3 MMboe, also
reflecting the impact of lower oil price
assumptions and of EnQuest’s 10.5%
additional interest in the Kraken
development, acquired at the start of
2016. Net contingent resources were
146 MMboe at end of 2015.
o Non-cash post-tax tangible oil and gas
asset impairments of $626.2 million, due
to significant reduction in the oil price,
particularly in the near term.
o Net debt at the year end, was
$1,548.0 million, EnQuest was therefore
well within its net debt to EBITDA
covenant of five times, for 2015.
Production (Boepd)
2016 Priorities & Outlook Highlights
o Hedging remains in place for 2016: 10
million barrels are hedged across 2016, at
an average of $68 per barrel.
o Further cost reductions: Unit opex:
EnQuest is now on course to achieve
further reductions in average unit opex,
in the range $25 – 27/bbl overall for 2016
and into the low $20s after the Kraken
development is fully onstream. Total
EnQuest 2016 cash capex has been
reduced again, now at the low end of the
previously announced $700 million to
$750 million, despite including additional
capex associated with the 10.5% increase
in EnQuest’s Kraken working interest.
This is down from an equivalent initial
2016 cash capex budget of c.$950 million.
o EnQuest remains focused on its balance
sheet strength and is also pursuing a
range of further opportunities for debt
reduction, including potential asset sales
and continuing opex and capex cost
reductions. As at 31 December 2015, cash
and undrawn facilities totalled $496.0
million, giving sufficient liquidity to fund
Kraken through first oil at prevailing
prices.
o EnQuest reaffirms its production
guidance for the full year 2016 at an
average of between 44,000 Boepd to
48,000 Boepd.
o Projects: Six Alma/Galia production wells
have now been commissioned and are all
expected to be onstream by early Q2
2016. The Kraken FPSO is on course for
departure from Singapore in 2016, and
the development is continuing on
schedule for first oil in 2017. Since capex
savings of c.$300 million were announced
in 2015, a further c.$125 million reduction
has been made against Kraken’s full cycle
gross capex budget.
2014
2015
+31.1%
EBITDA ($ million)
2014
2015
-20.0%
27,895
36,567
31% production increase in 2015, c.26% in 2016, then further
substantial increases beyond
50,000+
Average net production (Boepd)
581.0
464.8
4,000
44,000
9 %
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36,567
27,895
23,698
22,800
24,200
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Contents
Strategic Report
IFC Focus on delivery
01 Highlights
02 EnQuest field optimisation
03 2015 achievements
04 EnQuest’s strategy
05 EnQuest’s business model
06
EnQuest’s asset base and production
growth
08 Focused on skills and execution
09 Key performance indicators
10 Kraken
12 Scolty/Crathes
14 Tanjong Baram
16 Chairman’s statement
18 Chief Executive’s report
22 Risks and uncertainties
28 Operating review
28 North Sea operations
36 Malaysian operations
38 Major projects
40 Financial review
46 Corporate responsibility review
Governance
48 Board of Directors
50 Senior management
52 Chairman’s letter
54 Corporate governance statement
58 Audit Committee Report
62 Directors’ Remuneration Report
76 Nomination Committee Report
79 Directors’ Report
Financial Statements
82
83
90
Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities
in Relation to the Group Financial
Statements
Independent Auditor’s Report to the
Members of EnQuest PLC
Group Statement of Comprehensive
Income
Group Balance Sheet
91
Group Statement of Changes in Equity
92
Group Statement of Cash Flows
93
95
Notes to Group Financial Statements
132 Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities
for the Parent Company Financial
Statements
133 Company Balance Sheet
134 Company Statement of Changes in
Equity
135 Company Statement of Cash Flows
136 Notes to the Financial Statements
145 Company Information
Reserves (MMboe)
13,613
2014
2015
-1.8%
220
216***
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Post
Kraken
Guidance range for 2016 is an average of between 44,000 Boepd and 48,000 Boepd.
* Compound annual growth rate.
** EBITDA is calculated on a business performance
basis, and is calculated by taking profit/loss from
operations before tax and finance income/(costs)
and adding back depletion, depreciation and
foreign exchange movements.
*** Includes additional 10.5% share of Kraken
acquired on 1 January 2016.
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EnQuest field optimisation
Turning maturing field decline into production growth
and economic field life extension.
In a low oil price environment in
which development of new production is
constrained, EnQuest’s low cost approach
is a competitive advantage. EnQuest is
the right company to turn around the
performance of maturing assets, assets which
had high operating costs and low levels of
production efficiency before EnQuest took
over operatorship. Here are four ‘before’ and
‘after’ examples, showing how EnQuest has
increased production in each case.
In 2010, EnQuest’s work programme for
Thistle included; modern seismic, the
successful reactivation of the old drill rig,
the drilling of new wells, a major power
supply upgrade, the introduction of new
and simplified process controls and safety
systems and integrity work on the platform
topsides. These measures returned Thistle to
production levels it had not achieved since the
1990s. In 2015, six years after EnQuest started
this programme, Thistle was still delivering
very high levels of production efficiency,
in the mid-80s%, on EnQuest’s analysis.
After Thistle, a similar approach was taken
at Heather/Broom. Rig reactivation, drilling
workovers and new wells, a new injection
flowline and significantly increased water
injection, have all materially increased
production levels. Heather/Broom also
achieved production efficiency in the
mid-80s% in 2015.
In 2014, EnQuest acquired interests in both the
Greater Kittiwake Area (‘GKA’) in the North Sea
and the PM8/Seligi Production Sharing
Contract in Malaysia, both of which swiftly
recouped their original investment and which
achieved strong production growth in 2014
and 2015.
At the Greater Kittiwake Area hub,
EnQuest’s first priorities were to rejuvenate
the well stock, to raise production efficiency
and to significantly reduce unit operating
costs, from over $100 per barrel at the time
of the acquisition. The Mallard well was
worked over, the Gadwall well was side-
tracked and dissolver treatments were
implemented, all of which has driven
production from 2,000 Boepd levels around
the time EnQuest took over operatorship, to
between 14,000 Boepd and 16,000 Boepd
for much of the last quarter of 2015.
Production efficiency was taken from very
low levels to around 80% in 2015, with unit
operating costs substantially down, to below
$30/bbl.
At PM8/Seligi in Malaysia, EnQuest assumed
operatorship in October 2014 and through
an early programme focusing on facility
integrity, gas compressor reliability and idle
well restoration, quickly increased
production from 12,400 Boepd to 15,100
Boepd. This has been achieved before any
new drilling has taken place. Production
efficiency has also been enhanced, from
82%, to over 90% in 2015.
Production increases delivered by EnQuest operatorship (Boepd)
PM8/Seligi
Gross production
Greater Kittiwake Area
Gross production
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15,000
10,000
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12,000
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2014
2015
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After EnQuest operatorship
Before EnQuest operatorship
After EnQuest operatorship
Thistle
Gross production
Heather
Net production
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
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2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Base
New EnQuest wells
Base
New EnQuest wells
Strategic ReportEnQuest PLC Annual Report & Accounts 2015 c.$425m
reduction in the cost of the Kraken development
over 70% reduction
unit opex rates at GKA have been reduced
by more than 70%
Scolty/Crathes
development sanctioned
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2015 Achievements
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
o Oil price hedging was put in
place for 2016. 10 million
barrels are hedged in 2016,
at an average of $68/bbl
o The Alma/Galia FPSO vessel
left the yard in Newcastle and
successfully completed
marine performance trials
o In the lower oil price
environment, the covenants
on EnQuest’s credit facility
were relaxed, providing
greater flexibility for the
capital investment
programme
o Drilling operations on the
first well in the new
development of the Ythan
field continued through
Q1 2015
o The Heather H48 sidetrack
was completed as was the
H66 production well
o Development of the Tanjong
Baram field was underway in
Malaysia
o EnQuest confirmed that the
Kraken development was
continuing on schedule and
on budget
o Drilling recommenced at
Thistle in April 2015.
Completion operations are
ongoing on the first well,
‘A61’, which exceeded
pre-drill expectations
o Drilling operations on the
Ythan production well
completed in April
o Replacement of the Broom
water injection flowline was
completed
o The final EnQuest Producer
anchor chain was successfully
installed
o Installation of the mooring
system for the Kraken FPSO
commenced
o The new Ythan production
well was completed, tied in
and brought online at levels
ahead of expectations
o First production from the
Tanjong Baram field was
delivered
o Covenants on EnQuest’s retail
bond were reset, similarly to
those on the credit facility
o Batch drilling of the top-holes
at the first Kraken drill centre
was completed
o Additional Thistle production
well, A62/53, was placed on
production
o Two additional production
wells were added to the
Thistle/Deveron work
programme, one to be drilled
on Deveron and a crestal well
in the Western Fault Block
o The redundant Gadwall
production well was
successfully sidetracked and
was brought onstream on
schedule with encouraging
results, peaking at over
19,000 Boepd
o A successful chemical
treatment was undertaken on
Goosander, raising
production levels substantially
from GKA
o The ongoing programme of
well intervention and
rectification on PM8/Seligi in
Malaysia was proving
successful, resulting in good
production improvements
o The Scolty/Crathes
development field
development plan was
approved by the Oil & Gas
Authority – the only offshore
pure oil field approval in 2015
and sanctioned by the
partners. EnQuest is the
operator
o In Q4 a 10% reduction was
achieved off the Kraken full
project gross capex,
approximately $300 million. A
further c.$125 million was
secured in Q1 2016
o First oil was achieved
from Alma/Galia. Initial spot
production rates of 14,000
Boepd were achieved. The
EnQuest Producer was
performing well. The
EnQuest Producer’s first
cargo of oil was lifted from
the vessel in December
o The GKA hub reduced unit
opex, which had been over
$100/bbl at the time of the
acquisition, to below $30/bbl
o The Kraken submerged
turret/buoy was transported
to the field and successfully
installed. The first drill centre
was fully connected to the
turret/buoy. The drilling
programme was ahead of
schedule
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EnQuest’s strategy
EnQuest intends to deliver sustainable growth by focusing on
exploiting its existing reserves, commercialising and developing
discoveries, converting contingent resources into reserves and
pursuing selective acquisitions.
EnQuest’s current
strategic priorities
In this low oil price environment, EnQuest’s
priorities are to deliver on execution
targets, to streamline operations and to
strengthen the balance sheet.
Turning opportunities into value
by targeting maturing assets
and undeveloped oil fields
In-house, EnQuest has the full spectrum
of integrated technical capabilities needed
to successfully deliver new oil field
developments and to optimise assets which
are already in production; these capabilities
include subsurface, facilities planning and
drilling. In 2015, EnQuest again delivered
production efficiency levels which we
believe rank it as one of the best operators
in the UK North Sea. EnQuest is now
replicating these performance levels in
Malaysia, where EnQuest has already had
considerable success with its programme
to revitalise previously idle wells. EnQuest
believes that these technical skills, its
operational scale, its financial resilience and
high levels of operating and cost efficiency,
all leave it well positioned to deliver its long
term sustainable growth strategy.
EnQuest is a company of substantial
operational size. EnQuest has always
been focused on controlling its cost base.
Testament to which is the fact that in its
first years, prior to current low oil prices,
EnQuest was able to keep its unit operating
costs broadly flat, while average costs in the
UK North Sea doubled. Since the oil price
decline which started around the middle of
2014, EnQuest has made further significant
cuts to its cost base and continues to work
with the supply chain and contractors to
achieve additional savings. Despite having
extensive operations in the relatively high
cost operating environment of the northern
North Sea, EnQuest is on track to reduce
its operating costs from the mid-$40s per
barrel in 2014, to the low $20s per barrel,
targeting $25-$27/bbl in 2016, then
reducing again when the low unit opex
Kraken and Scolty/Crathes developments
come onstream. EnQuest’s production
efficiency and cost control skills are essential
in the current macro environment. EnQuest
is managing its business in a manner which
will allow it to withstand a prolonged period
of low oil prices.
Exploiting our existing
reserves
Dons, Thistle/Deveron,
Heather/Broom, GKA, PM8/Seligi
In 2015, despite the positive impact of
an additional 10.5% interest in Kraken
(effective from 1 January 2016) and a
reserve increase from revisions to
estimates at PM8/Seligi, EnQuest’s
production of 13MMboe, combined
with the negative impact of lower future
oil price assumptions, led to a net
reduction of 4MMboe in EnQuest’s
net 2P reserves.
Read more on pages 18, 35.
Commercialising and
developing discoveries
Scolty/Crathes
The sanction of the Scolty/Crathes
development in 2015, built on the 2014
development planning, which had
allowed Scolty/Crathes to be promoted
to 2P reserves that year.
Read more on pages 12, 20, 32.
Converting contingent
resources into reserves
In 2014 as a result of development
planning, contingent resources were
promoted to reserves in relation to
Scolty/Crathes and Ythan. In the context
of EnQuest’s prevailing strategic
priorities, whilst the Scolty/Crathes
proposals were confirmed, no new
projects received such development
planning approvals in 2015 and
consequently there were no additional
promotions to reserves.
Read more on pages 12, 20, 30, 32.
Making selective acquisitions
and divestments
Egypt, Tunisia, Norway, Malaysia
In the context of low oil prices and,
as part of its investment prioritisation
programme, in 2015 EnQuest disposed
interests in Norway, Egypt and Tunisia
and sold its exploration assets in
Malaysia. It also relinquished interests
in a number of licences in the UK.
No decrease to reserves was required as
a result of these disposals. In Q1 2016,
EnQuest acquired an additional 10.5%
working interest in Kraken.
Read more on pages 06, 20.
Strategic ReportEnQuest PLC Annual Report & Accounts 2015 EnQuest’s business model
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Realising value through
capability
EnQuest has the right mix of capabilities, which focus on
production and development opportunities in maturing basins.
Through its proven skills, EnQuest
delivers industry leading levels of
production efficiency and of cost control,
creating opportunities for it to add value
to the assets it manages. EnQuest has the
full spectrum of integrated technical
capabilities needed to deliver new oil field
developments successfully; combining
subsurface, facilities planning and drilling.
The low oil price environment has acted as
a catalyst, swiftly driving further forward
and substantially upscaling initiatives which
EnQuest already had in place to streamline
operations. A new lower cost structure is
now being institutionalised, with unit opex
in the $20s per barrel, adapting EnQuest’s
business model for an extended period of
low oil prices.
Focused on hubs
PM8/
Seligi
Kraken
Tanjong
Baram
Field life extensions
o Upgrading existing facilities
o Newer technology, new seismic
o Simplifying processes
o Infill drilling, subsurface skill in identifying
well targets
Assets
o Heather/Broom
o Thistle/Deveron
o Greater Kittiwake
Area
o PM8/Seligi
o Maturing fields
o Access through
majors
Read more on pages 18, 28, 36.
Marginal field solutions
o Agile, innovative and cost efficient
solutions
o Redesigning and upgrading ‘used’ facilities
o Using existing infrastructure; tie-backs
Assets
o The Don fields,
including Ythan
o Alma/Galia
o Tanjong Baram
o Dormant fields
o Access through
majors and
licensing rounds
Read more on pages 14, 18, 28.
New developments
o Deploying technical and financial
capacity
o Integrated teams commercialising
and developing discoveries
o Low risk, low cost, near field
development and appraisal
Assets
o Kraken
o Scolty/Crathes
o Access through
smaller companies
o Ex majors
Read more on pages 10, 12, 18, 28, 38.
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EnQuest’s asset base
and production growth
EnQuest’s principal UK assets at the end of 2015 were its interests in the producing operated oil
fields Heather/Broom, Thistle/Deveron, the Dons area, the Greater Kittiwake Area and Alma/Galia,
also in the Kraken and Scolty/Crathes developments. EnQuest also has a non‑operated interest
in the producing Alba oil field. In Malaysia, EnQuest’s operated assets include the PM8/Seligi
Production Sharing Contract and the Tanjong Baram Risk Services Contract.
Investment prioritisation and
asset disposals
In 2015, as part of its programme
of investment prioritisation and asset
disposals, EnQuest ceased to have interests
in Egypt, Tunisia and Norway and also
sold its exploration assets in Malaysia.
In the UK since the start of this low oil price
environment, EnQuest has relinquished or
otherwise disposed of interests in a number
of licences. At the end of 2015, EnQuest
had interests in 30 UK production licences,
covering 42 blocks or part blocks, and was
the operator of 25 of these licences.
In Q1 2016, EnQuest acquired an additional
10.5% working interest in Kraken.
Production highlights
Total EnQuest performance
36,567 Boepd across 2015, up 31% on 2014
o 43,359 Boepd in H2 2015, up 49% on
H1 2015
o Both November and December 2015
averaged over 50,000 Boepd
Greater Kittiwake Area
Up over three times production in 2014
o Achieved over 19,000 gross peak
production following Gadwall sidetrack
Alma/Galia
o Alma/Galia produced 14,000 Boepd
gross on a spot basis in its first few weeks
PM8/Seligi
o Net 8,689 Boepd across 2015, 24% of
total EnQuest production
In 2015, EnQuest’s
new Malaysian
business demonstrated
the exportability of
EnQuest’s model for
expanding the lives
of maturing assets
and optimising
their production.
Production results year 2015
Strong production, up 31% year on year
Net production (Boepd)
9,025 8,930
8,835
7,690
4,643
4,081
3,981
36,567
27,895
8,689
3,4594
1,2811
1,0832
1,214 1,178
3733
The Dons area
Heather/Broom
Kittiwake
Alma/Galia
Alba
PM8/Seligi
Tanjong Baram
Total EnQuest
2015
Thistle/
Deveron
2014
1
2
3
4
Net production since the completion of the acquisition at the start of March 2014, averaged over the twelve months to the end of 2014.
Net production since first oil on 27 October, averaged over the twelve months to the end of 2015.
Net production since the completion of the acquisitions at the end of June 2014, averaged over the twelve months to end of December 2014.
Net production since first production in June, averaged over the twelve months to the end of 2015.
EnQuest is delivering
substantial increases
in production:
Guidance for average production in
2016 is between 44,000 Boepd and
48,000 Boepd
Six Alma/Galia wells have now been
commissioned and are all expected
to be onstream by early Q2 2016
First oil from Scolty/Crathes in 2017,
with net peak oil of c.5,000 Boepd
anticipated
Strategic ReportEnQuest PLC Annual Report & Accounts 2015 North Sea
DONS / CONRIE / YTHAN
THISTLE / DEVERON
HEATHER / BROOM
KRAKEN
7
0
NORWAY
ALBA
AVALON
SCOLTY / CRATHES
SCOTLAND
ABERDEEN
GREATER KITTIWAKE AREA
South East Asia
CAMBODIA
VIETNAM
ALMA / GALIA
Production and developments
Discoveries
Other licences
PM8
SELIGI
MALAYSIA
PM8
PM8
SELIGI
SELIGI
SK307
BRUNEI
TANJONG
BARAM
SARAWAK
(MALAYSIA)
MALAYSIA
INDONESIA
SINGAPORE
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Focused on skills
and execution
EnQuest’s strong production performance in 2015 was underpinned by high
operational uptimes and excellent levels of production efficiency.
EnQuest the cost efficient operator
EnQuest’s North Sea production efficiency
has again been excellent, despite the
deep and ongoing programme of cost
reductions. In 2014, EnQuest had a top
quartile position in Oil & Gas UK’s rankings,
with an Oil & Gas UK rating of 65%. Peer
data is not yet available for 2015, however in
2015, despite a longer than normal planned
maintenance shutdown period, EnQuest
again delivered a very strong performance,
internally assessed to have been 77%.
Without planned maintenance losses,
EnQuest assessed its 2015 production to
have been at 82%. Production efficiency
directly contributes to cost efficiency.
o Incentivised contract structures: KPI
structures for our service providers
ensures payment is linked to performance
o Enhanced contract and procurement
practices. EnQuest has moved its
procurement team to Dubai to take
advantage of lower global costs
Transportation costs have also reduced;
EnQuest is working with the Sullom Voe
Terminal (‘SVT’) operator to reduce gross
cost levels and agree cost allocation based
on usage. Unit transportation costs have
improved and we expect reductions
to continue.
Since 2014, new cost savings have been
achieved across the business. EnQuest’s
operating cost reduction initiatives have
focused on three key areas:
o Lower unit rates: Examples are scale
treatments, subsea inspection, repairs
and maintenance, logistics, equal time
rotas and reduced contractor rates
General and administration costs for 2015
have achieved the lower end of the previous
targeted range, reflecting further savings
initiatives and reductions in the size of the
direct workforce. The overall EnQuest 2015
2015 drilling programme was below budget,
with very high operating efficiencies across
EnQuest’s operated rigs and significantly
lowered spread rates.
Performance
The strong 2015 production performance
result was achieved whilst ensuring that
safe results, no harm to people and
respect for the environment remained
top priorities. EnQuest has an in-house
focused organisational structure and it
is the operator on most of its assets. By
aligning the interests of its teams and
through its high level of direct control
EnQuest can optimise the efficiency of
its operational performance, using its
focused skill sets to successfully execute
its business plans.
EnQuest’s people
EnQuest is its people. EnQuest is
differentiated by the breadth and
depth of its teams, by their knowledge
and experience in engineering,
subsurface, execution and operations
and by their leadership in innovative
integrated developments.
Focused on in-house skills
and on execution
o Leadership in innovative
developments
o Integrated teams
o Depth in engineering, subsurface,
execution and operations
o Innovative and cost efficient
development solutions
o Proven acquirer of assets
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indicators
EnQuest continues to focus on its strategic priorities in this low oil price environment:
strengthening the balance sheet, delivering on production and execution targets and
streamlining operations.
Production (Boepd)
Cash capex ($ million)
2014
2015
+31.1%
27,895
36,567
2014
2015
1,058.2
751.1
-29.0%
Opex per barrel ($)
EBITDA ($ million)
2014
2015
42.1
29.7
-29.5%
2014
2015
-20.0%
581.0
464.8
Key performance indicators
North Sea Lost Time Incident Frequency (LTIF)
Malaysia LTIF
Net 2P reserves (MMboe)
Business performance data:
Production (Boepd)
Revenue ($ million)
Realised blended average oil price per barrel1 ($)
Opex per barrel (production and transportation costs) ($)
Cash capex on property, plant and equipment oil and gas assets
($ million)
Reported data:
Cash generated from operations ($ million)
Net debt ($ million)
EBITDA ($ million)
2015
2.14
0.00
216
36,567
906.6
72.0
29.7
2014
0.00
N/A
220
27,895
1,009.9
103.9
42.1
751.1
1,058.2
221.7
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464.8
632.2
(967.0)
581.0
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EnQuest continues to focus on its strategic
priorities in this low oil price environment:
strengthening the balance sheet, delivering
on production and execution targets and
streamlining operations. Significant
reductions in both capex and opex have
been achieved, in conjunction with continued
excellent operational performance, enabling
us to produce positive operational cashflows
at current oil prices. At the start of 2016,
EnQuest had $496.0 million of cash and
undrawn facilities, giving sufficient liquidity
to fund Kraken through first oil at prevailing
oil prices.
In 2015, average production of 36,567
Boepd was up 31% year on year, above the
36,000 Boepd upper end of our guidance.
This reflected high levels of operating
efficiency and contributions from Alma/Galia
and a full year contribution from Malaysia,
which is now 25% of total production.
Since EnQuest’s Operations Update
in December 2015, we have taken further
action on costs and are delivering additional
savings, with unit operating costs now
expected to be in the range of $25-27/bbl
for 2016 and into the low $20s per barrel
after Kraken is fully onstream. The Kraken
full project capex had already been reduced
by c.$300 million and EnQuest has since
made a further c.$125 million reduction.
The development itself continues to make
strong progress, in particular the critical
path conversion programme for the Kraken
FPSO vessel is on schedule for its departure
from Singapore for commissioning and hook
up, with production in H1 2017.
EnQuest’s high operating efficiency, great
execution and low cost capabilities are
essential for the challenges of the current
market conditions.
See Chief Executive’s report, Operating
review, Financial review and Notes to the
Group Financial Statements for additional
explanation and analysis.
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the balance sheet
The capital cost of the
project has been reduced by
c.$425 million from the level
of costs agreed at the time
the project was originally
sanctioned.
Kraken constitutes EnQuest’s largest
project to date, and is one of the biggest in
the UKCS in recent years. The development,
in which EnQuest now owns a 70.5% interest,
is expected to deliver first oil in the first half
of 2017.
Kraken has remained on schedule since
sanction in 2013. On an overall project
basis, in 2015 capex was reduced by
approximately $300 million or 10%
compared to sanction estimates.
This accomplishment was due to efficient
execution of key elements, specifically
the ongoing drilling programme, and, more
broadly, a project environment shaped by
robust planning and proactive management.
Close agile collaboration with contractors
and subcontractors and sustained scrutiny
of all development activities, were key
attributes of the project throughout
2015. Since the initial $300 million
reduction, an additional reduction of
$125 million has also been secured.
In terms of critical path progress, the
successful installation of the submerged
turret production buoy in the field marked
an important deliverable in 2015.
With the mooring system for the Floating,
Production and Storage and Offloading
(‘FPSO’) vessel in place, and all subsea
infrastructure established for drill centre one
(‘DC1’), there is now, in effect, connectivity
from the wells that will be drilled on DC1
to the FPSO when it is installed. The
installation of a final riser in 2016 will
complete connectivity for DC2.
A successful 2015 drilling programme,
completed ahead of schedule, is
continuing into 2016. The two full
well penetrations completed in 2015
produced data that correlate well with
the previous subsurface prognosis.
The Singapore based conversion programme
on the FPSO remains on schedule for first
oil in 2017. Engineering work for the vessel
and all modules was completed in 2015, and
the electrical house installed. Construction,
lifting and integration of the power, steam
generation and primary process modules
are scheduled for completion in H1 2016.
Read more on pages 18, 38.
Gross full cycle capital capex costs have
been reduced by
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Streamlining
operations
With unit operating costs
of under $15/bbl in the
initial peak volume years,
Scolty/Crathes further
streamlines EnQuest’s
overall operations.
The Scolty/Crathes development comprises
two wells tied back to the Kittiwake platform
in the Greater Kittiwake Area (‘GKA’).
In addition to its merits as a standalone
project, Scolty/Crathes highlights the
benefits of the hub strategy, extending
as it does the life of the existing GKA
hub to 2025. With unit operating costs
of under $15/bbl in the initial peak
volume years, Scolty/Crathes further
streamlines EnQuest’s overall operations.
Scolty/Crathes was the only pure oil offshore
development approved by the Oil & Gas
Authority in 2015. It is scheduled to yield
first oil in the first half of 2017. EnQuest is
the operator.
Scolty/Crathes fits with EnQuest’s successful
strategy at GKA, where since EnQuest’s
acquisition in 2014, production rates have
increased from approximately 2,500 Boepd
to around 12,500 Boepd at the end of 2015.
GKA operating costs have been reduced
from over $100 per barrel to less than $30.
Scolty/Crathes, in which EnQuest holds
a 50% working interest, is yet another
example of EnQuest’s ability to identify
previously stranded fields which can be
made commercially viable by appropriate
access to nearby infrastructure and by
bringing EnQuest’s efficiency improving
capabilities to bear. These are both
objectives which featured prominently in
Sir Ian Wood’s 2014 Report on Maximising
Economic Recovery in the UKCS.
In 2015, the Scolty/Crathes project team
was successful in reducing the initially
proposed development costs by 40%,
during the Front End Engineering and
Design stage. Following formal approval,
initial work around all key workscopes was
instigated in the closing months of 2015.
During 2016, the focus is upon delivery
by the three main contractor areas; subsea,
drilling and topside modifications. The
topside facilities are being installed in an
unused area of the platform, minimising
disruption to Kittiwake operations.
The development also affords further time
for potential GKA exploration activities in
due course.
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on execution
The swift and successful
execution of the field
development plan.
The Tanjong Baram field in Malaysia reached
first production on schedule in June 2015
after the swift and successful execution of
the field development plan.
Having been awarded a risk service contract
by PETRONAS for the field in the spring of
2014, EnQuest demonstrated its delivery
capabilities by bringing Tanjong Baram into
production within 14 months.
Tanjong Baram takes the form of an
unmanned platform with two producing
wells, tied back to the PETRONAS operated
West Lutong A complex.
EnQuest had carried out detailed design
work in tandem with the contract award
process, in order to deliver a fast-track
project.
Tanjong Baram is located off the Malaysian
state of Sarawak. EnQuest sought to use the
local supply chain wherever possible during
a development which saw the platform
substructure installed in February 2015, the
subsea pipeline network completed in April
and the platform topsides installed in May.
Good working relationships with local
contractors greatly facilitated the project.
Engagement with stakeholders, including
partners PETRONAS and Uzma, regulatory
authorities and contractors, was a priority
throughout the development.
The same approach was beneficially
applied throughout a field shut-in period
following first production, with all parties
working closely and co-operatively together.
Modification work was undertaken to
accommodate the volumes of liquids in
the associated gas. The process was swiftly
and efficiently managed. From initial issue
identification to solution implementation,
Tanjong Baram was back on stream in
two months.
The field was achieving high reliability
performance and production levels of close
to 3,000 Boepd gross towards the end of
2015. As the first asset EnQuest has operated
in Malaysia, the Tanjong Baram project has
demonstrated EnQuest’s operational
credentials and ability to deliver in
this market.
Read more on pages 18, 36.
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Chairman’s statement
“In 2015, EnQuest delivered
an excellent operational
performance, whilst at the
same time significantly
reducing costs given the
low oil price environment.”
Dr James Buckee
Chairman
EnQuest’s performance in a lower oil
price environment
The current period of lower oil prices
started in the second half of 2014, when
EnQuest implemented its oil price hedging
programme and accelerated its programme
of working closely with the supply chain to
reduce operating and capital expenditure. In
2015, the cost base was further substantially
reduced and the oil price hedging was
increased and extended. The investment
programme itself was materially cut back and
reprioritised, with EnQuest deselecting and
exiting a number of countries and assets.
EnQuest in 2015
Our strategic priorities are to grow
production by delivering on operational and
development execution, while reducing the
operating cost base and strengthening the
balance sheet. In 2015, EnQuest delivered
an excellent operational performance, whilst
at the same time significantly reducing cost,
given the low oil price environment. 2015
cash capital investment was 29% down on
2014. In 2016, the focus is on the Kraken
development.
Lower future oil price assumptions reduced
overall reserves and EnQuest started 2016
with a net 2P reserve base of 216 MMboe.
Notwithstanding this decrease, the new
total represents a net 167% increase since
EnQuest’s formation six years ago or an 18%
growth per annum and a current reserve life
of 18 years.
Industry context
Prior to the oil price declines which started
in 2014, the UK oil and gas industry had a
high operating cost structure. The wake-up
call of low oil prices galvanised the industry
to cut costs. Since its inception, operating
efficiency has been central to EnQuest. This
is how, in its first five years, EnQuest was
able to hold unit operating costs broadly
flat, when on average they doubled across
the UK North Sea. In practice, EnQuest
has always been pursuing cost reduction
strategies. The new lower cost base
currently being forced on the oil and
gas industry in the UK needs to represent
a lasting structural change.
EnQuest believes that the need to
protect critical infrastructure is an
important objective in the current climate.
If operators of these infrastructure nodes
are considering cessation of production,
the implications for other connected asset
owners must be considered. Assets need to
be in the hands of the right owners, owners
who are operationally competent and who
have the financial capability to make the
level of investment required to fund not
only current cost efficiency and investment
programmes, but also to fund longer term
growth. Simplification of the UK upstream
tax regime and a programme of reduction
in the headline level of oil and gas tax rates
are essential to create certainty and to drive
the investment needed to ensure optimal
extraction of hydrocarbons, for the decades
potentially still to come in the North Sea.
The Department of Energy & Climate
Change’s (‘DECC’) has an evolving strategy
for ‘Maximising Economic Recovery (‘MER’)
for the UK’, to ensure the North Sea is fully
developed. The Oil & Gas Authority (‘OGA’)
has been established as DECC’s operationally
independent executive agency and as a
regulator. The UK Government has recently
formed a North Sea oil group to provide
support to the industry. EnQuest looks
forward to adding value to these initiatives
through applying its capabilities to optimise
the recovery of oil from the North Sea.
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considerable reductions in previously
planned levels of spending, EnQuest
achieved an excellent operational
performance in 2015. The very strong 31%
year on year production growth represents
a compound annual growth rate of 18%
since EnQuest began. In its first full year,
Malaysia has been established as a material
part of the Group, with a 25% contribution
to total production. The implementation
of EnQuest’s hub strategy at the Greater
Kittiwake Area has already delivered
considerable production and cost
efficiency success and with the sanction
of the adjacent Scolty/Crathes development
is set to continue to do so. The Alma/Galia
field achieved first oil in October 2015,
with the FPSO finally being ready to accept
hydrocarbons. Since its sanction in 2013, the
Kraken development has consistently been
on schedule and in 2015, through rigorous
project management, it secured a c.10%
reduction against its original approved
capital costs, with further progress in 2016.
EnQuest’s funding facilities include a
$1.2 billion committed credit facility, with a
$500 million accordion. In 2015, to provide
greater flexibility for its capital expenditure
programme, EnQuest renegotiated
covenants with its lending banks and these
were relaxed until mid-2017. The covenants
were fully complied with in 2015 and ongoing
continued compliance with its covenants
remains a priority for 2016 and beyond.
The EnQuest Board
In August 2015, EnQuest welcomed Phillip
Holland to the Board, as a new Non-Executive
Director. Phil has extensive international
project management experience in oil and
gas, making him a valuable addition to the
Board. Otherwise the composition of the
Board remained constant during 2015. In
2016, Clare Spottiswoode will be retiring from
the Board and will therefore not be standing
for re-election at our forthcoming Annual
General Meeting. The Board would like to
extend its gratitude to Clare for her valuable
contributions during her tenure with EnQuest.
The Directors assess and evolve EnQuest’s
strategy as appropriate, taking key decisions
on its implementation.
In 2015, the strategic focus was on positioning
the business for an extended period of lower
oil prices, whilst also ensuring it continued to
achieve its operational targets. Delivery of
these ongoing programmes has only been
possible due to the agility and collaboration
of EnQuest’s people. The Board would like
to thank everyone at EnQuest for such an
impressive performance in these
challenging times.
Governance
The Board believes that the manner in
which EnQuest conducts business is
important and is committed to delivering
the highest standard of corporate
governance. Ensuring EnQuest has the right
approach to governance and that the Board
works effectively remain a key focus.
EnQuest is required to comply with the
UK Corporate Governance Code, as revised
in 2014. The Board is pleased to report that
all the principles of the code were complied
with in 2015. EnQuest embraces the spirit
of the code and views corporate governance
as an essential part of its framework,
supporting structure, risk management
and core values.
EnQuest’s Corporate Responsibility is
focused on Health and Safety, People,
Environment, Business Conduct and
Community. EnQuest is committed to
operating responsibly and never knowingly
compromises its health and safety standards
to meet its operational objectives. Our
approach to HSE&A management is built
on our Company values. Through respect for
our people, our contractors, our stakeholders
and the environment, we pursue our principal
aim: safe results, with no harm to people and
respect for the environment.
EnQuest has developed an Environmental
Management System to ensure its activities
are conducted in such a way that EnQuest
minimises and mitigates its impact on the
environment. The system is aligned with
the requirements of the International
Organisation for Standardisation’s
(‘ISO’) environmental management system
standard: ISO 14001:2004. EnQuest works
to minimise its impact on the environment
and report on and measure liquid waste,
accidental spills, atmospheric emissions,
Strong reserves growth in EnQuest’s
first six years
(MMboe)
190
216
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start 2010
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2010 to 2015
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waste management and continual
improvement. Detailed environmental
statements relating to EnQuest’s operations
are available on its website.
Dividend
The Company has not declared or paid any
dividends since incorporation and does not
intend to pay dividends in the near future.
Any future payment of dividends is
expected to depend on the earnings and
financial condition of the Company and on
such other factors as the Board of Directors
of the Company considers appropriate.
Delivering sustainable growth
In 2014, EnQuest started putting in
place its programme to address lower
oil prices. In 2015, EnQuest took that
programme substantially further forward
and has done so again in early 2016.
EnQuest has a more positive long term
view of oil prices than the levels which
have prevailed in the first quarter of 2016.
Nonetheless, EnQuest continues to manage
rigorously on the planning assumption of a
prolonged period of lower oil prices. With
unit opex heading into the low $20s/bbl
post Kraken, EnQuest is continuing to
improve its position to cope with the
current macro climate and beyond.
EnQuest values
Passion
Passion is a value that thrives at
EnQuest, where a creative and
collaborative culture has been
cultivated. Your ideas are valued and
exchanging these ideas is encouraged.
It’s commonplace to share your passion
for resolving everyday challenges and
to continually deliver on projects. It’s
this collective passion that keeps things
exciting and makes me look forward to
the next challenge here.
Haekal Hashim
Geologist, Subsurface
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“EnQuest’s high operating
efficiency, great execution
and low cost capabilities are
essential for the challenges
of current market conditions.”
Amjad Bseisu
Chief Executive
expected from the Kraken development.
With 2016 capex focused on Kraken, net
debt is planned to increase during 2016
ahead of Kraken first oil.
EnQuest produced 13.3 MMboe of oil in
2015, which combined with the impact of
lowered future oil price assumptions and the
inclusion of a 10.5% increase in the Kraken
working interest, resulted in a 2% decrease
in overall net 2P reserves to 216 MMboe at
the start of 2016. EnQuest has increased
net oil reserves by 135 MMboe over the
last six years, and converted the equivalent
of 68% of its original 81 MMboe reserves
into flowing barrels. Notwithstanding the
reductions to the investment programme,
EnQuest remains on course to achieve
annual net production well in excess of
50,000 Boepd, with six operated producing
hubs in the UK and with the PM8/Seligi hub
in Malaysia. Beyond Kraken, PM8/Seligi in
particular has the potential to increase
international production significantly
over the coming years.
EnQuest’s performance, business
model and strategy, in a low oil price
environment
EnQuest is working hard and is performing
well in addressing the challenges of the
low oil price environment. EnQuest is
strengthening its balance sheet, delivering
on production and execution targets and
streamlining operations. EnQuest has a long
standing culture and practice of rigorous cost
discipline, essential in the current market
conditions. EnQuest has actively hedged oil
prices to protect its investment programme;
hedging added $261.2 million to EBITDA in
2015. In addition, in 2016, 10 million barrels
are hedged at an average of $68 per barrel.
Execution in 2015 was marked by first oil from
Alma/Galia, a transformation in performance
from the Greater Kittiwake Area, substantial
further progress on the Kraken development
and a material first full year contribution from
EnQuest’s business in Malaysia.
Production averaged 36,567 Boepd in 2015,
above the upper end of the target range and
up 31% on 2014, with production in H2 in
particular strong across the portfolio.
Production in H2 2015 was up 49% on H1,
with the strong finish to the year including
both November and December averaging
over 50,000 Boepd. The Alma/Galia
development was brought onstream in late
October and the Kraken development was on
schedule overall, with the drilling programme
ahead of schedule. I am pleased to report an
excellent operating performance overall.
Controlling costs and managing operations
in an agile and efficient manner are core
EnQuest competencies. Given the macro
environment, EnQuest has driven even more
operational streamlining initiatives, both in
terms of pace and scale. 2015 unit operating
costs were delivered ahead of target at
$29.7/bbl. With further persistent granular
work on all aspects of the operating cost
base, EnQuest has improved its operating
targets further, and in 2016 is on course
to achieve an average unit opex in the
range $25-27/bbl. This is achieved through
both production increases and ongoing
material cost reductions. Further unit opex
reductions are set to follow, when the
low operational costs of the Kraken and
Scolty/Crathes developments are brought
fully onstream. The resulting unit opex base
will be in the low $20s per barrel, providing
a sustainable lower cost base in a lower oil
price environment.
In December 2015, the capex cost of the
overall Kraken development was reduced by
c.$300 million, and in early 2016 by a further
c.$125 million. The 2015 drilling programme
was delivered below budget, with very high
efficiency levels across our operated rigs
and with significantly lowered supplier rates.
Given the low oil price environment, in H1
2015, EnQuest negotiated a relaxation of
covenants to its revolving credit facility
and in its retail bond until mid-2017. This
continued commitment from the lenders
recognised the cash flow generation of
EnQuest’s business and in particular those
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target unit opex
post Kraken
c.50%
reduction
since 2014
oil price falls
2015
Health, Safety, Environment and
Assurance (‘HSE&A’)
In 2015, EnQuest met its commitment to
deliver safe results.
In its UK operations, the frequency of
Dangerous Occurrences (incidents with the
potential to cause a major accident, such as
hydrocarbon releases, dropped objects and
lifting incidents) reduced by more than 30%
from 2014, with only relatively minor incidents
reported. The Lost-Time Injury (‘LTI’)
Frequency Rate and the Recordable Injury
Frequency Rate both remained low at 2.14
and 4.99 incidents per million man hours
respectively; with the producing North Sea
assets Kittiwake, Northern Producer and
Heather achieving 10 years, 43 months
and 34 months LTI free respectively.
In 2015 EnQuest also had a total of 11
safety and environmental inspections of its
operated assets by UK regulators (Health
and Safety Executive and Department of
Energy & Climate Change) with no reported
enforcement action.
EnQuest values
Empowerment
EnQuest ensures that each employee
feels empowered to deliver on the
projects within their control. This
sense of authority promotes efficiency
and diligence within the organisation.
It also allows EnQuest to be managed
by a more nimble team. In the current
landscape, this ability to readily adapt
to market conditions provides us with
a competitive advantage.
Joanna Siopis
Legal & Commercial Manager –
International
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EBITDA ($ million)
2014
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2014
2015
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2014
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In Malaysia, EnQuest delivered an excellent
occupational health and safety performance,
with no lost time injuries from 1.7 million
man hours worked and only one
recordable incident.
These results are a testament to EnQuest’s
unceasing focus on HSE&A.
North Sea operations
In 2015, EnQuest delivered strong
production of 27,505 Boepd in the UK,
13% up on 2014. This reflects the continuing
strength of field reservoir performance and
continuing high production efficiency from
EnQuest’s existing UK assets and the
inclusion of first production from Alma Galia.
In 2015, EnQuest’s North Sea operations
delivered an impressive operating
performance. First oil from the Ythan
development was achieved five months
earlier than scheduled and produced oil
was sustained at higher than expected rates.
At Thistle, the success of the initial three
well drilling programme resulted in further
activity being added. These wells were
delivered at 25% under budget, with three
of the wells drilled having already achieved
payback within 2015. The transformational
post acquisition performance at the Greater
Kittiwake Area (‘GKA’) has continued, with
2015 reported production of 3,981 Boepd
compared to 1,281 Boepd in 2014. The
sidetracking of the Gadwall well and
resolution of gas-lift issues on Grouse
were highlights of the 2015 programme
of well rejuvenation and improved
production efficiency.
Savings have been achieved across the
business; GKA reduced unit opex from
above $100/bbl, at the time of its acquisition,
to below $30/bbl, partly due to significant
increases in production, but also to cost
reduction. EnQuest is continuing to work with
the supply chain and contractors to achieve
further cost savings and optimisation.
North Sea developments
Alma/Galia
First oil from the Alma/Galia development
was achieved on 27 October 2015, following
final commissioning of all the required
systems. This final commissioning took
longer than anticipated, due mainly to more
work than expected being required on the
cargo systems, as became apparent during
testing, which was only possible when the
vessel was offshore and in situ.
Production was increased in the second
half of November as the Galia well was also
brought onstream, adding to production
from the first two Alma wells. The EnQuest
Producer FPSO vessel performed well in
2015 and the first cargo offload was
completed in December 2015.
Kraken
During 2015, the Kraken project again
progressed well. The development project
proceeded on schedule, and by the end of
the year capex costs for the overall project
had been reduced by c.10%, bringing the
expected gross capex down to c.$2.9 billion.
The fixed pipelines for the first two Kraken
drill centres were installed on the seabed in
H1 2015. Installation of the mooring system
for the FPSO was started. Following
manufacture, the submerged turret/buoy
was transported to the field and successfully
installed. Drill centre one (‘DC1’) was fully
connected to the turret/buoy, at the year
end only one production riser was still to
be connected from the second drill centre.
In H2 2015, following the completion of the
Kraken batch top-hole drilling programme
at DC1, the drilling rig progressed with
the pre-drilling of individual wells into the
reservoir. This element of the project was
ahead of schedule in 2015, contributing
to the reduction in overall project capex.
Reservoir analysis of the two full well
penetrations to the end of 2015
correlated closely with the
previous subsurface prognosis.
The conversion programme for the Kraken
FPSO vessel continued on plan, with the
vessel on track for delivery in 2016.
Scolty/Crathes
The Scolty/Crathes development received
regulatory approval and was sanctioned
by EnQuest in H2 2015. EnQuest is the
operator of the development, with a 50%
working interest. The project benefits from
limited cash capital expenditure until
first oil in 2017 and extends field life for
the GKA field. Including this field life
extension, unit capital costs for the
project are under $20/bbl. Unit
operating cost should be under $15/
bbl in the initial peak volume years.
The fields will be tied back to the Kittiwake
platform, in the Greater Kittiwake Area.
The potential for such a tie back was part
of the rationale for the acquisition of GKA.
Production from the Scolty/Crathes fields is
expected to continue until 2025; this also
extends the life of the GKA hub itself to 2025.
Development well drilling is anticipated by
mid-2016, with first oil from Scolty/Crathes
expected by the first half of 2017.
The cost of the tie back and the work
required on the topsides of the Kittiwake
platform have been agreed on a fixed lump
sum turnkey basis and will become payable
after a first oil determined date.
Malaysia
In 2015, EnQuest’s Malaysian operations
continued to increase in both significance
and importance, representing 25% of
production. PM8/Seligi increased production
from 3,459 Boepd in 2014 (six months of
production averaged over the full year), to
8,689 Boepd in 2015, with well intervention
activities resulting in a gross production
increase of approximately 3,000 Boepd in
Q4 2015. First oil was achieved from Tanjong
Baram in June 2015, the field was then briefly
shutdown for changes requested by the host
platform to accommodate volumes of liquids
in gas. The changes were engineered and
implemented extremely quickly, enabling
rapid restart to production. This type of
performance typifies EnQuest’s agile
operational capability.
Production from PM8/Seligi had already
covered most of the consideration costs of
the acquisition before completion and the
team’s operational performance since then
has been excellent.
Investment prioritisation and asset
disposals
As part of its investment prioritisation
programme, EnQuest disposed of its
Norwegian North Sea interests in 2015.
EnQuest also ceased to have interests in
Egypt and Tunisia and sold its exploration
assets in Malaysia. In the UK, it has
relinquished interests in a number of
licences since the oil price decline. By the
end of 2015, EnQuest had interests in 30 UK
production licences, down from 35 before
oil prices started to decline steeply in
H2 2014.
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EnQuest values
Collaboration
Collaboration, to me, is to work
together towards a common goal,
to ensure we deliver and continually
improve with the approach of ‘one
EnQuest’ standard, in every area
between all EnQuest teams. One of
the reasons I enjoy working for EnQuest
is because through the various roles
I have completed, it has allowed me
to collaborate with many other teams
in the business and ensured we have
delivered our personal and business
goals together.
Craig Shepherd
Heather Alpha Offshore Installation
Manager
Financial performance
In 2015, EnQuest generated EBITDA of
$464.8 million compared with $581.0 million
in 2014, lower as a result of the lower oil
prices, as mitigated by hedging income of
$261.2 million and also by the significant
action taken on costs.
Outlook for the rest of 2016
and beyond
EnQuest is intent on delivering on execution,
with safety as the first priority. EnQuest
remains extremely focused on operational
efficiency and on further reducing both
operating and capital costs.
Cost reduction measures led to EnQuest’s
average unit production and transportation
cost being reduced by $12.4 per barrel, or
by 29.5% over 2014.
EnQuest’s funding facilities include c.$900
million of bonds and a committed credit
facility of $1.2 billion, plus an accordion of
up to a further $500 million. At 31 December
2015, EnQuest had cash and undrawn
facilities totalling $496.0 million.
Exceptional items include non-cash post-tax
impairments of $626.2 million, due to lower
near term oil price assumptions.
2016 year to date
EnQuest has performed well at the start
of 2016. At Alma/Galia, six wells have now
been commissioned and are all expected to
be onstream by early Q2 2016.
With effect from 1 January 2016, EnQuest
acquired an additional 10.5% interest in
the Kraken development, from First Oil plc,
bringing EnQuest’s total interest to 70.5%.
This added approximately $90 million
to EnQuest’s net Kraken capex to
first production.
In addition to the c.$300 million Kraken
capex saving announced in December 2015,
an additional c.$125 million saving in Kraken’s
capex has been made, following optimisation
of the drilling programme. A total of 23 wells
will now be drilled from three drill centres,
instead of 25 wells from four drill centres. The
overall full cycle project costs have now been
reduced by c.$425 million from $3.2 billion at
sanction, a reduction of c.13%.
Total EnQuest production for 2016
continues to be expected to average
between 44,000 Boepd and 48,000 Boepd,
a 26% increase over 2014 at the mid-point of
the range. 2016 hedging remains in place,
with 10 million barrels hedged at an average
of $68 per barrel.
Action is continuing on all cost fronts,
including production operations and
services, fuel costs, logistics, maintenance,
subsea, manpower, and SVT capital
programme reductions. Further recent
progress on these and other operating cost
areas has enabled EnQuest to improve unit
operating targets, to between $25-27/bbl
for 2016. The business continues to target
additional improvements in 2016, seeking
low $20s unit opex from the North Sea
business and mid-teens from Malaysia; the
latter would effectively enable that business
to fund its growth from its own cash flow.
2016 priorities include delivering the
investment programme on time and on
budget. Total EnQuest 2016 cash capex
has been reduced again, now at the low
end of the previous $700 million to $750
million range, despite including additional
capex associated with the 10.5% increase
in EnQuest’s Kraken working interest. The
predominant focus areas are the next phases
of the Kraken development, with the FPSO
being a critical path element. This has been
reduced from an equivalent c.$950 million
original capex budget, including the First
Oil acquisition.
Smaller production and development
companies require high efficiency and
low cost capabilities, in particular in
these market conditions. EnQuest has the
requisite capabilities and with its operating
costs rebased at materially lowered levels,
even modest increases in oil prices would
have a significant positive impact on future
cash flows and growth. However, for the
foreseeable future, EnQuest’s priority is to
continue delivering a business which is
robust in a low oil price environment.
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Risks and uncertainties
Management of risks and
uncertainties
The Board has articulated EnQuest’s
strategy to deliver shareholder value by:
o exploiting its hydrocarbon reserves;
o commercialising and developing
discoveries;
o converting its contingent resources into
reserves; and
o pursuing selective acquisitions and
disposals.
In pursuit of this strategy, EnQuest has
to face and manage a variety of risks.
Accordingly, the Board has established a
Risk Management Framework to enhance
effective risk management within the
following overarching statement of risk
appetite approved by the Board:
o We aim to deliver consistently above
median investment performance
o We will manage the investment portfolio
against agreed key performance
indicators
o We seek to avoid reputational risk by
ensuring that our operational processes
and practices reduce the potential for
error to the extent practicable
o We seek to embed a risk culture within
our organisation corresponding to the
appetite for risk which is articulated for
each of our principal risks
o We seek to manage operational risk by
means of a variety of controls to prevent
or mitigate occurrence
o We set clear tolerances for all material
operational risks to minimise overall
operational losses, with zero tolerance
for criminal conduct
We seek to balance our risk position
between investing in activities that may
drive growth and the continuing need to
remain a stable and viable company with
the capacity to continue to grow as market
opportunities present themselves. The
Board will review the Company’s risk
appetite annually in light of changing market
conditions and the Company’s performance.
The Executive Committee periodically
reviews and updates the Group Risk
Register based on the individual risk
registers of its members. The Group
Risk Register, along with an assurance
mapping exercise and a risk report
(focused on the most critical risks and
emerging and changing risk profiles), is
periodically reviewed by the Board (with
senior management), to ensure that key
issues are being adequately identified
and actively managed. In addition, a
sub-Committee of the Board has been
established (the Risk Committee) to provide
a forum for the Board to review selected
individual risk areas in greater depth.
The Board, upon the advice of the Audit
Committee, has reviewed the Group’s
system of risk management and internal
control for the period from 1 January 2015
to the date of this report, and is satisfied
that they are effective and that the Group
complies in this respect with the Financial
Reporting Council’s ‘Guidance on Risk
Management, Internal Control and Related
Financial and Business Reporting’.
Key business risks
The Group’s principal risks are those which
could prevent the business from executing its
strategy and creating value for shareholders
or lead to a significant loss of reputation.
The Board has carried out a robust
assessment of the principal risks facing
the Company, including those that
would threaten its business model, future
performance, solvency or liquidity. The
Group’s risk management system works
effectively in assessing the Group’s risk
appetite and has supported a robust
assessment by the Directors of the principal
risks facing the Group. Set out below are the
principal risks and the mitigations (together
with an estimate of the potential impact and
likelihood of occurrence after the mitigation
actions and how these have changed in the
past year) and an articulation of the Group’s
risk appetite for each of these principal risks.
Risk
Appetite
Mitigation
Health, safety and environment (‘HSE’)
Oil and gas development, production and
exploration activities are complex and HSE
risks cover many areas including major
accident hazards, personal health and safety,
compliance with regulatory requirements and
potential environmental harm.
Potential impact – Medium
(2014 Medium)
Likelihood – Low (2014 Low)
There has been no material change in
the potential impact or likelihood and
the Group’s overall record on HSE
remains robust.
The Group strives to provide a highly
secure setting for its people and the natural
environment and we endeavour to constantly
improve our safety standards back to where we
have shown we can deliver with zero recordable
or high potential incidents. There is no reason
for anyone associated with our business to
take safety risks other than those normally
associated with oil and gas operations and the
Group has a low appetite for risks to HSE.
The Group maintains, in conjunction with its
core contractors, a comprehensive programme
of health, safety, environmental, asset integrity
and assurance activities and has implemented a
continual improvement programme, promoting
a culture of transparency in relation to HSE
matters. The Group has established a
Corporate HSE Committee which meets
quarterly. HSE performance is discussed at
each Board meeting.
In addition, the Group has a positive,
transparent relationship with the UK Health
and Safety Executive and Department of Energy
& Climate Change.
EnQuest’s HSE&A Policy is now fully integrated
across our operated sites and this has enabled
an increased focus on Health, Safety and the
Environment. There is a strong assurance
programme in place to ensure EnQuest
complies with its Policy and Principles and
regulatory commitments.
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Since production efficiency is core to
our business and the Group seeks to maintain
a high degree of operational control over
production assets in its portfolio, EnQuest has
a very low tolerance for operational risks to its
production (or the support systems that
underpin production).
The efficient delivery of new developments
is a key feature of the Group’s long-term
strategy. While the Group necessarily
assumes significant risk when it sanctions a
new development (for example, by incurring
costs against oil price assumptions), it requires
that risks to efficient implementation of the
project are minimised.
Production
The Group’s production is critical to its
success and is subject to a variety of risks
including subsurface uncertainties, operating
in a mature field environment and potential
for significant unexpected shutdowns and
unplanned expenditure to occur (particularly
where remediation may be dependent on
suitable weather conditions offshore).
Lower than expected reservoir
performance may have a material
impact on the Group’s results.
The Group’s delivery infrastructure in the
UKCS is mostly dependent on the Sullom
Voe Terminal.
Longer-term production is threatened if low
oil prices bring forward decommissioning
timelines.
Potential impact – High (2014 High)
Likelihood – Low (2014 Low)
There has been no material change in the
potential impact or likelihood.
Project execution
The Group’s success will be dependent upon
bringing new developments, such as Alma/
Galia (which was not delivered to schedule or
budget) and Kraken, to production on budget
and on schedule. To be successful, the Group
must ensure that project implementation is
both timely and on budget. Failure to do so
may have a material negative impact on the
Group’s performance.
Potential impact – High (2014 High)
Likelihood – Low (2014 Medium)
The likelihood of occurrence of an event
impacting project execution has decreased
as the Alma/Galia project has come into
production and as the Kraken development
project progresses.
However, in light of the adverse market
conditions impacting EnQuest and the oil
and gas industry, the potential impact of
a significant cost increase or delay to the
Kraken project has increased in light of the
greater materiality to EnQuest which the
project now represents.
The Group’s programme of asset integrity and
assurance activities provides leading indicators
of significant potential issues which may result
in unplanned shutdowns or which may in other
respects have the potential to undermine asset
availability and uptime. The Group continually
assesses the condition of its assets and operates
extensive maintenance and inspection
procedures designed to minimise the risk
of unplanned shutdowns and expenditure.
The Group monitors both leading and lagging
KPIs in relation to its maintenance activities
and liaises closely with its downstream
operators to minimise pipeline and
terminal production impacts.
Production efficiency is continually
monitored and identified and remedial and
improvement opportunities are undertaken
as required. A continual, rigorous cost focus is
also maintained.
Life of asset production profiles are audited by
independent reserves auditors. The Group also
undertakes regular internal reviews. The Group’s
forecasts of production are risked to reflect
appropriate production risks.
The Sullom Voe Terminal has a good
safety record and its safety and operational
performance levels are regularly monitored and
challenged by the Group and other terminal
owners and users to ensure that operational
integrity is maintained. Nevertheless, the Group
actively continues to explore the potential of
alternative transport options and developing
hubs that may provide cost savings.
The Group has project teams which are
responsible for the planning and execution
of new projects with a dedicated team for each
development. The Group has detailed controls,
systems and monitoring processes in place
to ensure that deadlines are met, costs are
controlled and that design concepts and
Field Development Plans are adhered to
and implemented. These are modified when
circumstances require and only through a
controlled management of change process
and with the necessary internal and external
authorisation and communication. The Group
also engages third party assurance experts
to review, challenge and, where appropriate,
make recommendations to improve the
processes for project management, cost
control and governance of major projects.
EnQuest ensures that responsibility for
delivering time-critical supplier obligations and
lead times are fully understood, acknowledged
and proactively managed by the most senior
levels within supplier organisations.
The Kraken development was sanctioned by
DECC and EnQuest’s partners in November
2013. First oil production remains scheduled
for 2017. The development involves the drilling
of 23 new subsea horizontal wells which will be
connected to an FPSO. Prior to sanction,
EnQuest identified and optimised the
development plan using EnQuest’s pre-
investment assurance processes.
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Risks and uncertainties continued
Risk
Appetite
Mitigation
Project execution continued
Reserve replacement
Failure to develop its contingent and
prospective resources or secure new licences
and/or asset acquisitions and realise their
expected value.
Reserves replacement is a key element of
the Group’s success. The Group has some
tolerance for the assumption of risk in relation
to the key activities required to deliver reserves
growth, such as drilling and acquisitions.
Potential impact – High (2014 High)
Likelihood – Medium (2014 Medium)
The likelihood has increased as oil price
volatility continues to limit business
development activity. Low oil prices can
potentially affect development of contingent
and prospective resources and can also affect
reserve certifications.
Financial
Inability to fund financial commitments.
The Group’s revolving credit facility and
retail bond contain certain financial covenants
(each containing covenants based on the
ratio of net indebtedness to EBITDA and
finance charges to EBITDA) and in the case
of the revolving credit facility, a requirement
for liquidity testing. Prolonged low oil prices,
cost increases and production delays or
outages could threaten the Group’s liquidity
and/or ability to comply with relevant
covenants.
Potential impact – High (2014 High)
Likelihood – High (2014 Medium)
Falling oil prices have continued to impact
cash flow adversely. However, it is considered
that the risk is being appropriately mitigated
and remains controlled. Further information is
contained in the going concern and viability
paragraphs on pages 44 and 45 of the
Financial Review.
The Group recognises that significant
leverage has been required to fund its
growth. It is however intent on maintaining
liquidity and complying with its obligations to
finance providers, recognising that reasonable
assumptions relating to external risks need to
be made in transacting with finance providers.
With respect to the Kraken development,
the FPSO is being provided by a third party
on a lease basis to mitigate risk of cost overrun.
As well as FPSO related engineering and
management expertise in the Kraken project
team in Aberdeen, there is also a dedicated
EnQuest team at the FPSO construction yard in
Singapore to ensure quality and mitigate risk of
schedule overrun.
The Group puts a strong emphasis on
subsurface analysis and employs industry
leading professionals. The Group continues
to recruit in a variety of technical positions
which enables it to manage existing assets
and evaluate the acquisition of new assets
and licences.
All analysis is subject to internal and, where
appropriate, external review. All reserves are
currently externally audited by a Competent
Person. In addition, EnQuest has active
business development teams both in the UK
and internationally developing a range of
opportunities and liaising with vendors/
government.
During the year, the Group renegotiated
certain financial covenants under its revolving
credit facility and under its £155 million retail
bond to provide greater flexibility for its capital
investment programme (the net debt/EBITDA
covenant has been increased to five times and
the ratio of financial charges to EBITDA is
reduced to three times, both until mid-2017)
and disposed of its Aberdeen office
developments.
Ongoing compliance with the financial
covenants under all of the Group’s lending
arrangements (including the $650 million
High Yield Bonds) is actively monitored
and reviewed.
Funding from the bonds and revolving credit
facility is supplemented by operating cash
inflow from the Group’s producing assets. The
Group reviews its cash flow requirements on an
ongoing basis to ensure it has adequate
resources for its needs.
The Group is maintaining a focus on costs
through supplier renegotiations, cost-cutting
and rationalisation. Where costs are incurred
by external service providers, e.g. at Sullom
Voe Terminal, the Group actively challenges
operating costs. The Group also maintains a
framework of internal controls.
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Human resources
The Group’s success is dependent upon its
ability to attract and retain key personnel and
develop organisational capability to deliver
strategic growth. Industrial action across the
sector could also impact on the operations of
the Group.
As a low cost, lean organisation, the Group
relies on motivated and high quality
employees to achieve its targets and manage
its risks. The Group recognises
that the benefits of a lean and flexible
organisation require agility to assure against
the risk of skills shortages.
Potential impact – Low (2014 Low)
Likelihood – Medium (2014 Low)
The impact has remained static due to low oil
prices impacting the buoyancy of the
employment market. The likelihood has
increased due to the erosion in value of
long-term share based incentive plans.
Reputation
The reputational and commercial exposures
to a major offshore incident are significant.
The Group has no tolerance for conduct which
may compromise its reputation for integrity
and competence.
Potential impact – High (2014 High)
Likelihood – Low (2014 Low)
There has been no material change in the
potential impact or likelihood.
Oil price
A material decline in oil and gas prices
adversely affects the Group’s operations and
financial condition.
The Group recognises that considerable
exposure to this risk is inherent to its value
proposition.
Potential impact – High (2014 High)
Likelihood – High (2014 High)
The potential impact and likelihood remains
high due to low and volatile oil prices.
The Group has established a competent
employee base to execute its principal
activities. In addition to this, the Group, which
seeks to maintain good relationships with its
employees and contractor companies, regularly
monitors the employment market to provide
remuneration packages, bonus plans and
long-term share-based incentive plans that
incentivise performance and long-term
commitment from our employees to the Group.
EnQuest is undertaking a number of
human resource initiatives. These initiatives
are part of the overall People and Organisation
strategy and have specific themes relating
to Organisation, People, Performance and
Culture. It is a Board-level priority that the
Executive and senior management have the
right mix of skills and experience.
The Group also maintains market-competitive
contracts with key suppliers to support the
execution of work where the necessary skills
do not exist within the Group’s employee base.
The focus on Executive and senior
management retention, succession planning
and development remains an important priority
for the Board and an increasing emphasis will
continue to be placed on this.
Operational activities are conducted in
accordance with approved policies, standards
and procedures. Interface agreements are
agreed with all core contractors.
The Group requires adherence to its Code of
Conduct and runs compliance programmes to
provide assurance on conformity with relevant
legal and ethical requirements.
The Group undertakes regular audit activities
to provide assurance on compliance with
established policies, standards and
procedures.
This risk is being mitigated by a number
of measures including hedging production,
renegotiating supplier contracts and
lending arrangements and reducing
costs and commitments.
The Group monitors oil price sensitivity relative
to its capital commitments and has a policy
which allows hedging of its production. The
Group has hedged significant amounts of its
production in 2016 using puts and calls. This
ensures that the Group will receive a minimum
oil price for its production.
In order to develop its resources, the Group
needs to be able to fund substantial levels of
investment. The Group will therefore regularly
review and implement suitable policies to hedge
against the possible negative funding impacts
of changes in oil prices whilst remaining within
the limits set by its revolving credit facility.
The Group has established an in-house trading
and marketing function to enable it to enhance
its ability to mitigate the exposure to volatility
in oil prices.
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Risks and uncertainties continued
Risk
Appetite
Mitigation
Political and fiscal
Unanticipated changes in the regulatory
or fiscal environment can affect the Group’s
ability to deliver its strategy and potentially
impact revenue and future developments.
The Group faces an uncertain macro-
economic and regulatory environment. Due
to the nature of such risks and their relative
unpredictability, it must be tolerant of certain
inherent exposure.
It is difficult for the Group to predict the timing
or severity of such changes. However, through
Oil & Gas UK and other industry associations
the Group does engage with government and
other appropriate organisations in order to
ensure the Group is kept abreast of expected
potential changes and takes an active role in
making appropriate representations.
All business development or investment
activities recognise potential tax implications
and the Group maintains relevant internal tax
expertise.
At a more operational level, the Group has
procedures to identify impending changes
in relevant regulations to ensure legislative
compliance.
The Group operates regular cash call and
billing arrangements with its co-venturers to
mitigate the Group’s credit exposure at any
one point in time and keeps in regular dialogue
with each of these parties to ensure payment.
Risk of default is mitigated by joint operating
agreements allowing the Group to take over
any defaulting party’s share in an operated
asset and rigorous and continual assessment
of the financial situation of partners.
The Group generally prefers to be the
operator. The Group maintains regular
dialogue with its partners to ensure alignment
of interests and to maximise the value of joint
venture assets.
The Group requires partners of high integrity.
It recognises that it must accept a degree of
exposure to the creditworthiness of partners
and evaluates this aspect carefully as part of
every investment decision.
The Group operates in a mature industry with
well-established competitors and aims to be
the leading operator in the sector; it thus has
a high appetite for this risk.
The Group endeavours to have a resilient
balance sheet, which puts it in a position to be
able to compete effectively and move quickly
when looking to acquire assets.
The Group also has strong technical and
business development capabilities to ensure it
is well positioned to identify and execute
potential acquisition opportunities.
The Group maintains good relations with oil
and gas service providers and constantly keeps
the market under review.
Potential impact – High (2014 High)
Likelihood – Low (2014 Medium)
The likelihood has reduced as it appears
unlikely that the UK government will
unexpectedly burden the industry in
the current low oil price environment.
Joint venture partners
Failure by joint venture parties to fund
their obligations.
Dependence on other parties where the
Group is not the operator.
Potential impact – Medium
(2014 Medium)
Likelihood – Medium (2014 Medium)
There has been no material change in the
potential impact or likelihood.
Competition
The Group operates in a competitive
environment across many areas including
the acquisition of oil and gas assets, the
marketing of oil and gas, the procurement
of oil and gas services and access to
human resources.
Potential impact – Medium
(2014 Medium)
Likelihood – Medium (2014 Medium)
There has been no material change in
the impact or likelihood.
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Although the extent of portfolio concentration
has reduced (as the business has developed),
the majority of the Group’s assets remain
relatively concentrated and therefore this
risk is still intrinsic to the Group.
In light of its long-term growth strategy,
the Group seeks to expand and diversify its
production (geographically and in terms of
quantum); as such it is tolerant of assuming
certain commercial risks which may accompany
the opportunities it pursues. However such
tolerance does not impair the Group’s
commitment to comply with legislative and
regulatory requirements in the jurisdictions
in which it operates.
Portfolio concentration
The Group’s assets are concentrated in the
UK North Sea around a limited number of
infrastructure hubs and existing production
(which is principally only oil) is from mature
fields. This amplifies exposure to key
infrastructure, political/fiscal changes and
oil price movements.
Potential impact – Medium
(2014 Medium)
Likelihood – Medium (2014 Low)
International business
Whilst the majority of the Group’s activities
and assets are in the UK, the international
business is becoming more material. The
Group’s international business is subject to
the same risks as the UK business (e.g. HSE,
production and project execution); however,
there are additional risks that the Group faces
including security of staff and assets,
political, foreign exchange and currency
control, taxation, legal and regulatory,
cultural and language barriers and
corruption.
Potential impact – Medium
(2014 Medium)
Likelihood – Low (2014 Medium)
The likelihood of the overall risk has reduced
due to EnQuest exiting Egypt and Tunisia. In
addition, oil price uncertainty has increased
the potential impact and likelihood of a
slowdown in international growth plans.
This risk is mitigated in part through
acquisitions. For all acquisitions, the Group
uses a number of business development
resources to evaluate and transact acquisitions
in a commercially sensitive matter. This
includes performing extensive due diligence
(using in-house and external personnel) and
actively involving executive management in
reviewing commercial, technical and other
business risks together with mitigation
measures.
The Group also constantly keeps its portfolio
under rigorous review and accordingly, actively
considers the potential for making disposals,
executing development projects (Alma/Galia,
Kraken), making international acquisitions and
expanding hubs.
Prior to entering into a new country, EnQuest
evaluates the host country to assess whether
there is an adequate and established legal
and political framework in place to protect
and safeguard first its expatriate and local staff
and, second, any investment within the country
in question.
When evaluating international business risks,
executive management reviews commercial,
technical and other business risks together with
mitigation and how risks can be managed by
the business on an ongoing basis.
EnQuest looks to employ suitably qualified
host country staff and work with good quality
local advisers to ensure it complies within
national legislation, business practices and
cultural norms whilst at all times ensuring that
staff, contractors and advisers comply with
EnQuest’s business principles, including those
on financial control, cost management, fraud
and corruption.
Where appropriate, the risks may be mitigated
by entering a joint venture with partners with
local knowledge and experience.
After country entry, EnQuest maintains a
dialogue with local and regional government,
particularly with those responsible for oil,
energy and fiscal matters, and may obtain
support from appropriate risk consultancies.
When there is a significant change in the risk
to people or assets within a country, the Group
takes appropriate action to safeguard people
and assets.
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Operating review
North Sea operations
“By acting early and working
proactively with the supply
chain, EnQuest lowered unit
costs significantly.”
Neil McCulloch
President, North Sea
Successfully addressing EnQuest’s
strategic priorities in a low oil
price environment
o Delivering on execution
o Streamlining operations
o Strengthening the balance sheet
through good operations
Overview
As a focused and agile company, EnQuest
commenced work on streamlining operations
well before the oil price started to decline in
Q4 2014. As a result, additional benefits were
realised early in 2015. By acting early and
working proactively with the supply chain,
EnQuest lowered unit costs significantly,
without impacting safety or production
efficiency, for which EnQuest has had a
strong track record since its inception. With
the EnQuest Producer onstream in October
2015, EnQuest delivered full year 2015
production above guidance levels, having
achieved its strongest production
performance yet. As well as maintaining
high levels of Production Efficiency (‘PE’).
EnQuest’s 2015 drilling programme was
upper quartile, measured against the
industry standard ‘Rushmore’ benchmark.
2015 was a busy and successful year
on Thistle, it saw further benefits from
the field life extension programme.
The drilling programme on Heather was
completed in 2015, following which the
drill crew returned to drill on Thistle.
Initially, the Thistle programme was
sanctioned with three activities but
the maturation of subsurface targets,
coupled with high drilling efficiency,
enabled the completion of additional
previously unscheduled activities. The
programme was delivered approximately
25% below budget, benefitting from the
power upgrades completed in the life
extension project, careful engineering
and rigorous performance management
of drilling operations. The Thistle
development programme has been self
funding. The production programme on the
Northern Producer was well ahead of plan,
despite scaling issues on the West Don field
which impacted Q1 production. Heather
also benefitted from the drilling activities
performed in 2014, with an almost doubling
of the field’s production rate. The Heather
team’s focus and perseverance on costs
saw significant progress in 2015. The Ythan
development was delivered well ahead of
schedule. In 2014, EnQuest took the licence,
prepared the Field Development Plan (‘FDP’)
and then had the well hooked up by Q2 2015.
Performance of the Ythan development well
has exceeded expectations.
On unit opex overall, EnQuest set a target
of a 10% reduction for 2015. In the event,
a reduction of over 15% in unit opex was
delivered. In Q4 2015, unit costs in the
North Sea were below $30/bbl and this
comprehensive cost reduction programme
is sustainable. EnQuest anticipates overall
unit opex in 2016 to be $25-27/bbl and there
will be a further reduction once Kraken is
fully onstream. Unnecessary complexity is
avoided with standardised approaches used
whenever possible. Procurement has been
offshored to Dubai and we continue our
long standing tradition of working closely
with the supply chain, constantly seeking
innovative new ways to optimise cost
efficiencies. EnQuest is incorporating a
structurally lower unit operating cost into
its base whilst maintaining high production
efficiency. This now includes Kittiwake,
the asset which had a running opex of
more than $100/bbl when first taken over
in March 2014 and which now operates at
below $30/bbl.
Capital discipline is also paramount
and, post Alma/Galia, other than Kraken,
EnQuest’s North Sea activities are focused
on a much lower, more limited capex
programme to activities which generate
higher margins and achieve faster paybacks.
Development costs continue to be brought
down; for example, since the early concept
selection work on the Scolty/Crathes project
was completed, a 40% reduction in capex
was achieved along with a low-risk execution
strategy and the majority of facilities’ capex
is payable after first oil related dates.
In 2015, our HSE performance was
very good. The continuous improvement
programme has therefore been revised in
2016 to drive our performance higher. Our
aim is always to achieve safe results and to
have the right targets to help us achieve
incident free operations.
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211/18a
DEVERON
211/19a
THISTLE
Highlights
Working interest at end 2015:
o 99%
Decommissioning liabilities:
o Original liabilities remain with former owner
Fixed steel platform
Daily average net production:
o 2015: 8,930 Boepd
o 2014: 9,025 Boepd
2015
Drilling recommenced at Thistle in 2015, with the A61/34 well
which came onstream in May and which has been performing
well. An additional production well A62/53 has been drilled
and was placed on production in August. An Electric Submersible
Pump (‘ESP’) workover on well A59/45 was completed successfully
in August, with the well reinstated to production. Due to strong
performance of the drilling programme, two wells anticipated in
2016 were brought forward into 2015. Well A64/40 was drilled in
the crest of the Western Fault Block and was brought online in
October. This was followed by completion of the Deveron
A63/07 well with a dual ESP, which was brought online in
November and the workover of the Deveron A58 well
to upgrade the ESP. Excellent drilling performance has
delivered considerable savings against budgeted costs.
2016 and beyond
This latest programme of Thistle drilling activities was brought
to a close in January 2016. One of the power generation turbines
has been overhauled in Q1 2016; maintenance, integrity and life
extension projects will continue in the rest of 2016, including a
routine planned two week shutdown in Q3.
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North Sea operations: The Don fields
211/13b
211/18a
211/18a
WEST
DON
CONRIE
211/18c
211/18e
211/19c
DON
NE
DON
SW
YTHAN
Highlights
Working interest at end 2015:
o Don Southwest, 60%
o Conrie, 60%
o West Don, 63.45%
o Ythan, 60%
Decommissioning liabilities:
o As per working interests
Floating production unit with subsea wells
Daily average net production:
o 2015: 7,690 Boepd
o 2014: 8,835 Boepd
2015
The new Ythan production well was completed in April and tied
in and brought online in late May 2015 and continues to deliver oil
rates above expectations. Production efficiency in the Don fields
was again strong, with high levels of water injection efficiency
also supporting production. 2015 production in the Dons area
was down year on year due partly to the maintenance shutdown
in June and to the operational shut-in of the W4 well in January
and February due to scale build up.
2016 and beyond
The 2016 Dons work programme includes chemical treatment
programmes and routine maintenance throughout the year,
including a planned two week shutdown around the middle
of the year.
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3/1b
2/5a
HEATHER
2/4a
BROOM
Highlights
Working interest at end 2015:
o Heather, 100%
o Broom, 63%
Decommissioning liabilities:
o Heather, 37.5%
o Broom, 63%
Fixed steel platform
Daily average net production:
o 2015: 4,643 Boepd
o 2014: 4,081 Boepd
2015
The Heather H66 production well was brought onstream in March
and has performed well, contributing to the successful outcome of
this phase of the development drilling campaign. The rig crew then
moved to Thistle. Water injection was reinstated to the Broom field
as planned in Q2 2015, following replacement of a flowline. Overall
production in 2015 was ahead of 2014 reflecting the increase in
Heather rate from 2014 drilling, offset by the water injection outage
on Broom and the planned maintenance shutdown in June 2015.
High levels of operational uptime have been achieved. Overall
levels of water injection improved in 2015 and this increased
production rates on both Heather and Broom.
2016 and beyond
There will be no drilling on Heather in 2016. Maintenance and
integrity projects continue as normal, including pigging campaign
this quarter.
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North Sea operations: Greater Kittiwake Area (‘GKA’)
21/6b
AVALON
21/8b
20/15
21/11
21/8a
SCOLTY
21/12c 21/13a
CRATHES
21/12a
22/11b
21/14b
21/16
GOOSANDER
21/18a
21/19b
21/19c
21/20b
KITTIWAKE
GROUSE
GADWALL
21/19a
MALLARD
EAGLE
The success of GKA demonstrates the transferability of the
EnQuest model and of its ability to create value from mature
assets; the strategy was sound, the investment programme has
been focused and the opex discipline has been strong.
The Scolty/Crathes development (to be tied back to GKA).
50% EnQuest working interest
The Scolty/Crathes Field Development Plan received regulatory
approval in H2 2015 and was then sanctioned by EnQuest.
EnQuest is the operator of the development with a 50% working
interest. The project benefits from limited cash capital expenditure
until first oil in 2017 and extends field life for the GKA field.
The development plan consists of single horizontal wells to be
drilled in each of the Scolty and Crathes fields. The fields will be
tied back to the Kittiwake platform, in the Greater Kittiwake Area.
Production from the Scolty/Crathes fields is expected to continue
until 2025, which also extends the life of the GKA hub itself to
2025. Development well drilling is anticipated by mid-2016, with
first oil from Scolty/Crathes expected by the first half of 2017.
2016 and beyond
Subsea and topside scopes on the Scolty/Crathes development
are progressing according to schedule. There will be no other
drilling on GKA. A planned three week shutdown is scheduled
for early in H2 2016.
Highlights
Working interest at end 2015:
o Kittiwake, 50%
o Grouse, 50%
o Mallard, 50%
o Gadwall, 50%
o Goosander, 50%
Decommissioning liabilities:
o Kittiwake, 25%
o Mallard, 30.5%
o Grouse, Gadwall and
Goosander, 50%
Fixed steel platform
100% interest in export pipeline from GKA to Forties
Unity platform
Daily average net production:
o 2015: 3,981 Boepd
o 2014: 1,281 Boepd
2014 data is based on the net production since the acquisition at the start of
March 2014, as averaged over the full year.
2015
GKA
In 2015, GKA demonstrated continual improvement in production
efficiency since acquisition, achieving almost 80% across the year,
including the impact of a planned shutdown. The redundant
Gadwall production well was successfully sidetracked to an updip
location and was brought onstream in August with encouraging
results. A successful chemical treatment has also been undertaken
on Goosander raising production levels substantially from the
field. The planned three week GKA maintenance shutdown was
successfully completed in September. Reported 2015 production
was over three times the level in 2014, with Gadwall having
peaked at over 19,000 Boepd.
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30/24b
30/24c
30/25c
GALIA
ALMA
Highlights
Working interest at end 2015:
In both fields, 65%
Decommissioning liabilities:
As per working interest
Floating, production storage and offloading unit
with subsea wells
Daily average net production:
2015: 1,083 Boepd
Net production since first oil on 27 October 2015, averaged over the twelve
months to the end of December 2015.
2015
In H1 2015, the FPSO vessel left the yard in Newcastle,
successfully completed marine performance trials and was towed
out to the field, where it was securely moored. It was first made
‘storm safe’ and then all the remaining anchor chains were
installed. All the risers were then pulled in and the ship was able
to weathervane. The subsea equipment was successfully function
tested from the vessel via the umbilicals. The Galia production
well was also completed and tied into the production manifold.
First oil from the Alma/Galia development was achieved on
27 October 2015, following the safe delivery of final commissioning
of all the required systems. Production from the first two Alma ESP
wells (K3Z and K5) was increased in the second half of November as
the Galia well was also brought onstream.
2016 and beyond
The FPSO has performed well since first oil and continues to do
so. Excellent uptime has been achieved on the EnQuest Producer,
with 77% in 2015 and over 90% in early 2016. The first cargo was
successfully offloaded in December. A short production shutdown
is required to prepare for transfer over to power generated from
the steam turbine generators and to commission the remaining
subsea scope. At Alma/Galia, all six wells have now been
commissioned, alongside one water injector well. All six
production wells are expected to be onstream by early Q2
2016. The permanent boiler and turbine power arrangements
are also expected to be online in early Q2 2016.
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North Sea operations: Alba (non-operated)
EnQuest’s hydrocarbon assets
EnQuest’s asset base as at 31 December 2015
Licence
Blocks
UNITED KINGDOM
Production & Development
Working
interest (%) Name
16/26a
ALBA
P073
P2131
P236
P236
P236
P238
P242
P351
P475
P902
P10775
P1200
21/12a
16/26a
211/18a
211/18a
211/18b
21/19a & 21/19b
50
8
99
60
63
50
Goosander
Alba
Thistle, & Deveron
Don SW & Conrie
West Don
Grouse, Mallard, Gadwall
2/5a
21/18a
21/19s
2/4a
9/2b
211/13b
P1765 / P1825
30/24c & 25/c, 30/24b
P2137
211/18e & 19c
P1107 / P1617
21/8a, 21/12c & 13a
Discoveries
P220 / P250 / P585
15/12b, 17a & 17n
P2006
21/6b
Other licences
P90
P1976
P19962
P2005
P2143
P2148
P2173
P2176
P2177
P2201
9/15a
8/5 & 9/1b
28/2b & 28/3b
22/11b
3/1b
9/2c
20/15, 21/11 & 21/16
21/8b
21/14b, 19c & 20b
211/13c & 211/18c
MALAYSIA
PM8/Seligi3
PM8 Extension
Tanjong Baram
SFRSC4
Tanjong Baram
63 & 100
Broom & Heather
50
99
63
71
63
65
60
50
60
50
33
60
100
50
100
60
50
100
50
60
50
70
Kittiwake
Thistle
Broom
Kraken & Kraken North
West Don
Alma/Galia
Ythan
Scolty/Crathes
Kildrummy
Avalon
Seligi, North & South
Raya, Lawang, Langat,
Yong and Serudon
Tanjong Baram
Notes
1 Not operated.
2 The disposal of this licence was agreed at the end of 2015.
3 Official reference PM-8 Extension PSC.
4 Small Field Risk Service Contract. PETRONAS remains the asset owner.
5 With effect from 1 January 2016, EnQuest increased its working interest in
Kraken from 60% to 70.5%.
Highlights
Working interest at end 2015:
o 8%
Decommissioning liabilities:
As per working interest
Fixed steel platform
Daily average net production:
o 2015: 1,178 Boepd
o 2014: 1,214 Boepd
2015
Field production was broadly stable in 2015. The Alba oil field is
operated by Chevron.
2016 and beyond
The ADW and S11 wells are both scheduled to be brought online
later in 2016.
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Proven and Probable Reserves (notes 1, 2, 3 & 6)
At 1 January 2015
Revisions of previous estimates
Acquisitions and disposals (note 7)
Production:
Export meter
Volume adjustments (note 5)
Production during period:
Total at 31 December 2015 (note 8)
Contingent Resources (notes 1,2 and 4)
At 1 January 2015
Revisions of previous estimates
Disposals (note 7)
Total Contingent Resources at 31 December 2015
UKCS
Other Regions
Total
MMboe
MMboe
MMboe
MMboe
MMboe
(10)
205
(10)
2
(10)
187
118
(7)
(18)
94
(3)
1
15
3
(2)
16
52
52
220
(7)
2
(12)
203
171
(7)
(18)
146
Notes
1 Reserves are quoted on a net entitlement basis, resources are quoted on a working interest basis.
2 Proven and probable reserves and contingent resources have been assessed by the Group’s internal reservoir engineers, utilising geological, geophysical,
engineering and financial data.
3 The Group’s proven and probable reserves have been audited by a recognised Competent Person in accordance with the definitions set out under the 2007
Petroleum Resources Management System and supporting guidelines issued by the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
4 Contingent resources relate to technically recoverable hydrocarbons for which commerciality has not yet been determined and are stated on a best technical case or
‘2C’ basis.
5 Adjustment for export to sales volumes.
6 All UKCS volumes are presented pre SVT value adjustment.
7 Equity in Scolty and Crathes increased to 50%. Contingent Resources: Relinquished Cairngorm, exited SW Heather, reduced equity in Crawford and Porter.
8 The above proven and probable reserves include 6.8 MMboe that will be consumed as lease fuel on the Alma and Kraken FPSOs.
9 The above table excludes Tanjong Baram in Malaysia.
EnQuest Oil and Gas Reserves as at 1 January 2016
Proven and Probable Reserves (note 1)
At 31 December 2015
Acquisitions and disposals (note 2)
Total as at 1 January 2016 (notes 2 and 3)
UKCS
Other Regions
Total
MMboe
MMboe
MMboe
187
13
200
16
16
203
13
216
Notes
1 Notes 1, 2, 3 and 6 from the main resources table also apply to the reserves reported here.
2 Equity in Kraken increased to 70.5% economically effective as of 1 January 2016.
3 The above proven and probable reserves include 7.5 MMboe that will be consumed as lease fuel on the Alma and Kraken FPSOs.
EnQuest values
Creativity
At EnQuest, creativity is key to finding innovative solutions
to everyday problems. Within the subsurface team we work
collaboratively to maximise the potential of our assets and to
identify undeveloped opportunities close to our existing hubs.
As the North Sea basin matures further, this becomes an ever
increasing challenge, especially within the current oil price
environment. This situation has forced us to become more creative
and to break out of established patterns and ways of thinking.
Claire Taylor
Licence Co-ordinator
& Alma/Galia Geologist
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Operating review: International
Malaysian operations
“Already 25% of
production, demonstrating
the exportability of the
EnQuest model.”
Bob Davenport
General Manager, Malaysia
2015
Tanjong Baram was developed as an unmanned platform with
production from two wells tied back to the PETRONAS Carigali
operated West Lutong A complex.
First production from the Tanjong Baram field was achieved on
schedule in June 2015. The host platform requested changes to
the receiving vessel to accommodate the volumes of liquids in the
associated gas. This required the field to be shut in while the work
was completed. Tanjong Baram was successfully restarted on
18 August and the field was producing close to 3,000 Boepd
gross by year end.
2016 and beyond
Tanjong Baram experienced two unplanned shutdowns in January
due to weather. Average overall oil production has nonetheless
continued at stable levels. Co-ordination with the host platform
operator is continuing in order to optimise daily production rates
and minimise operating costs.
CAMBODIA
Malaysia: Tanjong Baram
VIETNAM
MALAYSIA
TANJONG
BARAM
SARAWAK
(MALAYSIA)
BRUNEI
SK307
MALAYSIA
INDONESIA
SINGAPORE
Highlights
Working interest at end 2015:
o 70%
Decommissioning liabilities:
o None
Daily average net production:
o 2015: 373 Boepd (working interest): 261 Boepd
(entitlement)
2015 data reflects net production from first production in June 2015
averaged over the twelve months to end December 2015.
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CAMBODIA
VIETNAM
PM8
SELIGI
MALAYSIA
PM8
PM8
SELIGI
SELIGI
BRUNEI
MALAYSIA
INDONESIA
SINGAPORE
Highlights
Working interest at end 2015:
o 50%
Decommissioning liabilities:
o PM8, 50%
o Seligi, 50% of partial liability allocated based on ratio
of remaining oil reserves and to estimated ultimate
recovery. In addition to the main production platform
and separate gas compression platform, there are 11
minimum facility satellite platforms tied back to the
main platform.
Daily average net production:
o 2015: 8,689 Boepd (working interest): 5,958 Boepd
(entitlement)
o 2014: 3,459 Boepd (working interest): 2,078 Boepd
(entitlement)
2014 data reflects net production from June 2014 to December 2014,
averaged over the full year.
Summary
EnQuest’s Production Sharing Contract (‘PSC’) for PM8/Seligi in
Malaysia includes the Seligi oil field, once the largest oil field off
Peninsular Malaysia. PM8/Seligi combined has over 200 wells. This
is a substantial opportunity for EnQuest to replicate the success of
its strategy on Thistle, potentially on a considerably larger scale,
significantly increasing production, extending PM8/Seligi’s field
life and increasing reserves.
2015
EnQuest assumed offshore field operations in October 2014
and the overall transition was completed in December 2014. The
PM8/Seligi asset has delivered strong production performance,
well above target, due to improved production efficiency and to
the successful idle well restoration activities completed since
assuming operatorship. In 2015, EnQuest was able to deliver
material improvements from 16 idle wells.
The 2015 PM8/Seligi field infrastructure work programme focused
on inspections to establish pipeline, vessel and structural integrity
baselines and on overhauls and repairs to gas compression trains.
As a result, compressor availability was improved from 70% to
95% and overall production efficiency was increased from c.80%
to over 90%, delivering an immediate boost to production. In
addition, well intervention activities were completed to restore
idle wells and optimise existing wells, leading to a production
gain of approximately 3,000 gross Boepd in Q4.
2016 and beyond
EnQuest will continue to enhance production by investing in
well intervention work, activities to improve facility reliability
and production efficiency, and facilities improvement upgrades.
At the same time, ongoing technical studies will support future
drilling, well workover, gas injection and water injection projects
to further enhance production and ultimate recovery.
The overall impact of the north east monsoon season has been
low compared to last year, and 2016 production has started
strongly, following a successful well intervention on Seligi A.
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Operating review
Major projects
“The Kraken project
is progressing well,
on schedule and
under budget.”
Richard Hall
Head of Major Projects
Overview
During 2015, the Kraken project again
progressed well. The development project
proceeded on schedule, and by the end of
the year capex costs for the overall full cycle
project had been reduced by over 10%,
bringing the expected gross capex down
to c.$2.9 billion. A further c.$125 million
reduction in project capex has since been
made. The Kraken FPSO vessel continues
to be on track for ‘sail-away’ in 2016.
From the start of the project, the Kraken
development has applied an approach
of using standardised equipment where
possible. Suppliers were asked to provide
and install their standard units and EnQuest
tailored the design of its field to those
standard facilities. EnQuest does not
commission bespoke designs or
engineering where standardised
approaches already provide
good solutions.
The successful installation of the integrated
turret/buoy mooring system was an
important part of the 2015 programme.
All the risers and mooring lines are now
connected to this turret/buoy, which will
itself be connected to the FPSO when it
arrives in the field. This avoids the need for
the individual risers to be connected one by
one into the FPSO, and significantly reduces
the weather window to connect the wells,
down to only forty eight hours of suitably
calm seas.
The initial c.10% capex cost reduction
on the project was challenging to achieve,
due in particular to the lump sum fixed price
contractual nature of most of the supplier
arrangements. The saving derives partly from
the efficiencies of the drilling programme,
but also generally as a result of rigorous
project management of all aspects of the
project, with excellent planning and project
execution. Change procedures in particular
are strictly managed. An interventionist
approach is taken with all subcontractors,
with whom EnQuest is actively involved to
ensure commitments are delivered.
EnQuest values
Agility
Some would associate finance with
routine and repetition; however, I find
working at EnQuest that no two days
are the same. For me, agility is about
thinking on your feet, being able to turn
your hand to something new, understand
it, deal with it effectively and move on.
This supports ‘The EnQuest way’ and
very much feels like part of daily routine.
The exposure gained across such a wide
variety of functions and levels within the
organisation is great.
Robert Forbes
Asset Accounting Team Lead
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9/2c
9/2b
KRAKEN
NORTH
KRAKEN
Highlights
Working interest at end 2015:
o 60%. Increased to 70.5% at the start of 2016
Decommissioning liabilities:
o As per working interest
Floating Production Storage and Offloading unit with
subsea wells
First oil expected 2017
2015
Kraken
The fixed pipelines for the first two Kraken drill centres were
installed on the seabed in H1 2015. Installation of the mooring
system for the FPSO was started, also in the first half. Following
manufacture, the submerged turret/buoy was transported to the
field and successfully installed. Drill centre one (‘DC1’) was fully
connected to the turret/buoy, with only one production riser still
to be connected from the second drill centre.
The conversion programme for the Kraken FPSO vessel continued
on plan. Equipment procurement and fabrication of the modules
was ongoing.
In H2 2015, following the completion of the Kraken batch top-hole
drilling programme at DC1, the drilling rig progressed with the
pre-drilling of individual wells into the reservoir. Reservoir analysis
of the two full well penetrations to the end of 2015 correlated very
closely with the previous subsurface prognosis. Procurement,
manufacture and installation continued in relation to the next
phases of wells, subsea infrastructure and the FPSO.
2016 and beyond
In 2016, the drilling programme is focused on drill centres one and
two. It continues to be ahead of schedule, despite a particularly
harsh North Sea winter; this should ensure that as planned there
will be eight wells available for first oil, four production wells and
four injection wells.
Following the departure of the FPSO from dry dock, in December
2015, work is continuing on the marine systems and the modules
which will be lifted onto the vessel in the first half of 2016. The
FPSO remains on schedule to leave Singapore in 2016 for
commissioning and ‘hook-up’, with production in H1 2017.
Preparation on Kraken readiness to transition from development
to operations is well underway.
Kraken’s capex has been reduced by an additional c.$125 million,
following a revision to the development plan. A total of 23 wells
will now be drilled from three drill centres, instead of 25 wells
from four drill centres. The overall full cycle project costs have
now been reduced by c.$425 million from $3.2 billion at sanction,
a reduction of c.13%.
With effect from 1 January 2016, EnQuest acquired an additional
10.5% interest in the Kraken development, from First Oil plc,
bringing EnQuest’s total interest to 70.5%.
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“EnQuest has delivered
a robust operational
performance.”
Jonathan Swinney
Chief Financial Officer
Financial overview
Against a backdrop of the lowest crude oil prices since 2002, with
the price of oil averaging $52.4/bbl throughout 2015 versus $98.9/
bbl through 2014, EnQuest has delivered a robust operational
performance. Production, on a working interest basis, increased by
31% to 36,567 Boepd. This included a full year of production from
PM8/Seligi, which contributed 8,689 Boepd compared to 3,459
Boepd in 2014 and 1,084 Boepd from Alma/Galia, with first oil
achieved in October 2015. Reflecting EnQuest’s cost optimisation,
first oil from Alma/Galia and the increase in production, unit
operating costs reduced by 29% to $29.7/bbl.
Profit from operations before tax and
finance income/(costs)
Depletion and depreciation
Intangible impairments and write‑offs
Net foreign exchange (gains)/losses
EBITDA
Business performance
2015
$ million
2014
$ million
173.9
305.9
–
(15.0)
464.8
362.5
245.1
0.6
(27.2)
581.0
EBITDA for the year ended 31 December 2015 was $464.8 million
compared with $581.0 million in 2014. The lower EBITDA is mainly
due to lower oil prices in H2 2015, which were partially mitigated
through the contribution of $261.2 million of EBITDA from the
Group’s commodity hedge portfolio.
Reflecting the ongoing investments EnQuest has made in its assets,
notably Kraken, EnQuest’s net debt has increased from $967.0 million
at the end of 2014 to $1.55 billion as at 31 December 2015.
Bond1
Multi‑currency revolving credit facility1
Tanjong Baram project finance facility1
Property loan1
Cash and cash equivalents
Net debt/(cash)
2015
$ million
879.7
902.3
35.0
–
(269.0)
1,548.0
2014
$ million
892.0
217.6
–
34.2
(176.8)
967.0
1 Stated excluding accrued interest and excluding the net-off of unamortised fees.
There are no significant debt maturities until October 2017. As at
31 December 2015, cash and undrawn facilities totalled $496.0 million.
As a result of the continued capital investment, UK corporate
tax losses at the end of the year increased to approximately $2.54
billion. In the current environment, no material corporation tax
or supplementary corporation tax is expected to be paid on UK
operational activities. The Group paid cash corporate income tax
on assets acquired in Malaysia which will continue throughout the
life of the Production Sharing Contract (PSC).
The substantial decline in the oil price has led to $626.2 million
of post-tax impairments to tangible oil and gas assets, and the
de-recognition of $478.1 million of tax losses. This impairment is
made up of Thistle/Deveron $104.7 million, Heather and Broom
$60.4 million, the Dons hub $96.2 million, Alba $12.3 million,
Alma/Galia $344.8 million and Tanjong Baram $7.8 million.
Income Statement
Production and revenue
Production levels, on a working interest basis, for the year ended
31 December 2015 averaged 36,567 Boepd compared with 27,895
Boepd in 2014. The increase reflects a full year of production from
PM8/Seligi, additional production from Gadwall and Goosander in
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the Greater Kittiwake Area (GKA), production from the Alma/Galia
development which was brought onstream in late October and initial
production from Tanjong Baram. This was partially offset by the
expected natural decline in the Don fields.
The Group’s blended average realised price per barrel of oil sold
excluding hedging was $50.9 for the year ended 31 December 2015,
significantly below the $100.6 per barrel received for 2014, reflecting
the steep decline in the oil price in 2015. Revenue is predominantly
derived from crude oil sales and for the year ended 31 December
2015 crude oil sales totalled $634.3 million compared with $970.5
million in 2014. The decrease in revenue was due to the lower oil
price offset partially by the higher production. Revenue in 2015 also
included $261.2 million of realised income relating to oil commodity
hedges, and other oil derivatives. This includes $119.1 million of
hedge accounting gains deferred from 2014 and $111.6 million of
non-cash amortisation of option premium.
Operating costs
Cost of sales comprises cost of operations, tariff and transportation
expenses, change in lifting position, inventory movement, derivative
and foreign exchange hedging movements and depletion of oil and
gas assets. Cost of sales for the Group (pre-exceptionals and
depletion of fair value adjustments) was as follows:
The Group’s depletion expense per barrel for the year increased
slightly due to the impact of depletion on Alma/Galia which has a
higher depletion rate than the rest of the Group’s hubs.
Exploration and evaluation expenses
Exploration and evaluation expenses were $0.3 million in the year
relating to pre-licence costs expensed.
General and administrative expenses
General and administrative expenses were $14.4 million in
the year ended 31 December 2015 compared with $16.5 million
reported in the previous year. The decrease reflects reduced
personnel costs in 2015.
Other income and expenses
Other income of $15.4 million is comprised mainly of net foreign
exchange gains of $15.0 million in the year ended 31 December
2015 relating to foreign currency forwards and trades, as well as
foreign exchange gains on other working capital.
Taxation
The tax credit for the year of $129.3 million (2014: $105.8 million tax
charge), excluding exceptional items, is due primarily to an increase
in the Ring Fence Expenditure Supplement on UK activities.
Cost of sales
Unit operating cost, adjusted for over/
underlift and inventory movements
(per barrel):
– Production costs
– Tariff and transportation costs
– Operating costs
– Depletion of oil and gas properties
Reported
year ended
31 December
2015
$ million
Reported
year ended
31 December
2014
$ million
733.4
654.1
Exceptional items and depletion of fair value uplift
Exceptional losses totalling $1,339.4 million before tax ($887.3 million
on a post-tax basis) have been disclosed separately in the year
ended 31 December 2015. This primarily relates to a post-tax
impairment of tangible oil and gas assets of $626.2 million caused
by the continued decline in the oil price throughout 2015.
$
$
Exceptional items also include an impairment of $1.9 million
to capitalised exploration costs in respect of licence areas
where development of the area is unlikely to take place in
current market conditions.
23.4
6.3
29.7
25.0
54.7
31.5
10.6
42.1
24.6
66.7
The material items which make up the remaining balance are
the unrealised mark to market losses on derivative contracts of
$45.6 million, $3.8 million of depletion on the fair value uplift on
acquisitions, $26.6 million which includes $3.7 million relating to the
unavoidable costs in relation to the sub-let space of the Aberdeen
building and $22.9 million of which relates to providing for the
Cost of sales pre-exceptionals and depletion of fair value
adjustments was $733.4 million for the year ended 31 December
2015 compared with $654.1 million in 2014. Lifting costs and tariffs
decreased by $67.2 million reflecting EnQuest’s cost reductions and
a lower percentage of throughput at the Sullom Voe Terminal (SVT).
This was offset by an increase in the DD&A charge of $61.2 million
driven by increased production on PM8/Seligi, GKA and first
production from Alma/Galia. Other operating costs, which
principally includes the supplemental payment due on profit oil in
Malaysia increased by $11.1 million, reflecting a full year of PM8
production, and higher profit oil entitlement. Overlift and inventory
movement increased by $15.8 million. Additionally, 2014 had
benefitted from a gain of $46.7 million relating to the bond
proceeds currency transactions.
The Group’s operating costs, which are included in the calculation
of the unit operating costs, comprise production costs, tariff and
transportation costs, and the effect of any realised foreign exchange
hedging gains or losses. Operating costs for the year ended
31 December 2015 totalled $390.7 million compared with
$399.4 million in 2014 (on a pre-exceptional basis). Production costs
of $318.5 million were $28.7 million lower than 2014. This was driven
by the Group’s ongoing cost optimisation activities, partially offset by
a full year of PM8. Transportation costs decreased from $107.5 million
to $69.1 million for the year ended 31 December 2015. This reduction
is primarily driven by lower SVT costs in 2015. These reductions were
offset by a negative movement of $58.4 million in hedging, most of
which is attributable to the gain realised in 2014 in respect of the
bond proceeds currency swap.
Due to the above factors, the Group’s average unit production and
transportation cost has decreased by $12.4 per barrel.
EnQuest values
Focus
I really enjoy working for EnQuest because it is such a
dynamic organisation and there is always lots going on. The
dynamic nature of the business means that focus is a key value
– it’s vital that focus is given to the right activities at the right
time in order to meet individual and corporate objectives.
Robert Morgan
Oil Trader
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unutilised days for the Stena Spey drilling vessel activity in 2016,
the vessel will not be fully utilised during this period. There was also
an $8.5 million loss on the disposal of Annan House, $7.2 million
relating mainly to the write-off of costs for relinquished licences
for Cairngorm, Norway and Elke and $13.6 million relating to the
write-down of the carrying value of Xmas trees in inventory. Finally,
a $4.4 million loss was incurred relating to the difference between
the receivable from PA Resources in Tunisia as at 31 December 2014
and the actual settled amount.
The tax impact of the above exceptional items is a tax credit of
$634.4 million. A one-off deferred tax credit of $56.8 million in
respect of the enacted decrease in the supplementary charge on
UK oil and gas production to 20%, with effect from 1 January 2015,
and decrease in the Petroleum Revenue Tax (PRT) rate to 35%, with
effect from 1 January 2016, has been reported as an exceptional
item in the period. The de-recognition of tax losses resulted in a
deferred tax charge of $239.1 million.
Finance costs
Finance costs of $176.4 million include $80.2 million of bond
and loan interest payable, $17.0 million unwinding of discount
on decommissioning provisions, $70.0 million relating to the
amortisation of premium on options designated as hedges of
production and $5.0 million relating to the unwinding of the KUFPEC
cost recovery provision. Other financial expenses of $11.0 million are
primarily commitment and letter of credit fees and amortisation of
finance fees of $7.3 million relates to arrangement fees for the bank
facilities and bonds. The Group capitalised interest of $14.4 million
for the year ended 31 December 2015 is in relation to the interest
payable on borrowing costs on its capital development projects.
Finance income
Finance income of $1.0 million includes $0.3 million of bank interest
receivable and $0.5 million unwinding on the financial asset created in
2012 as part of the consideration for the farm out of the Alma/Galia
development to KUFPEC.
Earnings per share
The Group’s reported basic earnings per share was (98.0) cents for
the year ended 31 December 2015 compared with (22.8) cents in
2014. The decrease of 75.2 cents was attributable to a lower gross
profit, higher finance fees and offset by a lower effective income tax
for 2015. The Group’s reported diluted earnings per share excluding
exceptional items was 16.5 cents for the year ended 31 December
2015 compared with 17.8 cents in 2014. The decrease of 1.3 cents
was mainly attributable to lower gross profit and higher finance
costs offset by a lower effective income tax rate.
Cash flow and liquidity
The Group’s reported cash generated from operations in 2015
was $221.7 million compared with $632.2 million in 2014, reflecting
principally the significant reduction in the oil price. The reported
cash flow from operations was 28.6 cents per share compared with
81.6 cents per share in 2014.
During the year ended 31 December 2015, $2.9 million was
received in relation to an exploration refund for EnQuest Norge AS’s
activities in Norway. In addition, $3.5 million was received in relation
to EnQuest Group’s UK tax liabilities for non-operational activities
and PRT. $7.7 million was paid in relation to the Group’s operations
in Malaysia.
It is anticipated that the underlying effective tax rate for 2016 will be
below the UK statutory tax rate of 50%, excluding one-off exceptional
tax items, due to UK tax reliefs and profits charged to tax at a lower
rate in Malaysia. In the current environment and with the investment
in the North Sea, the Group does not expect a material cash outflow
for UK corporation tax on operational activities. This is due to the
benefits from tax deductible first year capital allowances in the UK,
available investment allowances and accumulated tax losses which
are largely attributable to the Group’s capital investment
programme to date.
Cash outflow on capital expenditure is set out in the table below:
North Sea capital expenditure
Malaysia capital expenditure
Exploration and evaluation capital
expenditure
Other capital expenditure
Proceeds on disposal of Aberdeen new
building
Other proceeds
2015
$ million
677.4
90.2
19.6
39.4
(68.4)
(7.1)
751.1
2014
$ million
922.1
19.1
69.7
49.5
–
(2.2)
1,058.2
Significant projects were undertaken during the year, including:
o the Alma/Galia development including spend on the FPSO;
o the Kraken development;
o the Thistle life extension and drilling programme;
o the drilling of the Ythan JT well;
o the drilling of the Heather/Broom H66 side-track well; and
o the completion of the Tanjong Baram development in Malaysia.
Net debt at 31 December 2015 amounted to $1,548.0 million
compared with net debt of $967.0 million in 2014.
In early 2015, the Group renegotiated financial covenants under
its Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) to provide greater flexibility for its
capital investment programme. The net debt/EBITDA covenant has
been increased to five times and the ratio of financial charges to
EBITDA is reduced to three times, both until mid-2017. Compliance
with ongoing covenants continues to be a priority for the Group, and
financial covenants have been complied with throughout the year.
Balance Sheet
The Group’s total asset value has decreased by $481.9 million to
$3,777.3 million at 31 December 2015 (2014: $4,259.2 million).
Property, plant and equipment
Property, Plant and Equipment (PP&E) has decreased to $2,436.7
million at 31 December 2015 from $3,279.7 million at 31 December
2014. The decrease of $843.0 million is mainly due to the oil and gas
assets impairment of $1,224.5 million offset by additions of $826.5
million and an increase in PP&E of $45.6 million in relation to
changes in estimates on the decommissioning provision. This is
offset by the disposal of the new building in Aberdeen, reducing
PP&E by $78.1 million and depletion and depreciation charges of
$309.7 million.
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Dons hub
Thistle hub
Heather and Broom hub
Alma/Galia
Kraken
GKA
Scolty/Crathes
PM8/Seligi
Tanjong Baram
Annan House – including fixtures and fittings
Other
2015
$ million
40.2
105.1
16.7
147.8
355.9
18.0
22.7
21.1
60.4
36.9
1.7
826.5
Intangible oil and gas assets
Intangible oil and gas assets decreased by $19.2 million to $46.5
million at 31 December 2015. The decrease mainly relates to an
impairment of the Outwith Broom development costs, the disposal
of the Norway licences, write-offs relating to the relinquishment of
licences and the sale of the Elke licence. There was also $16.2 million
of intangible assets reclassified to tangible assets, with Scolty/Crathes
accounting for the majority of this balance. The remaining balance
primarily relates to Kraken and the exploration of the Tyrone and
Tiree areas and the Avalon development of which Summit is
the operator.
Investments
The Group holds an investment of 8,045,198 new ordinary shares in
Ascent Resources plc which is valued at $0.1 million based on the
quoted bid price as at 31 December 2015.
Trade and other receivables
Trade and other receivables have increased by $65.7 million to
$351.9 million at 31 December 2015 compared with $286.2 million
in 2014. The increase is due to higher trade receivables as a result of
December crude oil sales from the GKA and Alma/Galia fields, as
well as an increase in joint venture debtors.
Cash and bank
The Group had $269.0 million of cash and cash equivalents at
31 December 2015 and $902.3 million was drawn down on the
$1.2 billion RCF.
Provisions
The Group’s decommissioning provision increased by $57.1
million to $506.8 million at 31 December 2015 (2014: $449.7 million).
The increase is driven by the inclusion of a provision for Kraken to
account for the subsea infrastructure that is now in place. Additionally,
the Alma/Galia provision was increased to reflect the full cost of the
estimate now that first oil has been achieved, and the estimates for
Dons and GKA increased reflecting an increase in the estimate of the
number of days to decommission a well.
The $80.0 million provision held at 31 December 2014 in respect
of the Kraken reserves determination contingent carry has been
released in full during the year ended 31 December 2015, with
a corresponding credit booked in PP&E. The reduction of this
provision reflects management’s view that the reserves determination
process, which is required to use the dated Brent forward curve, less
an appropriate oil price discount, will result in no contingent carry.
The reserves determination process which will ultimately determine
whether any amount is payable, will commence in the 2nd quarter
of 2016.
Income tax
The Group had no UK corporation tax or supplementary corporation
tax liability at 31 December 2015, which remains unchanged from
the prior year. The Group had PRT payable of nil at 31 December
2015 compared with a $4.4 million liability at 31 December 2014.
The reduction in the liability is due to a significant reduction in PRT
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payable on income from Alba during 2015. The income tax asset at
31 December 2015 represents UK corporation tax receivable in
relation to non-upstream activities.
Deferred tax
The Group’s net deferred tax position has moved from a liability of
$476.3 million at 31 December 2014, to an asset of $79.3 million at
31 December 2015. This movement is principally due to a $598.2
million reduction in the deferred tax liability following the impairment
of the Group’s oil and gas assets, a reduction in the deferred tax
liability of $56.8 million due to the reduction in statutory tax rates
which is offset by a $239.1 million de-recognition of deferred tax
assets due to the uncertainty of recovery. Total UK tax losses carried
forward at the year end amount to approximately $2,535.8 million.
Trade and other payables
Trade and other payables have increased to $543.5 million at
31 December 2015 from $429.1 million at 31 December 2014. This
increase reflects both an increase in activity, principally related to
Kraken, plus the impact of the milestone payments in relation to the
Kraken and Scolty/Crathes developments.
Other financial liabilities
Other current financial liabilities have decreased by $92.3 million
to $9.2 million. The decrease relates to the Kraken ‘firm’ carry
which has expired in the year, amounting to $66.2 million as well as
a reduction in the value of commodity contracts and forward foreign
currency contracts of $26.1 million.
Other non-current financial liabilities have decreased by $16.0
million to $7.7 million. The balance forms part of the agreement
to acquire the PM8 assets in Malaysia, the Group agreed to carry
PETRONAS Carigali for its share of exploration or appraisal well
commitments, the balance is the discounted carry.
Financial Risk Management
Oil price
The Group is exposed to the impact of changes in Brent crude oil
prices on its revenue and profits. EnQuest’s policy is to manage the
impact of commodity prices to protect against volatility and to
ensure the availability of cash flow for reinvestment in capital
programmes that are driving business growth.
During 2014 the Company entered into commodity hedging
contracts to hedge partially the exposure to fluctuations in the
Brent oil price during 2015. The Group has actively managed
this hedge portfolio during 2015, which has generated cash flows
of $68.6 million and revenue of $264.0 million. Finance costs of
$119.8 million have been recognised, representing the movement
in the time value of put options which have been designated as
effective hedges of production. The revenue recognised includes
$119.1 million of gains realised in 2014 which were deferred until
2015 to match the timing of the underlying production the options
were hedging. It also includes $123.6 million of non-cash gains in
respect of the movement in the time value of options not
designated as hedges.
At 31 December 2015, the Group’s commodity derivative
contracts includes bought put options over 8MMbbls, maturing
throughout 2016 with an average strike price of $68/bbl and a
positive fair value of $164.8 million (including deferred premiums
owed by EnQuest of $53.5 million). The Group also has oil swap
contracts to sell 2MMbbls at $66.64/bbl maturing throughout 2016
with a positive fair value of $49.7 million, and net sold call options
which, based on the current forward curve, are not expected to
result in any loss to the Group, and had a positive net fair value
of $42.0 million (including deferred premiums owed to EnQuest
of $44.4 million).
In addition to the realised gains and losses on these contracts,
the Group’s business performance results will be impacted by
the amortisation of option premium over the life of these options.
Amortisation of premium in respect of bought put options
designated as effective hedges are recognised in finance costs,
whilst the amortisation of all other option premium is recognised
in revenue. Business performance results for 2015 include a charge
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in finance costs totalling $70.0 million in respect of bought put
option premium amortisation, and revenue includes $111.6 million of
sold option premium amortisation. The current hedging position will
result in the realisation of a further $24.2 million of revenue and
$35.7 million of finance costs throughout 2016.
Foreign exchange
EnQuest’s functional currency is US Dollars. Foreign currency
risk arises on purchases and the translation of assets and liabilities
denominated in currencies other than US Dollars. To mitigate the
risks of large fluctuations in the currency markets, the hedging
policy agreed by the Board allows for up to 70% of the non-US
Dollar portion of the Group’s annual capital budget and
operating expenditure to be hedged. For specific contracted
capital expenditure projects, up to 100% can be hedged. The
Group has hedged its exposures to Sterling, Norwegian Kroner
and the Euro in line with this policy.
For the year ended 31 December 2015, the Group’s foreign currency
hedging portfolio realised a loss of $3.2 million. Unrealised gains of
$2.3 million were also recognised.
At the end of 2015, the Group had foreign exchange hedge
contracts in place over £463.6 million with a protection rate
of approximately $1.49/£, €13.0 million with a protection rate of
approximately €1.12/£ and forward contracts over NOK74.6 million
at a fixed rate of NOK7.84/£. These contracts had a negative net
fair value of $9.2 million at 31 December 2015 and expire
throughout 2016.
EnQuest continually reviews its currency exposures and when
appropriate looks at opportunities to enter into foreign exchange
hedging contracts.
Surplus cash balances are deposited as cash collateral against
in-place letters of credit as a way of reducing interest costs.
Otherwise cash balances can be invested in short term bank
deposits and AAA-rated liquidity funds, subject to Board
approved limits and with a view to minimising counterparty
credit risks.
EnQuest values
Respect
There are a number of definitions of respect, but the one I like
is the concept of due regard. I always try to remember that
many different beliefs exist and that to acknowledge those
beliefs is the outward expression of my respect for an
individual, a purpose and the EnQuest way.
Abraham Zen Mohamed
Seligi A Offshore Installation Manager – Offshore Malaysia
Going Concern
The Group closely monitors and manages its funding position
and liquidity risk throughout the year, including monitoring forecast
covenant results to ensure it has access to sufficient funds to meet
forecast cash requirements. Cash forecasts are regularly produced
and sensitivities considered for, but not limited to, changes in
crude oil prices (adjusted for hedging undertaken by the Group),
production rates and development project timing and costs. These
forecasts and sensitivity analyses allow management to mitigate any
liquidity or covenant compliance risks in a timely manner.
Following the significant decline in oil prices, management has
taken action to implement certain cost saving programmes to
reduce planned operational expenditure, general and administrative
spend and capital expenditure in 2016 and 2017. Management also
successfully renegotiated temporary relaxation of certain covenants
within the Revolving Credit Facility and Retail Bond.
At year end, the Group had headroom of $235 million on its
borrowing facilities (excluding cash at hand) and headroom on
its related financial covenants which are the same under both
the Revolving Credit Facility and the Retail Bond. The Group’s
forecasts and projections take into account the actions described
in the preceding paragraph, and reflect the assumptions that the
Group’s major projects remain on track.
This going concern assessment is prepared on the basis that
the Facility providers continue to provide access to funding for the
duration of the period under review. The forecasts which underpin
this assessment, use an oil price assumption of $30/bbl throughout
2016, and $40/bbl in the first quarter of 2017, indicate that the
Company will be able to operate within the headroom of its existing
borrowing facilities for 12 months from the date of approval of the
Annual Report and Accounts. Furthermore, management is pursuing
a number of options available to it to inject near-term liquidity,
including asset sales and other funding options. The Directors
therefore consider it appropriate to continue to adopt the going
concern basis in preparing the financial statements.
Viability assessment
The Directors have assessed the viability of the Group over a
three-year period to March 2019. This assessment has taken into
account the Group’s financial position as at March 2016, the future
projections and the principal risks and uncertainties. The Directors’
approach to risk management, their assessment of the Group’s
principal risks and uncertainties and the actions management are
taking to mitigate these risks are outlined on pages 22 to 27.
The period of three years is deemed appropriate as it provides a
sufficient time horizon to assess the performance of the Kraken
project and covers the period within which the Group’s Revolving
Credit Facility will be due to be partly repaid or refinanced. This
viability assessment is prepared on the basis that the facility
providers continue to provide access to sufficient funding for the
duration of the three year period under review. The forecasts which
underpin this assessment uses the same oil price assumption as the
going concern with a longer term price assumption for the viability
statement being aligned to the current forward curve.
The Group’s projections reflect significant steps already underway
to reduce operating and capital expenditure in light of the
prevailing lower oil prices.
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Recognising the decline in oil price in late 2014, the Directors
engaged with it’s facility providers and bond holders and in
early 2015 secured a relaxation to the relevant financial
covenants until mid-2017. The Directors continue to work closely
with the lenders in the Revolving Credit Facility to ensure that
funding remains available.
In conducting the viability review, these risks have been taken into
account in the stress testing performed on the base case described
above. Specifically the base case, which includes the additional
10.5% interest in Kraken acquired from First Oil, has been subjected
to stress testing by considering the impact of the following plausible
down-side risks:
o a six month delay to first oil from Kraken;
o a 10% increase in opex;
o an increase in capital expenditure associated with the Kraken
project;
o a 5% reduction in production; and
o replacement of the existing surety bonds with letters of credit,
resulting in a reduction in the available debt capacity.
A scenario has been run illustrating the impact of the above risks on
the base case. Without all the mitigating actions being implemented,
this plausible down-side case would result in further funding being
required in the absence of a significant recovery in oil prices and/or
the ongoing support of the lenders. If this was the case then the
Group’s viability would be under threat. However, the Group also has
a number of other liquidity enhancing options including asset sales
and other financing which are also currently being considered.
Having reviewed the Group’s financial position as at March 2016,
the future projections, the principal risks and uncertainties and the
mitigating actions, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that
the Group will be able to continue in operation and meet its liabilities
as they fall due over the period to March 2019 and therefore support
this viability statement.
Key performance indicators
2015
2014
North Sea Lost Time Incident Frequency
(LTIF)
Malaysia LTIF
Net 2P reserves (MMboe)
Business performance data:
Production (Boepd)
Revenue ($ million)
Realised blended average oil price per
barrel (excluding hedging) ($)1
Opex per barrel (production and
transportation costs) ($)
Cash capex on property, plant and
equipment oil and gas assets
($ million)
Reported data:
Cash generated from operations
($ million)
Net debt ($ million)
EBITDA ($ million)
2.14
0.00
216
0.00
N/A
220
36,567
906.6
27,895
1,009.9
72.0
29.7
103.9
42.1
751.1
1,058.2
221.7
(1,548.0)
464.8
632.2
(967.0)
581.0
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Including revenue of $261.2 million (2014: $31.7 million) associated with
EnQuest’s effective oil price hedges.
The Directors are pursuing a number of further mitigations to
improve medium term liquidity. These options include but are not
limited to:
o a sale and leaseback of the EnQuest Producer. EnQuest is
in reasonably advanced discussions with a counterparty;
o a number of asset sale scenarios are being pursued; and
o other funding options.
The Directors will continue to work closely with the facility
providers to keep them updated on progress on the above. The
Group will seek to modify or temporarily waive the existing covenants
and loan amortisation as appropriate. The RCF lenders continue to be
supportive and have provided waivers to date. There is also regular
dialogue with RCF lenders to ensure they remain informed on
progress on the key projects and operations and the projections
underpinning the liquidity position.
Based on these initiatives and Group’s projections, the Directors
have a reasonable expectation that the Group will be able to
continue in operation and meet its liabilities as they fall due over
the period to March 2019.
The Group’s business plan process has underpinned this assessment.
The business plan process takes account of the Group’s principal risks
and uncertainties, and has further been stress tested to understand
the impact on the Group’s liquidity and financial position of
reasonably possible changes in these risks and/or assumptions.
The Directors draw attention to the specific risks and uncertainties
identified below, which the Directors believe individually or
collectively, could have a material impact on the Group’s viability
during the period of review. In forming this view, it is recognised
that such future assessments are subject to a level of uncertainty
that increases with time and, therefore, future outcomes cannot be
guaranteed or predicted with certainty. The impact of these risks
and uncertainties, including their combined impact, has been
reviewed by the Directors and the effectiveness and achievability
of potential mitigating actions have been considered.
o Oil price volatility
To mitigate oil price volatility the Directors hedged 10 million
barrels of 2016 production at an average price of $68 per barrel.
As further mitigation the Directors, in line with Group policy, will
continue to pursue hedging at the appropriate time and price.
o Project execution
The Group has planned capital expenditure of approximately
$1.6 billion during the three-year period covered by the viability
assessment. This expenditure principally relates to the remaining
capital expenditure to first oil on the Kraken and Scolty/Crathes
developments (remain on track) and the future phases on the
drilling programme on Kraken. Whilst much of this expenditure
has been contracted on fixed price lump sum contracts, risks
remain that capital expenditure could exceed that projected,
and/or that commissioning of projects, in particular Kraken, could
occur later than projected. A growth in capital expenditure, or
delays to the commissioning of Kraken, could result in reducing
the Group’s liquidity during the period of the review.
The Directors and management team monitor project progress
against key milestones and ensure timely intervention as
appropriate. In addition the management are engaging with the
key contractors to improve the near-term liquidity.
o Access to funding
The Directors recognise the importance of ensuring medium
term liquidity particularly in light of the recent further decline in
oil price. EnQuest has a diversified funding structure including a
committed $1.2 billion Revolving Credit Facility and a further
$0.5 billion potentially available through an accordion structure.
Repayment of the RCF commences in October 2017 with final
repayment due in October 2019. In addition it has a £155 million
Retail Bond and $650 million High Yield Bond, with both
maturing in 2022.
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Corporate responsibility
review
“Evidence of our
commitment to maintain
excellence in HSE&A was
apparent throughout 2015 in
the ongoing implementation
of our Continuous
Improvement Plan.”
Andy Lane
UK Head of Engineering and Health, Safety, Environment & Assurance
(‘HSE&A’)
Health, Safety, Environment &
Assurance (‘HSE&A’): HSE&A
performance in 2015 was below
the high watermark of 2014 but
nonetheless still strong.
In 2015, we maintained our pursuit of very
high HSE&A performance levels.
In the UK, we delivered another strong
HSE&A performance, however not as strong
as the exceptional performance delivered in
2014. Although most of our assets achieved
their Lost-Time Incident Frequency Rate
(‘LTIFR’) and Recordable Injury Frequency
Rate (‘RIFR’) targets, some did not. High-
Potential Incidents (‘HIPOs’) and Dangerous
Occurrences (‘RIDDOR’) were however
better than target overall and we were
pleased to record a Safety Critical
Maintenance backlog of zero at year end.
In October 2015, we were delighted that
the Kittiwake platform recorded 10 years
without a Lost-Time Incident. This record was
achieved against the backdrop of ongoing
high levels of activity on the platform.
Evidence of our commitment to maintain
excellence in HSE&A was apparent throughout
2015 in the ongoing implementation of our
Continuous Improvement Plan. Encompassing
12 identified areas of activity, it witnessed
material progress under each of its strategic
themes: leadership and culture, control of
major accident hazards, personal health and
safety, and environmental controls.
Examples include:
o Completion of an embedding process for
risk management procedures across all
EnQuest sites
o Implementation of a simplified and
standardised control of work system,
focusing on major accident hazards
o Roll-out of enhanced control procedures
for lifting operations
o Introduction of new treatment systems
offshore to reduce volume of waste from
drilling programmes and asset
operations going to landfill
o Development of a programme to identify,
and effectively manage, all environmentally
critical elements on operated assets
A major exercise was instigated to update
EnQuest’s safety case systems following the
introduction of updated UK regulations in
July 2015, in response to the EU’s Offshore
Safety Directive. The HSE&A and DECC
have together formed a joint competent
authority, the Offshore Safety Directive
Regulator (‘OSDR’), and we have taken the
required steps to ensure compliance
throughout upcoming safety case
review programmes.
Operations Excellence – and its three
overarching themes of controlling major
accident hazards, minimising waste and
maximising production – remains a key
reference point for our HSE&A activities.
The 2015 appointment of Ian MacRae as
Operations Functional Manager serves to
underpin this commitment.
The appointment of a new HSE&A Manager
in August 2015 ensured continuity in the
development and delivery of our
improvement plans.
We took key steps towards formalising
our network of voluntary environmental
representatives (‘E-Reps’) on our assets.
Our first E-Rep forum was held in October
and more are planned for 2016. The initiative
provides greater support for the work of
E-Reps by enhancing their profile and
responsibilities, providing new learning
opportunities and sharing best practice.
In Malaysia, we completed our first
full year of operations with no Lost-Time
Incidents (‘LTIs’). We completed 700,000 man
hours on the Tanjong Baram project with no
accidents or injuries. We continue to develop
our in-country HSE&A framework, in line with
the prevailing legislative environment and
EnQuest’s own processes, principles
and values.
People: Challenging macro-economic
conditions intensified
EnQuest took significant steps in 2015
towards realising a key strategic goal: shaping
a streamlined organisation which provides our
talented people with the platform to deliver a
clearly defined work programme.
The business decision to focus for now solely
upon operations in the UK and Malaysia,
allied to the challenges posed by the low oil
price environment and rising operating costs
in the North Sea, created the impetus behind
Strategic ReportEnQuest PLC Annual Report & Accounts 2015 our pursuit of this goal. Our People
and Organisation strategy – the right
organisation, with great people, who deliver
exceptional performance, in the EnQuest way
– provided the necessary framework.
Headcount reduction was inevitably
part of our response. We strived to execute
the process with respect and consideration
throughout and we also took wider steps to
create a simplified, more efficient and highly
focused organisation.
In the UK, our northern North Sea assets
moved to an equal time rota in 2015; our
central North Sea operations are doing
likewise in 2016. In line with wider market
practices, we adjusted our contractor rates.
We further deepened EnQuest’s direct
presence offshore, with another tranche
of personnel choosing to become EnQuest
employees rather than contractors, thereby
enabling us to build our capabilities further
in key areas.
In addition, we established a Dubai based
team to deliver all purchasing support for
our North Sea operations. This has created
a simplified supply chain environment,
delivering greater purchasing diversity
and new commercial advantages.
A reorganisation exercise within our wells
delivery function, allied to the introduction
of offshore coaches, yielded outstanding
performance – not least on the Kraken
drilling programme. The Kraken team as a
whole delivered exceptional results, despite
the highly challenging work programme
and geographical diversity of the project.
The team embraced the principle of
collaboration, and remained focused
and engaged throughout.
The successful relocation to our new offices
in Annan House in Aberdeen – completed
on time and on budget – has served to
mature the EnQuest culture and supported
a collective focus on our long term
sustainability.
During our first full year of operations in
Malaysia, we worked to optimise the
organisation and build a distinct EnQuest
culture within it.
Specifically, as part of our strong working
partnership with PETRONAS, we signed
up for its people development initiative,
Prodigy (Programme for the Development
of Ingenious Young Talent), committing to
take graduates on board in our drilling and
operations functions. A competency system
was introduced to our offshore operations
to help achieve high performance in work
execution and demonstrate our commitment
to Safe Results.
Stefan Ricketts
Company Secretary
Our Malaysia operations also moved into a
single new office facility in Kuala Lumpur to
bring all personnel together in one location.
Aberdeen’s Tullos pupils learning about
remotely operated vehicles.
Community: Continuing charitable
focus on Archway, the learning
disabilities support group
Despite the challenges posed in the
prevailing low oil price environment,
EnQuest remained fully committed to an
active community engagement programme
throughout 2015.
By applying our values of collaboration and
creativity, and specifically by capitalising upon
our relationships with companies in our supply
chain, we sought to add substance and extra
value to our community support activities.
This was particularly evident in our ongoing
work with Tullos Primary School in Aberdeen.
We arranged for pupils to visit the facilities of
Bond Offshore Helicopters, to view aircraft
and speak to pilots and engineers. Likewise,
a group from Tullos visited remotely
operated vehicle (ROV) provider i-Tech,
a division of Subsea 7.
The purpose of these events was to
give young people a direct insight into
specialist areas of the oil and gas industry
and encourage them to consider the career
opportunities they present. More broadly,
our aim was to inspire them to build a career
in any sphere of working life.
It was with similar objectives in mind that
we hosted a careers day for 30 pupils at
Annan House to profile not only the core
professional disciplines at EnQuest but also
all key support areas, from administrative
and security operations to IT and HR.
We continued to enjoy a fruitful
relationship with the Paul Lawrie
Foundation. The charitable organisation
twice brought pop-up sports facilities to
Tullos School to encourage participation
and skills development.
Further detail on EnQuest’s Corporate
Responsibility policies and activities, including
the area of Business Conduct, is available on the
Corporate Responsibility section of EnQuest’s
website at http://www.enquest.com/corporate-
responsibility.aspx. This is updated during the year.
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Archway, an Aberdeen-based charity
which supports young people and
adults with learning disabilities, was
one of our nominated charities in 2015
and the relationship is continuing into
2016. Over the year, the organisation
benefited from various fund-raising
activities at EnQuest as well as support
from EnQuest personnel for Archway-led
ventures to generate funds. There was
also practical support, in the form of
EnQuest team visits to Archway facilities
to perform refurbishment work.
EnQuest’s charity committee reviews
requests for support on an ongoing
basis, and selects a number that meet our
established criteria. We did so throughout
2015: the projects that benefited from our
support included dates-n-mates Aberdeen,
which offers friendship and dating
opportunities to adults with learning
disabilities. EnQuest staff spent time
decorating the organisation’s Halloween
party venue appropriately to ensure the
occasion was a success.
Tullos pupils visiting Bond Offshore Helicopters
to learn about career opportunities.
Business conduct
The Group has zero tolerance of slavery
and expects the same of all with whom it
has business dealings; for example, in relation
to procurement, by requiring suppliers to
confirm their commitment to anti-slavery
before being qualified to supply the Group.
The Group has also begun implementing
procedures that will ensure that it is fully
compliant with its obligation under the
Modern Slavery Act 2015.
The Strategic Report
was approved by the
Board and signed on
its behalf by the
Company Secretary
on 16 March 2016
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Board of Directors
Dr James Buckee
Non-Executive Chairman
Amjad Bseisu
Chief Executive
Jonathan Swinney
Chief Financial Officer
Helmut Langanger
Senior Independent Director
Appointed
22 February 2010
Committees
Nomination (Chairman)
and Remuneration
Skills and experience
James Buckee holds a BSc
Honours degree in Physics and a PhD
in Astrophysics. Between 1971 and
1987, James held various petroleum
engineering positions with Shell
International, Burma Oil and BP, and
worked in many different locations,
including Norway, Aberdeen, New
Zealand, Australia, Qatar, Alaska
and London. In 1987 James was
appointed as operations manager
for BP Norway, and thereafter
vice-president, development
programmes, for BP Alaska. In
1989 James returned to the UK
as manager, planning, for BP
Exploration. In 1991 he was
appointed president and chief
operating officer of BP Canada Inc.
In 1993 James became president
and chief executive officer of Talisman
Energy Inc. (‘Talisman’). During his
tenure, Talisman experienced very
significant growth, with operations
ultimately covering over 20 countries,
annual production rising to over
500,000 barrels per day and annual
capital expenditure rising to
approximately $5 billion. James
retired from Talisman in 2007.
Other principal
external appointments
Non-executive director of Magma
Global and Black Swan Energy.
James is also on the advisory board
of KERN partners.
Appointed
22 February 2010
Committees
Nomination
Appointed
29 March 2010
Committees
None
Skills and experience
Amjad Bseisu holds a BSc Honours
degree in Mechanical Engineering
and an MSc and D.ENG degree in
Aeronautical Engineering. From
1984 to 1998, Amjad worked for the
Atlantic Richfield Company (‘ARCO’),
eventually becoming president of
ARCO Petroleum Ventures and
ARCO Crude Trading Inc. In 1998
Amjad founded and was the
chief executive of Petrofac Energy
Developments International Limited,
the operations and investment
business for Petrofac Limited, which
organically grew an upstream and
midstream oil and gas business in
South East Asia, the UK, and North
Africa. In 2010 Amjad formed
EnQuest PLC having previously
been a founding non-executive
chairman of Serica Energy plc and
a director of Stratic Energy
Corporation.
Skills and experience
Jonathan Swinney qualified
as a chartered accountant with
Arthur Andersen in 1992 and is
a member of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of England
and Wales. Jonathan qualified as
a solicitor in 1997 and trained at
Cameron McKenna, joining the
acquisition finance team upon
qualification. In 1998 Jonathan
joined Credit Suisse First Boston
working within the corporate broking
team. Jonathan later moved to
Lehman Brothers advising on a wide
range of transactions and in 2006 he
became a managing director within
the corporate broking team. Jonathan
joined Petrofac Limited in April 2008
as head of mergers and acquisitions
for the Petrofac Group, and left in
2010 to join EnQuest PLC.
Other principal
external appointments
None
Other principal
external appointments
British Business Ambassador
for Energy 2013-15, non-executive
chairman of Enviromena Power
Systems, a private company and the
leading developer of solar services in
the Middle East and chairman of The
Amjad and Suha Bseisu Foundation.
Appointed
16 March 2010
Committees
Remuneration (Chairman)
and Nomination
Skills and experience
Helmut Langanger holds
an MSc degree in Petroleum
Engineering and an MA in
Economics. Between 1974 and
2010, Helmut was employed by
OMV, Austria where he was a
reservoir engineer until 1980.
From 1981 to 1985, Helmut was
an evaluation engineer for the
technical and economic assessment
of international E&P ventures, and
from 1985 to 1989 he held the
position of vice-president, planning
and economics for E&P and natural
gas projects. In 1989 Helmut was
appointed as senior vice-president
of international E&P and in 1992
became senior vice-president of E&P
for OMV’s global operations. From
2002 Helmut had been the group
executive vice-president for E&P,
OMV until he retired in 2010. In his
capacity Helmut was in charge of 14
countries. Production increased from
80,000 barrels per day to 320,000
barrels per day.
Other principal
external appointments
Non-executive director of Schoeller
Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment A.G.
(Austria), Serinus Energy Inc. (formerly
Kulczyk Oil Ventures Inc.) (Poland and
Canada) and MND (Czech Republic).
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Dr Philip Nolan
Non-Executive Director
Jock Lennox
Non-Executive Director
Clare Spottiswoode
Non-Executive Director
Philip Holland
Non-Executive Director
Appointed
1 August 2012
Appointed
22 February 2010
Committees
Audit and Remuneration
Committees
Audit (Chairman) and Risk
Appointed
1 July 2011
Committees
Risk and Audit
Appointed
1 August 2015
Committees
Risk (Chairman)
Skills and experience
Phil Nolan holds a BSc and PhD in
Geology and has an MBA from the
London Business School. Phil spent
15 years with BP working in the UK,
the US, Australia and Southeast
Asia. Latterly he was responsible
for acquisition and disposals for
BP Exploration worldwide and was
managing director of Interconnector
(UK) Limited which built and operates
the gas pipeline between Bacton and
Zeebrugge. He joined BG Group plc
(‘BG Group’) where he was chief
executive director of Transco which
runs the UK gas pipeline network and
sat as an executive member of the BG
Group board. On demerger from
BG Group Phil was chief executive
director of the Lattice Group plc, a
FTSE 100 company. Subsequently
Phil was chief executive director of
eircom Limited the national Irish
telecoms company.
Other principal
external appointments
Chairman of the John Laing
Group plc; an international
infrastructure developer and investor
with operations in the UK, Europe,
Australia, New Zealand, Canada and
North America. Phil is also chairman
of the Ulster Bank and Affinity Water
Limited. Phil is a non-executive
director of Providence Resources
plc; an Irish oil explorer.
Skills and experience
Jock Lennox holds a Law degree
and in 1980 qualified as a chartered
accountant with Ernst & Young LLP
(‘EY’), Edinburgh and is a member
of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Scotland. In 1988
Jock became a partner at EY. In his
time at EY Jock was seconded to
work in Seattle, US in the early 1980s.
Throughout his career he worked
with a range of multinational
clients, working on projects in many
countries. He also held a number of
EY Global leadership positions. Jock
retired from EY in 2009.
Skills and experience
Clare Spottiswoode holds an M.Phil
degree in Economics and an MA in
Mathematics and Economics. Clare
began her career in the Treasury
before starting her own software
company. Between 1993 and 1998
she was director general of Ofgas,
the UK gas regulator. From 2002 to
2007 Clare was a non-executive
director of Tullow Oil plc.
Clare will not be standing for
re-election at the 2016 Annual
General Meeting.
Other principal
external appointments
Non-executive director of Dixons
Carphone plc, Hill & Smith Holdings
plc and A&J Mucklow Group plc.
Jock is also senior independent
director of Oxford Instruments plc
and a trustee of the Tall Ships
Youth Trust.
Other principal
external appointments
Non-executive chairman of Gas
Strategies Group Limited and Flow
plc and non-executive director of
G4S plc, Ilika plc, Seven Energy Ltd,
the Payments Council and
Partnership Assurance Group plc.
Skills and experience
Phil Holland holds a BSc in Civil
Engineering from Leeds as well as an
MSc in Engineering and Construction
Project Management from Cranfield
School of Management. Phil has
extensive experience in managing
large scale oil and gas projects
around the globe. In 1980, Phil joined
Bechtel Corporation, where for over
20 years he managed major oil and
gas projects in a wide range of
international locations. In 2004,
Phil joined Shell as vice president
of projects, Shell Global Solutions
International. In 2009, Phil became
executive vice-president downstream
projects in Shell’s newly formed
projects and technology business
and then in 2010 he was appointed
as project director for the Shell
development Kazakhstan’s
Kashagan phase 2 project, and
subsequently the Shell/QP Al Karaana
petrochemicals project. Since 2013,
he has operated as an independent
project management consultant.
Other principal
external appointments
None
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Senior management
Neil McCulloch
President, North Sea
Faysal Hamza
Head of International
Richard Hall
Head of Major Projects
Neil is a graduate of Cambridge University
and Heriot Watt University and holds a Master’s
degree in Petroleum Engineering. He began his
career as a graduate trainee with British Gas E&P
and from 1996-2001 worked in a variety of
technical consultancy and investment banking
roles. He then went on to spend 11 years with BG
Group in a range of senior UK and international
roles, latterly as vice president & asset general
manager, UK Upstream, with accountability for
the delivery of BG’s UK North Sea business. Neil
joined EnQuest in March 2014 from international
oil and gas company OMV AG, where he held the
global role of senior vice president production &
engineering. Neil holds a number of external
appointments including operator co-chair of Oil
and Gas UK and a board member of the Oil and
Gas Innovation Centre.
Faysal has an MBA from Georgetown University
in Washington and over 26 years of experience
in oil and gas finance, business development and
private equity. Faysal joined EnQuest in 2011 and
prior to that was managing director, private equity
at Swicorp, a financial firm operating in the Middle
East and North Africa. Faysal has also held roles as
a senior executive at Arab Petroleum Investment
Corporation (‘APICORP’), group business
development manager with the Alturki Group in
Saudi Arabia, and management positions at Arco
International Oil & Gas Company (‘ARCO’) in the
US, Saudi International Bank in London and the
Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco).
Richard Hall graduated from Leeds University
with a BSc in Chemical Engineering and spent the
first 10 years of his career gaining experience with
operating oil companies (Amoco, Hess and Murphy
Petroleum) as a supervisor in offshore field
operations, petroleum engineering, project
management and execution, and commercial
negotiations. Richard was one of four founders and
operations director of the service company UWG
Ltd (now known as Acteon Group) which won the
Institute of Petroleum Platinum award in 2001. He
formed and led a team which won the prestigious
Queen’s Award for Export. He subsequently went
on to join Petrofac as vice president of operations
& developments and in addition, became general
manager in Malaysia. Before joining EnQuest
Richard was CEO and co-founder of Nio
Petroleum which was acquired by EnQuest in
2012 with Richard joining the Senior Management
Team as Head of Major Projects. His primary
responsibility is the delivery of the Kraken project.
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Stefan Ricketts
General Counsel, Company Secretary
Graeme Cook
Human Resources Director
Stefan joined EnQuest in 2012 and is responsible
for all legal, Company secretarial matters and for
EnQuest’s Risk Management Framework. Prior to
joining EnQuest, Stefan was a partner at Fulbright
& Jaworski, LLP heading its energy and natural
resources practice in the Asia-Pacific region. He
had previously been Group General Counsel at
BG Group plc. Stefan, who graduated from the
University of Bristol with a degree in law, began
his early career as a solicitor with Herbert Smith,
has significant experience as a lawyer and in
management working across the energy chain
and in all phases of project development and
operations. In previous roles he has been based
in London, Paris, Dubai, Jakarta, Singapore and
Hong Kong.
Graeme holds an MA in Accountancy &
Economics from the University of Dundee and
has over 20 years’ experience in both finance and
HR leadership roles. Graeme’s early career was
spent predominantly with Schlumberger living and
working in the UK, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
He returned to the UK in 2004 and was appointed
as HR Director for BG Group’s Mediterranean Basin
and Africa region. Following this, Graeme was
Group Head of Talent & Leadership for Legal &
General PLC. Since joining EnQuest in April 2011,
Graeme has had responsibility for ensuring that
the Company has the necessary people and
organisation in place to deliver EnQuest’s
growth agenda.
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Chairman’s letter
“Operating efficiency has
always been central to
EnQuest and 2015 saw the
Company further pursue
cost reducing strategies.”
Dear Shareholder
During the period under review EnQuest PLC (‘EnQuest’ or the
‘Company’) has generated strong production growth. The Company
operates in a geopolitical environment that has become more
turbulent and the price of oil has significantly declined since the
second half of 2014. Operating efficiency has always been central to
EnQuest and 2015 saw the Company further pursue cost reducing
strategies. Although the Company is incurring debt to assure delivery
of projects to which we have committed, the consequential increases
in production and improvements in production efficiency should
position EnQuest to meet the challenges of a lower price environment
and to prosper from oil price recovery. In the last year EnQuest has
achieved excellent operational performance with high production
efficiency, combined with a successful drilling programme.
Corporate governance
On behalf of the Board of Directors (the ‘Board’), I am
pleased to introduce EnQuest’s corporate governance report.
The Board believes that the manner in which it conducts its
business is important and it is striving to deliver the highest standard
of corporate governance. Ensuring the right approach to governance
is taken and that the Board works effectively remains a key focus of
the Company. EnQuest’s Company values of Respect, Focus, Agility,
Creativity, Passion, Collaboration and Empowerment help to foster a
working environment where people are safe, creative and passionate,
with a relentless focus on results. These values guide everything we
do at EnQuest.
The work of the Board is supported by several key Board
Committees. The Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees
have recently been supplemented by the creation of a new Risk
Committee. Each of these Committees has formal terms of reference
approved by the Board. Further details on each Committee can be
found on pages 58 to 61 (Audit), pages 62 to 75 (Remuneration),
pages 76 to 78 (Nomination) and page 57 (Risk). These Committees
report back to the Board after each meeting.
EnQuest’s governance framework also contains several non-
Board committees, which provide advice and support to the Chief
Executive, including an Executive Committee and an Operations
Committee for the North Sea business division. The Company also
holds dedicated HSE reviews on a quarterly basis which are chaired
by the Chief Executive. During 2015 a hedging policy was adopted
which, inter alia, required the set up of a new non-Board committee,
the Marketing and Trading Risk Management Committee.
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Board of Directors
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Risk
Committee
Audit
Committee
Nomination
Committee
Remuneration
Committee
Chief Executive
Investment
Committee
Executive
Committee
International Operations
Committee
North Sea Operations
Committee
Quarterly HSE
Review
Marketing & Trading Risk
Management Committee
Board composition and succession planning
The Board regularly considers how it operates and whether there is
an appropriate composition and mix around the Board table, both
to respond to today’s challenges and to enhance EnQuest’s future
strategic direction. The Board was further strengthened during 2015
with the addition of Philip Holland, who EnQuest is delighted to
welcome to the Board. Phil joined the Board as a Non-Executive
Director in August 2015 and brings deep experience of capital
projects management in the oil and gas industry. Phil is the
Chairman of the newly formed Risk Committee.
The Company will reach its ninth anniversary in 2019 and the
Board considers it desirable to ensure the independence of its
Non-Executive Directors through a phased approach to the
retirement of its existing Non-Executive Directors. Consequently,
Clare Spottiswoode will be retiring from the Board in 2016. The
Board would like to extend its gratitude to Clare for her valuable
contributions during her tenure with EnQuest.
Board evaluation
2015 saw EnQuest’s second externally facilitated Board review,
which confirmed again that it is a well run and well governed
organisation, with a strong leadership team. The review highlighted
that as EnQuest moves from being a new entrant to an established
producer in a more challenging external environment it must
continue to evolve its governance procedures in line with this
transition. The Board has adopted a number of measures as it
progresses this agenda; such as streamlining the membership
of Board Committees, the introduction of the Risk Committee as
a Committee of the Board; and a more structured approach to
refreshing Board membership over time. See page 56 for details.
Corporate responsibility
The Company’s corporate responsibility is focused on five main areas.
These are Health and Safety, People, Environment, Business Conduct
and Community. EnQuest is committed to operating responsibly and
never knowingly compromises its health and safety standards in order
to meet operational objectives. EnQuest’s approach to HSE&A
management is built on its Company values. Through respect for
its people, contractors, stakeholders and the environment, EnQuest
pursues its principal aims: safe results, with no harm to people and
respect for the environment.
EnQuest has developed an Environmental Management System
(‘EMS’) to ensure its activities are conducted in such a way that
it can manage and mitigate its impact on the environment. The
system is broadly aligned with the requirements of the International
Organisation for Standardisation’s environmental management
system standard – ISO 14001:2004. EnQuest works to minimise its
impact on the environment and reports on, and measures, liquid
waste, accidental spills, atmospheric emissions, waste management
and continual improvement. Public environmental statements
relating to the Company’s operations are available on the website
www.enquest.com.
Risk
This has been the first year that EnQuest has implemented the
Risk Management Framework (‘RMF’) adopted in 2014. During the
year the risk, planning and strategy work of the Executive Committee
has been further aligned and the Board has established a new
Committee, the Risk Committee, which is empowered to review
individual risk areas in depth and report thereon to the Board.
Strategy
The Board continued to provide strategic guidance to executive
management throughout the year, which culminated in EnQuest’s
annual Board strategy day in October 2015. The workshop involved
a comprehensive review of the Company’s existing strategy (aligned
with the mitigation of the Company’s principal risks) as well as
identification of key themes to help it navigate changes in the
landscape for the business. EnQuest is confident that its strategy
has positioned it well to achieve its long-term goals and to maximise
shareholder value.
Dr James Buckee
Chairman
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Corporate governance
statement
Statement of compliance
The Financial Reporting Council (‘FRC’) published a revised UK
Corporate Governance Code (the ‘Code’) in September 2014, which
was effective for year ends beginning on or after 1 October 2014.
The Board is pleased to report that all principles of the Code have
been complied with in the period under review. EnQuest embraces
the spirit of the Code and views corporate governance as an
essential part of its framework, supporting structure, risk
management and core values.
Key corporate governance
activities in 2015
Details
An external review of
EnQuest’s environmental
reporting
This was benchmarked against the
Company’s peers and concluded that
EnQuest is performing well in this area
An externally facilitated
Board review
This provided positive feedback and
useful suggestions, see page 56 for
details
Creation of an Investment
Committee
Formed of members with prior
investment experience, in response to
falling oil prices
Move to a vote on a poll
2015 will see EnQuest move from a vote
on a show of hands to voting on a poll
Leadership
The long-term success of the Company is the collective
responsibility of the Board.
Board composition and changes
For the year ended 31 December 2015 the Board had eight
Directors, consisting of two Executive Directors and six
Non-Executive Directors (including the Chairman). The
biographical details of each are set out on pages 48 and
49. The Board appointed a new Non-Executive Director,
Philip Holland, with effect from 1 August 2015.
The role of the Board
The Board is the custodian of the Company’s values, its long-term
vision and provides strategic direction and guidance for the
Company in order to deliver long-term shareholder value.
The matters reserved to the Board for its decisions are detailed in
a formal schedule. This schedule is reviewed and approved by the
Board. The key reserved matters include:
o the Group’s overall strategy;
o review business plans and trading performance;
o approval of major capital investment projects;
o examination of acquisition opportunities and divestment policies;
o review of significant financial and operational issues;
o review and approval of the Company’s financial statements;
o oversight of control and risk management systems (supported by
the Audit Committee); and
o succession planning and appointments (supported by the
Nomination Committee).
The Board held six scheduled Board meetings in the year ended
31 December 2015, four of which were held at the Company’s
registered office in London, one was held at the Company’s
Aberdeen office and one was held offsite in conjunction with
the strategy day. In addition, a number of ad hoc meetings were
arranged in order to deal with matters that required consideration
at short notice. It is expected that all Directors attend scheduled
Board and relevant Committee meetings and the Company’s
Annual General Meeting (‘AGM’). Details of Board and Committee
membership and attendance can be found on pages 56, 58,
63 and 77.
All Directors are covered by the Company’s Directors’ and Officers’
insurance policy.
A clear division of responsibilities
There is a clear division between the role of the Chairman and Chief
Executive; this has been set out in writing and agreed by the Board.
The Chairman was independent upon his appointment to the Board,
and the Board continues to consider him to be an independent
Non-Executive Director. The Chairman is responsible for setting the
leadership of the Board, setting the Board agenda and ensuring the
overall effective working of the Board. The Chief Executive is
accountable and reports to the Board. His role is to develop
strategy in consultation with the Board, to execute that strategy
following presentation to, and consideration and approval by, the
Board and to oversee the operational management of the business.
The role of the Non-Executive Directors
The Non-Executive Directors combine broad business and
commercial experience from oil and gas and other industry sectors.
They bring independence, external skills, objective judgement and
constructively challenge the actions of senior management. This is
critical for providing assurance that the Executive Directors are
exercising good judgement in delivery of strategy and decision
making. The Board is satisfied that all of the Non-Executive Directors
meet the independence criteria as set by the Code. Information on
the skills and experience of the Non-Executive Directors can be
found in the Board biographies on pages 48 to 49.
The Chairman holds one-to-one and group meetings with the
Non-Executive Directors, without the Executive Directors present,
at least once a year.
The role of the Senior Independent Director
The Senior Independent Director (‘SID’) is available to shareholders
if they have concerns where contact through the normal channels
of the Chairman, the Chief Executive or other Executive Directors
has failed to resolve an issue or where such contact is inappropriate.
In his role as the SID, Helmut Langanger continues to provide a
sounding board for the Chairman as well as act as an intermediary
with other Directors when necessary.
Company Secretary
The Company Secretary is responsible for advising the Board,
through the Chairman, on all governance matters. In addition,
each Director has access to the advice and services of the Company
Secretary. The Company Secretary is instrumental in facilitating the
induction of new Directors and assists with the ongoing training and
development of the Board.
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Directors’ attendance at Board and Board Committee meetings
The table below sets out the attendance record of each Director at scheduled Board and Board Committee meetings during 2015:
Meetings held in 2015
Executive Directors
Amjad Bseisu1
Jonathan Swinney1
Non-Executive Directors
Dr James Buckee1
Helmut Langanger
Jock Lennox
Philip Nolan
Clare Spottiswoode
Philip Holland3
Board
meetings
Audit
Committee2
Remuneration
Committee2
Nomination
Committee2
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
3
3
n/a
n/a
n/a
3
3
3
3
2
3
n/a
n/a
n/a
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
n/a
1
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Notes:
n/a not applicable where a Director is not a member of the Committee.
1 Amjad Bseisu, Jonathan Swinney and James Buckee have attended Committee meetings by invitation. These details have not been included in the table.
2 Committee membership has been streamlined for 2016, see page 56 for new Committee memberships.
3 Philip Holland was appointed on 1 August 2015.
Board activities during the year
How the Board operates
During 2015 the Board held six scheduled meetings and ad
hoc meetings were arranged to deal with matters arising between
scheduled meetings as appropriate. Board meetings are preceded
by a day of Committee meetings as appropriate. This pattern of
meetings is intended to support the Board’s focus on the strategic
and long-term matters, while ensuring that it discharges its
monitoring and oversight role effectively through intensive high
quality discussions and high quality information flow.
All Board papers are published via an online Board portal
system. This offers a fast, secure and reliable method of distribution,
which helps lower the Company’s environmental impact through the
reduction of printing and lowers costs associated with printing and
postage. Board agendas are drawn up by the Company Secretary
in conjunction with the Chairman and with agreement from the
Chief Executive.
Board agenda and key activities throughout 2015
The table on the right sets out matters that the Board discuss
at each meeting and the key activities that have taken place
throughout this period.
Matters considered at all
Board meetings
Key activities for the Board
throughout 2015
o Responses to oil
price declines
o Key project status and
progress
o Strategy
o Financial reports and
statements
o Operational issues and
highlights
o Investor relations and capital
markets update
o HSE&A matters
o HR issues and developments
o Key legal updates
o Key transactions
o Assurance and risk
management
o Review of capital
raising options
o Compliance with debt
covenants and liquidity
o Risk and long-term
viability review
o Annual offsite strategy
day held in October
o Evolution of Risk
Management Framework
o 2015 budget review and 2016
budget approval
o Review and approval of the
HSE&A policy
o Periodic updates on
corporate regulatory changes
and reporting requirements
o Project assurance processes
o Hedging strategy and policy
o Annual anti-corruption review
o Implementation of
Investment Committee
o Cyber security audit
o Externally facilitated
Board review
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Board Committees
The Board delegates a number of responsibilities to its Audit
Committee, Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee and
now to its newly formed Risk Committee. The Chairman of each
Committee reports formally to the Board on its proceedings after
each meeting and makes recommendations that it deems appropriate
to the Board for its consideration and approval. There are formal terms
of reference for each Committee, approved by the Board. The terms
of reference for each of these Committees sets out the scope of
authority of the Committee, satisfies the requirements of the Code
and are reviewed internally on an ongoing basis by the Board. Copies
of the terms of reference are available on the Company’s website
www.enquest.com.
The Committees are provided with all necessary resources to
enable them to undertake their duties in an effective manner.
The Company Secretary acts as secretary to the Committees other
than the Remuneration Committee, for which the Human Resources
Director acts as secretary, and minutes of all Committee meetings are
available to all Directors.
One of the recommendations made in the 2015 external Board review
was to limit the memberships of EnQuest’s Board Committees. The
following proposals were made and adopted in December 2015 for
the Nomination Committee and in January 2016 for the remaining
three Committees:
Nomination Committee
Audit Committee
Dr James Buckee (Chair)
Helmut Langanger
Amjad Bseisu
Risk Committee
Philip Holland (Chair)
Clare Spottiswoode
Jock Lennox
Jock Lennox (Chair)
Philip Nolan
Clare Spottiswoode
Remuneration Committee
Helmut Langanger (Chair)
Dr James Buckee
Philip Nolan
In addition to the four Board Committees, EnQuest has several
non-Board committees, which assist the Chief Executive in the
implementation and monitoring of strategy. These are the Executive
Committee, Investment Committee, International Operations
Committee, North Sea Operations Committee and the Group
Health, Safety, Environment and Assurance team.
Delegation of authority
Responsibility levels are communicated throughout the Group as
part of the business management system and through an authority
matrix which sets out, inter alia, delegated authority levels,
segregation of duties and other control procedures.
Board performance evaluation
In 2015, the Board appointed Colin Mayer, an independent external
facilitator, to conduct a Board evaluation review. The process
consisted of one-to-one structured interviews with each Director,
selected senior management, the outgoing and incoming partners
in charge of external audit, two investors and one of EnQuest’s
banks, as well as attendance at Board and Committee meetings.
The evaluation showed that EnQuest is a well governed and well
run company that comfortably conforms to the requirements of the
Code. The Company has executives of the highest calibre, led by
an outstanding Chief Executive and a first rate Chairman. Board
proceedings are relaxed, with a strong sense of team spirit and
collegiality, encouraging open and frank discussions.
A number of agreed action points from the 2015 Board evaluation
review are set out below:
o An annual assessment of the performance of each Board
member supplemented to the review of the performance of the
Board as a whole will be conducted by the Chairman
o Board Committee memberships streamlined
o Structured Board succession planning
o A Risk sub-Committee of the Board with clear terms of reference
o Streamlining of the Board pack format, in order to facilitate
Board decisions
In addition to the external Board evaluation, the Senior Independent
Director led a rigorous review of the Chairman, in conjunction with
the other Board members. The review recognised that the Chairman
brings a deep knowledge of the business, together with extensive
experience and expertise. Certain areas of focus were identified
to optimise how the Chairman can best ensure the most effective
operation of the Board in the future, and these areas will be
reviewed at the following year’s review. Helmut Langanger and Jock
Lennox were also each subject to a particularly rigorous review by
the Nomination Committee, as they approach their six year tenure
with the Company, and the Committee concluded that each
of those Directors continues to provide valuable service to
the Company.
Induction, information and support
The Directors may consult with the Company Secretary at any time
on matters related to their role on the Board.
On joining EnQuest, Non-Executive Directors receive a full
and tailored induction to the Company. The induction programme
consists of a comprehensive briefing pack, which includes Group
structure details, the constitution of the Company, the Group
governance map, a guide to Directors’ duties, terms of reference
of each Committee, Group policies and the Company’s delegation
of authority. In addition to this, each Director receives an
introduction to the Company’s resource centre (including all
external communications, such as investor presentations, reports
and corporate responsibility reports) and a schedule of one-to-one
meetings with each of the Executive Directors, members of senior
management and external advisers.
All Non-Executive Directors have access to the Company’s
senior management between Board meetings and the Board aims
to hold at least one meeting each year in one of the business units
to allow Non-Executive Directors to meet and engage with local
staff. In addition, the continuing development of Board members
is supported through regular briefings on key business, industry,
governance and regulatory developments. The Chairman monitors
the breadth of knowledge, skills and experience of the Board and
its Committees to ensure that they can fulfil their obligations.
Accountability
Conflicts of interest
The Board operates a policy to identify and, where appropriate,
manage, conflicts or potential conflicts of interest with the Company’s
interests. In accordance with the Directors’ interests’ provisions in the
Companies Act 2006, all the Directors are required to submit details
to the Company Secretary of any situations which may give rise to a
conflict, or potential conflict, of interest. The Board monitors and
reviews potential conflicts of interest on a regular basis and is satisfied
that formal procedures are in place to ensure that authorisation for
potential and actual conflicts of interest are operated efficiently.
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All of the Company’s financial results presentations are available on
the website at www.enquest.com and shareholders can register on
the website to receive email alerts.
In 2015 numerous investor and broker sales team and analyst
meetings were held, including presentations at investor conferences,
results presentations and a capital markets day for investors was held
in December 2015. At the beginning of the year investors attended a
site visit in Newcastle, which included a tour of the EnQuest Producer
FPSO, in respect of the Alma/Galia development. As normal, EnQuest
offered to make available meetings with the Chairman and Senior
Independent Director for discussion of any governance or other
matters and some such routine meetings took place in 2015.
2015 Annual Report
The Directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report
and Financial Statements and consider that, taken as a whole, the
Annual Report and Financial Statements are fair, balanced and
understandable and provide the necessary information for
shareholders to assess the Company’s position and
performance, business model and strategy.
Annual General Meeting
The Company’s AGM is attended by the Board and senior
management and is open to all EnQuest shareholders to attend.
The Chief Executive gives a presentation on operational matters
before the Chairman deals with the formal business of the meeting.
To encourage shareholder participation, EnQuest offers electronic
proxy voting through the CREST electronic proxy appointment
service. At the AGM all resolutions are proposed and voted upon
individually by way of a poll by shareholders or their proxies. All
shareholders present can question the Board during the meeting
as well as informally afterwards.
Anti-bribery and corruption
The Company has a number of policies covering anti-bribery and
corruption and the overall anti-bribery and corruption programme
is reviewed annually by the Board.
As part of training, the Company also requires new personnel
to familiarise themselves with the Company’s Code of Conduct
and a corruption risks awareness email is sent out annually by the
Chief Executive (to prompt all personnel to complete an online
anti-corruption training course). In addition, the Company runs a
focused training programme targeted towards particular groups
of personnel.
The Company also encourages staff to escalate any concerns
and, to facilitate this, provides an external ‘speak-up’ reporting line.
The limited number of relevant instances that were reported to the
Board were investigated by the Company’s General Counsel.
Risk
EnQuest has continued throughout the year to implement and
develop its comprehensive Risk Management Framework, which was
developed in 2014, and has conducted a robust assessment of the
principal risks facing the Group; see pages 22 to 27 of the Strategic
Report for further information.
The Company has further embedded its risk principles by
establishing an additional committee of the Board, a Risk
Committee. The primary responsibility of the Risk Committee will be
to act as a forum for engaging in thorough analysis of particular
material risks that the Board believes merits analysis and discussion
in greater depth than is ordinarily practicable within the agendas of
full Board meetings. The initial activity of the Risk Committee is to
set its agenda for the coming year. The terms of reference of the
Audit Committee remain unchanged and it remains responsible for
the following risk management related tasks:
o reviewing the effectiveness of the Company’s internal controls
and risk management systems;
o reviewing and approving the statements to be included in the
Annual Report concerning internal controls and risk
management; and
o monitoring and reviewing the effectiveness of the Company’s
internal audit function in the context of the Company’s overall
risk management system.
Relations with shareholders
Engagement with shareholders
EnQuest maintained an active and constructive dialogue
with its shareholders throughout the year through a planned
programme of investor relations activities. In 2015 the Chairman
and the Company’s Senior Independent Director met with officers
of certain large institutional investors and discussed matters of
corporate governance. The Board was then updated on the outcome
of those meetings. The Company’s investor relations team keeps the
Board informed of broker and analysts’ views, and presents a paper at
each Board meeting. In addition, EnQuest periodically carries out an
independent survey to a cross section of shareholders in order to
assess shareholder perception of the Company.
EnQuest’s investor relations team and Company Secretarial
department field daily queries from shareholders and analysts
and there is a section of the website dedicated to shareholders:
www.enquest.com. EnQuest’s registrars, Capita, also have a team of
people to answer shareholder queries in relation to technical aspects
of their holdings, such as shareholding balances.
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Audit Committee Report
requirements in respect of the viability statement. Additionally,
through internal audit, we have reviewed the Group’s cash flow
modelling, to ensure it is robust and well controlled.
The oil price deterioration has also increased the risk in respect of
certain judgements and estimates made in the financial statements,
such as the recoverable value of the Group’s assets, and our work
during the year has responded to this. Details of these judgements
and estimates, and how we satisfied ourselves as to their
appropriateness, are set out in detail below, together with further
information on how the Committee discharged its responsibilities
during the year.
With the oil price uncertainty expected to continue throughout
2016, we will remain focused on continuing to monitor closely the
Group’s financial position and liquidity, as well as overseeing the
execution of our risk-based internal audit plan.
Jock Lennox
Chairman of the Audit Committee
16 March 2016
Committee composition
As required by the UK Corporate Governance Code (the ‘Code’),
the Committee is comprised exclusively of Non-Executive Directors,
biographies of whom are set out on pages 48 and 49. The Board
is satisfied that the Chairman of the Committee, a previous audit
partner of EY, a Big Four audit firm, and member of the Institute
of Chartered Accountants in Scotland, meets the requirement for
recent and relevant financial experience.
Membership of the Committee and attendance at the three
meetings held during 2015 is provided in the table below:
Member
Date appointed
Committee member
Attendance at
meetings during
the year
Jock Lennox (Committee Chairman)
Clare Spottiswoode
Helmut Langanger
Philip Nolan
Philip Holland
22 February
2010
1 July 2011
16 March 2010
1 August 2012
1 August 2015
3/3
3/3
3/3
3/3
2/2
Committee membership has been streamlined for 2016, see page
56 for Committee membership.
Meetings are also normally attended by the General Counsel
and Company Secretary, the Chief Financial Officer the external
auditors and other key finance team members as required. The
Chief Executive and Chairman of the Board also attend the
meetings when invited to do so by the Committee. PwC, in their
role as internal auditors during 2015, attended the meetings as
appropriate. The Chairman of the Committee regularly meets with
the external audit partner (this included particular focus on going
concern and longer-term viability) and the internal audit partner to
discuss matters relevant to the Company.
“We will remain focused
on continuing to monitor
closely the Group’s financial
position and liquidity, as well
as overseeing the execution
of our risk-based internal
audit plan.”
Dear Shareholder
The Audit Committee’s core responsibilities are to:
o monitor the integrity of the financial statements and the
appropriateness of the related significant judgements
and estimates;
o review the effectiveness of internal financial controls;
o monitor and review the effectiveness of the internal audit
function; and
o in respect of the external auditor, make recommendations to
the Board in relation to their appointment, re-appointment and
removal, approve their remuneration and terms of engagement,
review their independence and objectivity, and develop and
implement the non-audit services policy.
Our full terms of reference are available on the Company’s website
www.enquest.com under investors/shareholder centre.
As planned when we last reported to you, our work in 2015 has
responded to the continuing decline in the oil price. The price
environment has unsurprisingly put pressure on the Company’s cash
flows and liquidity, and the viability of the Company. We have taken
this into account in our review of the going concern assumption, and
through overseeing how the Company has complied with the new
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Meetings during 2015
In line with the Committee’s annual schedule, since the Committee last reported to you, three meetings have been held.
A summary of the items discussed in each meeting is set out in the table below:
Agenda item
Aug 2015
Dec 2015
March 2016
Key risks, judgements and uncertainties impacting the half-year and year-end financial statements
(reports from both management and EY)
Internal audit findings since last meeting
Internal audit plan for 2016
Review and approve external audit plan, including key risks and planned approach
Approve external audit fees subject to the audit plan
Review level of non-audit service fees for EY
Evaluate quality, independence and objectivity of EY
Evaluate management’s planned approach to giving Board comfort on the viability statement
Corporate governance update
Presentation on the reserves audit and evaluation of the Competent Person’s independence and
objectivity
Appropriateness of going concern assumption
Review of Corporate Risk Register
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Financial reporting and significant financial statement reporting issues
The primary role of the Committee in relation to financial reporting is to assess, amongst other things:
o the appropriateness of the accounting policies selected and disclosures made, including whether they comply with International
Financial Reporting Standards; and
o those judgements, estimates and key assumptions that could have a significant impact on the Group’s financial performance and
position, or on the remuneration of senior management.
We consider these items together with both management and our external auditors, who both provide reports to the Audit Committee in
respect of these areas at each Committee meeting. The main areas considered during 2015 are set out below:
Significant financial statement reporting issue
Consideration
Going concern and viability
The Group’s assessment of the going concern assumption and
viability is based on detailed cash flow and covenant forecasts.
These are, in turn, underpinned by forecasts and assumptions in
respect of:
o production forecast for the next three years, based on the
Group’s latest risked production forecast;
o the oil price assumption of $30 (2016), $40 (Q1 2017) and aligned
to the current forward curve thereafter;
o opex and capex forecasts based on the approved 2016 budget
and plan; and
o other funding activities including certain asset portfolio
activities.
Potential misstatement of oil and gas reserves
The Group has total proved and probable reserves at 31 December
2015 of 216 MMboe (adjusted for the acquisition of a further 10.5% of
Kraken from First Oil PLC, acquired 1 January 2016). The estimation of
these reserves is essential to:
The Board regularly reviews the liquidity projections of the Group.
In the December Audit Committee meeting a draft of the viability
statement and supporting liquidity analysis was presented by
management. The detailed going concern and longer-term viability
analysis, including sensitivity analysis and stress testing, and
explanations and justifications for the key assumptions made were
presented at the March Audit Committee meeting. The external
auditors presented their findings on the conclusions drawn.
This analysis was considered and challenged, in detail, by the Audit
Committee, including the appropriateness of the assumptions
made. The wording in the Annual Report concerning the viability
statement and going concern assumption (see pages 44 to 45) was
reviewed and approved for recommendation to the Board.
In the March meeting, management presented the Group’s 2P
reserves, together with the report from Gaffney Cline, our reserves
auditor.
We considered the scope of the work performed by Gaffney Cline
and their independence and objectivity.
o the value of the Company;
o assessment of going concern;
o impairment testing;
o decommissioning liability estimates; and
o calculation of depreciation.
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Significant financial statement reporting issue
Consideration
Impairment of tangible and intangible assets
Significant capital expenditure is incurred on projects and the fair value of these
projects is a significant area of judgement. At 31 December 2015, a total of $3.7
billion had been capitalised in respect of oil and gas and other fixed assets, and
$0.2 billion in respect of goodwill. The recovery of these amounts is dependent
upon the expected cash flows of the underlying assets.
Management presented to the Committee, in
the March meeting, the key assumptions made in
respect of impairment testing, and the result thereof.
The Committee considered and challenged these
assumptions. Consideration was also given to EY’s
view of the work performed by management.
Owing to the significant decline in the oil price, impairment testing has been
performed resulting in an impairment of $1.2 billion of tangible oil and gas assets.
These impairment tests are underpinned by assumptions regarding:
o 2P reserves (as audited by Gaffney Cline);
o oil price assumptions (forward curve until 2019 and $70 real thereafter);
o life of field opex and capex; and
o an asset specific discount rate driven by EnQuest’s weighted average cost of
capital.
Adequacy of the decommissioning provision
The Group’s decommissioning provision is carried at $507 million at 31 December
2015, which is based on a discounted estimate of the future costs and timing
of decommissioning the Group’s assets. Judgement exists in respect of the
estimation of the costs involved, the discount rate assumed, and the timing
of decommissioning activities.
In 2013 the Group commissioned Wood Group PSN to estimate the costs
involved in decommissioning each of our operated fields and facilities, and a
further evaluation of the Kittiwake costs completed in 2015. These estimates
underpin the 2015 provision.
The estimate for PM8 was also internally developed, but has been reviewed for
reasonableness by a third party.
For Alba, our non-operated asset, the provision is based initially on the estimates
provided by the operator, and adjusted as necessary by our own internal experts,
to ensure consistency in key assumptions with our other North Sea assets.
We reviewed the report by management summarising
the key findings and their impact on the provision.
Regard was also given to the observations made by EY
as to the appropriateness of the estimations made.
Tax
The Group carried deferred tax balances at 31 December 2015 totalling $1.3 billion
of tax assets (primarily comprised of tax losses) and $1.2 billion of tax liabilities (after
reducing the deferred tax liability by $0.6 billion following the asset impairments
described above).
We received a report by the Group’s Head of Tax,
outlining all uncertain tax positions, and evaluated the
technical arguments supporting the position taken by
management. We also took into account the views of
EY as to the adequacy of our tax balances.
The recoverability of the tax losses has then been assessed by reference to the tax
projections derived from the Group’s impairment testing. A write off of $0.5 billion
of tax losses ($0.25 billion net) has been recorded following this assessment.
Given the complexity of certain tax legislation, risk exists in respect of some of the
Group’s tax positions.
Internal controls
The Code requires that the Board monitors the Company’s risk management and internal control systems and, at least annually, carries out and
reports on the results of a review of their effectiveness. The Board has oversight of risk management within EnQuest, and page 22 provides
more detail on how the Board, and its Risk Committee, has discharged its responsibility in this regard.
Responsibility in respect of internal controls is delegated to the Audit Committee. Key features of the Group’s internal control framework,
the effectiveness of which is reviewed on an ongoing basis throughout the year, include:
o Clear delegations of authorities to the Board and its sub-committees, and to each level of management;
o HSE&A, operational and financial targets and budgets are set and monitored by management and the Board;
o A comprehensive risk management process with clear definition of risk tolerance and appetite. This includes a review by the Risk
Committee of the management controls/actions which mitigate or minimise the high-level risks, to ensure that they are in operation;
o An annual risk-based internal audit plan developed in conjunction with management. Findings are communicated to the Audit Committee
and follow up reviews are conducted where necessary; and
o Further objective feedback is provided by the external auditors and other external specialists.
EnQuest PLC Annual Report & Accounts 2015Governance Internal audit
Since the flotation in 2010, the Group has outsourced its internal
audit function and following a re-tender process in 2013 PwC were
appointed to act as our internal auditors. The Committee remains
satisfied that outsourcing this function, rather than building an
in-house team, remains the most appropriate action for a company
of this size. We will continue to keep this under review.
In respect of the work performed by the internal auditors, we set the
internal audit plan each year. When setting the plan we consider
recommendations from management, the internal auditors, and have
consideration of the risks impacting the Company, which are
reviewed by the Board and Risk Committee. During 2015 internal
audit undertook various projects, including reviews of:
o the appropriateness of the processes and controls in respect of
the Group’s corporate model. This review was specifically
requested by the Committee given the increased importance of
accurate liquidity projections and stress testing in managing the
Group’s financial position;
o the inventory management controls and processes in place in
the Group’s North Sea business unit;
o the processes, controls and governance in place in respect of
the Trading & Marketing function. This review was designed to
understand whether the organisation was appropriately structured
and the necessary processes and controls were in place to support
the planned increase in activity following the commissioning of the
Alma/Galia project;
o the appropriateness of the finance processes and controls in
respect of the Tanjong Baram Risk Service Contract in Malaysia, to
ensure that the finance function was appropriate and complied
with both PETRONAS’ and EnQuest’s requirements; and
o a post implementation review of the Group’s new HR system
which was implemented during 2014.
In all cases the audit conclusions were that the systems and processes
were satisfactory. Where control enhancements were identified, the
Committee ensured that appropriate action was being taken by
management to implement any agreed improvements.
External audit
One of the Committee’s key responsibilities is to monitor the
performance, objectivity and independence of EY, EnQuest’s external
auditor, who has been the Group’s auditor since 2010. Each year the
Committee reviews and agrees the audit plan and the associated fees.
The process for reviewing the performance of EY involves interviewing
key members of the organisation who are involved in the audit
process, on an annual basis, to obtain feedback as to the performance
of the external auditors. Additionally, the Audit Committee members
take into account their own view of the performance of EY when
determining whether or not to recommend their reappointment.
We formally evaluated the effectiveness of EY during our August
meeting, and concluded that the Committee continues to be fully
satisfied with the performance of EY, and that EY continues to be
both objective and independent. In performing this evaluation, the
Committee took account of the review of EY’s 2014 audit conducted
by the Financial Reporting Council (‘FRC’). EY’s 2014 audit had been
selected as part of the FRC’s annual Audit Quality Review, and the
review focused on the quality of the audit work performed in respect
of revenue recognition, oil and gas reserve estimates, impairment of
assets and going concern. The Committee took comfort in the fact
there were no findings that the Committee deemed significant. In
evaluating the effectiveness of EY, the Committee considered the
level of non-audit service fees provided by EY during the year, the
compliance with our policy in respect of the provision of non-audit
services by the auditor, and the safeguards in place to ensure
continued independence and objectivity of EY. The Committee also
took into account in this review the fact that the Committee Chairman
is an ex-partner of EY.
In respect of audit tendering and rotation, the Committee has
adopted a policy which complies with the proposed UK regulations
and the requirements of the EU Audit Regulations. This policy requires
an annual assessment of whether a tender is required on the basis of
quality or independence, a mandatory tender after ten years, and
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rotation of audit firms at least every 20 years. As noted above, EY
has been the Group’s auditor since 2010, and the external audit has
not been tendered in this time. Following the results of the annual
evaluation of EY, which included taking account of the rotation of the
audit partner after the conclusion of the 2014 audit, a decision was
taken to not tender the 2016 audit. While no rotation is required until
2020, the Committee will continue to evaluate the appropriate time to
conduct a tender. In recommending the reappointment of EY for 2016,
the Committee took note of the reduction from the prior year in the
absolute size of non-audit fees (from $296,000 in 2014 to $50,000 in
2015 (representing less than 8% of the total audit fees of $626,000)).
The ratio of non-audit fees to audit fees over the last three years is
39%, which is below the 70% cap outlined in the Company’s new
policy in respect of non-audit services provided by the auditors.
Use of external auditors for non-audit services
The Audit Committee and Board believe that the external auditors’
independence and objectivity can potentially be affected by the
level of non-audit services to EnQuest. However, the Committee
acknowledges that certain work of a non-audit nature is best
undertaken by the external auditor. To ensure objectivity and
independence, and to reflect best practice in this area, the
Committee has recently implemented a policy that adopts the EU
Regulations to be introduced from 17 June 2016. As a consequence
of this the Committee took the decision to discontinue using EY for
tax services, other than in very unusual circumstances. From 2017 the
external auditors will be prohibited from providing any tax services.
As part of the Committee’s process in respect of the provision of
non-audit services, the external auditors provide the Committee
with information about their policies and processes for maintaining
independence and monitoring compliance with current regulatory
requirements, including those regarding the rotation of audit partners
and staff. EY confirmed their independence and objectivity.
The key features of the non-audit services policy, the full version of
which is available on our website, are as follows:
o a pre-defined list of prohibited services has been established;
o a schedule of services where the Group may engage the external
auditor has been established and agreed by the Committee;
o any non-audit project work which could impair the objectivity or
independence of the external auditor may not be awarded to the
external auditor; and
o fees for permissible non-audit services provided by the external
auditor for three consecutive years are to be capped at no more
than 70% of the average Group audit fee for the preceding
three years.
Delegated authority by the Audit Committee for the approval of
non-audit services by the external auditor is as follows:
Authoriser
Chief Financial Officer
Chairman of the Audit Committee
Audit Committee
Value of services per
non-audit project
Up to £50,000
Up to £100,000
Above £100,000
Raising concerns at work
Throughout the year, a whistleblowing procedure, titled the ‘Speak
Up’ reporting line, has been in place across the Group. This allows
employees and contractors to confidentially raise any concerns
about business practices through an independently appointed third
party. Any concerns raised under these arrangements or otherwise
are investigated promptly by the General Counsel and notified to
the Chairman of the Audit Committee, with follow-up action being
taken as soon as practicable thereafter. As noted on page 57 of
the Corporate Governance Statement there have been a limited
number of instances where such issues have been elevated and
the Committee has been kept appraised of how these have
been addressed.
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Directors’ Remuneration
Report
2015 Bonus
The Executive Directors’ bonus awards are based on a combination
of financial and operational results and the achievement of strategic
and personal objectives. Awards of 61% of base salary (27% of
maximum) for Amjad Bseisu and 119% of base salary for Jonathan
Swinney (53% of maximum) have been made in respect of 2015 –
partly paid in shares and subject to deferral. Further details of how
these awards were determined are set out on pages 69 to 71.
Despite the severe external challenges faced across the industry,
the Committee considers these levels of awards to be appropriate
for the good operational results and the extensive work on
managing the Company’s financial position.
2013 Performance Share Plan (‘PSP’) award
The 2013 PSP award, which had a three-year performance period
ending 31 December 2015, vested at 76.6% of the maximum. Two of
the three performance conditions were met in full (production growth
per share and reserve growth per share), however only the threshold
Total Shareholder Return (‘TSR’) measure was met. Details on the
satisfaction of these performance conditions are included in the report.
Executive Director remuneration for 2016
Base salaries
For 2016, the base salaries of Amjad Bseisu and Jonathan Swinney
have been frozen for the second year in a row in line with the general
approach taken for all employees across the Company.
PSP
EnQuest’s policy is that award levels should vary from year to year
based on Company and individual performance. For PSP awards
made in 2016, relating to the 2015 performance year, the Committee
felt that it was appropriate to grant levels of awards equivalent to
156% of base salary for both Amjad Bseisu and Jonathan Swinney.
These grants have been set at 78% of the normal maximum award
and reflect the Committee’s view of Company performance in 2015.
The weightings of the performance conditions of the 2016 PSP
awards have been amended to respond to the current circumstances
of both the Company and the wider industry. The TSR target is being
given greater emphasis and will have a weighting of 50% (previously
30%). Converting 2P reserves into production and cash flow continues
to be a strategic priority and will have a weighting of 40% (previously
50%). The Company will continue to look to acquire new 2P reserves
to replace production and this is being given a weighting of 10%
(previously 20%).
The Committee encourages dialogue with the Company’s
shareholders and will consult with major shareholders ahead of future
changes to remuneration policy. It remains the Committee’s intention
that the policy which shareholders approved at the 2014 AGM will
remain in operation for the full three years and an updated policy
will be presented to shareholders for approval at the 2017 AGM.
We are committed to transparent communication and I hope
you find this report of the Committee’s work comprehensive, clear
and understandable. On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank
shareholders for their continued support in this challenging time for
the industry. I hope you will support the resolution to vote for this
Directors’ Remuneration Report and look forward to receiving this
at the forthcoming AGM.
Helmut Langanger
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
16 March 2016
Dear Shareholder
On behalf of the Board I am pleased to present EnQuest’s report on
its remuneration policy and practice for the financial year ended
31 December 2015. The report has three main sections:
1. Governance of remuneration at EnQuest.
2. The key elements of the Remuneration Policy which was
approved by shareholders at the 2014 Annual General Meeting
(‘AGM’) and took effect from January 2014. This sets out the
policy for the remuneration of Directors for the current and
forthcoming financial year.
3. The Remuneration Report of the Executive Directors and
Non-Executive Directors during 2015 which will be subject to an
advisory shareholder vote at the 2016 AGM.
The Remuneration Committee aims to ensure that the
remuneration policy supports business strategy and the highest levels
of performance and governance. The link between performance and
reward is central to the remuneration philosophy throughout the
Company, and the Committee believes that the current remuneration
policy continues to meet these objectives, and for this reason, we are
not proposing any changes to the policy for 2016.
Performance and reward for 2015
A strong underlying performance against certain key
categories of the Company’s 2015 scorecard (Production, Financial,
and progress of the Kraken Development) was in contrast to the
delayed start-up of the Alma/Galia development and, in particular,
to the further decline in the global price of oil; the latter having a
significant negative impact on EnQuest’s share price and net 2P
reserves. Management continue to take action in response to the
decline in oil price by cutting operating and capital expenditures
and managing the Company’s balance sheet.
Overall performance by the Company was assessed by the
Remuneration Committee to be once again marginally below the
challenging targets set by the Board. Remuneration outcomes for the
Executive Directors reflect this level of performance but also, in the
case of the Chief Financial Officer, take into account his significant
contribution in protecting the Company’s financial position during a
challenging period.
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GOVERNANCE AND APPROACH
General governance
The Directors’ Remuneration Report has been prepared in accordance
with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 and Schedule 8 of
the Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and
Reports) Regulations 2008 as amended in August 2013. It also
describes the Group’s compliance with the UK Corporate Governance
Code (the ‘Code’) in relation to remuneration. The Committee has
taken account of the requirements for the disclosure of Directors’
remuneration and guidelines issued by major shareholder bodies
when setting the remuneration strategy for the Company.
Terms of reference
The Committee’s terms of reference are available on our website or
on request. The remit of the Committee embraces the remuneration
strategy and policy for the Executive Directors, senior management,
and, in certain matters, for the whole Company.
Meetings in 2015
The Committee normally meets at least twice per year. During 2015
it met three times to review and discuss base salaries for Executive
Directors, the setting of Company performance and related annual
bonus for 2014, the satisfaction of performance conditions relating
to the 2012 PSP and the approval of new share awards.
REMUNERATION POLICY
This section sets out the principles behind our remuneration policies
and the key elements of the remuneration policy for both the
Executive and Non-Executive Directors that were approved by
shareholders in May 2014.
The full policy is as disclosed in the 2013 Annual Report and
Accounts with the key features incorporated in this report.
Remuneration principles
In determining the remuneration policy we reviewed our overall
remuneration principles to ensure that they were aligned to our
strategy. EnQuest’s strategic objective is to achieve sustainable
growth by focusing on exploiting its existing reserves,
commercialising and developing discoveries, converting contingent
resources into reserves, and pursuing selective acquisitions.
We also want to ensure that we operate within the appropriate
culture and, therefore, the principles support and reinforce the
EnQuest values. Our principles are clear and simple, strengthen the
link of reward for exceptional performance, as well as emphasise the
importance of our values.
In summary, the principles underpinning our remuneration policy
are that remuneration for Executive Directors should be:
Committee members, attendees and advice
Remuneration Committee
member
Position
Helmut Langanger
Jock Lennox
Chairman of the
Remuneration Committee
Member from
22 February 2010
Comments
Independent
Independent
1. aligned with shareholders’ interests;
2. fair, reflective of best practice, and market competitive;
3. comprise of fixed pay, currently set below the median and
variable pay capable of delivering remuneration at upper
quartile; and
4. reward performance with a balance of short-term and long-term
elements.
Executive Directors
General approach
The remuneration of the Executive Directors comprises base salary,
participation in an annual bonus plan (paid partly in cash and partly
in deferred shares), a Long-Term Incentive Plan (PSP), private
medical insurance, and cash, in lieu of pension and other benefits.
When setting remuneration for the Executive Directors, the
Committee takes into account the performance and experience
of the Director, as well as the Company performance, employment
conditions for other employees in the Company, and the external
marketplace. Data is obtained from a variety of independent sources.
Clare Spottiswoode Member from 1 July 2011
Philip Nolan
Philip Holland
Member from 1 August 2012
Member from 1 August 2015
Independent
Independent
Independent
Committee membership has been streamlined for 2016, see page
56 for Committee membership.
Advisers to the Remuneration Committee
The Committee invites individuals to attend meetings to provide
advice so as to ensure that the Committee’s decisions are compliant
with the Code and external practices as well as taking into account
pay and conditions in the Company as a whole. These individuals
include:
o the Chairman (Dr James Buckee) is not a member but attends
by invitation;
o the Chief Executive (Amjad Bseisu);
o the Chief Financial Officer (Jonathan Swinney);
o the HR Director (Graeme Cook);
o a representative of New Bridge Street (part of Aon plc),
appointed as remuneration adviser by the Committee in 2013;
and
o the Company Secretary, Stefan Ricketts, acts as secretary to the
Committee.
No Director takes part in any decision directly affecting his or her
own remuneration.
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The following table is a reminder of EnQuest’s remuneration policy which became binding at the 2014 AGM:
Component
Purpose
Operation/
key features
What is the maximum
potential opportunity?
Applicable performance
measures
Salary and fees
o To enable the
recruitment and retention
of Executive Directors
who possess the
appropriate experience,
knowledge, commercial
acumen and capabilities
required to deliver
sustained long-term
shareholder value.
Pension &
other benefits
o Provide market
competitive employee
benefits that are in line
with the marketplace
and enable EnQuest to
attract and retain high
calibre employees, as
well as providing tax
efficient provision for
retirement income.
Annual bonus
o Incentivises and rewards
short-term performance
(over no more than one
financial year) through
the achievement of
pre-determined annual
targets which support
Company strategy and
shareholder value.
o For 2016, the base salaries
of the Executive Directors
have been set as follows:
Amjad Bseisu – £430,000
Jonathan Swinney –
£280,000.
o Benchmarked against a
comparator group
generally of the same
size and industry as
EnQuest and who have a
similar level of market
capitalisation.
o Salaries are typically
below market median,
and reviewed by the
Remuneration
Committee in January
each year.
o Salaries are typically only
increased in line with the
general workforce.
Increases in excess of
the general workforce
may be made where
there is a significant
change in duties,
contribution to Company
performance, personal
performance or external
market conditions.
Typically, the conditions
and pay of all employees
within the Company are
factors considered by
the Committee in its
review.
o Delivered as cash in lieu
of benefits and pension,
with the exception of
private medical insurance
which is provided as a
benefit in kind.
o Reviewed annually
o The maximum allowance
that would be offered is
£50,000 plus private
medical insurance, the
cost of which is
determined by a
third-party provider.
o None.
by the Remuneration
Committee and adjusted
to meet typical market
conditions.
o Where required,
we would offer benefits
in line with local
additional
market practice.
o Two-thirds paid as cash
with the final third being
delivered as shares
which vest after two
years, subject to
continued employment.
o The Committee has
discretion to allow
Executive Directors to
receive dividends that
would otherwise have
been paid on deferred
shares at the time of
vesting.
o Target – 100% of salary.
o Maximum award – 225%
of salary.
o The bonus element
delivered as deferred
shares has no additional
performance criteria and
vests after two years.
o Using a scorecard
approach, including key
performance objectives
such as financial,
operational, project
delivery, HSE&A targets
and share price
performance. These are
set annually by
the Remuneration
Committee, with varying
weightings. Performance
against key objectives
have a threshold, target
and stretch component.
o Where the threshold level
of performance is met for
each element, bonuses
will begin to accrue on a
sliding scale from 0%.
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Component
Purpose
Operation/
key features
What is the maximum
potential opportunity?
Applicable performance
measures
Performance
Share Plan
(‘PSP’)
o Encourages alignment
with shareholders on the
longer-term strategy of
the Company.
o Enhances delivery of
shareholder returns by
encouraging higher
levels of Company
performance.
o Encourages Executives to
build a shareholding.
o Normal maximum –
200% of salary.
o Exceptional maximum –
300% of salary (subject
to shareholder approval
for changes to the PSP
Share Plan rules at a
future AGM).
The metrics used currently
are:
o Relative TSR performance.
o Production growth
per share.
o Reserves growth
per share.
o The Remuneration
Committee determines
the weightings for the PSP
each year.
o 25% of the TSR
component of the award
vests for threshold
performance.
o 100% vests for
achievement of
stretch targets.
o PSP is the only form of
long-term incentive.
o Annual award levels are
determined taking
account of the
performance of the
Company and the
Executive Director in the
prior year.
o PSP shares vest over
three years provided
corporate performance
conditions have been
achieved.
o The Committee has
discretion to allow
Executive Directors to
receive dividends that
would otherwise have
been paid on shares at
the time of vesting.
o Awards may take the
form of conditional
awards, nil cost options
or joint interests in
shares. Where joint
interests in shares are
awarded, the participants
and the Employment
Benefit Trust (‘EBT’)
acquire separate
beneficial interests in
shares in the Company.
Restricted
Share Plan
(‘RSP’)
o Awarded upon Initial
Public Offering
(‘IPO’) only.
o The Committee does not
intend on granting
further awards under this
plan to existing
Executive Directors, but
may use on recruitment
to buy out existing
awards.
o Granted upon IPO, with
o Awards of 1,609,063
o There are no performance
conditions, save
continued employment,
attached to these awards.
shares due to vest on the
second, third and fourth
anniversaries of the date
of the award.
o In future, the plan would
only be used in the
recruitment of an
Executive Director to
buy out entitlements
foregone at their
previous employer.
and 591,324 shares were
made to Amjad Bseisu
upon IPO in 2010.
o Awards of 536,354 and
163,387 shares were
made to Jonathan
Swinney upon IPO in
2010.
o The maximum limit of
RSP awards that would
be made at the time of
recruitment would be
300% of base salary.
Note:
Any awards vesting under the annual bonus or PSP will be subject to clawback in the event of a material misstatement of the Company’s accounts, errors in the calculation
of performance, or gross misconduct by an individual for up to three years following the determination of performance.
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Component
Purpose
Operation/
key features
What is the maximum
potential opportunity?
Applicable performance
measures
Chairman and
Non-Executive
Director fees
o To attract Non-Executive
Directors of the calibre
and experience required
for a company of
EnQuest’s size.
o Fees for the Non-
o Limited by the
o None.
Company’s Articles of
Association.
o Set as follows for three
years:
– Chairman: £220,000
– Director fee: £50,000
– Senior Independent
Director: £10,000
– Committee Chairmen:
£10,000.
Executive Directors are
reviewed annually by the
Chairman and Executive
Directors and take into
account:
– typical practice at
other companies of a
similar size and
complexity to
EnQuest;
– the time commitment
required to fulfil the
role; and
– salary increases
awarded to
employees
throughout the
Company.
o Non-Executive Directors
are paid a base fee, with
additional fees being
paid to the Senior
Independent Director
and Committee
Chairmen, to reflect the
additional time
commitments and
responsibilities these
roles entail.
o The Non-Executive
Directors are not eligible
to participate in any of
the Company incentive
schemes.
o The Chairman’s fee is set
by the Senior
Independent Director
and consists of an
all-inclusive fee.
EnQuest PLC Annual Report & Accounts 2015Governance Remuneration outcomes in different performance scenarios
The charts set out an illustration of the remuneration arrangements in line with the remuneration policy described on pages 64 to 66. The
charts provide an illustration of the proportion of total remuneration made up of each component of the remuneration policy and the value
of each component.
Three scenarios have been illustrated for each Executive Director:
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Below threshold performance
Target performance
Maximum performance
o fixed remuneration;
o zero annual bonus; and
o no vesting under the PSP.
o fixed remuneration;
o 100% of annual base salary as annual bonus; and
o 25% vesting under the PSP.
o fixed remuneration;
o 225% of annual base salary as annual bonus; and
o 100% vesting under the PSP.
Chief Executive (£000s)
Chief Financial Officer (£000s)
2,727
47%
36%
17%
1,780
47%
36%
17%
730
19%
39%
42%
310
100%
1,115
19%
39%
42%
470
100%
Below
Threshold
Performance
Target
Performance
Maximum
Performance
Below
Threshold
Performance
Target
Performance
Maximum
Performance
Fixed pay
Annual variable pay (annual bonus)
Long term incentives (PSP)
Approach to recruitment remuneration
In the event that the Company appoints a new Executive Director either internally or externally, when determining appropriate
remuneration arrangements, the Committee will take into consideration a number of factors (including, but not limited to, quantum relating
to prior arrangements and the remuneration of other Executive Directors in the Company, appropriate benchmarks in the industry and the
financial condition of the Company). This ensures that the arrangements are in the best interests of both the Company and its shareholders
without paying more than is necessary to recruit an executive of the required calibre.
Salaries for new hires (including internal promotions) will be set to reflect their skills and experience, the Company’s intended pay
positioning and the market rate for the role. If it is considered appropriate to appoint a new Executive Director on a below market salary
initially (for example, to allow them to gain experience in the role) their salary may be increased to a market level over a number of years by
way of a series of increases above the general rate of wage growth in the Group and inflation.
The ongoing remuneration package for a new Executive Director would be set in accordance with the remuneration package offered with
the terms of the Company’s approved remuneration policy at the time. Different performance measures may be set for the year of joining
the Board for the annual bonus, taking into account the individual’s role and responsibilities and the point in the year the executive joined.
Benefits and pensions for new appointees to the Board will normally be provided in line with those offered to other Executive Directors and
employees taking account of local market practice, with relocation expenses/arrangements provided for if necessary. Tax equalisation may
also be considered if an executive is adversely affected by taxation due to their employment with EnQuest. Legal fees and other relevant
costs and expenses incurred by the individual may also be paid by the Company.
The Committee may make additional awards on appointing an Executive Director to ‘buy-out’ remuneration arrangements forfeited on
leaving a previous employer. Any such payments would be based solely on remuneration lost when leaving the former employer and would
reflect (as far as practicable) the delivery mechanism, time horizons and performance requirement attaching to that remuneration. The
Group’s existing incentive arrangements will be used to the extent possible (subject to the relevant plan limits), although awards may also
be granted outside of these schemes, if necessary, and as permitted under the Listing Rules.
In the case of an internal hire, any outstanding variable pay awarded in relation to the previous role will be allowed to pay out according to
its terms of grant.
On the appointment of a new Chairman or Non-Executive Director, the fees will be set taking into account the experience and calibre of
the individual.
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Service contracts
Amjad Bseisu and Jonathan Swinney entered into service agreements with the Company which are terminable by either party giving not
less than 12 months’ written notice. The Company may terminate their employment without giving notice by making a payment equal to the
aggregate of the Executive Director’s basic salary and the value of any contractual benefits for the notice period including any accrued but
untaken holiday. Such payments may be paid monthly and/or subject to mitigation.
Executive Directors
Amjad Bseisu
Jonathan Swinney
Date of appointment
22 February 2010
29 March 2010
Notice period
12 months
12 months
The Chairman and Non-Executive Directors have letters of appointment providing for three months’ notice, the details of which are
provided below.
Non-Executive Directors’ letters of appointment
Date of appointment
Notice period
Initial term of appointment
Dr James Buckee
Helmut Langanger
Jock Lennox
Clare Spottiswoode
Philip Nolan
Philip Holland
22 February 2010
16 March 2010
22 February 2010
1 July 2011
1 August 2012
1 August 2015
3 months
3 months
3 months
3 months
3 months
3 months
2 years
3 years
3 years
3 years
3 years
3 years
Policy on payment for loss of office
The Company’s policy is for all Executive Directors to have contracts of service which can be terminated by either the Director concerned
or the Company on giving 12 months’ notice of termination. In the event of termination by the Company (other than as a result of a change
of control), the Executive Directors would be entitled to loss of basic salary and cash benefit allowance for the notice period. Such payments
may be made monthly and would be subject to mitigation. Depending on the circumstances of termination, the Executive Directors may be
entitled, or the Remuneration Committee may exercise its discretion to allow the Executive Directors, to receive a pro-rated proportion of their
outstanding awards under the long-term share incentive plans. Vesting would normally take place at the end of the original vesting period.
Where Executive Directors leave the Company with good leaver status, and they have an entitlement to unvested shares granted under the
PSP, the performance conditions associated with each award outstanding would remain in place and are typically tested at the end of the
original performance period. Shares would typically then vest on their original due date in proportion to the satisfied performance
conditions and are normally pro-rated for time.
Annual bonuses would not typically be paid to Executive Directors when leaving the Company; however, in good leaver circumstances the
Committee has the discretion to pay a pro-rated bonus in cash, in consideration for performance targets achieved in the year. Deferred
bonus shares held by good leavers may, at the Committee’s discretion, vest on a pro-rata basis.
The Non-Executive Directors do not have service contracts but their terms are set out in a letter of appointment. Their terms of appointment
may be terminated by either party giving three months’ notice in writing. During the notice period the Non-Executive Director will continue to
receive their normal fee.
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Directors’ remuneration: the ‘single figure’
In this section of the report we have set out the payments made to the Executive and Non-Executive Directors of EnQuest during 2015 and
2014 and it includes a single total figure for each Director:
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6
Director
Amjad Bseisu
Jonathan Swinney
Total
Director
Amjad Bseisu
Jonathan Swinney
Total
2015 ‘single figure’ of remuneration – £000s
Salary
and fees
2015
All taxable
benefits
2015
430
280
710
1
1
2
Annual
bonus
20151
262
334
596
LTIP
20152
95
58
153
2014 ‘single figure’ of remuneration – £000s
Salary and fees
2014
All taxable
benefits
2014
430
280
710
1
1
2
Annual
bonus
20141
236
228
464
LTIP
20144
110
72
182
Pension
20153
40
30
70
Pension
20143
40
30
70
Total
for
2015
828
703
1,531
Total
for
2014
817
611
1,428
Notes:
1 Annual bonus was based on base salary levels and payment was made in respect of the full financial year. The amount stated is the full amount (including the portion
deferred). One third of the annual bonus for Amjad Bseisu and Jonathan Swinney is paid in EnQuest PLC shares, deferred for two years, and subject to continued
employment.
2 PSP awarded on 29 April 2013 vested on 29 April 2016. The LTIP value shown in the 2015 single figure is calculated by taking the number of performance shares that
have vested (76.6% of the performance conditions were achieved) multiplied by the average value of the EnQuest share price between 1 October 2015 and
31 December 2015, as the share price on 29 April 2016 was not known at the time of this report.
3 Cash in lieu of pension and other benefits.
4 PSP awarded on 19 April 2012 vested on 19 April 2015. The LTIP value shown in the 2014 single figure is calculated by taking the number of performance shares that
have vested (79.4% of the performance conditions were achieved) multiplied by the share price on that date. The equivalent number in the 2014 report was estimated
using the average value of the EnQuest share price between 1 October 2014 and 31 December 2014, as the share price on 19 April 2015 was not known at the time of
that report.
The remuneration of the Non-Executive Directors for the years 2014 and 2015 is made up as follows:
Director
Dr James Buckee
Helmut Langanger
Jock Lennox
Clare Spottiswoode
Philip Nolan
Philip Holland1
Total
2015 ‘single figure’ of remuneration – £000s
Salary and fees
2015
All taxable
benefits
2015
220
70
60
50
50
21
471
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Total
for
2015
220
70
60
50
50
21
471
Note:
1 Philip Holland was appointed with effect from 1 August 2015. His fees are £50,000 p.a. in line with the other Non-Executive Directors and the figure shown reflects the
pro-rated amount earned during 2015.
Director
Dr James Buckee
Helmut Langanger
Jock Lennox
Clare Spottiswoode
Philip Nolan
Philip Holland
Total
2014 ‘single figure’ of remuneration – £000s
Salary and fees
2014
All taxable
benefits
2014
220
70
60
50
50
0
450
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Total
for
2014
220
70
60
50
50
0
450
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Annual bonus
The Executive Directors’ performance bonus for 2015 was based fully on the Company performance contract for both Amjad Bseisu and
Jonathan Swinney (who also had strategic and functional objectives comprising his individual performance contract).
The Committee carefully assessed the achievement of objectives against the Company performance contract, and Jonathan Swinney’s
individual performance contract, to determine the overall level of annual bonus for each Executive Director.
Performance contract EnQuest
(Amjad Bseisu)
Category
Financial
Weighting Measure
20% EBITDA
Opex/BOE
Capex
General and administrative costs
25% 2015 Production
Target
Result
$450m
$38/bbl
$700m
$465m
$29.7bbl
$738m
Commercially sensitive
33-36
kboepd
36.6
kboepd
Production
Reserves
5% Net 2P Reserve additions
0 MMboe
-4 MMboe
Alma/Galia
20% Start-up date
July 2015
Kraken
20% Project progress
Share price
10% Absolute performance
Various
+40%
HSE&A
Override Basket of leading and lagging indicators
Various
Performance contract Jonathan Swinney
October
2015
On
schedule
and under
budget
-46%
P
Category
Financial
Organisation
Group Financing
Weighting
Measure
20%
20%
50%
EBITDA
Opex/BOE
Capex
General and administrative costs
Finance team capability
Bond covenants
Additional liquidity
Disposal of office building
Shareholder
10%
Increase in new or current shareholders
Performance outcome
Below
threshold
On
target
At or above
stretch
Payout as a % of
target
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
120%
P
120%
0%
0%
120%
0%
100%
Performance outcome
Below
threshold
On
target
At or above
stretch
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
As such, a performance marginally below ‘Target’ was achieved by the Company, and an individual performance at ‘Above Target’ by
Jonathan Swinney. This resulted in the following annual bonus levels being achieved:
Name
Amjad Bseisu
Jonathan Swinney
Annual
bonus for
2015
£261,600
£334,000
% of base
salary
% of
maximum
61%
119%
27%
53%
Two-thirds of the amounts above have been paid in cash in March 2016. The remaining one-third was converted to EnQuest shares on the
date of the award and deferred until March 2017. There are no additional performance conditions attached to this deferral as they have
already been met.
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PSP
The performance period for the 2013 PSP award completed on 31 December 2015 and the award vested in April 2016. The results of the
performance conditions for the 2013 PSP award are as follows:
Grant date
Vesting date
29 Apr 2016
29 Apr 2013
Base level
Threshold
Maximum
Performance
period
1 Jan 2013 –
31 Dec 2015
Performance conditions and weighting
EnQuest TSR
Production
Reserves
Total award
33.4%
33.3%
33.3%
100%
–
22,802 Boepd
128.5 MMboe
Median (17th position)
26,396 Boepd
141.4 MMboe
Upper quartile (9th position)
30,349 Boepd
192.8 MMboe
Actual performance achieved
Median (15th position)
36,567 Boepd
216 MMboe
Percentage meeting performance conditions and total vest
10.0%
33.3%
33.3%
76.6%
The table below shows the number of nil cost options awarded in April 2013 that vested in April 2016 and their value at 31 December 2015.
This figure is calculated taking the average closing share price on each day of the period 1 October 2015 – 31 December 2015 and is used
as the basis for reporting the 2015 ‘single figure’ of remuneration.
Name
Amjad Bseisu
Jonathan Swinney
No.
of shares
490,000
300,000
Portion
vesting
76.6%
No.
of shares
vesting
375,340
229,800
Average
share price
£0.2525
Value at
31 Dec 2015
£’000s
95
58
2016 PSP awards
After due consideration of business performance in 2015, the Remuneration Committee will award the Executive Directors the following
performance shares in April 2016.
The levels of awards reflect 156% of salary (78% of the normal maximum).
Amjad Bseisu
Jonathan Swinney
Face value
(% of salary)
Face value as at
31 Dec 2015
Performance
period
156%
156%
£670,800
£436,800
1 Jan 2016 – 31 Dec 2018
1 Jan 2016 – 31 Dec 2018
Summary of performance measures and targets
The 2010 PSP share awards granted in April 2016 have three sets of performance conditions associated with them, over a three year
financial performance period:
o 50% of the award relates to TSR against a comparator group of 17 oil and gas companies listed on the FTSE 350 (excluding Majors),
FTSE All-Share, AIM Top 150 and Stockholm NASDAQ OMX;
o 40% relates to production growth per share; and
o 10% relates to new 2P reserve additions.
PSP vesting schedule
Relative TSR
Production growth per share
(over three years)
New 2P reserve additions
(over three years)
Performance
Vesting
Performance
Vesting
Performance
Vesting
Below median
Less than
10% C.A.G.*
0%
Less than
5% C.A.G.*
0%
Median
25% 10% C.A.G.
25%
5% C.A.G.
0%
25%
Upper quartile
100% 20% C.A.G.
100% 10% C.A.G.
100%
Below threshold
Threshold**
Maximum**
* Compound Annual Growth
** Linear between threshold and maximum
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Performance target base levels
Year of grant
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Production growth
per share base level
21,074 Boepd
23,698 Boepd
22,802 Boepd
24,222 Boepd
27,895 Boepd
36,567 Boepd
Reserves growth
per share base level
88.5 MMboe
115.2 MMboe
128.5 MMboe
194.8 MMboe
220.0 MMboe
216 MMboe
The comparator group companies for the TSR performance condition relating to the 2015 PSP award granted in April 2016 are as follows:
FTSE 350
FTSE All-Share
FTSE AIM – Top 150
Stockholm NASDAQ OMX
Cairn Energy
Nostrum Oil & Gas
Ophir Energy
Tullow Oil
Exillion
Premier Oil
Soco International
Amerisur Resources
Faroe Petroleum
Ithaca Energy
Pantheon Resources
Quadrise Fuels
Africa Oil
Blackpearl Resources
Lundin Petroleum
Petrosibir
Tethys Oil
The number of PSP awards outstanding as at 31 December 2015 are as follows:
Grant date – April 2013
Amjad Bseisu
Jonathan Swinney
Grant date – April 2014
Amjad Bseisu
Jonathan Swinney
Grant date – March 2015
Amjad Bseisu
Jonathan Swinney
No. of shares awarded
Performance period
490,000
300,000
604,990
368,147
1,272,500
825,000
1 Jan 2013 – 31 Dec 2015
1 Jan 2014 – 31 Dec 2016
1 Jan 2015 – 31 Dec 2017
Performance conditions
(and weighting)
TSR (34%)
Production growth (33%)
Reserves additions (33%)
TSR (34%)
Production growth (33%)
Reserves additions (33%)
TSR (30%)
Production growth (50%)
Reserves additions (20%)
Vesting date
29 April 2016
22 April 2017
27 March 2018
Pension and benefits
Executive Directors do not participate in the EnQuest Pension Plan and instead received cash in lieu. Amjad Bseisu received an annual
allowance of £40,000 and Jonathan Swinney an amount of £30,000.
Statement of Directors’ shareholding and share interests
The interests of the Directors in the share capital of the Company as at 31 December 2015 are shown below:
RSP
Amjad Bseisu
Jonathan Swinney
31 December1
2014
804,531
295,662
268,176
81,693
Granted
Vested
Lapsed
31 December
2015
Vesting period
Expiry date
–
–
–
–
804,532
295,662
268,178
81,694
–
–
–
–
1,609,063
591,324
1 Apr 2012 – 1 Apr 2014 31 March 2020
18 April 2020
19 Apr 2012 – 19 Apr 2014
536,354
163,387
1 Apr 2012 – 1 Apr 2014 31 March 2020
18 April 2020
19 Apr 2012 – 19 Apr 2014
Note:
1 Nil cost shares under the RSP vested in April 2012, April 2013 and October 2015 (once Alma/Galia came onstream) but were not exercised. They were rolled over in
line with the plan rules.
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PSP
Amjad Bseisu
Jonathan Swinney
31 December
2014
583,090
391,790
490,0002
604,990
–
324,975
254,663
300,0002
368,147
–
Granted
Vested1
Lapsed
31 December
2015
Vesting period
Expiry date
–
–
–
–
1,272,500
–
–
–
–
825,000
388,726
311,081
–
–
–
216,650
202,202
–
–
–
194,364
80,709
–
–
–
108,325
52,461
–
–
–
388,726 19 Apr 2011 – 19 Apr 2014
19 Apr 2012 – 19 Apr 2015
311,081
29 Apr 2013 – 29 Apr 2016
490,000
22 Apr 2014 – 22 Apr 2017
604,990
18 April 2021
18 April 2022
28 April 2023
22 April 2024
1,272,500 27 Mar 2015 – 27 Mar 2018 27 March 2025
18 April 2021
216,650
18 April 2022
202,202
28 April 2023
300,000
368,147
22 April 2024
825,000 27 Mar 2015 – 27 Mar 2018 27 March 2025
19 Apr 2011 – 19 Apr 2014
19 Apr 2012 – 19 Apr 2015
29 Apr 2013 – 29 Apr 2016
22 Apr 2014 – 22 Apr 2017
Note:
1 Nil cost shares under the PSP vested in April 2014 and October 2015 (once Alma/Galia came onstream) but were not exercised. They were rolled over in line with the
plan rules.
2 As shown on p71, 76.6% of this award will vest on 29 April 2016.
The tables above show the maximum number of shares that could be released if awards were to vest in full. The PSP awards first vest on the
third anniversary of the award date, subject to the satisfactory achievement of the performance conditions. The temporary cap applied at
the discretion of the Remuneration Committee on only 50% of the Executive Directors’ vested shares being made available for exercise
under the RSP and PSP was rescinded upon the successful start-up of the Alma/Galia field in October 2015.
The interests of Directors in the Ordinary shares of the Company
Legally owned
number of
shares
Value of legally
owned shares as
% of salary
Unvested and
subject to
performance
conditions
under the PSP
Vested but not
exercised under
the RSP
Vested but not
exercised under
the PSP
Amjad Bseisu
Jonathan Swinney
Dr James Buckee
Helmut Langanger
Jock Lennox
Clare Spottiswoode
Philip Nolan
Philip Holland
71,405,331
62,033
3,936,949
200,000
20,000
19,560
150,000
74,999
3155%
4%
2,367,490
1,493,147
2,200,387
699,741
699,807
418,852
Total at
31 Dec 2015
76,673,047
2,673,773
3,936,949
200,000
20,000
19,560
150,000
74,999
Total shareholder return and CEO total remuneration (information not subject to audit)
The following graph shows the Company’s performance, measured by total shareholder return compared with the performance of the FTSE
AIM All Share-Oil & Gas, also measured by total shareholder return.
200
175
150
125
100
75
50
25
0
EnQuest
FTSE AIM All Share-Oil & Gas
(73)%
(81)%
Apr 10
Dec 10
Sep 11
May 12
Feb 13
Nov 13
Jul 14
Apr 15
Dec 15
Note:
Rebased to 100.
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Historical Chief Executive pay
The table below sets out details of the Chief Executive’s pay for the current year and the previous five years and the payout of incentive
awards as a proportion of the maximum opportunity for each period. The Chief Executive’s pay is calculated as per the ‘single figure’ of
remuneration as shown on page 69.
During this time, Amjad Bseisu’s total remuneration has been:
‘Single figure’ of total remuneration
Annual bonus as a % of maximum
Long-term incentive vesting rate as a % of maximum
2010
3,004
80%
–
2011
731
42%
–
£000s
2012
910
60%
–
2013
1,361
50%
67%
2014
817
24%
79%
2015
828
27%
77%
Notes:
1 Company was formed on 5 April 2010. 2010 was a partial year.
2 2010 ‘Single Figure’ includes the value of RSP awards made at the time of IPO which vested on, or after, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th anniversaries of grant.
3 The 2014 ‘Single Figure’ has been restated to reflect the actual share price on the date the long-term incentives vested.
Relative spend on pay
The table below shows the actual expenditure of the Group on total employee pay, as well as profitability and distributions to shareholders,
and change between the current and previous years:
Relative spend on pay
EBITDA
Distribution to shareholders
Total employee pay
How the Chief Executive’s pay relates to the workforce
Change between 2014 and 2015
Amjad Bseisu
All employees (average)
2014
US$000
2015
US$000
581
0
107
465
0
99
Base Salary
£000
Bonus
£000
Benefits
£000
%
0%
0.1%
%
11%
5%
%
0%
0%
Statement of implementation of remuneration policy in 2015
Base salary and 2016 pay review
As stated in the annual statement to this report, the remuneration for the Executive Directors is geared towards variable pay, with base
salaries currently set around the lower quartile benchmark for the oil and gas industry and comparable sized companies. In the view of the
Committee it is therefore important to ensure that the base salaries of the Executive Directors are reviewed annually and that any increase
reflects the change in scale and complexity of the role as the Company grows as well as the performance of the Executive Director.
The table below shows the change to salaries for 2016:
Name
Amjad Bseisu
Jonathan Swinney
Salary for 2015
Salary for 2016
% increase
£430,000
£280,000
£430,000
£280,000
0.0%
0.0%
EnQuest PLC Annual Report & Accounts 2015Governance Annual bonus
The annual bonus scheme for 2016 is unchanged in terms of structure:
o Executive Directors (and other executive management) will have threshold, target and stretch performance levels performance
objectives attributed to key performance objectives;
o Amjad Bseisu’s bonus will be determined solely by the performance of the Company. Jonathan Swinney’s will include a modifier based
upon individual performance;
o maximum levels of award for the Executive Directors can be up to 225% of annual base salary applicable in the year of performance; and
o stretching targets continue to apply at maximum.
The 2016 metrics and weightings, which will determine the level of short-term incentive awards for the Directors are set out below:
Company 2016 performance measures scorecard
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Category
Financial targets
Net debt
Production
Kraken
Weighting
30%
20%
30%
20%
Notes:
1 Precise targets are commercially sensitive and are not being disclosed at this time.
2 Performance in Health, Safety, Environment and Assurance is central to EnQuest’s overall results. This category is used as an overlay on overall Company performance.
3 Amjad Bseisu’s 2016 performance measures scorecard is the same as the Company scorecard.
Jonathan Swinney 2016 performance measures scorecard
Financial results
Net debt
Group financing
Weighting
20%
20%
60%
The choice of performance targets for 2016, and their respective weightings, reflects the Committee’s belief that any short-term annual
bonus should be tied both to the overall performance of the Company and the individual’s performance.
The annual bonus model used for the Executive Directors, and all employees in the Company, is shown below.
Target annual bonus
Company
Individual
Performance level
Multiplier
Individual performance
Multiplier
Stretch performance
On-target performance
Below-target performance
1.2–1.5
0.8–1.2
0.0–0.8
Exceed target
On target
Below target
1.2–1.5
0.8–1.2
0.0–0.8
Consideration by the Directors of matters relating to Directors’ remuneration
During 2015, New Bridge Street (part of Aon plc) continued to provide advice to the Remuneration Committee on appropriate types and
levels of award for the Directors. New Bridge Street had been selected by the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee during 2013 on
the basis of previous experience and marketplace reputation.
The Committee satisfied itself that the advice given was objective and independent by reviewing it against other companies in EnQuest’s
comparator group. New Bridge Street is also a signatory to the Remuneration Consultants Group (‘RCG’) Code of Conduct which sets out
guidelines for managing conflicts of interest. New Bridge Street does not provide any other services to the Company. The fees paid to New
Bridge Street totalled £22,130 (excluding VAT) and were charged on the basis of the number of hours worked.
Statement of voting at the Annual General Meeting
The table below summarises the voting at the AGM held on 27 May 2015. The Group is committed to ongoing shareholder dialogue and
takes an active interest in voting outcomes. Where there are substantial votes against resolutions in relation to Directors’ remuneration,
the reasons for any such vote will be sought, and any actions in response will be detailed here.
The following table sets out the actual voting in respect of the approval of the Remuneration Report:
Remuneration report
364,068,292
90.732%
37,188,981
9.268% 401,257,273
48,479,267
Number
of votes
cast for
Percentage
of votes
cast for
Number
of votes
cast against
Percentage
of votes
cast against
Total
votes
cast
Number
of votes
withheld
Helmut Langanger
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
16 March 2016
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Nomination Committee
Report
“I am pleased to report that
the review found the Board
to be well governed and
functional.”
Dear Shareholder
I am pleased to present to you the report of the work of the
Nomination Committee during 2015.
We were delighted to welcome Philip Holland to the Board in
August, having recommended his appointment following a robust
recruitment process which we outlined in our 2014 report. Philip
immediately undertook an effective induction programme to ensure
that he would become a valued contributor to our Board and
Committees as quickly as possible.
A further significant area of work undertaken by the Nomination
Committee during 2015 was an external evaluation of the Board’s
effectiveness. I am pleased to report that the review found the
Board to be functional and well governed and some of the specific
outcomes are incorporated within this report.
The core work of the Nomination Committee is to ensure that the
Board has the appropriate balance of skills, expertise and experience
in order to support the strategy of the Company. We achieve this by
continuously reviewing the Board composition and skills and ensuring
that strong succession planning is in place. Currently the Board
consists of six Non-Executive Directors and two Executive Directors,
who collectively bring a diverse mix of skills and experience to the
Company and collaborate to form a strong leadership. During 2015
the Board has been further strengthened by bringing in significant
experience of capital projects via the appointment of Philip Holland.
The Committee has spent additional time during the last year on
succession planning for the Board; including planning the phasing of
specific retirements of the Non-Executive Directors, ensuring their
continued independence, and also considering diversity issues.
As well as looking at the composition of the Board in its entirety,
the Committee also undertook particularly rigorous reviews of those
Directors who had reached their sixth anniversary. Helmut Langanger,
Jock Lennox, and I all underwent reviews in accordance with the UK
Corporate Governance Code (the ‘Code’).
Over the next few years we shall continue to focus on succession
planning of both the Executive and Non-Executive Directors, to
ensure that we have effective plans in place and continue to have a
broad mix of skills and expertise within the Board.
Dr James Buckee
Chairman of the Nomination Committee
16 March 2016
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During 2015, the Nomination Committee membership was
compressed following a recommendation from the externally
facilitated Board effectiveness review that membership of Board
Committees should be limited.
The revised membership of the Nomination Committee, together with
appointment dates and attendance at meetings, is set out below:
Member
James Buckee (Chairman)
Amjad Bseisu
Helmut Langanger
Date appointed
Committee member
22 February 2010
22 February 2010
16 March 2010
Attendance at
meetings during
the year
1/1
1/1
1/1
Main responsibilities
The main responsibilities of the Committee are to:
o review the size, structure and composition of the Board in order
to recommend changes to the Board and to ensure the orderly
succession of Directors;
o formalise succession planning and the process for new Director
appointments;
o identify, evaluate and recommend candidates for appointment as
Directors taking into account the balance of knowledge, skills
and experience required to serve the Board; and
o keep under review the outside directorships and time
commitments expected from the Non-Executive Directors.
The Nomination Committee’s full terms of reference can be found
on the Company’s website, www.enquest.com, under Corporate
Governance.
Appointment of Directors
We apply a formal, rigorous and transparent procedure
for appointments of new Directors to the Board, and ensure
independence by using an external consultancy services firm,
which has no connection with the Company. The Committee
thoroughly reviews each candidate in terms of the balance of skills,
knowledge and level of independence they would bring to the Board.
The Committee also gives careful consideration to other existing
commitments a candidate may have and whether they will be able
to devote the appropriate amount of time in order to fully meet what
is expected of them. Once the Committee has identified a suitable
candidate a recommendation is made to the Board for appointment.
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Committee activities during the year
The Nomination Committee met once in 2015 and its key activities
included:
o Succession planning – The Committee focused on succession
planning in order to specifically ensure that effective planning
is being undertaken in regard to the phasing of Non-Executive
Director retirements. The Company will reach its ninth
anniversary in 2019 and work is currently underway to ensure that
proper planning is in place so that all Non-Executive Directors
are independent. The Nomination Committee also focused on
the succession of senior management, to ensure that the Board,
and principally the Chief Executive, remain fully supported in the
implementation of the Company strategy. The Board and
Nomination Committee remain satisfied that the individuals
currently fulfilling key senior management positions in the Group
have the requisite depth and breadth of skills, knowledge and
experience to ensure that orderly succession to the Board and
Executive Committee can take place. We will continue to work
closely with the Chief Executive and the HR Director to ensure
that we are recruiting and developing Board members and
Executive Management with all of these attributes.
o Skills and expertise analysis – We conducted an analysis
of Board skills and experience during this period to identify
any potential gaps, the results of which are outlined below. We
are pleased to report that following the appointment of Philip
Holland during 2015, the Board and Nomination Committee
remain satisfied that we have the correct balance of skills,
expertise and experience needed in order to effectively
support the Company’s objectives and strategy. During 2016,
the Committee will commence the search for a future Chair of the
Audit Committee in order that the Board has the necessary skills
and experience in place to facilitate an effective transition from
the current Committee Chairman upon retirement.
o Establishment of a Risk Committee – During the year,
the Board adopted a recommendation to create a Risk sub-
Committee. The role of the Committee will be to advise the
Board on the Company’s overall risk appetite, risk exposures and
future risk strategy, oversight of the Company’s risk processes,
and to monitor any large exposures and/or certain risk types.
Board skills and experience:
Oil and gas experience
Engineering
Finance
Capital markets
Regulatory and governance
HSE&A
Operational and strategic
80%
65%
20%
20%
15%
70%
95%
Priorities for the coming year
The main focus of the Committee in 2016 will be to actively manage
the succession of the Non-Executive Directors to ensure that they
continue to be independent and of the highest possible calibre. The
Company is in the process of appointing a reputable executive search
firm, to support the identification of suitably qualified candidates that
can contribute strategically to the Board based upon their skills,
leadership and experience.
Other priorities include continuing to review the effectiveness of
senior management in ensuring that the Company’s organisation
has both the necessary capacity and capabilities in delivering its
principal activities.
EnQuest PLC Annual Report & Accounts 2015Governance Re-election to the Board
Following a formal review of the effectiveness of the Board,
the Nomination Committee confirms that it is satisfied with the
performance and of the time commitment of each Non-Executive
Director throughout the year. We remain confident that each of
them is in a position to discharge their duties to the Company in the
coming year and to continue to bring the necessary skills required
to the Board. Detailed biographies for each Director, including their
skills and external appointments, can be found on pages 48 and 49.
Conflicts of interest
The Board operates a policy to identify and, where appropriate,
manage conflicts or potential conflicts of interest with the Company’s
interests. In accordance with the Directors’ interest provisions in the
Companies Act 2006, all the Directors are required to submit details
to the Company Secretary of any situations which may give rise to a
conflict, or potential conflict, of interest. The Board monitors and
reviews potential conflicts of interest on a regular basis.
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Boardroom diversity
The Board continues to follow the progress made with regard to the
recommendations of the 2011 Lord Davies report ‘Women on Boards’,
and took these into account when developing our policy on gender
diversity. Currently the Board consists of two Executive Directors
and six Non-Executive Directors. Seven of the members are male and
one is female. The Board’s policy continues to be that while we will
work hard to ensure that we recruit from a diverse background of
candidates, not just in relation to gender, we will continue to recruit
the best candidate available for the job, without the Board’s decision
being influenced by a need to fulfil certain quotas. We believe that
our gender statistics are representative of the demographics of the
wider oil and gas industry.
Directors %
87
13
Senior managers %
83
17
Total employees %
73
27
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
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The Directors of EnQuest present their Annual Report together with
the Group and Company audited financial statements for the year
ended 31 December 2015. These will be laid before shareholders
at the AGM to be held on Wednesday 1 June 2016.
Directors’ interests
The interests of the Directors in the Ordinary shares of the Company
are shown below:
Future developments
A summary of the future developments of the Company is provided
within the Strategic Report on page 21.
Corporate governance statement
In accordance with the Financial Services Authority’s Disclosure and
Transparency Rules (‘DTR’) 7.2.1, the disclosures required by DTR
7.2.2 and DTR 7.2.7 may be found in the Corporate Governance
Statement on pages 54 to 57.
Name
Amjad Bseisu1
Dr James Buckee2
Helmut Langanger
Jock Lennox
Philip Nolan
Clare Spottiswoode
Jonathan Swinney
Philip Holland
At 31 December
2014
At 31 December
2015
At 16 March
2016
71,405,331
3,488,424
0
20,000
150,000
19,560
62,033
n/a
71,405,331
3,936,949
200,000
20,000
150,000
19,560
62,033
74,999
71,405,331
3,936,949
200,000
20,000
150,000
19,560
62,033
74,999
Results and dividends
The Group’s financial statements for the year ended 31 December
2015 are set out on pages 82 to 131.
The Company has not declared or paid any dividends since
incorporation on 29 January 2010 and does not have any current
intentions to pay dividends in the near future. Any future payment
of dividends is expected to depend on the earnings and financial
condition of the Company and such other factors as the Board of
Directors of the Company consider appropriate.
Directors
The Directors’ biographical details are set out on pages 48 and 49.
All the current Directors served throughout the year, except for
Philip Holland, who was appointed with effect from 1 August 2015.
All the Directors will offer themselves for election or re-election
at the AGM on 1 June 2016, in accordance with the UK Corporate
Governance Code provision for annual re-election of all the directors
of FTSE 350 companies, except for Clare Spottiswoode who is not
offering herself for re-election and will retire at the conclusion of the
AGM. Philip Holland was appointed to the Board during the year and
will therefore seek election by shareholders for the first time.
Employee involvement
EnQuest operates a framework for employee information
and consultation which complies with the requirements of the
Information and Consultation of Employees Regulation 2005.
Employees are informed about significant business issues and
other matters of concern via regular Town Hall meetings, by using
webcasts on EnQuest’s intranet, as well as face-to-face briefing
meetings at each business location. Appropriate consultations
take place with employees when business change is undertaken.
EnQuest offers employees the opportunity to participate directly
in the success of the Company and employees are encouraged to
invest in the Company through participation in a number of share
schemes such as the Save as You Earn (‘SAYE’) Share Scheme.
EnQuest remains committed to fair treatment of people
with disabilities in relation to job applications: full consideration is
given to applications from disabled persons where the candidate’s
particular aptitudes and abilities are consistent with adequately
meeting the requirement of the job. Additionally, EnQuest
offers opportunities to disabled employees for training, career
development and promotion. In the event of an existing employee
becoming disabled, it is EnQuest’s policy to provide continuing
employment whenever practicable in the same or an alternative
position and to provide appropriate training to achieve this aim.
Notes:
1 The shares are held by Double A Limited, a discretionary trust in which the
extended family of Amjad Bseisu has a beneficial interest.
2 The total number of shares held are comprised of shares held directly by
Dr James Buckee, shares held by The Buckee Family Settlement and shares
held by The Buckee Family No.2 Trust, discretionary trusts in which the
extended family of Dr James Buckee has a beneficial interest.
Directors’ indemnity provisions
Under the Company’s Articles, the Directors of the Company
may be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against
certain costs, charges, expenses, losses or liabilities which may be
sustained or incurred in or about the execution of their duties. Such
qualifying third party indemnity provision remains in force as at the
date of approving the Directors’ Report and the Company has
provided indemnities to the Directors in a form consistent with
the limitations imposed by law.
Share capital
The Company’s share capital during the year consisted of Ordinary
shares of £0.05 each (Ordinary shares). Each Ordinary share carries
one vote. There were 802,660,757 Ordinary shares in issue at the end
of the year (2014: 802,660,757). All of the Company’s issued Ordinary
shares have been fully paid up. Further information regarding the
rights attaching to the Company’s Ordinary shares can be found in
note 17 to the financial statements on page 117. No person has any
special rights with respect to control of the Company.
The Company did not purchase any of its own shares during 2015
or up to and including 16 March 2016, being the date of this
Directors’ Report.
Company share schemes
The trustees of the Group Employee Benefit Trust (the ‘Trust’)
did not purchase any Ordinary shares in the Company during 2015.
At year end, the Trust held 3.33% of the issued share capital of
the Company (2014: 3.69%) for the benefit of employees and their
dependents. The voting rights in relation to these shares are
exercised by the trustees.
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Substantial interests in shares
The table below shows the holdings in the Company’s issued share capital, which had been notified to the Company in accordance with
Chapter 5 of the DTR:
Name
Amjad Bseisu Family1
Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited
Baillie Gifford & Co Ltd
Aberforth Partners
Swedbank Robur Fonder AB
Schroders Plc
EnQuest Employee Benefit Trust
Number of
Ordinary shares
held at
31 December
2015
% of issued
share capital
held at
31 December
2015
Number of
Ordinary shares
held as at
16 March
2016
% of issued
share capital
held as at
16 March
2016
71,405,331
56,474,766
55,079,552
36,018,915
42,646,187
33,056,199
26,702,378
8.90
7.04
6.86
4.49
5.31
4.12
3.33
71,405,331
56,345,766
53,565,262
53,368,915
40,073,639
35,628,700
26,656,176
8.90
7.02
6.67
6.65
4.99
4.44
3.32
Note:
1 The shares are held by Double A Limited, a discretionary trust in which the extended family of Amjad Bseisu has a beneficial interest.
Acquisitions and disposals
A summary of the key acquisitions and disposals throughout the year
under review can be found in the Strategic Report on pages 20 and 21.
Note: All assets within operational control are reported for MCR purposes. Due to
source data not being readily available for verification, all Malaysian assets (PM8/
Seligi, Tanjong Baram assets and associated land based offices) are reported
outside the scope of ISO 14064-1 verification.
MCR reporting year 2015 (1 January – 31 December inclusive)
Emissions tCO2e
Intensity ratio kgCO2e/BOE
Where BOE = barrel of oil equivalent.
Including
Malaysia
862,496
45.63
Excluding
Malaysia
621,588
47.18
EnQuest has a number of financial interests, e.g. joint ventures and
joint investments, for which it does not have operational control.
Hence, the boundary for emissions within EnQuest’s operational
control is different to the financial boundary. In line with MCR
guidance this is fully disclosed.
EnQuest has voluntarily opted to have the emissions reported
within the MCR scope verified to the internationally recognised
ISO 14064-1 standard by a UKAS accredited verification body. This
increases the robustness of the reported emissions and provides the
reader with more confidence in the stated figures. This goes beyond
the minimum requirements of the guidance. As indicated above,
Malaysia is not included within the ISO 14064-1 verification scope.
Annual General Meeting
The Company’s AGM will be held at Café Royal Hotel, 68 Regent
Street, London W1B 4DY on 1 June 2016. Formal notice of the AGM,
including details of special business, is set out in the Notice of AGM
which accompanies this Annual Report and Accounts and is
available on the Company’s website at www.enquest.com.
Registrars
In connection with the Ordinary shares traded on the London Stock
Exchange, the Company’s share registrar is Capita Registrars. For the
Ordinary shares traded on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm the Company’s
share registrar is Euroclear Sweden. Full details of both registrars can
be found in the Company Information section on page 145.
Greenhouse gas (‘GHG’) emissions
EnQuest has reported on all of the emission sources within its
operational control required under the Companies Act 2006
(Strategic Report and Directors’ Reports) Regulations 2013. These
sources fall within the EnQuest consolidated financial statement.
EnQuest has used the principles of the GHG Protocol Corporate
Accounting and Reporting Standard (revised edition), ISO 14064-1
and data gathered to fulfil the requirements under the
‘Environmental Reporting Guidelines: Including Mandatory
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Guidance’ June 2013.
The Mandatory Carbon Reporting (‘MCR’) report includes assets
which are in the operational control of EnQuest. These are:
o Heather Alpha;
o Thistle Alpha;
o Northern Producer Floating Production Facility (‘FPF’);
o Kittiwake;
o Enquest Producer FPF;
o PM8/Seligi & Tanjong Baram (Malaysia);
o drilling rigs under the control of EnQuest for exploration and
appraisal purposes; and
o all land based offices.
All six greenhouse gases are reported as appropriate.
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Independent auditor
Having reviewed the independence and effectiveness of the
auditor, the Audit Committee has recommended to the Board that
the existing auditor, Ernst & Young LLP (‘EY’), be reappointed. EY
has expressed their willingness to continue as auditor. An ordinary
resolution to reappoint EY as auditor of the Company and authorising
the Directors to set their remuneration will be proposed at the
forthcoming AGM.
Financial risk and financial instruments
Information on financial risk management, including credit and
liquidity risks and information about financial instruments, is set
out in the Financial Review on pages 40 to 45 and the notes to
the financial statements on pages 127 to 130 respectively.
Going concern
The Group’s business activities, together with the factors likely to
affect its future development, performance and position are set out
in the Strategic Report on pages 1 to 47. The financial position of
the Group, its cash flow, liquidity position and borrowing facilities
are described in the Financial Review on pages 40 to 45. In addition,
note 26 to the financial statements on pages 127 to 130 includes the
Group’s objectives, policies and processes for managing its capital;
its financial risk management objectives; details of its financial
instruments and hedging activities; and its exposures to credit risk
and liquidity risk.
The Directors’ Report was approved by the Board and signed on
its behalf by the Company Secretary on 16 March 2016.
Stefan Ricketts
Company Secretary
Change of control agreements
The Company is not party to any significant agreements which take
effect, alter or terminate upon a change of control of the Company
following a takeover bid, except in respect of: (a) the Revolving
Credit Facility Agreement, which includes provisions that, upon a
change of control, permit each lender not to provide certain funding
under that facility and to cancel its exposure to credit which may
already have been advanced to the Company; (b) the Company’s
Euro Medium Term Note Programme (under which the Company
currently has in issue euro medium term notes with an aggregate
nominal amount of £155 million), pursuant to which if there is a
change of control of the Company, a holder of a note has the
option to require the Company to redeem such note at its principal
amount, together with any accrued interest thereon; and (c) under
the indenture governing the high-yield bonds, if the Company
undergoes certain events defined as constituting a change of
control, each holder of the high-yield notes may require us to
repurchase all or a portion of its notes at 101% of their principal
amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.
Important events subsequent to the year end
Events since the balance sheet date are summarised in note 27
to the financial statements on page 131.
Directors’ statement of disclosure of information
to auditor
The Directors in office at the date of the approval of this Directors’
Report have each confirmed that, so far as they are aware, there is
no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the
Companies Act 2006) of which the Company’s auditor is unaware,
and each of the Directors has taken all the steps he/she ought to
have taken as a Director to make himself/herself aware of any
relevant audit information and to establish that the Company’s
auditor is aware of that information. This confirmation is given and
should be interpreted in accordance with the provisions of Section
418 of the Companies Act 2006.
Responsibility statements under the DTR
The Directors who held office at the date of the approval of the
Directors’ Report confirm that, to the best of their knowledge, the
financial statements, prepared in accordance with IFRS as adopted
by the European Union, give a true and fair view of the assets,
liabilities, financial position and profit of the Company and the
undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole; and
the Directors’ Report, Operating Review and Financial Review
include a fair review of the development and performance of the
business and the position of the Company and the undertakings
included in the consolidation taken as a whole, together with a
description of the principal risks and uncertainties that they face.
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Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities in
Relation to the Group Financial Statements
The Directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and
the Group financial statements in accordance with applicable United
Kingdom law and regulations. Company law requires the Directors
to prepare Group financial statements for each financial year. Under
that law, the Directors are required to prepare Group financial
statements under International Financial Reporting Standards as
adopted by the European Union.
Under Company law the Directors must not approve the Group
financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true
and fair view of the state of affairs of the Group and of the profit or
loss of the Group for that period. In preparing the Group financial
statements the Directors are required to:
o present fairly the financial position, financial performance and
cash flows of the Group;
o select suitable accounting policies in accordance with IAS 8:
Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors
and then apply them consistently;
o present information, including accounting policies, in a manner
that provides relevant, reliable, comparable and understandable
information;
o make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent;
o provide additional disclosures when compliance with the specific
requirements in IFRSs is insufficient to enable users to
understand the impact of particular transactions, other events
and conditions on the Group’s financial position and financial
performance; and
o state that the Group has complied with International Financial
Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union, subject
to any material departures disclosed and explained in the
financial statements.
The Directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting
records that are sufficient to show and explain the Group’s
transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the
financial position of the Group and enable them to ensure that the
Group financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006
and Article 4 of the IAS Regulation. They are also responsible for
safeguarding the assets of the Group and hence for taking
reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and
other irregularities.
The Directors are also responsible for preparing the Strategic
Report, Directors’ Report, the Directors’ Remuneration Report and
the Corporate Governance Statement in accordance with
Companies Act 2006 and applicable regulations, including the
requirements of the Listing Rules and the Disclosure and
Transparency Rules.
Fair, balanced and understandable
In accordance with the principles of the UK Corporate Governance
Code, the Directors are responsible for establishing arrangements
to evaluate whether the information presented in the Annual Report,
taken as a whole, is fair, balanced and understandable and provides
the information necessary for shareholders to assess the Company’s
position and performance, business model and strategy, and
making a statement to that effect. This statement is set out on
page 57 of the Annual Report.
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Our opinion on the financial statements
In our opinion:
o EnQuest PLC’s Group financial statements (the ‘financial statements’) give a true and fair view of the state of the Group’s affairs as at
31 December 2015 and of the Group’s loss for the year then ended;
o the EnQuest PLC’s parent Company financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the Company’s affairs as at
31 December 2015;
o the Group financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European Union;
o the parent Company financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles including FRS101 ‘Reduced Disclosure Framework’; and
o the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006, and, as regards the
Group financial statements, Article 4 of the IAS Regulation.
What we have audited
EnQuest PLC’s financial statements comprise:
Group
Parent Company
Group Statement of Comprehensive Income for the year ended
31 December 2015
Company Balance sheet as at 31 December 2015
Group Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2015
Company Statement of Changes in Equity at 31 December 2015
Group Statement of Changes in Equity at 31 December 2015
Group Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended
31 December 2015
Notes 1 to 28 to the Group financial statements for the year ended
31 December 2015
Company Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended 31 December
2015
Notes 1 to 15 to the financial statements
The financial reporting framework that has been applied in the preparation of the Group financial statements is applicable law and
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by the European Union and in accordance with the provisions of the
Companies Act 2006 and in the preparation of the parent Company financial statements is applicable law and UK General Accepted
Accounting Principles and in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006.
Overview of our audit approach
Risks of material
misstatement
Audit scope
o Going concern
o Impairment of the carrying value of tangible and intangible assets (including goodwill)
o Estimates of Oil & Gas reserves
o Complexity of the deferred taxation calculation
o We performed an audit of the complete financial information of two components (North Sea and Malaysia)
o The components where we performed full or specific audit procedures accounted for 100% of Loss before tax,
100% of Revenue and 100% of Total assets.
Materiality
o Overall Group materiality of $9m which represents 2% of earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and
amortisation (EBITDA).
Our assessment of risk of material misstatement
We identified the risks of material misstatement described below as those that had the greatest effect on our overall audit strategy, the
allocation of resources in the audit and the direction of the efforts of the audit team. In addressing these risks, we have performed the
procedures below which were designed in the context of the financial statements as a whole and, consequently, we do not express any
opinion on these individual areas.
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Independent Auditor’s Report
to the Members of EnQuest PLC continued
(Registered Number: 07140891)
Risk
Our response to the risk
What we concluded to the Audit Committee
In our view management’s conclusion that
EnQuest PLC is a going concern is
appropriate.
Management have undertaken a detailed
analysis and considered appropriately
challenging scenarios in making this
conclusion.
We have also concluded that management
have made appropriate disclosures
discussing the risks and assumptions
associated with this conclusion.
We have concluded that the estimation of oil
and gas reserves are in line with appropriate
methodology and guidelines, and have been
determined on a reasonable basis through
the use of competent internal experts and
objective and competent external parties.
Going concern (including the effect of oil
prices, bank covenants and projections)
We performed procedures to understand
management’s going concern review process.
Refer to the Audit Committee Report
(page 59); Accounting policies (page 95); and
Note 2 of the Annual Report and Accounts
(page 95).
With the current low oil price environment,
coupled with the current bank facility and
retail bond covenants, there is a heightened
awareness around going concern, in
particular future projections of cash flows, oil
prices and reserves.
The risk has increased in the current year
due to the sustained low oil prices through
the period, the continued capital
expenditure on major projects and the limits
on currently available borrowing facilities.
Impact of the estimation of the quantity
of oil and gas reserves on impairment
testing, depreciation, depletion and
amortisation, decommissioning provisions
and the going concern assessment (Fraud
Risk)
Refer to the Audit Committee Report
(page 59); Accounting policies (page 97);
and Note 2 of the Annual Report and
Accounts (page 97).
The estimation of oil and gas reserves
requires significant judgment and
assumptions by management and engineers
which could be manipulated to achieve
desired results. These estimates have a
material impact on the financial statements,
particularly impairment testing; depreciation,
depletion and amortisation; decommissioning
provisions and going concern.
There is technical uncertainty in assessing
reserve quantities and complex contractual
arrangements dictating EnQuest’s share of
reserves, particularly the PSAs and RSAs and
joint venture arrangements in place. We will
focus on management’s estimation process
including whether bias exists in the
determination of reserves and resources.
The risk has remained the same compared to
last year.
Our audit procedures included:
o agreeing the assumed cash flows to the
business plan and walking through the
business planning process and testing the
central assumptions to external data;
o agreeing the available facilities and
arrangements to underlying
documentation;
o auditing key assumptions used by
management including oil price,
production, future cost projections
and reserves;
o assessing and auditing the sensitivities of
the underlying assumptions used in the
going concern review and considering
whether management has exercised any
bias in selecting such assumptions;
o auditing the assumption and mitigating
factors that management have made with
regards to potential actions to mitigate
forecast liquidity shortfalls in future
periods; and
o comparing future cash flows to historical
data, ensuring variations are in line with
our expectations and considering the
reliability of past forecasts.
Our audit procedures have focused on
management’s estimation process, including
whether bias exists in the determination
of reserves.
We carried out procedures to understand and
walkthrough EnQuest’s internal process for oil
and gas reserves estimation.
We assessed the competence of
internal specialists and the competence
and objectivity of external specialists. We also
reviewed the report of the external specialist
on the audit of the reserves for the UK
North Sea and Malaysia assets as at
31 December 2015.
We considered whether management had
exercised any bias in assumption used or the
outputs produced by the reserves estimation
exercise.
We used the results of these procedures
to inform our audit of asset impairment
testing, the calculation of depreciation,
depletion and amortisation, the calculation of
decommissioning provisions, the assessment
of going concern and reserve disclosures in
the Annual Report and Accounts.
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Risk
Our response to the risk
What we concluded to the Audit Committee
There are a number of factors which have
an impact on the impairment charge. The
impairment charge recorded is particularly
sensitive to both future oil prices and
discount rates.
In our view the combination of price
and discount rate assumptions used by
management are appropriate given current
market conditions.
In addition, the future cost assumptions
and production profiles are appropriate.
Consequently, we believe the impairment
charge of $1,224 million is also appropriate
and intangible assets ($2 million) is also
appropriate.
Impairment of the carrying value of
tangible ($2,437 million) and intangible
assets (including goodwill) ($236 million)
The principal indicator of impairment was the
decline in the forward oil price.
Refer to the Audit Committee Report
(page 60); Accounting policies (page 99); and
Notes 10, 11 and 12 of the Annual Report and
Accounts (pages 113 to 115).
The fall in forward oil and gas prices
creates an indicator of impairment, which
potentially could impact the carrying values
of the assets.
Accounting standards require management
to assess whether indicators of impairment
exist. Where indicators exist management
must carry out an impairment test.
The risk has remained the same compared to
last year where falling prices also resulted in
impairment charges being recorded.
In assessing the appropriateness of
management’s oil price assumptions, we
have compared their price assumptions
with the latest market evidence available,
including forward curves, brokers’ estimates
and other long-term price forecasts.
We carried out procedures to understand
and walkthrough EnQuest PLC’s process
for identifying impairment triggers, and
considered management’s assessment of
indicators of impairment.
We challenged management’s assessment of
impairment indicators and whether or not a
formal impairment test was required.
Where a formal impairment test
was necessary, we challenged and
audited management’s assumptions
and sensitivities. This included specifically
the determination of cash generating units,
cash flow projections, oil prices, production
profiles, capital and operating expenditure,
discount rates and sensitivities used. In
addition we engaged our business modelling
and valuation specialists to assist us in the
audit of the impairment charge.
We performed detailed audit procedures
on the impairment test models including
goodwill, intangibles, comparison to historical
data and past reliability of forecasts, including
considering whether management had used
bias in setting assumptions to achieve a
certain outcome.
We also used the result of procedures
performed in relation to estimation of oil and
gas reserves and depletion calculations.
We performed full and specific scope
audit procedures over this risk area in two
locations, which covered 100% of the
risk amount.
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Independent Auditor’s Report
to the Members of EnQuest PLC continued
(Registered Number: 07140891)
Risk
Our response to the risk
What we concluded to the Audit Committee
Complexity of the deferred taxation
calculation Deferred Tax expense $593
million (2014: $408 million); Deferred Tax
Assets $139 million (2014: $41 million);
and Deferred Tax Liabilities $59 million
(2014: $517 million)
Refer to the Audit Committee Report
(page 60); Accounting policies (page 103);
and Note 7 of the Annual Report and
Accounts (page 111).
The calculation of the deferred tax balances,
particularly given the recent change in oil
and gas taxation legislation in relation to
investment allowances (previously field
allowances), involves complex estimates
which increase the risk of incorrectly
recording deferred tax.
The risk has increased in the current year
due to the increased complexity relating to
investment allowances and was not
previously included within our report.
We carried out procedures to understand and
walkthrough EnQuest PLC’s tax accounting
process including the approach to calculating
deferred tax.
No issues have been noted in relation to the
calculation of deferred taxation amounts and
the recoverability of deferred tax assets.
We made enquiries of appropriate personnel
to understand the process undertaken to
calculate deferred tax and any assumptions/
changes in the approach during the year.
We obtained and audited the deferred tax
calculation to agree the clerical accuracy,
ensured that the assumptions used were in
line with expectations and that the calculation
and recognition was in line with IAS 12.
We performed analytical review procedures
and understood any significant movements
that were not consistent with our
expectations.
We challenged and audited support for the
recoverability of material deferred tax assets.
We considered management’s
interpretation and application of relevant
tax law and challenged the appropriateness
of management’s assumptions and estimates
in relation to deferred taxation and uncertain
tax positions.
To assist us in assessing a number of
uncertain tax positions, we engaged our tax
specialists to advise us on the tax technical
issues in order to form a view of the risk of
challenge to certain tax treatments adopted.
We performed full and specific scope
audit procedures over this risk area in
two locations, which covered 100% of the
risk amount.
In the prior year, our auditor’s report included a risk of material misstatement in relation to Decommissioning and Uncertain Tax Positions.
This year we did not consider that these risks merited separate commentary in our report as, whilst remaining a risk of misstatement, we did
not consider there to be a high likelihood of a material misstatement.
The scope of our audit
Tailoring the scope
Our assessment of audit risk, our evaluation of materiality and our allocation of performance materiality determine our audit scope for each
entity within the Group. Taken together, this enables us to form an opinion on the consolidated financial statements. We take into account
size, risk profile, the organisation of the Group and effectiveness of group-wide controls, changes in the business environment and other
factors such as recent Internal Audit results when assessing the level of work to be performed at each entity.
In assessing the risk of material misstatement to the Group financial statements, and to ensure we had adequate quantitative coverage of
significant accounts in the financial statements, of the two reporting components of the Group, we selected both components covering
entities within the United Kingdom and Malaysia, which represent the principal business units within the Group.
Of the two components selected, we performed an audit of the complete financial information of one component (‘full scope components’)
which were selected based on their size or risk characteristics. For the remaining component (‘specific scope component’), we performed
audit procedures on specific accounts within that component that we considered had the potential for the greatest impact on the
significant accounts in the financial statements either because of the size of these accounts or their risk profile.
The reporting components where we performed audit procedures accounted for 100% (2014: 100%) of the Group’s EBITDA, 100% (2014:
100%) of the Group’s Revenue and 100% (2014: 100%) of the Group’s Total assets. For the current year, the full scope components
contributed 91% (2014: 98%) of the Group’s EBITDA, 87% (2014: 95%) of the Group’s Revenue and 95% (2014: 94%) of the Group’s Total
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assets. The specific scope component contributed 9% (2014: 2%) of the Group’s EBITDA, 13% (2014: 5%) of the Group’s Revenue and 5%
(2014: 6%) of the Group’s Total assets. The audit scope of these components may not have included testing of all significant accounts of the
component but will have contributed to the coverage of significant accounts tested for the Group.
Revenue %
87
13
Full scope components
Specific scope components
Full scope components
Specific scope components
EBITDA %
9
91
Total assets %
5 95
Full scope components
Specific scope components
Involvement with component teams
In establishing our overall approach to the Group audit, we determined the type of work that needed to be undertaken at each of the
components by us, as the primary audit engagement team, or by component auditors from other EY global network firms operating under
our instruction. Of the one full scope component, audit procedures were performed directly by the primary audit team. For the one specific
scope component, where the work was performed by component auditors, we determined the appropriate level of involvement to enable
us to determine that sufficient audit evidence had been obtained as a basis for our opinion on the Group as a whole.
For the first time the Senior Statutory auditor visited Malaysia due to the increased activity levels. This visit involved discussing the audit
approach with the component team, meeting with local management and attending a planning meeting with local management and the
component team. The primary team interacted regularly with the component teams where appropriate during various stages of the audit
including discussing any issues arising from their work, reviewed key working papers and were responsible for the scope and direction of
the audit process. This, together with the additional procedures performed at Group level, gave us appropriate evidence for our opinion
on the Group financial statements.
Our application of materiality
We apply the concept of materiality in planning and performing the audit, in evaluating the effect of identified misstatements on the audit
and in forming our audit opinion.
Materiality
The magnitude of an omission or misstatement that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to influence the
economic decisions of the users of the financial statements. Materiality provides a basis for determining the nature and extent of our audit
procedures.
We determined materiality for the Group to be $9 million (2014: $10.5 million), which is 2% (2014: 5%) of EBITDA (2014: business
performance before taxation). We believe that EBITDA provides us with the most appropriate basis to use as this is the key performance
indicator used by management, it is the main performance measure used in the covenant calculations associated with the company’s debt
and is the measure most focussed on by stakeholders. In prior years we have used profit before tax (PBT) as a basis for materiality and we
considered this for 2015. With the impact of falling prices in the oil and gas industry PBT is becoming more volatile and the focus for
stakeholders (based on communications to the market) has been increasingly based on more cash based measures as pressure grows on
companies in the lower oil price environment.
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Independent Auditor’s Report
to the Members of EnQuest PLC continued
(Registered Number: 07140891)
Performance materiality
The application of materiality at the individual account or balance level. It is set at an amount to reduce to an appropriately low level the
probability that the aggregate of uncorrected and undetected misstatements exceeds materiality.
On the basis of our risk assessments, together with our assessment of the Group’s overall control environment, our judgement was that
performance materiality was 50% (2014: 50%) of our planning materiality, namely $4.5m (2014: $5.25m).
Audit work at component locations for the purpose of obtaining audit coverage over significant financial statement accounts is undertaken
based on a percentage of total performance materiality. The performance materiality set for each component is based on the relative scale
and risk of the component to the Group as a whole and our assessment of the risk of misstatement at that component. In the current year,
the range of performance materiality allocated to components was $4m to $0.9m (2014: $5.25m to $1m).
Reporting threshold
An amount below which identified misstatements are considered as being clearly trivial.
We collated errors in excess of $0.45m, which is set at 5% of planning materiality, and we agreed with the Audit Committee that we would
report to them all uncorrected audit differences in excess of $0.75m (2014: $0.75m), as well as differences below that threshold that, in our
view, warranted reporting on qualitative grounds.
We evaluate any uncorrected misstatements against both the quantitative measures of materiality discussed above and in light of other
relevant qualitative considerations in forming our opinion.
Scope of the audit of the financial statements
An audit involves obtaining evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements sufficient to give reasonable assurance
that the financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or error. This includes an assessment of: whether
the accounting policies are appropriate to the Group’s and the parent Company’s circumstances and have been consistently applied and
adequately disclosed; the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by the directors; and the overall presentation of the
financial statements. In addition, we read all the financial and non-financial information in the Annual Report and Accounts 2015 to identify
material inconsistencies with the audited financial statements and to identify any information that is apparently materially incorrect based
on, or materially inconsistent with, the knowledge acquired by us in the course of performing the audit. If we become aware of any
apparent material misstatements or inconsistencies we consider the implications for our report.
Respective responsibilities of directors and auditor
As explained more fully in the Directors’ Responsibilities Statement set out on page 82, the Directors are responsible for the preparation of
the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view. Our responsibility is to audit and express an opinion on
the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland). Those standards
require us to comply with the Auditing Practices Board’s Ethical Standards for Auditors.
This report is made solely to the Company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006.
Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in
an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone
other than the Company and the Company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Opinion on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion:
o the part of the Directors’ Remuneration report to be audited has been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 2006;
and
o the information given in the Strategic Report and the Directors’ Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are
prepared is consistent with the financial statements.
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Matters on which we are required to report by exception
ISAs (UK and Ireland)
reporting
We have no exceptions
to report.
We are required to report to you if, in our opinion, financial and non-financial
information in the annual report is:
o materially inconsistent with the information in the audited financial statements; or
o apparently materially incorrect based on, or materially inconsistent with, our
knowledge of the Group acquired in the course of performing our audit; or
o otherwise misleading.
In particular, we are required to report whether we have identified any inconsistencies
between our knowledge acquired in the course of performing the audit and the
Directors’ statement that they consider the annual report and accounts taken as a
whole is fair, balanced and understandable and provides the information necessary
for shareholders to assess the entity’s performance, business model and strategy; and
whether the annual report appropriately addresses those matters that we
communicated to the audit committee that we consider should have been disclosed.
Companies Act 2006
reporting
We are required to report to you if, in our opinion:
o adequate accounting records have not been kept by the parent Company, or
We have no exceptions
to report.
returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited
by us; or
o the parent Company financial statements and the part of the Directors’
Remuneration Report to be audited are not in agreement with the accounting
records and returns; or
o certain disclosures of Directors’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or
o we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
We are required to review:
o the directors’ statement, set out on page 81, in relation to going concern; and
o the part of the Corporate Governance Statement relating to the Company’s
compliance with the ten provisions of the UK Corporate Governance Code
specified for our review.
We have no exceptions
to report.
Listing Rules review
requirements
Statement on the Directors’ Assessment of the Principal Risks that Would Threaten the Solvency or Liquidity of
the Entity
ISAs (UK and Ireland)
reporting
We are required to give a statement as to whether we have anything material to add
or to draw attention to in relation to:
o the Directors’ confirmation in the annual report that they have carried out a robust
assessment of the principal risks facing the entity, including those that would
threaten its business model, future performance, solvency or liquidity;
o the disclosures in the annual report that describe those risks and explain how they
are being managed or mitigated;
o the Directors’ statement in the financial statements about whether they considered
it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing them,
and their identification of any material uncertainties to the entity’s ability to
continue to do so over a period of at least twelve months from the date of
approval of the financial statements; and
o the Directors’ explanation in the annual report as to how they have assessed the
The Directors have
included appropriate
disclosures setting out
the basis of the going
concern assumption
and the prospects of
the entity, the
conclusion drawn and
the actions required.
prospects of the entity, over what period they have done so and why they consider
that period to be appropriate, and their statement as to whether they have a
reasonable expectation that the entity will be able to continue in operation and
meet its liabilities as they fall due over the period of their assessment, including any
related disclosures drawing attention to any necessary qualifications or assumptions.
Paul Wallek (Senior statutory auditor)
for and on behalf of Ernst & Young LLP, Statutory Auditor
London
16 March 2016
Notes:
1 The maintenance and integrity of the EnQuest PLC website is the responsibility of the Directors: the work carried out by the auditor does not involve consideration of
these matters and accordingly the auditor accepts no responsibility for any changes that may have occurred to the financial statements since they were initially
presented on the website.
2 Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
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Group Statement of Comprehensive Income
For the year ended 31 December 2015
2015
Depletion
of fair value
uplift, re-
measurements,
impairments
and other
exceptional
items (note 4)
US$’000
Reported
in year
US$’000
Business
performance
US$’000
Notes
Revenue and other operating income
Cost of sales
5(a)
5(b)
906,582
(733,408)
1,932
(15,130)
908,514
(748,538)
2014
Depletion
of fair value
uplift, re-
measurements,
impairments
and other
exceptional
items (note 4)
US$’000
18,611
(57,797)
(39,186)
(151,982)
(1,316)
(678,801)
28,630
–
2,019
–
–
–
(840,636)
18,698
–
(821,938)
508,120
Business
performance
US$’000
1,009,884
(654,061)
355,823
(4,033)
–
–
–
–
–
(16,464)
27,176
–
362,502
(121,066)
1,814
243,250
(105,841)
Reported
in year
US$’000
1,028,495
(711,858)
316,637
(156,015)
(1,316)
(678,801)
28,630
–
2,019
(16,464)
27,176
–
(478,134)
(102,368)
1,814
(578,688)
402,279
173,174
(325)
–
–
–
–
–
(14,371)
15,431
–
(13,198)
(9,059)
(566)
(1,224,463)
–
(8,473)
159,976
(9,384)
(566)
(1,224,463)
–
(8,473)
(2,264)
(3,611)
1,936
(29,635)
(2,264)
(17,982)
17,367
(29,635)
173,909
(176,384)
964
(1,289,333)
(50,097)
–
(1,115,424)
(226,481)
964
(1,511)
129,328
(1,339,430)
452,128
(1,340,941)
581,457
127,817
(887,302)
(759,484)
137,409
(313,818)
(176,409)
(244,445)
356,540
(37,283)
–
74,812
(684,672)
US$
(0.980)
(0.980)
US$
0.178
0.178
–
156,281
(96,894)
(398)
58,989
(117,420)
US$
(0.228)
(0.228)
US$
0.165
0.165
Gross profit/(loss)
Exploration and evaluation expenses
Impairment of investments
Impairment of oil and gas assets
Negative goodwill
Loss on disposal of land and buildings
Loss on disposal of intangible oil and gas
assets
General and administration expenses
Other income
Other expenses
Profit/(loss) from operations before tax
and finance income/(costs)
Finance costs
Finance income
Profit/(loss) before tax
Income tax
Profit/(loss) for the year attributable to
owners of the parent
Other comprehensive income for the
year, after tax:
Cash flow hedges:
Reclassified to profit or loss
May be reclassified subsequently to profit
or loss when specific conditions are met
Deferred tax on gain on cash flow hedges
Available-for-sale financial assets
Total other comprehensive income for
the year
Total comprehensive income for the
year, attributable to owners of the
parent
Earnings per share
Basic
Diluted
5(c)
4
4
4
4
4
5(d)
5(e)
5(f)
6
6
7
20
20
7
13
8
The attached notes 1 to 28 form part of these Group financial statements.
FinancialsEnQuest PLC Annual Report & Accounts 2015 Group Balance Sheet
At 31 December 2015
ASSETS
Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment
Goodwill
Intangible oil and gas assets
Investments
Deferred tax assets
Other financial assets
Current assets
Inventories
Trade and other receivables
Current tax receivable
Cash and cash equivalents
Other financial assets
TOTAL ASSETS
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
Equity
Share capital
Merger reserve
Cash flow hedge reserve
Share-based payment reserve
Retained earnings
TOTAL EQUITY
Non-current liabilities
Borrowings
Bonds
Obligations under finance leases
Provisions
Other financial liabilities
Deferred tax liabilities
Current liabilities
Borrowings
Bonds
Trade and other payables
Obligations under finance leases
Other financial liabilities
Current tax payable
TOTAL LIABILITIES
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
1
9
Notes
2015
US$’000
2014
Restated
US$’000
10
11
12
13
7
20
14
15
16
20
17
19
19
24
22
20
7
19
19
23
24
20
2,436,672
189,317
46,530
123
138,525
15,262
3,279,739
189,317
65,710
689
40,401
18,809
2,826,429
3,594,665
67,629
351,873
3,666
269,049
258,692
89,397
286,227
11,199
176,791
100,932
950,909
664,546
3,777,338
4,259,211
113,433
662,855
134,199
(11,995)
(231,293)
113,433
662,855
59,387
(17,696)
528,191
667,199
1,346,170
907,073
870,281
–
686,577
7,684
59,198
227,035
882,561
36
719,702
23,694
516,740
2,530,813
2,369,768
10,150
12,319
543,518
36
9,169
4,134
579,326
–
12,689
429,070
36
101,478
–
543,273
3,110,139
2,913,041
3,777,338
4,259,211
The attached notes 1 to 28 form part of these Group financial statements.
The financial statements on pages 90 to 131 were approved by the Board of Directors on 16 March 2016 and signed on its behalf by:
Jonathan Swinney
Chief Financial Officer
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Group Statement of Changes in Equity
At 31 December 2015
Share capital
US$’000
Merger
reserve
US$’000
Cash flow hedge
reserve
US$’000
Available-for-
sale reserve
US$’000
Share-based
payments
reserve
US$’000
Retained
earnings
US$’000
Total
US$’000
At 1 January 2014 (restated)(i)
113,433
662,855
–
398
(10,280)
704,600
1,471,006
Loss for the year
Other comprehensive income
Total comprehensive income for the year
Share-based payment
Shares purchased on behalf of Employee
Benefit Trust
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
59,387
59,387
–
–
At 31 December 2014 (restated)(i)
113,433
662,855
59,387
Loss for the year
Other comprehensive income
Total comprehensive income for the year
Share-based payment
At 31 December 2015
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
74,812
74,812
–
113,433
662,855
134,199
–
(398)
(398)
–
–
–
(176,409)
–
(176,409)
58,989
(176,409)
(117,420)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8,468
(15,884)
–
–
8,468
(15,884)
(17,696)
528,191
1,346,170
–
–
–
(759,484)
–
(759,484)
74,812
(759,484)
(684,672)
5,701
–
5,701
(11,995)
(231,293)
667,199
(i) Opening retained earnings has been decreased by an amount of $13,703,000 related to the recognition of a deferred tax liability which arose in 2012 in respect of the
KUFPEC farm-out receivable. The balance of deferred tax liabilities as at 31 December 2014 has been increased by a corresponding amount.
The attached notes 1 to 28 form part of these Group financial statements.
FinancialsEnQuest PLC Annual Report & Accounts 2015 Group Statement of Cash Flows
For the year ended 31 December 2015
CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Loss before tax
Depreciation
Depletion
Exploration costs impaired and written off
Impairment of oil and gas assets
Loss on disposal of land and buildings
Write down of receivable
Write down of inventory
Loss on disposal of intangible oil and gas assets
Impairment on available-for-sale investments
Negative goodwill
Share-based payment charge
Unwinding of discount on decommissioning provisions
Unwinding of other discount
Change in deferred consideration
Change in surplus lease provision
Hedge accounting deferral
Amortisation of option premiums
Unrealised gains on financial instruments
Unrealised exchange gains
Net finance costs
Operating profit before working capital changes
(Increase)/decrease in trade and other receivables
Decrease/(increase) in inventories
Increase in trade and other payables
Cash generated from operations
Cash received on sale of financial instruments
Decommissioning spend
Income taxes paid
Net cash flows from operating activities
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
Purchase of intangible oil and gas assets
Proceeds from disposal of land and buildings
Proceeds from disposal of intangible oil and gas assets
Acquisitions
Prepayment of finance lease
Interest received
Net cash flows used in investing activities
3
9
Notes
2015
US$’000
2014
US$’000
5(d)
5(b)
5(c)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5(g)
6
6
22
22
20
20
5(a)(b)
5(e)
6
(1,340,941)
7,017
302,687
9,059
1,224,463
8,473
4,350
13,598
2,264
566
–
5,701
17,034
5,019
2,307
26,560
(119,055)
(111,572)
(3,907)
(15,030)
203,465
242,058
(76,429)
10,085
45,980
221,694
29,571
(5,342)
(1,370)
(578,688)
7,438
244,531
152,550
678,801
–
–
–
(2,019)
1,316
(28,630)
8,468
12,093
–
–
–
–
(6,820)
5,373
(27,176)
88,461
555,698
91,384
(41,748)
26,877
632,211
100,126
(7,177)
(12,503)
244,553
712,657
(806,965)
(19,600)
68,425
7,065
(3,000)
–
419
(990,563)
(69,749)
–
2,162
(58,233)
(100,000)
936
(753,656)
(1,215,447)
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Group Statement of Cash Flows continued
For the year ended 31 December 2015
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from bank facilities
Repayment of bank facilities
Proceeds from bond issue
Shares purchased by Employee Benefit Trust
Repayment of obligations under finance leases
Interest paid
Other finance costs paid
Net cash flows from financing activities
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Net foreign exchange on cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT 31 DECEMBER
Reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents per cashflow statement
Restricted cash
Cash and cash equivalents per balance sheet
The attached notes 1 to 28 form part of these Group financial statements.
2015
US$’000
2014
US$’000
736,058
(48,491)
–
–
(35)
(76,120)
(15,191)
42,034
–
650,000
(15,884)
(35)
(43,582)
(23,049)
596,221
609,484
87,118
(1,510)
171,932
106,694
(7,571)
72,809
257,540
171,932
257,540
11,509
269,049
171,932
4,859
176,791
FinancialsEnQuest PLC Annual Report & Accounts 2015 Notes to the Group Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 December 2015
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1. Corporate information
EnQuest PLC (EnQuest or the Company) is a limited liability
Company registered in England and is listed on the London Stock
Exchange and Stockholm NASDAQ OMX market.
The Group’s principal activities are the exploration for, and
extraction and production of, hydrocarbons in the UK Continental
Shelf and Malaysia.
The Group’s financial statements for the year ended 31 December
2015 were authorised for issue in accordance with a resolution of the
Board of Directors on 16 March 2016.
A listing of the Group companies is contained in note 28 to these
Group financial statements.
2. Summary of significant accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The Group financial information has been prepared in accordance
with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted
by the European Union as they apply to the financial statements of
the Group for the year ended 31 December 2015 and applied in
accordance with the Companies Act 2006. The accounting policies
which follow set out those policies which apply in preparing the
financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2015.
The Group financial information has been prepared on a historical
cost basis. The presentation currency of the Group financial
information is United States dollars and all values in the Group
financial information are rounded to the nearest thousand (US$’000)
except where otherwise stated.
Going concern concept
The Directors’ assessment of going concern concludes that the use
of the going concern basis is appropriate and there are no material
uncertainties that may cast significant doubt about the ability of the
Group to continue as a going concern. See page 44 in the Financial
Review for further details.
Basis of consolidation
Subsidiaries
Subsidiaries are all entities over which the Group has the sole right
to exercise control over the operations and govern the financial
policies generally accompanying a shareholding of more than half of
the voting rights. The existence and effect of potential voting rights
that are currently exercisable or convertible are considered when
assessing the Group’s control. Subsidiaries are fully consolidated
from the date on which control is transferred to the Group and are
de-consolidated from the date that control ceases.
Intercompany profits, transactions and balances are eliminated on
consolidation. Accounting policies of subsidiaries have been
changed where necessary to ensure consistency with the policies
adopted by the Group.
Unincorporated jointly controlled assets
Oil and gas operations are conducted by the Group as co-licensees
in unincorporated joint ventures with other companies. The Group’s
financial statements reflect the relevant proportions of production,
capital costs, operating costs and current assets and liabilities of the
joint venture applicable to the Group’s interests. The Group’s
current joint venture interests are detailed on page 34.
Business combinations
Business combinations are accounted for using the acquisition
method. The cost of an acquisition is measured as the aggregate
of the consideration transferred, measured at acquisition date fair
value and the amount of any controlling interest in the acquiree.
For each business combination, the acquirer measures the non-
controlling interest in the acquiree either at fair value or at the
proportionate share of the acquiree’s identifiable net assets. Those
petroleum reserves and resources that are able to be reliably valued
are recognised in the assessment of fair values on acquisition. Other
potential reserves, resources and rights, for which fair values cannot
be reliably determined, are not recognised.
If the fair value of the net assets acquired is in excess of the aggregate
consideration transferred, the Group re-assesses whether it has
correctly identified all of the assets acquired and all of the liabilities
assumed and reviewed the procedures used to measure the amounts
to be recognised at the acquisition date, if the reassessment still
results in an excess of the fair value of net assets acquired over the
aggregate consideration transferred then the gain is recognised in
profit or loss.
Any contingent consideration to be transferred by the acquirer
will be recognised at fair value at the acquisition date. Contingent
consideration classified as an asset or liability that is a financial
instrument and within the scope of IAS 39 Financial Instruments:
Recognition and Measurement, is measured at fair value with
changes in fair value recognised either in profit or loss, or as a
change to other comprehensive income (OCI). If the contingent
consideration is not within the scope of IAS 39, it is measured at
fair value in accordance with the appropriate IFRS. Contingent
consideration that is classified as equity is not remeasured and
subsequent settlement is accounted for within equity.
New standards and interpretations
The Group has adopted new and revised IFRS’s that are relevant
to its operations and effective for accounting periods beginning
on or after 1 January 2015. The principal effects of the adoption of
these new and amended standards and interpretations are
discussed below:
Annual Improvements 2010-2012 Cycle
With the exception of the improvement relating to IFRS 2 Share-
based Payment applied to share-based payment transactions with
a grant date on or after 1 July 2014, all other improvements are
effective for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 July 2014.
None of the improvements had any impact on the Group’s financial
statements nor accounting policies.
Annual Improvements 2011-2013 Cycle
These improvements are effective from 1 July 2014. They had
no impact on the Group’s financial statements nor the
accounting policies.
Standards issued but not yet effective
Standards issued and relevant to the Group, but not yet effective up
to the date of issuance of the Group’s financial statements, are listed
below. This listing is of standards and interpretations issued, which
the Group reasonably expects to be applicable at a future date. The
Group intends to adopt these standards when they become effective.
The Directors do not anticipate that the adoption of these standards
will have a material impact on the Group’s accounts in the period of
initial application.
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Notes to the Group Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2015
2. Summary of significant accounting policies continued
IFRS 9 Financial Instruments
In July 2014, the IASB issued the final version of IFRS 9 Financial
Instruments which reflects all phases of the financial instruments
project and replaces IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and
Measurement and all previous versions of IFRS 9. The standard
introduces new requirements for classification and measurement,
impairment and hedge accounting. IFRS 9 is effective for annual
periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018, with early application
permitted. Retrospective application is required, but comparative
information is not compulsory. Early application of previous versions
of IFRS 9 (2009, 2010 and 2013) is permitted if the date of initial
application is before 1 February 2015. The adoption of IFRS 9 will
have an effect on the classification and measurement of the Group’s
financial assets, but will not have an impact on classification and
measurement of financial liabilities.
IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers
IFRS 15 was issued in May 2014 and establishes a five-step model
that will apply to revenue arising from contracts with customers.
Under IFRS 15 revenue is recognised at an amount that reflects the
consideration to which an entity expects to be entitled in exchange
for transferring goods or services to a customer. The principles in
IFRS 15 provide a more structured approach to measuring and
recognising revenue.
The new revenue standard is applicable to all entities and will
supersede all current revenue recognition requirements under IFRS.
Either a full or modified retrospective application is required for
annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018. Early adoption
is permitted. The Group is currently assessing the impact of IFRS 15
and plans to adopt the new standard on the required effective date.
IFRS 16 Leases
IFRS 16 Leases was issued in January 2016, it sets out the principles
for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of
leases for both parties to a contract. It replaces the previous leases
standard IAS 17 Leases and is effective from 1 January 2019.
IFRS 16 eliminates the classification of leases as either operating
leases or finance leases, as is required under IAS 17 and, instead,
introduces a single lease accounting model. The Group will assess
the impact of IFRS 16 and plans to adopt the new standard on the
required effective date.
Amendments to IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements for Acquisition of
Interests
The amendments to IFRS 11 require that a joint operator accounting
for the acquisition of an interest in a joint operation, in which the
activity of the joint operation constitutes a business must apply the
relevant IFRS 3 principles for business combinations accounting.
The amendments also clarify that a previously held interest in a
joint operation is not re-measured in the acquisition of an additional
interest in the same joint operation while joint control is retained.
In addition, a scope exclusion has been added to IFRS 11 to specify
that the amendments do not apply when the parties share joint
control, including the reporting entity, are under common control
of the same ultimate controlling party.
The amendments apply to both the acquisition of the initial interest
in a joint operation and the acquisition of any additional interests in
the same joint operation and are prospectively effective for annual
periods beginning on or after 1 January 2016, with early adoption
permitted. These amendments are not expected to have any impact
on the Group.
Amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 38: Clarification of Acceptable
Methods of Depreciation and Amortisation
The amendments clarify the principle in IAS 16 and IAS 38 that
revenue reflects a pattern of economic benefits that are generated
from operating a business (of which the asset is a part) rather than
the economic benefits that are consumed through use of the asset.
As a result, a revenue-based method cannot be used to depreciate
property, plant and equipment and may only be used in very limited
circumstances to amortise intangible assets. The amendments are
effective prospectively for annual periods beginning on or after
1 January 2016, with early adoption permitted. These amendments
are not expected to have any impact on the Group given that the
Group has not used a revenue-based method to depreciate its
non-current assets.
Annual Improvements 2012-2014 Cycle
These improvements are effective for annual periods beginning on
or after 1 January 2016 and are not expected to have any impact on
the Group. They include:
IFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued
Operations
Assets or disposal groups are generally disposed of either through
sale or distribution to owners. The amendment clarifies that changing
from one of these disposal methods to the other would not be
considered a new plan of disposal, rather it is a continuation of the
original plan. There is, therefore, no interruption of the application
of the requirements in IFRS 5. This amendment must be applied
prospectively.
IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures
The amendment clarifies that the offsetting disclosure requirements
do not apply to condensed interim financial statements, unless such
disclosures provide a significant update to the information reported
in the most recent annual report. This amendment must be applied
retrospectively.
IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting
The amendment clarifies that the required interim disclosure
must either be in the interim financial statements or incorporated
by cross-reference between the interim financial statements and
wherever they are included within the interim financial report (e.g. in
the management commentary or risk report). The other information
within the interim financial report must be available to users on the
same terms as the interim financial statements and at the same time.
This amendment must be applied retrospectively.
Amendments to IAS 1 Disclosure Initiative
The amendments to IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements
clarify, rather than significantly change, existing IAS 1 requirements.
The amendments clarify:
o the materiality requirements in IAS 1;
o that specific line items in the statement(s) of profit or loss and
OCI and the statements of financial position may be
disaggregated;
o that entities have flexibility as to the order in which they present
the notes to the financial statements;
o that the share of OCI of associates and joint ventures accounted
for using the equity method must be presented in aggregate as a
single line item, and classified between those items that will or
will not be subsequently reclassified to profit or loss.
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Furthermore, the amendments clarify the requirements that
apply when additional subtotals are presented in the statement of
financial position and the statements of profit or loss and OCI. These
amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on or after
1 January 2016, with early adoption permitted. These amendments
are not expected to have any impact on the Group.
Critical accounting estimates and judgements
The management of the Group has to make estimates and
judgements when preparing the financial statements of the Group.
Uncertainties in the estimates and judgements could have an impact
on the carrying amount of assets and liabilities and the Group’s
result. The most important estimates and judgements in relation
thereto are:
Estimates in oil and gas reserves
The business of the Group is the exploration for, development of
and production of oil and gas reserves. Estimates of oil and gas
reserves are used in the calculations for impairment tests and
accounting for depletion and decommissioning. Changes in
estimates of oil and gas reserves resulting in different future
production profiles will affect the discounted cash flows used in
impairment testing, the anticipated date of decommissioning
and the depletion charges in accordance with the unit-of-
production method.
Estimates in impairment of oil and gas assets and goodwill
Determination of whether oil and gas assets or goodwill has suffered
any impairment requires an estimation of the fair value less costs to
dispose of the cash-generating units (CGU) to which oil and gas
assets and goodwill have been allocated. The calculation requires
the entity to estimate the future cash flows expected to arise from the
CGU using discounted cashflow models comprising asset-by-asset life
of field projections using Level 3 inputs (based on IFRS 13 fair value
hierarchy). Key assumptions and estimates in the impairment models
relate to: commodity prices that are based on forward curve prices for
the first three years and thereafter at US$70 per barrel inflated at 2%
per annum from 2020; discount rates derived from the Group’s
post-tax weighted average cost of capital of 8.45% (2014: 8.8%);
commercial reserves and the related cost profiles. As the production
and related cashflows can be estimated from EnQuest’s experience,
management believes that the estimated cashflows expected to be
generated over the life of each field is the appropriate basis upon
which to assess goodwill and individual assets for impairment.
Determining whether an acquisition is a business combination
or asset purchase
The Group analyses the transaction or event by applying the
definition of a business combination, principally whether inputs,
processes and outputs exist, including reviewing Group strategy,
control and resources. Should the acquired business not be
viewed as a business combination then it is accounted for as an
asset purchase.
Determining the fair value of property, plant and equipment on
business combinations
The Group determines the fair value of property, plant and
equipment acquired based on the discounted cash flows at the
time of acquisition, from the proven and probable reserves. In
assessing the discounted cash flows, the estimated future cash
flows attributable to the asset are discounted to their present value
using a discount rate that reflects the market assessments of the time
value of money and the risks specific to the asset at the time of the
acquisition. In calculating the asset fair value the Group will apply the
forward curve followed by an oil price assumption representing
management’s view of the long term oil price.
Decommissioning provision
Amounts used in recording a provision for decommissioning are
estimates based on current legal and constructive requirements
and current technology and price levels for the removal of facilities
and plugging and abandoning of wells. Due to changes in relation
to these items, the future actual cash outflows in relation to
decommissioning are likely to differ in practice. To reflect the
effects due to changes in legislation, requirements and technology
and price levels, the carrying amounts of decommissioning
provisions are reviewed on a regular basis.
The effects of changes in estimates do not give rise to prior year
adjustments and are dealt with prospectively. While the Group uses
its best estimates and judgement, actual results could differ from
these estimates.
In estimating decommissioning provisions, the Group applies an
annual inflation rate of 2% (2014: 2%) and an annual discount rate
of 3% (2014: 3%).
Carry provision
Part of the consideration for the acquisition of the interest
in the Kraken field in 2012 was through development carries.
These were split into two parts, a firm carry where the amount was
agreed and a contingent carry where the amounts are subject to a
reserves determination. In assessing the amounts to be provided,
management has made assumptions about the most likely amount
outcome of the reserves determination. Future developments may
require further revisions to the estimate. These would be recorded
as a financial liability for any outstanding balance under the firm carry
and as a provision for the contingent carry.
Going concern
The going concern assumption is highly sensitive to
economic conditions. The Group closely monitors and
manages its funding position and liquidity risk throughout the
year including monitoring forecast covenant results to ensure it has
access to sufficient funds to meet forecast cash requirements. Cash
forecasts are regularly produced and sensitivities considered for,
but not limited to, changes in crude oil prices (adjusted for hedging
undertaken by the Group), production rates and development
project timing and costs. These forecasts and sensitivity analyses
allow management to mitigate any liquidity or covenant compliance
risks in a timely manner.
Taxation
The Group’s operations are subject to a number of specific rules
which apply to exploration and production. In addition, the tax
provision is prepared before the relevant companies have filed their
tax returns with the relevant tax authorities and, significantly, before
these have been agreed. As a result of these factors, the tax provision
process necessarily involves the use of a number of estimates and
judgements including those required in calculating the effective tax
rate. In considering the tax on exceptionals, the Company applies the
appropriate statutory tax rate to each exceptional item to calculate
the relevant tax charge on exceptional items.
The Group recognises deferred tax assets on unused tax losses
where it is probable that future taxable profits will be available for
utilisation. This requires management to make judgements and
assumptions regarding the amount of deferred tax that can be
recognised, as well as the likelihood of future taxable profits.
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Notes to the Group Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2015
2. Summary of significant accounting policies continued
Foreign currencies
Items included in the financial statements of each of the Group’s
entities are measured using the currency of the primary economic
environment in which the entity operates (functional currency).
The Group financial statements are presented in United States
dollars, the currency which the Group has elected to use as its
presentation currency.
In the accounts of the Company and its individual subsidiaries,
transactions in currencies other than a company’s functional
currency are recorded at the prevailing rate of exchange on the date
of the transaction. At the year end, monetary assets and liabilities
denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates of
exchange prevailing at the balance sheet date. Non-monetary assets
and liabilities that are measured at historical cost in a foreign currency
are translated using the rate of exchange as at the dates of the initial
transactions. Non-monetary assets and liabilities measured at fair
value in a foreign currency are translated using the rate of exchange
at the date the fair value was determined. All foreign exchange gains
and losses are taken to profit and loss in the statement of
comprehensive income.
Classification and recognition of assets and liabilities
Non-current assets and non-current liabilities including provisions
consist, for the most part, solely of amounts that are expected to
be recovered or paid more than 12 months after the balance sheet
date. Current assets and current liabilities consist solely of amounts
that are expected to be recovered or paid within 12 months after
the balance sheet date.
Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated
depreciation and any impairment in value. Cost comprises the
purchase price or construction cost and any costs directly attributable
to making that asset capable of operating as intended. The purchase
price or construction cost is the aggregate amount paid and the fair
value of any other consideration given to acquire the asset.
Oil and gas assets are depleted, on a field-by-field basis, using
the unit-of-production method based on entitlement to proven and
probable reserves, taking account of estimated future development
expenditure relating to those reserves.
Depreciation on other elements of property, plant and equipment is
provided on a straight-line basis at the following rates:
Office furniture and equipment
Fixtures and fittings
Long leasehold land
20%
10%
period of lease
Each asset’s estimated useful life, residual value and method of
depreciation are reviewed and adjusted if appropriate at each
financial year end.
No depreciation is charged on assets under construction.
The carrying amount of an item of property, plant and equipment
is derecognised on disposal or when no future economic benefits
are expected from its use or disposal. The gain or loss arising from
the derecognition of an item of property, plant and equipment is
included in the statement of comprehensive income when the item
is derecognised. Gains are not classified as revenue.
Capitalised costs
Oil and gas assets are accounted for using the successful efforts
method of accounting.
Intangible oil and gas assets
Expenditure directly associated with evaluation or appraisal
activities is capitalised as an intangible asset. Such costs include the
costs of acquiring an interest, appraisal well drilling costs, payments
to contractors and an appropriate share of directly attributable
overheads incurred during the evaluation phase. For such appraisal
activity, which may require drilling of further wells, costs continue to
be carried as an asset whilst related hydrocarbons are considered
capable of commercial development. Such costs are subject to
technical, commercial and management review to confirm the
continued intent to develop, or otherwise extract value. When this
is no longer the case, the costs are impaired and any impairment
loss is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income. When
exploration licences are relinquished without further development,
any previous impairment loss is reversed and the carrying costs are
written off through the statement of comprehensive income. When
assets are declared part of a commercial development, related costs
are transferred to property, plant and equipment oil and gas assets.
All intangible oil and gas assets are assessed for any impairment
prior to transfer and any impairment loss is recognised in the
statement of comprehensive income.
Farm-outs – in the exploration and evaluation phase
The Group does not record any expenditure made by the farmee
on its account. It also does not recognise any gain or loss on its
exploration and evaluation farm-out arrangements but redesignates
any costs previously capitalised in relation to the whole interest as
relating to the partial interest retained. Any cash consideration
received directly from the farmee is credited against costs
previously capitalised in relation to the whole interest with
any excess accounted for by the farmor as a gain on disposal.
Oil and gas assets
Expenditure relating to development of assets including the
construction, installation and completion of infrastructure facilities
such as platforms, pipelines and development wells, is capitalised
within property, plant and equipment.
Farm-outs – outside the exploration and evaluation phase
In accounting for a farm-out arrangement outside the exploration
and evaluation phase, the Group:
o derecognises the proportion of the asset that it has sold to the
farmee;
o recognises the consideration received or receivable from the
farmee, which represents the cash received and/or the farmee’s
obligation to fund the capital expenditure in relation to the
interest retained by the farmor and/or any deferred
consideration;
o recognises a gain or loss on the transaction for the difference
between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of
the asset disposed of. A gain is only recognised when the value
of the consideration can be determined reliably. If not, then the
Group accounts for the consideration received as a reduction in
the carrying amount of the underlying assets; and
o tests the retained interests for impairment if the terms of the
arrangement indicate that the retained interest may be impaired.
The consideration receivable on disposal of an item of property,
plant and equipment or an intangible asset is recognised initially at
its fair value by the Group. However, if payment for the item is
deferred, the consideration received is recognised initially at the
cash price equivalent. The difference between the nominal amount
of the consideration and the cash price equivalent is recognised as
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interest revenue. Any part of the consideration that is receivable in
the form of cash is treated as a financial asset and is accounted for
at amortised cost.
Carry arrangements
Where amounts are paid on behalf of a carried party these are
capitalised. Where there is an obligation to make payments on
behalf of a carried party and the timing and amount are uncertain,
a provision is recognised. Where the payment is a fixed monetary
amount, a financial liability is recognised.
Asset swaps
Exchanges or part exchanges of tangible oil and gas assets
are measured at fair value unless the exchange transaction
lacks commercial substance or the fair value of neither the assets
received nor the asset given up is reliably measurable. The cost
of the acquired asset is measured at the fair value of the asset
given up, unless the fair value of the asset received is more clearly
evident. Where fair value is not used, the cost of the acquired asset is
measured at the carrying amount of the amount given up. A gain or
loss is recognised on the difference between the carrying amount of
the asset given up and the fair value of the asset received in profit or
loss. Exchanges of intangible oil and gas assets would be measured
at cost.
Changes in unit-of-production factors
Changes in factors which affect unit-of-production calculations are
dealt with prospectively, not by immediate adjustment of prior
years’ amounts.
Borrowing costs
Borrowing costs directly attributable to the construction of qualifying
assets, which are assets that necessarily take a substantial period of
time to prepare for their intended use, are added to the cost of those
assets, until such time as the assets are substantially ready for their
intended use. All other borrowing costs are recognised as interest
payable in the statement of comprehensive income in accordance
with the effective interest method.
Impairment of assets (excluding goodwill)
At each balance sheet date, the Group reviews the carrying
amounts of its oil and gas assets to assess whether there is an
indication that those assets may be impaired. If any such indication
exists, the Group makes an estimate of the asset’s recoverable
amount. An asset’s recoverable amount is the higher of an asset’s
fair value less costs to sell and its value in use. In assessing value in
use, the estimated future cash flows attributable to the asset are
discounted to their present value using a post-tax discount rate that
reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and
the risks specific to the asset.
If the recoverable amount of an asset is estimated to be less than its
carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset is reduced to its
recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately
in the statement of comprehensive income.
Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying
amount of the asset is increased to the revised estimate of its
recoverable amount, but only so that the increased carrying
amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have
been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the
asset in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised
immediately in the statement of comprehensive income.
Goodwill
Goodwill acquired in a business combination is initially measured at
cost, being the excess of the cost of the business combination over
the net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent
liabilities of the entity at the date of acquisition. Following initial
recognition, goodwill is stated at cost less any accumulated
impairment losses. Goodwill is reviewed for impairment annually or
more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that
such carrying value may be impaired.
For the purposes of impairment testing, goodwill acquired is
allocated to the cash-generating units that are expected to benefit
from the synergies of the combination. Each unit or units to which
goodwill is allocated represents the lowest level within the Group at
which the goodwill is monitored for internal management purposes.
Impairment is determined by assessing the recoverable amount of
the cash-generating unit to which the goodwill relates. Where the
recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit is less than the
carrying amount of the cash-generating unit and related goodwill,
an impairment loss is recognised. Impairment losses relating to
goodwill cannot be reversed in future periods.
Where goodwill has been allocated to a cash-generating unit
and part of the operation within the unit is disposed of, the goodwill
associated with the operation disposed of is included in the carrying
amount of the operation when determining the gain or loss on
disposal of the operation. Goodwill disposed of in this circumstance
is measured based on the relative values of the operation disposed
of and the portion of the cash-generating units retained.
Non-current assets held for sale
Non-current assets classified as held for sale are measured at the
lower of carrying amount and fair value less costs to sell.
Non-current assets are classified as held for sale if their carrying
amount will be recovered through a sale transaction rather than
through continuing use. This condition is regarded as met only when
the sale is highly probable and the asset is available for immediate
sale in its present condition. Management must be committed to
the sale which should be expected to qualify for recognition as a
completed sale within one year from the date of classification.
Financial assets
Financial assets within the scope of IAS 39 are classified as financial
assets at fair value through profit or loss, loans and receivables,
held-to-maturity investments, available-for-sale financial investments,
or as derivatives designated as hedging instruments in an effective
hedge, as appropriate. The Group determines the classification of its
financial assets at initial recognition.
All assets are recognised initially at fair value plus transaction costs,
except in the case of financial assets recorded at fair value through
profit or loss.
Purchases or sales of financial assets that require delivery of assets
within a timeframe established by regulation or convention in the
marketplace (regular way trades) are recognised on the trade date.
The Group’s financial assets include cash and short term deposits,
trade and other receivables, loans and other receivables, quoted
and unquoted financial instruments and derivative financial
instruments.
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Notes to the Group Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2015
2. Summary of significant accounting policies continued
Subsequent measurement of financial assets depends on their
classification as described below:
of impairment that, as a result of one or more events that have
occurred after the initial recognition of the asset, the estimated
future cash flows of the investment have been affected.
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL)
Financial assets are classified as at FVTPL when the financial asset
is either held for trading or designated as at FVTPL. Financial assets
are classified as held for trading if they are acquired for the purpose
of selling or repurchasing in the near term. Derivatives are also
classified as held for trading unless they are designated as effective
hedging instruments as defined by IAS 39.
Financial assets at FVTPL are stated at fair value, with any gains or
losses arising on remeasurement recognised immediately in the
income statement for commodity derivatives and foreign
exchange derivatives.
Financial assets designated upon initial recognition at FVTPL are
designated at their initial recognition date and only if the criteria
under IAS 39 are satisfied.
The Group evaluates its financial assets held for trading, other than
derivatives, to determine whether the intention to sell them in the
near term is still appropriate. Where the Group is unable to trade
these financial assets or management’s intention to sell them in the
foreseeable future changes significantly, the Group may elect to
reclassify these assets. The reclassification to loans and receivables,
available-for-sale or held-to-maturity depends on the nature of the
asset. This evaluation does not affect any financial assets designated
at FVTPL using the fair value option at designation. These
instruments cannot be reclassified after initial recognition.
Held-to-maturity investments
Non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments
and fixed maturity are classified as held-to-maturity when the Group
has the positive intention and ability to hold them to maturity. After
initial measurement, held-to-maturity investments are measured at
amortised cost using the Effective Interest Method (EIR), less
impairment. Amortised cost is calculated by taking into account
any discount or premium on acquisition and fees or costs that are an
integral part of the EIR. The EIR amortisation and losses arising from
impairment are included in the profit or loss.
Available-for-sale financial investments
Listed and unlisted shares held by the Group that are traded in an
active market are classified as being available-for-sale and are stated
at fair value. Gains and losses arising from changes in fair value are
recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated in the
available-for-sale reserve with the exception of impairment losses
which are recognised directly in profit or loss. Where the investment
is disposed of or is determined to be impaired, the cumulative gain or
loss previously recognised in the available-for-sale reserve is
reclassified to profit or loss.
Loans and receivables
These include trade receivables, loans and other receivables
that have fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in
an active market and are measured at amortised cost using the
effective interest method, less any impairment. Interest income
is recognised by applying the effective interest rate, except for
short term receivables when the recognition of interest would
be immaterial.
Impairment of financial assets
The Group assesses, at each reporting date, whether there is any
objective evidence that a financial asset is impaired. A financial
asset is deemed to be impaired where there is objective evidence
For listed and unlisted equity investments classified as available-for-
sale, a significant or prolonged decline in the fair value of the
security below its cost is considered to be objective evidence of
impairment. When an available-for-sale financial asset is considered
to be impaired, cumulative gains and losses previously recognised
in other comprehensive income are reclassified to profit or loss in
the period. In respect of equity securities, impairment losses
previously recognised in profit or loss are not reversed through
profit or loss but through other comprehensive income. Any
increase in fair value subsequent to an impairment loss is
recognised in other comprehensive income.
For financial assets carried at amortised cost, the amount of the
impairment is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount
and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at
the financial asset’s original effective interest rate. The carrying
amount is reduced through use of an allowance account and the
amount of the loss is recognised in profit or loss.
Derivatives
Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a
derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently remeasured
at their fair value. The method of recognising the resulting gain or
loss depends on whether the derivative is designated as a
hedging instrument.
The Group categorises derivatives as follows:
Fair value hedge
Changes in the fair value of derivatives that qualify as fair value
hedging instruments are recorded in the profit or loss, together with
any changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability. Where
put options are used as hedging instruments, only the intrinsic value
of the option is designated as the hedge, with the time value
recorded in finance costs.
Cash flow hedge
The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives that
qualify as cash flow hedges are recognised in other comprehensive
income. The gain or loss relating to the ineffective portion is
recognised immediately in the profit or loss. Amounts accumulated in
shareholders’ equity are transferred to the profit or loss in the period
when the hedged item will affect the profit or loss. When the hedged
item no longer meets the requirements for hedge accounting, expires
or is sold, any accumulated gain or loss recognised in shareholders’
equity is transferred to profit and loss when the forecast transaction
which was the subject of the hedge occurs.
Net investment hedge
Hedges of net investments in foreign operations are accounted
for in a similar manner as cash flow hedges. The gain or loss
accumulated in shareholders´ equity is transferred to the profit
or loss at the time the foreign operation is disposed of.
Derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting
When derivatives do not qualify for hedge accounting, changes
in fair value are recognised immediately in the profit or loss.
Trade receivables
Trade receivables are recognised initially at fair value and
subsequently measured at amortised cost less provision for
impairment.
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Inventories
Inventories of consumable well supplies are stated at the lower of
cost and net realisable value, cost being determined on an average
cost basis. Inventories of hydrocarbons are stated at the lower of
cost and net realisable value.
Under/over-lift
Under or over-lifted positions of hydrocarbons are valued at
market prices prevailing at the balance sheet date. An under-lift
of production from a field is included in current receivables and
valued at the reporting date spot price or prevailing contract price
and an over-lift of production from a field is included in current
liabilities and valued at the reporting date spot price or prevailing
contract price.
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents includes cash at bank, cash in hand,
outstanding bank overdrafts and highly liquid interest bearing
securities with original maturities of three months or less.
Equity
Share capital
The balance classified as equity share capital includes the total
net proceeds (both nominal value and share premium) on issue of
registered share capital of the parent Company. Share issue costs
associated with the issuance of new equity are treated as a direct
reduction of proceeds.
Merger reserve
Merger reserve represents the difference between the market value
of shares issued to effect business combinations less the nominal
value of shares issued. The merger reserve in the Group financial
statements also includes the consolidation adjustments that arise
under the application of the pooling of interest method.
Cash flow hedge reserve
For cash flow hedges, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the
hedging instrument is recognised directly as other comprehensive
income in the cash flow hedge reserve. Upon settlement of the
hedged item, the change in fair value is transferred to the statement
of comprehensive income.
Available-for-sale reserve
Gains and losses (with the exception of impairment losses)
arising from changes in available-for-sale financial investments are
recognised in the available-for-sale reserve until such time that the
investment is disposed of, where it is reclassified to profit or loss.
Share-based payments reserve
Equity-settled share-based payment transactions are measured
at the fair value of the services received, and the corresponding
increase in equity is recorded directly at the fair value of the
services received. The share-based payments reserve includes
treasury shares.
Retained earnings
Retained earnings contain the accumulated results attributable
to the shareholders of the parent Company.
Employee Benefit Trust
EnQuest PLC shares held by the Group are deducted from the
share-based payments reserve and are recognised at cost.
Consideration received for the sale of such shares is also recognised
in equity, with any difference between the proceeds from the sale
and the original cost being taken to reserves. No gain or loss is
recognised in the statement of comprehensive income on the
purchase, sale, issue or cancellation of equity shares.
Provisions
Decommissioning
Provision for future decommissioning costs is made in full when
the Group has an obligation to dismantle and remove a facility or
an item of plant and to restore the site on which it is located, and
when a reasonable estimate of that liability can be made. The
amount recognised is the present value of the estimated future
expenditure. An amount equivalent to the discounted initial
provision for decommissioning costs is capitalised and amortised
over the life of the underlying asset on a unit-of-production basis
over proven and probable reserves. Any change in the present value
of the estimated expenditure is reflected as an adjustment to the
provision and the oil and gas asset.
The unwinding of the discount applied to future decommissioning
provisions is included under finance costs in the statement of
comprehensive income.
Other
Provisions are recognised when the Group has a present legal or
constructive obligation as a result of past events, it is probable that
an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation and
a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.
Derecognition of financial assets and liabilities
Financial assets
A financial asset (or, where applicable, a part of a financial asset) is
derecognised where:
o the rights to receive cash flows from the asset have expired;
o the Group retains the right to receive cash flows from the asset,
but has assumed an obligation to pay them in full without
material delay to a third party under a ‘pass-through’
arrangement; or
o the Group has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from
the asset and either (a) has transferred substantially all the risks
and rewards of the asset, or (b) has neither transferred nor
retained substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset, but
has transferred control of the asset.
Financial liabilities
A financial liability is derecognised when the obligation under the
liability is discharged, cancelled or expires.
If an existing financial liability is replaced by another from the
same lender, on substantially different terms, or the terms of an
existing liability are substantially modified, such an exchange or
modification is treated as a derecognition of the original liability
and the recognition of a new liability such that the difference in
the respective carrying amounts together with any costs or fees
incurred are recognised in the statement of comprehensive income.
Interest-bearing loans and borrowings
Interest-bearing loans and borrowings are recognised initially at
fair value, net of transaction costs incurred. Transaction costs are
amortised over the life of the facility.
Borrowing costs are stated at amortised cost using the effective
interest method.
The effective interest method is a method of calculating the
amortised cost of a financial liability and of allocating interest
expense over the relevant period. The effective interest rate is the
rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash payments through
the expected life of the financial liability, or a shorter period to the
net carrying amount of the financial liability where appropriate.
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Notes to the Group Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2015
2. Summary of significant accounting policies continued
Bonds
Bonds are measured on an amortised cost basis.
Leases
The determination of whether an arrangement is, or contains, a
lease is based on the substance of the arrangement at the inception
date. The arrangement is assessed for whether fulfilment of the
arrangement is dependent on the use of a specific asset or assets or
the arrangement conveys a right to use the asset or assets, even if
that right is not explicitly specified in an arrangement.
Finance leases that transfer substantially all the risks and
benefits incidental to ownership of the leased item to the Group,
are capitalised at the commencement of the lease at the fair value
of the leased property or, if lower, at the present value of the
minimum lease payments. Lease payments are apportioned
between finance charges and reduction of the lease liability so as to
achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the
liability. Finance charges are recognised in finance costs in the
income statement.
A leased asset is depreciated over the useful life of the asset.
However, if there is no reasonable certainty that the Group
will obtain ownership by the end of the lease term, the asset is
depreciated over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the asset
and the lease term.
Operating lease payments are recognised as an operating expense
in the income statement on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
Revenue
Revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable economic
benefits will flow to the Group and the revenue can be
reliably measured.
Oil and gas revenues comprise the Group’s share of sales from the
processing or sale of hydrocarbons on an entitlement basis, when
the significant risks and rewards of ownership have been passed to
the buyer.
Tariff revenue is recognised in the period in which the services are
provided at the agreed contract rates.
Gains or losses arising on remeasurement of commodity derivatives
designated at FVTPL are recognised immediately within the
income statement.
Rental income is accounted for on a straight line basis over the lease
terms and is included in revenue in the income statement.
Exceptional items
As permitted by IAS 1 (Revised), Presentation of Financial
Statements, certain items are presented separately. The items that
the Group separately presents as exceptional on the face of the
statement of comprehensive income are those material items of
income and expense which because of the nature and expected
infrequency of the events giving rise to them, merit separate
presentation to allow shareholders to understand better the
elements of financial performance in the year, so as to facilitate
comparison with prior periods and to assess better trends in
financial performance.
Depletion of fair value uplift to property, plant and equipment
on acquiring strategic investments
IFRS requires that a fair value exercise is undertaken allocating the
cost of acquiring controlling interests to the fair value of the
acquired identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities. Any
difference between the cost of acquiring the interest and the fair
value of the acquired net assets, which includes identified
contingent liabilities, is recognised as acquired goodwill. The fair
value exercise is performed as at the date of acquisition.
The Directors have determined that for strategic investments it is
important to identify separately the earnings impact of increased
depletion arising from the acquisition date fair value uplifts made
to property, plant and equipment over their useful economic lives.
As a result of the nature of fair value assessments in the oil and gas
industry the value attributed to strategic assets is subjective,
based on a wide range of complex variables at a point in time. The
subsequent depletion of the fair value uplifts bear little relationship
to current market conditions, operational performance or cash
generation. Management therefore reports and monitors the
business performance of strategic investments before the impact of
depletion of fair value uplifts to property, plant and equipment and
the uplifts are excluded from the business result presented in the
Group statement of comprehensive income.
Employee benefits
Short term employee benefits
Short term employee benefits such as salaries, social premiums and
holiday pay, are expensed when incurred.
Pension obligations
The Group’s pension obligations consist of defined contribution
plans. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the
Group pays fixed contributions. The Group has no further payment
obligations once the contributions have been paid. The amount
charged to the statement of comprehensive income in respect of
pension costs reflects the contributions payable in the year.
Differences between contributions payable during the year and
contributions actually paid are shown as either accrued liabilities or
prepaid assets in the balance sheet.
Share-based payment transactions
Employees (including Directors) of the Group receive remuneration
in the form of share-based payment transactions, whereby
employees render services in exchange for shares or rights over
shares (equity-settled transactions) of EnQuest PLC.
Equity-settled transactions
The cost of equity-settled transactions with employees is measured
by reference to the fair value at the date on which they are granted.
In valuing equity-settled transactions, no account is taken of any
service or performance conditions, other than conditions linked to
the price of the shares of EnQuest PLC (market conditions) or
‘non-vesting’ conditions, if applicable.
The cost of equity-settled transactions is recognised over the period
in which the relevant employees become fully entitled to the award
(the vesting period). The cumulative expense recognised for
equity-settled transactions at each reporting date until the vesting
date reflects the extent to which the vesting period has expired and
the Group’s best estimate of the number of equity instruments that
will ultimately vest. The statement of comprehensive income charge
or credit for a period represents the movement in cumulative
expense recognised as at the beginning and end of that period.
No expense is recognised for awards that do not ultimately vest,
except for awards where vesting is conditional upon a market or
non-vesting condition, which are treated as vesting irrespective of
whether or not the market or non-vesting condition is satisfied,
provided that all other performance conditions are satisfied. Equity
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awards cancelled are treated as vesting immediately on the date of cancellation, and any expense not recognised for the award at that date
is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income.
Taxes
Income taxes
Current tax assets and liabilities are measured at the amount expected to be recovered from or paid to the taxation authorities, based on
tax rates and laws that are enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.
Deferred tax is provided in full on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts
in the Group financial statements. However, deferred tax is not accounted for if it arises from initial recognition of an asset or liability in a
transaction other than a business combination that at the time of the transaction affects neither accounting nor taxable profit or loss.
Deferred tax is measured on an undiscounted basis using tax rates (and laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the
balance sheet date and are expected to apply when the related deferred tax asset is realised or the deferred tax liability is settled.
Deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profits will be available against which the temporary
differences can be utilised.
Deferred tax liabilities are recognised for taxable temporary differences arising on investments in subsidiaries and interests in joint
ventures, except where the Group is able to control the reversal of the temporary difference and it is probable that the temporary
difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future.
The carrying amount of deferred income tax assets is reviewed at each balance sheet date. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are
offset only if a legal right exists to offset current tax assets against current tax liabilities, the deferred income taxes relate to the same
taxation authority and that authority permits the Group to make a single net payment.
Production taxes
In addition to corporate income taxes, the Group’s financial statements also include and disclose production taxes on net income
determined from oil and gas production.
Production tax relates to Petroleum Revenue Tax (PRT) and is accounted for under IAS 12 since it has the characteristics of an income tax as
it is imposed under Government authority and the amount payable is based on taxable profits of the relevant fields. Current and deferred
PRT is provided on the same basis as described above for income taxes.
Investment allowances
The UK taxation regime provides for a reduction in ring fence supplementary corporation tax where investments in new or existing UK
assets qualify for a relief known as investment allowances. Investment allowances are only triggered when production from the field
commences. The Group is eligible for a number of investment allowances which will materially reduce the level of future supplementary
corporation taxation. Investment allowances are recognised as a reduction in the charge to taxation in the years claimed.
3. Segment information
Management have considered the requirements of IFRS 8, in regard to the determination of operating segments and concluded that the
Group has two significant operating segments, being the exploration for, extraction and production of hydrocarbons in the North Sea and
Malaysia. Operations are located and managed by location, therefore all information is being presented for geographical segments. The
information reported to the Chief Operating Decision Maker does not include an analysis of assets and liabilities and accordingly this
information is not presented.
Year ended 31 December 2015
Revenue:
External customers
Total Group revenue
Income/(expenses)
Depreciation and depletion
Impairment of investments
Exploration write offs and impairments
Loss on disposal of assets
Impairment of oil and gas assets
Segment profit/(loss)
Other disclosures:
Capital expenditure
North Sea
US$’000
Malaysia
US$’000
528,181
117,231
528,181
117,231
(258,462)
(566)
(9,059)
(10,737)
(1,216,650)
(51,208)
–
–
–
(7,813)
All other
segments
US$’000
Total segments
US$’000
Adjustments
and
eliminations
US$’000
Consolidated
US$’000
–
–
(34)
–
–
–
–
645,412
263,102
908,514
645,412
263,102
908,514
(309,704)
(566)
(9,059)
(10,737)
(1,224,463)
–
–
–
–
–
(309,704)
(566)
(9,059)
(10,737)
(1,224,463)
(1,365,816)
(7,275)
(4,520)
(1,377,611)
36,670
(1,340,941)
758,990
82,964
112
842,066
–
842,066
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Notes to the Group Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2015
3. Segment information continued
All other adjustments are part of the detailed reconciliations presented further below.
Year ended 31 December 2014
Revenue:
External customers
Total Group revenue
Income/(expenses)
Depreciation and depletion
Impairment of investments
Exploration write offs and impairments
Gain on disposal of assets
Impairment of oil and gas assets
Negative goodwill
Segment profit/(loss)
Other disclosures:
Capital expenditure
North Sea
US$’000
Malaysia
US$’000
All other
segments
US$’000
Total segments
US$’000
Adjustments
and eliminations
US$’000
Consolidated
US$’000
924,800
924,800
53,335
53,335
–
–
978,135
50,360
1,028,495
978,135
50,360
1,028,495
(234,383)
(1,316)
(127,006)
2,019
(678,801)
–
(17,586)
–
(21,932)
–
–
28,630
–
–
(3,613)
–
–
–
(251,969)
(1,316)
(152,551)
2,019
(678,801)
28,630
–
–
–
–
–
–
(251,969)
(1,316)
(152,551)
2,019
(678,801)
28,630
(581,609)
22,121
(6,193)
(565,681)
(13,007)
(578,688)
985,636
192,319
2,763
1,180,718
–
1,180,718
Adjustments and eliminations
Finance income and costs and gains and losses on derivatives are not allocated to individual segments as the underlying instruments are
managed on a Group basis.
Capital expenditure consists of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets including assets from the acquisition of subsidiaries.
Inter-segment revenues are eliminated on consolidation.
Reconciliation of profit:
Segment (loss)/profit
Finance income
Finance expense
Gains and losses on derivatives
(Loss)/profit before tax
Year ended 31
December
2015
US$’000
Year ended 31
December
2014
US$’000
(1,377,611)
964
(106,690)
142,396
(565,681)
1,814
(79,713)
64,892
(1,340,941)
(578,688)
Revenue from three customers (2014: two customers) each exceed 10% of the Group’s consolidated revenue and amounted respectively to
US$257,653,000 and US$170,177,000 arising from sales of crude oil in the North Sea operating segment (2014: US$472,729,000 and
US$347,900,000) and US$101,646,000 in Malaysia operating segment.
All non-current assets of the Group are located in the United Kingdom except for US$177,337,000 (2014: US$170,948,000) located in
Malaysia and nil (2014: US$4,823,000) located in Egypt.
FinancialsEnQuest PLC Annual Report & Accounts 2015 4. Depletion of fair value uplift, remeasurements, impairments and other exceptional items
Recognised in arriving at profit/(loss) from operations before tax:
Unrealised mark-to-market losses/(gains)
Write off and impairment of investments, oil and gas and exploration and evaluation assets
Loss/(gain) on disposal of assets
Write down of receivable and inventory
Depletion of fair value uplift (note 5(b))
Change in surplus lease provision (note 5(d), (f) & 6)
SVT tariff operator reconciliation (note 5(b))
Negative goodwill
Other
Tax on items above
Change in tax rate
Reduction in the carrying amount of deferred tax assets
5
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Year ended
31 December
2015
US$’000
Year ended
31 December
2014
US$’000
45,341
1,234,088
10,737
17,948
3,786
26,625
–
–
905
1,339,430
(634,405)
(56,790)
239,067
(19,224)
832,099
(2,019)
–
6,869
–
32,843
(28,630)
–
821,938
(508,120)
–
–
887,302
(313,818)
Unrealised mark-to-market gains and losses
These include unrealised mark-to-market gains and losses on commodity and foreign exchange instruments which are included within
revenue (note 5(a)), costs of sales (note 5(b)) and finance expenses (note (6)). The separate presentation of these items best reflects the
underlying performance of the business as it distinguishes between the temporary timing differences associated with re-measurement
under IAS 39 rules and actual realised gains and losses.
In July 2015, contingent consideration which was receivable on the disposal of the Slovenian Petisovci asset to Ascent in 2011 was agreed to
be converted into a convertible loan note. The fair value of the convertible loan note at 31 December 2015, is US$250,000 (2014: nil).
The impact in the income statement net of foreign exchange is US$272,000 (note 5(e)). The loan note is due to mature in November 2016.
Two other oil price related embedded derivatives have been recognised in 2015 with a fair value at 31 December 2015 of US$30,000 (note
5(f)) (2014: nil).
Write off and impairment of investments, oil and gas assets and evaluation and exploration assets
In the year ended 31 December 2015, as part of the annual impairment review process, impairment triggers were highlighted which led to
a US$1,224,463,000 (2014: US$678,801,000) impairment charge (refer to note 10).
Exploration assets were reviewed and this has led to an impairment of US$1,854,000 (2014: US$151,982,000) and a write off of
US$7,205,000 (2014: nil) (refer to note 12).
As consideration for the disposal of the held for sale Petisovci asset in 2011, the Group received an investment in Ascent Resources plc.
The accounting valuation of this shareholding at 31 December 2015 resulted in a non-cash impairment of US$566,000 (note 13), which was
recognised in the income statement (2014: US$1,316,000).
Loss/(gain) on disposal of assets
In October 2015, the Group disposed of its Norwegian licences for US$2,065,000, resulting in a loss of US$2,264,000 (note 12).
In November 2014 the Group disposed of its Dutch asset P8a for US$2,162,000 resulting in a gain of US$2,019,000.
During the year ended 31 December 2015 the Group entered a sale and leaseback arrangement for the Aberdeen office. The loss
of US$8,473,000 represents the difference between the sale proceeds of US$68,425,000 and the carrying value of the property.
Write down of receivable and inventory
Following EnQuest’s exit from Tunisia, as at 31 December 2014 the Group had recorded a receivable of US$11,400,000 due from PA
Resources (PAR). Since 27 March 2015, PAR has been in corporate reorganisation in accordance with the Swedish Company Reorganisation
Act (1996:764). Since PAR commenced its reorganisation process, EnQuest negotiated a settlement agreement whereby in settlement of all
amounts due from PAR, EnQuest will receive an amount held by PAR in Tunisia of TND13,771,642. EnQuest has security over the monies in
this account, pending the approval of the Tunisian central Bank to convert these amounts into US Dollars and expatriate them out of Tunisia.
EnQuest has recognised a charge to the income statement totalling US$4,350,000 for the year ended 31 December 2015 which represents
the difference between the value carried as at 31 December 2014 and the value of the bank account in Tunisian Dinars. The funds of
US$6,782,000 are disclosed in the balance sheet at 31 December 2015 as Restricted Cash.
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Notes to the Group Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2015
4. Depletion of fair value uplift, remeasurements, impairments and other exceptional items continued
At 31 December 2015, due to the current economic climate, the value of certain items of drilling equipment held within inventory were
reviewed against their recoverable values. This assessment has led to a write down of US$13,598,000 within the income statement.
Depletion of fair value uplift
Additional depletion arising from the fair value uplift of Petrofac Energy Developments Limited’s (PEDL) oil and gas assets on acquisition
of US$3,786,000 (2014: US$6,869,000) is included within cost of sales in the statement of comprehensive income.
Change in surplus lease provision
In June 2015, the Group entered a 20 year lease in respect of the Group’s office building in Aberdeen with part of the building
subsequently being sub-let. A provision has been recognised for the unavoidable costs in relation to the sub-let space due primarily to
a rent free period offered (note 22). For the year ended 31 December 2015, US$3,611,000 has been recognised within rent expenses
representing the initial recognition of the provision and the subsequent utilisation in 2015.
In addition, the Group has an agreement to hire the Stena Spey drilling vessel in 2016. Based on the current drilling forecasts for 2016,
the vessel will not be fully utilised over this period and at 31 December 2015, a provision has been recognised for the unavoidable costs
of US$22,948,000.
Negative goodwill
During the year ended 31 December 2014, the Group acquired the PM8/Seligi assets in Malaysia. The assets and liabilities on acquisition
was fair valued and as the fair value was greater than the deemed consideration then a gain of US$28,630,000 was recognised.
Operator SVT tariff reconciliation
SVT terminal operating costs are allocated to East of Shetland users based on each user’s delivered production throughput, as a
percentage of the total terminal throughput. Costs are further allocated, based on a user’s share of two associated services – Stabilised
Crude Oil processing (SCO) & Liquified Petroleum Gas processing (LPG). SVT costs incurred during each month are provisionally allocated
and charged to users based on a user’s estimated share of costs (based on estimated throughput volumes per service). At year end, a
process occurs whereby the terminal operator reconciles each user’s estimated share of costs against its actual share (based on the actual
total spend and actual terminal throughput for that given year).
In 2013, as a direct result of EnQuest’s strong production performance versus other SVT users’ lower than expected throughput in 2013,
a higher base level cost at SVT and a small excess capacity charge, these all contributed to the exceptional value arising from the 2013
reconciliation. The charge recognised in the year ended 31 December 2014 in relation to the 2013 reconciliation process was
US$30,369,000.
There was no exceptional charge or credit in 2015.
Other
As part of the purchase agreement with the previous owner of the GKA assets, a contingent consideration was agreed based on Scolty/Crathes
Field Development Plan (FDP) approval and ‘first oil’. EnQuest paid US$3,000,000 in November 2015 as FDP approval was achieved in
October 2015. US$9,000,000 is due on the later of first oil or 30 January 2017 and US$8,000,000 due on the later of one year after first oil
or 30 January 2018. In addition further payments will become due if the oil price rises above $75 per barrel on a linear basis up to $100 per
barrel, up to a cap of US$20,000,000. The change has resulted from a higher likelihood of the payment being made due to FDP approval
of Scolty/Crathes in October 2015. An option model has been used to value the element of the consideration that is contingent on the oil
price (refer note 22).
The joint venture audit of the SB307/SB308 operator in Malaysia found an overcall, of which US$518,000 is our share and has been
recognised in the income statement.
In addition there is an adjustment relating to the acquisition of PM8/Seligi assets in Malaysia in 2014. Information in respect of US$1,146,000
of a condensate/gas sales reserve was not available at the time of finalising the acquisition accounting. In line with IFRS 3 Business
Combinations any adjustments to acquisition accounting are recognised in the income statement.
Tax
The tax impact on the exceptional items is calculated based on the tax rate applicable to each exceptional item.
Change in tax rate
Finance Act 2015 enacted a change in the mainstream corporation tax rate, reducing it from 20% to 19% with effect from 1 April 2017 and
18% with effect from 1 April 2020. The impact of the change in tax rate in 2015 was a reduction in the tax credit of US$1,367,000. Finance
Act 2015 also enacted a change in the supplementary charge tax rate, reducing it from 32% to 20% with effect from 1 January 2015 and a
change to the petroleum revenue tax rate, reducing it from 50% to 35% with effect from 1 January 2016. The impact of the change in tax
rate in 2015 was an increase in the tax credit of US$58,157,000.
Recoverability of deferred tax assets
At the year end the recovery of deferred tax assets was reviewed and this has led to a reduction in the carrying amount of US$239,067,000
due to uncertainty over the recoverability of these tax assets.
FinancialsEnQuest PLC Annual Report & Accounts 2015 5. Revenue and expenses
(a) Revenue and other operating income
Revenue from crude oil sales(i)
Revenue from gas sales
Tariff revenue
Other operating revenue
Rental income
Business performance revenue
Unrealised gains and losses on commodity derivative contracts(i)
Total revenue
7
0
1
Year ended
31 December
2015
US$’000
895,508
1,917
6,581
8
2,568
906,582
1,932
Year ended
31 December
2014
US$’000
1,002,210
–
7,564
110
–
1,009,884
18,611
908,514
1,028,495
(i) Included within revenue and other operating income are realised gains of US$261,170,000 (2014: US$31,749,000) and unrealised gains of US$1,932,000 on the Group’s
commodity derivatives contracts (2014: US$18,611,000) which are either ineffective for hedge accounting purposes or held for trading purposes.
(b) Cost of sales
Cost of operations(i)
Tariff and transportation expenses
Change in lifting position
Crude oil inventory movement (note 14)
Depletion of oil and gas assets (note 10)
Business performance cost of sales
Depletion of oil and gas assets (note 10)
Write down of inventory
Tariff and transportation expenses
Unrealised gains and losses on foreign exchange derivative contracts(i)
Total cost of sales
Year ended
31 December
2015
US$’000
Year ended
31 December
2014
US$’000
336,924
69,053
23,918
4,612
298,901
733,408
3,786
13,598
–
(2,254)
748,538
296,211
107,496
8,157
4,535
237,662
654,061
6,869
–
32,843
18,085
711,858
(i) Included within cost of operations are realised losses of US$3,169,000 (2014: US$55,273,000 gains) and unrealised gains of US$2,254,000 (2014: US$18,085,000 losses)
on foreign exchange derivative contracts ineffective for hedge accounting.
(c) Exploration and evaluation expenses
Unsuccessful exploration expenditure written off(i) (note 12)
Impairment charge(i) (note 12)
Pre-licence costs expensed
(i) Disclosed as exceptional costs in the income statement.
Year ended
31 December
2015
US$’000
Year ended
31 December
2014
US$’000
7,205
1,854
325
9,384
568
151,982
3,465
156,015
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For the year ended 31 December 2015
5. Revenue and expenses continued
(d) General and administration expenses
Staff costs (note 5(g))
Depreciation (note 10)
Other general and administration costs(i)
Recharge of costs to operations and joint venture partners
(i) US$3,611,000 disclosed as exceptional representing the movement on the surplus office lease provision.
(e) Other income
Net foreign exchange gains
Fair value movements on financial assets(i)
Acquisition accounting adjustment(i)
Other income(ii)
(i) Disclosed as exceptional costs in the income statement.
(ii) US$518,000 disclosed as exceptional costs in the income statement.
(f) Other expenses
Change in deferred consideration(i)
Fair value movements on financial liabilities(i)
Write down of receivable(i)
Surplus lease provision(i)
(i) Disclosed as exceptional costs in the income statement.
(g) Staff costs
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Defined contribution pension costs
Expense of share-based payments (note 18)
Other staff costs
Total employee costs
Contractor costs
Year ended
31 December
2015
US$’000
Year ended
31 December
2014
US$’000
98,861
7,017
28,436
(116,332)
107,476
7,438
26,624
(125,074)
17,982
16,464
Year ended
31 December
2015
US$’000
Year ended
31 December
2014
US$’000
15,030
272
1,146
919
17,367
27,176
–
–
–
27,176
Year ended
31 December
2015
US$’000
Year ended
31 December
2014
US$’000
2,307
30
4,350
22,948
29,635
–
–
–
–
–
Year ended
31 December
2015
US$’000
Year ended
31 December
2014
US$’000
50,471
5,569
3,748
5,701
3,175
68,664
30,197
98,861
46,203
3,540
3,366
8,468
3,622
65,199
42,277
107,476
The average number of persons employed by the Group during the year was 475 (2014: 356).
Details of remuneration, pension entitlement and incentive arrangements for each Director are set out in the Remuneration Report on
pages 62 to 75.
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(h) Auditor’s remuneration
The following amounts were payable by the Group to its auditor Ernst & Young LLP during the year:
Fees payable to the Group’s auditor for the audit of the Group’s annual accounts
Fees payable to the Group’s auditor and its associates for other services:
The audit of the Group’s subsidiaries
Audit related assurance services (interim review)
Tax advisory services
Other assurance services
6. Finance costs/income
Finance costs:
Loan interest payable
Bond interest payable
Unwinding of discount on decommissioning provisions (note 22)
Unwinding of discount on other provisions (note 22)
Unwinding of discount on financial liabilities (note 20)
Fair value loss on financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss (note 20)
Finance charges payable under finance leases
Amortisation of finance fees on loans and bonds
Other financial expenses
Less: amounts included in the cost of qualifying assets
Business performance finance expenses
Fair value loss on financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss (note 20)
Unwinding of discount on other provisions
Finance income:
Bank interest receivable
Unwinding of discount on financial asset (note 20)
Other financial income
9
0
1
Year ended
31 December
2015
US$’000
Year ended
31 December
2014
US$’000
514
112
67
50
–
229
743
326
246
69
159
137
611
937
Year ended
31 December
2015
US$’000
Year ended
31 December
2014
US$’000
21,965
58,248
17,034
4,912
323
70,022
1
7,286
10,965
190,756
(14,372)
176,384
49,769
328
5,915
46,200
12,093
–
132
22,656
2
6,771
11,768
105,537
(3,169)
121,066
(18,697)
–
226,481
102,368
287
544
133
964
304
877
633
1,814
Fair value gains and losses on financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss relate to the movement in the time value portion of
the fair value of commodity put option contracts where the intrinsic value has been designated as an effective hedge of production.
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Notes to the Group Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2015
7. Income tax
(a) Income tax
The major components of income tax expense are as follows:
Group statement of comprehensive income
Current income tax
Current income tax charge
Adjustments in respect of current income tax of previous years
Current overseas income tax
Current income tax charge
Adjustments in respect of current income tax of previous years
Total current income tax
Deferred income tax
Relating to origination and reversal of temporary differences
Adjustments in respect of changes in tax rates
Adjustments in respect of deferred income tax of previous years
Deferred overseas income tax
Relating to origination and reversal of temporary differences
Adjustments in respect of deferred income tax of previous years
Total deferred income tax
Income tax (credit)/expense reported in statement of comprehensive income
Year ended
31 December
2015
US$’000
Year ended
31 December
2014
US$’000
(11)
320
4,684
(6,540)
11,898
(714)
11,493
5,355
2,640
6,139
(511,356)
(56,790)
(15,189)
(410,422)
–
2,606
(12,663)
3,048
1,685
(2,287)
(592,950)
(408,418)
(581,457)
(402,279)
(b) Reconciliation of total income tax charge
A reconciliation between the income tax charge and the product of accounting profit multiplied by the UK statutory tax rate is as follows:
Loss before tax
Statutory rate of corporation tax in the UK of 50% (2014: 62%)
Supplementary corporation tax non-deductible expenditure
Non-deductible expenditure(i)
Non-dectuctible loss on disposals
Petroleum revenue tax (net of income tax benefit)(ii)
North Sea tax reliefs
Tax in respect of non-ring fence trade
Tax losses not recognised
Deferred tax rate changes
North Sea oil and gas decommissioning rate restriction
Adjustments in respect of prior years
Overseas tax rate differences
Share-based payments
Other differences
At the effective income tax rate of 43% (2014: 70%)
(i) movement is primarily the impact of non-tax deductible impairment of fixed assets.
(ii) movement is primarily the release of deferred PRT liability following impairment of Thistle and Alba.
Year ended
31 December
2015
US$’000
Year ended
31 December
2014
US$’000
(1,340,941)
(578,688)
(670,471)
11,636
85,081
3,116
(83,070)
(109,111)
3,482
242,124
(56,790)
–
(12,535)
1,747
3,288
46
(358,787)
(11,612)
(12,805)
–
20,190
(93,726)
32,078
12,082
–
5,323
(3,581)
1,162
5,336
2,061
(581,457)
(402,279)
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Group balance sheet
Group statement
of comprehensive income
2015
US$’000
2014
restated
US$’000
2015
US$’000
1,012,416
171,025
1,589,226
301,578
(576,810)
(166,678)
1,183,441
1,890,804
2014
US$’000
35,246
43,116
(1,000,559)
(234,309)
(27,900)
(1,078,095)
(203,496)
(132,873)
77,535
(30,813)
103,816
(430,867)
(30,986)
(24,927)
(592,950)
(408,418)
(1,262,768)
(1,414,464)
(79,327)
476,340
(138,525)
59,198
(40,401)
516,740
(79,327)
476,339
2015
US$’000
(476,340)
592,950
(37,283)
–
2014
Restated
US$’000
(759,965)
408,418
(96,894)
(27,898)
79,327
(476,339)
(c) Deferred income tax
Deferred income tax relates to the following:
Deferred tax liability
Accelerated capital allowances
Other temporary differences
Deferred tax asset
Losses
Decommissioning liability
Other temporary differences
Deferred tax expense
Deferred tax (assets)/liabilities, net
Reflected in balance sheet as follows:
Deferred tax assets
Deferred tax liabilities
Deferred tax (assets)/liabilities, net
Reconciliation of deferred tax assets/(liabilities), net
At 1 January(i)
Tax income during the period recognised in profit or loss
Tax expense during the period recognised in other comprehensive income
Deferred taxes acquired
At 31 December
(i) Opening deferred tax liabilities have been increased by an amount of US$13,703,000 related to the recognition of a deferred tax liability which arose in 2012 in
respect of the KUFPEC farm-out receivable. Opening retained earnings as at 1 January 2014 has been increased by a corresponding amount.
(d) Tax losses
The Group’s deferred tax assets at 31 December 2015 are recognised to the extent that taxable profits are expected to arise in the
future against which tax losses and allowances in the UK can be utilised. In accordance with IAS 12 – ‘Income Taxes’ the Group assessed
the recoverability of its deferred tax assets at 31 December 2015 with respect to ring fence tax losses and allowances. The impairment
model used to assess the extent to which it is appropriate to recognise the Group’s UK tax losses as deferred tax assets was run, using an
oil price assumption of Dated Brent forward curve in the years 2016 to 2019 followed by US$70/bbl ‘real’ terms thereafter. The results of the
impairment model demonstrated that it was appropriate not to recognise deferred tax asset on US$478,133,000 (2014: nil) of the Group’s
UK ring fence corporate tax losses at 31 December 2015 based on expected future profitability. The unrecognised loss amount results in
a deferred tax charge of US$239,066,000 (2014: nil) for the year in respect of losses and allowances that were previously recognised as a
deferred tax asset.
The Group has unused UK mainstream corporation tax losses of US$36,066,000 (2014: US$16,635,000) for which no deferred tax asset has
been recognised at the balance sheet date due to the uncertainty of recovery of these losses.
The Group realised a capital loss of US$3,320,000 in the year in relation to the disposal of a subsidiary company which has not been
recognised at the balance sheet date due to the uncertainty of recovery.
The Group has unused overseas tax losses in Canada of approximately CAD$13,359,000 (2014: CAD$12,735,000) for which no deferred tax
asset has been recognised at the balance sheet date. The tax losses in Canada have expiry periods of 20 years, none of which expire in
2016 and which arose following the change in control of the UK Stratic Group in 2010.
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Notes to the Group Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2015
7. Income tax continued
During the year the Group relinquished licences SB307 and SB308 in Malaysia and its only concession in Egypt. No deferred tax asset has
been recognised at the balance sheet date in respect of tax losses of US$29,965,000 (2014: US$29,700,000) in Malaysia and US$3,133,000
(2014: US$3,300,000) in Egypt due to the uncertainty of recovery.
The Group has unused Malaysian income tax losses of US$2,052,000 (2014: nil) arising in respect of the Tanjong Baram RSC for which no
deferred tax asset has been recognised at the balance sheet date due to uncertainty of recovery of these losses.
No deferred tax has been provided on unremitted earnings of overseas subsidiaries. Finance Act 2009 exempted foreign dividends from
the scope of UK corporation tax where certain conditions are satisfied.
(e) Change in legislation
Finance Act 2015 enacted a change in the mainstream corporation tax rate, reducing it from 20% to 19% with effect from 1 April 2017 and
18% with effect from 1 April 2020. The impact of the change in tax rate in 2015 was a reduction in the tax credit of US$1,367,000.
Finance Act 2015 also enacted a change in the supplementary charge tax rate, reducing it from 32% to 20% with effect from 1 January 2015
and a change to the petroleum revenue tax rate, reducing it from 50% to 35% with effect from 1 January 2016. The impact of the change in
tax rate in 2015 was an increase in the tax credit of US$58,157,000.
(f) Factors affecting future tax charges
Finance Act 2015 replaced field allowances with a new investment allowance for expenditure incurred in the UKCS. The Group’s existing
field allowances have been reclassified as investment allowances as at 1 April 2015. Additional investment spend from 1 April 2015 should
generate further investment allowance which, when activated, will reduce future ring fence profits chargeable to Supplementary Charge.
8. Earnings per share
The calculation of earnings per share is based on the profit after tax and on the weighted average number of Ordinary shares in issue
during the period.
Potentially issuable ordinary shares are excluded from the diluted earnings per Ordinary share calculation, as their inclusion would decrease
the loss per Ordinary share.
Basic and diluted earnings per share are calculated as follows:
Basic
Dilutive potential of Ordinary shares granted under
share-based incentive schemes
Diluted
Adjusted (excluding exceptional items)
Diluted (excluding exceptional items)
9. Dividends paid and proposed
Profit /(loss) after tax
Weighted average number of
Ordinary shares
Earnings per share
Year ended 31 December
Year ended 31 December
Year ended 31 December
2015
US$’000
2014
US$’000
(759,484)
(176,409)
–
–
(759,484)
(176,409)
127,817
127,817
137,409
137,409
2015
Million
774.8
–
774.8
774.8
774.8
2014
Million
774.1
–
774.1
774.1
774.1
2015
US$
2014
US$
(0.980)
(0.228)
–
–
(0.980)
(0.228)
0.165
0.165
0.178
0.178
The Company paid no dividends during the year ended 31 December 2015 (2014: nil). At 31 December 2015 there are no proposed
dividends (2014: nil).
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Land and
buildings
US$’000
Oil and gas
assets
US$’000
Office furniture,
fixtures and
fittings
US$’000
17,272
42,665
–
–
–
59,937
18,212
–
(78,149)
–
–
–
4,142,012
839,514
206,215
82,123
163,334
5,433,198
789,670
(78,045)
–
45,575
(41,125)
16,215
27,840
5,429
–
–
–
33,269
18,596
–
–
–
–
–
Total
US$’000
4,187,124
887,608
206,215
82,123
163,334
5,526,404
826,478
(78,045)
(78,149)
45,575
(41,125)
16,215
–
6,165,488
51,865
6,217,353
–
110
–
110
41
–
(151)
–
–
1,301,538
244,531
678,801
2,224,870
302,687
1,224,463
–
14,357
7,328
–
21,685
6,976
–
–
1,315,895
251,969
678,801
2,246,665
309,704
1,224,463
(151)
3,752,020
28,661
3,780,681
2,413,468
23,204
2,436,672
59,827
3,208,328
11,584
3,279,739
17,272
2,840,474
13,483
2,871,229
10. Property, plant and equipment
Cost:
At 1 January 2014
Additions
Acquired
Change in decommissioning provision
Change in cost recovery provision
At 31 December 2014 (restated)(i)
Additions
Change in cost carry liabilities
Disposal
Change in decommissioning provision
Change in cost recovery provision
Reclassification from intangible fixed assets (note 12)
At 31 December 2015
Depletion and depreciation:
At 1 January 2014
Charge for the year
Impairment charge for the year
At 31 December 2014
Charge for the year
Impairment charge for the year
Disposal
At 31 December 2015
Net carrying amount:
At 31 December 2015
At 31 December 2014
At 1 January 2014
(i) At 31 December 2014 the provision for KUFPEC’s cost recovery protection mechanism was presented net within property, plant and equipment. The numbers
presented above have been restated to show the balance of property, plant and equipment gross of this provision. For further information refer to note 22.
On 28 August 2015, the Group completed the sale and leaseback of its Aberdeen property, Annan House for US$69,525,000 resulting in
a loss on disposal of US$8,473,000.
The change in carry liabilities is principally due to management’s reassessment of 2P reserves to be used in the calculation for the Kraken
carry provision resulting in a derecognition of the US$80,000,000 provision (see note 22). In addition, there has been a change in the
estimate required for the Malaysian cost carry of US$1,955,000 (see note 20(f)).
On 12 October 2015, the Scolty/Crathes field received Field Development Plan (FDP) approval. Costs of US$16,052,000 previously held
within exploration assets have been reclassified as a tangible oil and gas asset.
In March 2014, the Group completed the acquisition of Centrica North Sea Oil Limited (Centrica’s) share of the UKCS Greater Kittiwake
Area (GKA) assets as well as its 100% interest in the Kittiwake to Forties oil export pipeline. In June 2014, EnQuest completed the
acquisition of ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc’s (ExxonMobil’s) interest in the Seligi oil field and the PM8 PSC,
located offshore Malaysia. The costs relating to these acquisitions are included within ‘Acquired’ costs.
The impairment charge in the year ended 31 December 2015, relate to Heather/Broom (US$120,291,000), Thistle (US$263,061,000),
Dons (US$182,433,000), Alma/Galia (US$595,542,000), Alba (US$25,324,000), all part of the UKCS CGU and also a charge relating to the
Malaysian asset, Tanjong Baram (US$7,813,000) These assets have recoverable amounts of US$55,964,000, US$100,861,000, US$13,168,000,
US$215,250,000, US$(1,327,000) and US$70,731,000 respectively. The impairment was principally due to the continuing fall in the oil price
during 2015 and the resulting reduction in future revenues and 2P reserves, together with the impact of cutting the capital programme, in
response to the changing economic conditions. For information on significant estimates and judgements made in relation to impairments
see Impairment of oil and gas assets and goodwill within note 2 Critical Accounting Estimates and Judgements.
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Notes to the Group Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2015
10. Property, plant and equipment continued
During the year ended 31 December 2014, there were impairments in the Alma/Galia and Don fields of US$678,801,000 (US$256,896,000
on a post tax basis). The impairment was principally due to the significant fall in the oil price in the latter part of 2014. Other factors
contributing to the impairment included delays in first oil and cost increases in the case of Alma/Galia, together with the impact of cutting
the capital programme, in response to the changing economic conditions. The only asset with a material impairment was Alma/Galia, where
it was written down by US$675,600,000 to the estimate of its recoverable value of US$832,900,000.
The net book value at 31 December 2015 includes US$1,009,842,000 (2014: US$1,504,172,000) of pre-development assets and
development assets under construction which are not being depreciated.
The amount of borrowing costs capitalised during the year ended 31 December 2015 was US$14,372,000 (2014: US$3,169,000) and relate
to the Alma/Galia and Kraken development projects as well as the construction of the new office building. The weighted average rate used
to determine the amount of borrowing costs eligible for capitalisation is 2.03% (2014: 1.54%).
The net book value of property, plant and equipment held under finance leases and hire purchase contracts at 31 December 2015 was
US$141,000 (2014: US$141,000) of oil and gas assets.
11. Goodwill
A summary of goodwill is presented below:
Cost
At 1 January
Additions
At 31 December
Provision for impairment
At 1 January and 31 December
Net carrying amount
2015
US$’000
2014
US$’000
189,317
–
189,317
107,760
81,557
189,317
–
–
189,317
189,317
The balance at 1 January 2014 represents goodwill acquired on the acquisition of Stratic and PEDL in 2010. The additions during the year
ended 31 December 2014 represent the acquisition of the Greater Kittiwake Area asset in 2014.
Goodwill acquired through business combinations has been allocated to a single cash-generating unit (CGU), the UKCS, and therefore the
lowest level that goodwill is reviewed.
Impairment testing of oil and gas assets and goodwill
In accordance with IAS 36 Impairment of Assets, goodwill and oil and gas assets have been reviewed for impairment at the year end. In
assessing whether goodwill and oil and gas assets have been impaired, the carrying amount of the CGU for goodwill and at field level for
oil and gas assets, is compared with their recoverable amounts.
The recoverable amounts of the CGU and fields have been determined on a fair value less costs to sell basis. Discounted cash flow models
comprising asset-by-asset life of field projections using Level 3 inputs (based on IFRS 13 fair value hierarchy) have been used to determine
the recoverable amounts. The cash flows have been modelled on a post-tax and post-decommissioning basis discounted at the Group’s
post-tax weighted average cost of capital (WACC) of 8.45% (2014: 8.8%). Risks specific to assets within the CGU are reflected within the
cash flow forecasts.
Key assumptions used in calculations
The key assumptions required for the calculation of the CGU are:
o oil prices;
o production volumes;
o discount rates; and
o opex, capex and decommissioning costs.
Oil prices are based on dated Brent forward price curves for the first three years and thereafter at US$70 per barrel inflated at 2% per
annum from 2020.
Production volumes are based on life of field production profiles for each asset within the CGU. The production volumes used in the
calculations were taken from the report prepared by the Group’s independent reserve assessment experts.
Opex, capital expenditure and decommissioning costs are derived from the Group’s Business Plan adjusted for changes in timing based on
the production model used for the assessment of 2P reserves.
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The discount rate reflects management’s estimate of the Group’s WACC. The WACC takes into account both debt and equity. The cost
of equity is derived from the expected return on investment by the Group’s investors. The cost of debt is based on its interest-bearing
borrowings. Segment risk is incorporated by applying a beta factor based on publicly available market data. The post-tax discount rate
applied to the Group’s post-tax cash flow projections was 8.45%.
Sensitivity to changes in assumptions
The Group’s value is highly sensitive, inter alia, to oil price achieved and production volumes. The recoverable amount (NPV) of the CGU
would be equal to the carrying amount of goodwill if either the oil price or production volumes (on a CGU weighted average basis) were
to fall by 10% from the prices outlined above. Goodwill would need to be fully impaired if the oil price or production volumes (on a CGU
weighted average basis) were to fall by 35% from the prices outlined above. The above sensitivities have flexed revenues and tax cash
flows, but operating costs and capital expenditures have been kept constant. In reality, management would be highly likely to take steps to
mitigate the value impact of further falls in the oil price by cutting supply chain costs.
12. Intangible oil and gas assets
At 1 January 2014
Additions
Acquisition of interests in licences
Write-off of relinquished licences previously impaired
Disposals
Unsuccessful exploration expenditure written off
Change in decommissioning provision
Impairment charge for the year
At 31 December 2014
Additions
Disposal of interests in licences
Write-off of relinquished licences previously impaired
Unsuccessful exploration expenditure written off
Change in decommissioning provision
Reclassified to tangible fixed assets (note 10)
Impairment charge for the year
At 31 December 2015
Cost
US$’000
Impairment
US$’000
228,769
67,095
19,800
(8,423)
(143)
(568)
634
–
307,164
15,588
(9,329)
(63,123)
(7,205)
(165)
(16,215)
–
(97,895)
–
–
8,423
–
–
–
(151,982)
(241,454)
–
–
63,123
–
–
–
(1,854)
NBV
US$’000
130,874
67,095
19,800
–
(143)
(568)
634
(151,982)
65,710
15,588
(9,329)
–
(7,205)
(165)
(16,215)
(1,854)
226,715
(180,185)
46,530
On 10 September 2015, the Group acquired an additional 10% working interest in the Scolty/Crathes field. On FDP approval in October
2015, the total exploration costs of Scolty/Crathes were reclassified to tangible oil and gas assets (note 10).
In October 2015, the Group disposed of its 35% interest in the Norwegian licences PL 758 and PL800 and its 50% interest in the PL760 and
PL760B for US$2,065,000, resulting in a loss of US$2,264,000. In November 2014 the Group disposed of its Dutch asset P8a for
US$2,162,000 resulting in a gain of US$2,019,000.
In 2015, the Group exited from its interest in Egypt and costs of US$5,000,000 refunded are included within disposal of interests in
licences above.
In the year ended 31 December 2015, costs were written off primarily in relation to the Cairngorm and Elke licences.
On 31 October 2015, the Group completed its withdrawal from SB307/308 blocks in Malaysia. Costs associated with SB307 and SB308 were
impaired in the year ended 31 December 2014.
The impairment charge for the year ended 31 December 2014 included costs relating to Crawford Porter, Kildrummy, Cairngorm and some
GKA acreage in the UK. In current market conditions some of those interests do not merit sufficient funds to progress them to economic
development. In addition, costs relating to the SB307 and SB308 blocks in Malaysia (due to the unsuccessful exploration well) and costs
incurred since acquisition on the NWO block in Egypt were impaired. The costs relating to the South West Heather licence were
also impaired.
Included within the acquisition of the GKA assets are exploration licences and an allocation of the fair value is included in acquisition
of interests above for the year ended 31 December 2014.
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For the year ended 31 December 2015
13. Investments
Cost
At 1 January 2014, 31 December 2014 and 31 December 2015
Provision for impairment
At 1 January 2014
Impairment charge for the year(i)
At 31 December 2014
Impairment charge for the year
At 31 December 2015
Net carrying amount:
At 31 December 2015
At 31 December 2014
At 1 January 2014
US$’000
19,231
(16,828)
(1,714)
(18,542)
(566)
(19,108)
123
689
2,403
(i) US$1,316,000 was recognised in the income statement and US$398,000 reversing the available-for-sale reserve in 2014.
The investment relates to ordinary shares in Ascent acquired in 2011. In November 2015, Ascent agreed a capital re-organisation whereby
new shares were issued and the share capital was re-denominated. The impact was to reduce EnQuest’s holding from 160,903,958 0.1p
ordinary shares to 8,045,198 0.2p ordinary shares.
The accounting valuation of the Group’s shareholding (based on the quoted share price of Ascent) resulted in an additional non-cash
impairment of US$566,000 in the year to 31 December 2015 (2014: impairment of US$1,714,000).
14. Inventories
Crude oil
Well supplies
15. Trade and other receivables
Trade receivables
Joint venture receivables
Under-lift position
VAT receivable
Other receivables
Prepayments and accrued income
2015
US$’000
11,477
56,152
67,629
2015
US$’000
71,740
110,792
14,011
16,838
26,246
239,627
112,246
2014
US$’000
11,695
77,702
89,397
2014
US$’000
53,812
61,000
15,010
20,818
18,716
169,356
116,871
351,873
286,227
Trade receivables are non-interest bearing and are generally on 15 to 30 day terms.
Trade receivables are reported net of any provisions for impairment. As at 31 December 2015 no impairment provision for trade receivables
was necessary (2014: nil).
Joint venture receivables relate to billings to joint venture partners and were not impaired.
Under-lift is valued at net realisable value being the lower of cost and net realisable value.
As at 31 December 2015 and 31 December 2014 no other receivables were determined to be impaired.
The carrying value of the Group’s trade, joint venture and other receivables as stated above is considered to be a reasonable approximation
to their fair value largely due to their short term maturities.
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16. Cash and cash equivalents
The carrying value of the Group’s cash and cash equivalents is considered to be a reasonable approximation to their fair value due to their
short term maturities. Included within the cash balance at 31 December 2015 is restricted cash of US$11,509,000 (2014: US$27,183,000).
US$6,782,000 of this relates to cash held in escrow in respect of the unwound acquisition of the Tunisian assets of PA Resources (2014:
US$22,324,000) and the remainder relates to cash collateral held to issue bank guarantees in Malaysia.
17. Share capital
The share capital of the Company as at 31 December was as follows:
Authorised, issued and fully paid 802,660,757 (2014: 802,660,757) Ordinary shares of £0.05 each
Share premium
2015
US$’000
61,249
52,184
2014
US$’000
61,249
52,184
113,433
113,433
The share capital comprises only one class of Ordinary share. Each Ordinary share carries an equal voting right and right to a dividend.
There were no new issues of shares during 2015 or 2014.
At 31 December 2015 there were 26,702,378 shares held by the Employee Benefit Trust (2014: 29,691,691), the decrease is due to shares
used to satisfy awards made under the Company’s share-based incentive schemes.
18. Share-based payment plans
On 18 March 2010, the Directors of the Company approved three share schemes for the benefit of Directors and employees, being a
Deferred Bonus Share Plan, a Restricted Share Plan and a Performance Share Plan. A Sharesave Plan was approved in 2012. The grant
values for all schemes are based on the average share price from the three days preceding the date of grant.
Deferred Bonus Share Plan (DBSP)
Selected employees are eligible to participate under this scheme. Participants may be invited to elect or, in some cases, be required, to
receive a proportion of any bonus in Ordinary shares of EnQuest (invested awards). Following such award, EnQuest will generally grant
the participant an additional award over a number of shares bearing a specified ratio to the number of his or her invested shares (matching
shares). The awards granted will vest 33% on the first anniversary of the date of grant, a further 33% after year two and the final 34% on the
third anniversary of the date of grant. The invested awards are fully recognised as an expense in the period to which the bonuses relate.
The costs relating to the matching shares are recognised over the vesting period and the fair values of the equity-settled matching shares
granted to employees are based on quoted market prices adjusted for the trued up percentage vesting rate of the plan.
Details of the fair values and assumed vesting rates of the DBSP scheme are shown below:
2015 awards
2014 awards
2013 awards
The following shows the movement in the number of share awards held under the DBSP scheme outstanding:
Outstanding at 1 January
Granted during the year
Exercised during the year
Forfeited during the year
Outstanding at 31 December
*
Includes invested and matching shares.
Weighted
average fair
value per share
Trued up vesting
rate
39p
127p
127p
99%
91%
96%
2015
Number*
2014
Number*
1,601,635
1,860,580
(859,568)
(48,378)
1,484,001
1,021,538
(741,856)
(162,048)
2,554,269
1,601,635
There were no share awards exercisable at either 31 December 2015 or 2014.
The weighted average contractual life for the share awards outstanding as at 31 December 2015 was 1.1 years (2014: 0.9 years).
The charge recognised in the 2015 statement of comprehensive income in relation to matching share awards amounted to US$1,095,000
(2014: US$2,095,000).
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Notes to the Group Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2015
18. Share-based payment plans continued
Restricted Share Plan (RSP)
Under the Restricted Share Plan scheme, employees are granted shares in EnQuest over a discretionary vesting period at the direction
of the Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors of EnQuest, which may or may not be subject to the satisfaction of performance
conditions. Awards made under the RSP will vest over periods between one and four years. At present there are no performance conditions
applying to this scheme nor is there currently any intention to introduce them in the future. The fair value of the awards granted under the
plan at various grant dates during the year are based on quoted market prices adjusted for an assumed vesting rate over the relevant
vesting period.
Details of the fair values and assumed vesting rate of the RSP scheme are shown below:
2015 awards
2014 awards
2013 awards
2012 awards
Weighted
average fair
value per share
Trued up vesting
rate
39p
124p
128p
123p
99%
95%
78%
51%
The following table shows the movement in the number of share awards held under the RSP scheme outstanding:
Outstanding at 1 January
Granted during the year
Exercised during the year
Forfeited during the year
Outstanding at 31 December
Exercisable at 31 December
2015
Number
2014
Number
5,271,022
1,390,000
(767,124)
(78,206)
8,379,718
288,862
(2,759,692)
(637,866)
5,815,692
5,271,022
3,021,061
3,002,311
The weighted average contractual life for the share awards outstanding as at 31 December 2015 was 1.8 years (2014: 1.3 years).
The charge recognised in the year ended 31 December 2015 amounted to US$879,000 (2014: US$1,637,000).
Performance Share Plan (PSP)
Under the Performance Share Plan, the shares vest subject to performance conditions. The PSP share awards granted had three sets of
performance conditions associated with them. One third of the award relates to Total Shareholder Return (TSR) against a comparator group
of 36 oil and gas companies listed on the FTSE 350, AIM Top 100 and Stockholm NASDAQ OMX; one third relates to production growth per
share; and one third relates to reserves growth per share, over the three year performance period. Awards will vest on the third anniversary.
The fair value of the awards granted under the plan at various grant dates during the year are based on quoted market prices adjusted for
an assumed vesting rate over the relevant vesting period.
Details of the fair values and assumed vesting rate of the PSP scheme are shown below:
2015 awards
2014 awards
2013 awards
Weighted
average fair
value per share
Trued up vesting
rate
39p
127p
127p
96%
88%
82%
The following table shows the movement in the number of share awards held under the PSP scheme outstanding:
Outstanding at 1 January
Granted during the year
Exercised during the year
Forfeited during the year
Outstanding at 31 December
Exercisable at 31 December
2015
Number
2014
Number
11,091,120
12,125,800
(1,346,663)
(1,522,233)
8,299,026
4,905,547
(332,920)
(1,780,533)
20,348,024
11,091,120
1,178,512
605,679
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The weighted average contractual life for the share awards outstanding as at 31 December 2015 was 1.7 years (2014: 1.6 years).
The charge recognised in the year ended 31 December 2015 amounted to US$3,717,000 (2014: US$4,711,000).
Sharesave plan
The Group operates an approved savings related share option scheme. The plan is based on eligible employees being granted options and
their agreement to opening a sharesave account with a nominated savings carrier and to save over a specified period, either three or five
years. The right to exercise the option is at the employee’s discretion at the end of the period previously chosen, for a period of six months.
Details of the fair values and assumed vesting rates of the Sharesave Plan are shown below:
2015 awards
2014 awards
2013 awards
The following shows the movement in the number of share options held under the Sharesave Plan outstanding:
Outstanding at 1 January
Granted during the year
Exercised during the year
Forfeited during the year
Outstanding at 31 December
Weighted
average fair
value per share
Trued up vesting
rate
6p
38.7p
20p
88%
13%
13%
2015
Number
2014
Number
1,315,755
7,653,785
–
(2,020,298)
1,086,120
1,017,570
(13,000)
(774,935)
6,949,242
1,315,755
There were no share options exercisable at either 31 December 2015 or 2014.
The weighted average contractual life for the share options outstanding as at 31 December 2015 was 2.9 years (2014: 2.6 years).
The charge recognised in the 2015 statement of comprehensive income amounted to US$10,000 (2014: US$25,000).
The Group has recognised a total charge of US$5,701,000 (2014: US$8,468,000) in the statement of comprehensive income during the year,
relating to the above employee share-based schemes.
19. Loans and borrowings
Revolving credit facility
At 31 December 2015, the Group had a six year US$1,700,000,000 multi-currency revolving credit facility, comprising of a committed
amount of US$1,200,000,000 (subject to the level of reserves) with a further US$500,000,000 available through an accordion structure.
Interest on the revolving credit facility is payable at LIBOR plus a margin of 2.50% to 4.25%, dependent on specified covenant ratios.
At 31 December 2015, US$902,277,000 was drawn down under the Group’s facility agreement (2014: US$217,649,000) and LoC utilisation
was US$7,718,000 (2014: US$149,395,000). Unamortised facility fees of US$19,167,000 have been netted off against the drawdowns in the
balance sheet (2014: US$24,168,000).
Tanjong Baram project finance loan
During the year ended 31 December 2015, the Group entered a five year US$35,000,000 loan facility in Malaysia. Interest is payable at USD
LIBOR plus a margin of 2.25%. Unamortised fees of US$886,000 have been netted off against the loan balance in the balance sheet.
Bonds
In April 2014, the Group issued a US$650,000,000 high yield bond which matures in 2022 and pays a coupon of 7% payable bi-annually
in April and October. The bond is carried at its amortised cost of US$651,120,000 (2014: US$651,077,000).
At 31 December 2015, the Group also had a 5.5% Sterling Retail Bond of £155,245,000. The bond pays a coupon of 5.5% payable
bi-annually in February and August and matures in 2022. The bond had a fair value of US$95,508,000 (2014: US$169,010,000) but is
carried at its amortised cost of US$231,480,000 (2014: US$244,173,000). The fair value of the Sterling Retail Bond has been determined
by reference to the price available from the market on which the bond is traded.
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Notes to the Group Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2015
20. Other financial assets and financial liabilities
(a) Summary
Financial instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income
Current assets
Cash flow hedges:
Commodity contracts
Interest rate swap
Current liabilities
Cash flow hedges:
Forward foreign currency contracts
Financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss
Current assets
Derivatives not designated as hedges:
Commodity contracts
Forward foreign currency contracts
Current liabilities
Derivatives not designated as hedges:
Commodity contracts
Forward foreign currency contracts
Non-current liabilities
Derivatives not designated as hedges:
Commodity contracts
Loans and receivables
Current assets
Other receivable
Non-current assets
Other receivable
Other financial liabilities at amortised cost
Current liabilities
Other liability
Non-current liabilities
Other liability
Total current assets
Total non-current assets
Total assets
Total current liabilities
Total non-current liabilities
Total liabilities
2015
US$’000
2014
US$’000
214,499
47
214,546
1,023
36,511
–
36,511
–
8,143
8,143
87,299
–
–
–
7,930
2,409
10,339
22,445
12,805
35,250
–
18,041
7,635
3,294
15,262
18,809
3
66,228
7,684
5,653
258,692
15,262
273,954
9,169
7,684
16,853
100,932
18,809
119,741
101,478
23,694
125,172
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(b) Commodity contracts
The Group uses put and call options and swap contracts to manage its exposure to the oil price.
Oil price hedging
Purchased put options are designated as hedges of the Group’s production. Where these contracts are effective from a hedge accounting
perspective, any intrinsic value gains are deferred until such time as the production to which they relate is sold. Movements in the time
value of these options are recognised in finance costs. A total of 10,000,000 barrels of 2015 production, was hedged via the purchase of
put options, with a strike price of US$65/bbl. Gains totalling US$127,846,000 were included in realised revenue in the income statement
in respect of these matured options. A total of 10,000,000 barrels of 2016 production was hedged via similar contracts, with strike prices
of between US$67/bbl and US$69/bbl. During July 2015 the Group closed put options which were hedging 2,000,000 barrels of 2016
production, realising US$16,755,000 in cash, and replaced these with oil swap contracts to sell 2,000,000 barrels in 2016 at a fixed price
of US$67/bbl.
As at 31 December 2015 the Group held put options over 8,000,000 bbls maturing in 2016. The mark to market of the intrinsic value portion
of these contracts at 31 December 2015 was US$217,160,000, which has been deferred as it relates to contracts hedging future production.
Mark to market losses on the time value element of these put options, totalling US$119,791,000 have been recognised in finance costs. Of
this amount, US$70,022,000 has been recognised within the Group’s ‘business performance’ results as it relates to the amortisation of the
option premium paid, over the life of the option. The balance of the mark to market losses have been recognised as an exceptional charge
in line with the Group’s accounting policy.
The fair value of the put options as at 31 December 2015 was US$164,763,000.
In addition, in 2014 gains totalling US$119,054,689 were realised when put options hedging 8,000,000 bbls of 2015 production were closed.
This gain was deferred in cash flow hedge reserves as at 31 December 2014. This has been realised to revenue during the year ended
31 December 2015.
Commodity derivative contracts at fair value through profit and loss
Commodity derivative contracts not designated as effective hedges are designated as ‘At Fair Value Through Profit and Loss’ (‘FVTPL’), and
gains and losses on these contracts are recognised as a component of revenue. These contracts typically include bought and sold call
options, sold put options and commodity swap contracts.
For the year ended 31 December 2015, gains totalling US$19,576,000 were recognised in respect of commodity contracts designated as
FVTPL. This included losses totalling US$94,847,000 realised on contracts that matured during the year ended 31 December 2015, and
mark to market gains totalling US$114,423,000. Of this amount, US$111,572,000 was realised in business performance revenue in respect
of the amortisation of premium income received on sale of these options. The premiums received are amortised into business performance
revenue over the life of the option. The balance, being a gain of US$2,851,000 was recognised in exceptional revenue in line with the
Group’s accounting policy.
In H2 2015, the Group sold put options held with a strike price of US$65/bbl over a total of 4,164,333 barrels maturing in August –
December 2015, for proceeds totalling US$31,402,000.
Business performance revenue for the year ended 31 December 2015 included US$10,441,000 of call option premium on options closed
early, which would have been recognised in 2016 had these options not been closed early. The cost of closing these options was
US$1,350,000 which was included in business performance revenue for the year ended 31 December 2015.
The mark to market of the Group’s open contracts as at 31 December 2014 was a loss of US$36,227,000 in respect of option contracts and a
gain of US$3,670,000 in respect of open swap positions. The option contract mark to market was in respect of net sold call options over a
total of 10,246,150 barrels, maturing in 2015 with an average strike price of US$96.94/bbl, and 7,498,199 barrels of net sold call options
maturing during 2016 with an average strike price of US$99.36/bbl.
(c) Forward foreign currency contracts
During the year ended 31 December 2015 various forward currency contracts were entered into to hedge the Group’s exposure to Euro,
Norwegian Kroner and Sterling opex and capex. At 31 December 2015, the contracts which do not qualify for hedge accounting have a net
liability fair value of US$8,143,000 (2014: US$10,397,000) and those which do qualify for hedge accounting have a net liability fair value of
US$1,023,000 (2014: nil). The gains/losses recognised in the income statement are US$2,254,000 unrealised gain (31 December 2014:
US$18,085,000 unrealised loss) and US$3,169,000 realised loss (2014: US$55,273,000 realised gain) within cost of sales.
(d) Interest rate swap
During the year ended 31 December 2015, the Group entered an interest rate swap which effectively swaps 50% of floating USD LIBOR rate
interest on the Malaysian loan into a fixed rate of 1.035% until 2018. The swap which is effective from a hedge accounting perspective has a
net asset fair value of US$47,000. The impact on the income statement is US$31,000 recognised within finance expenses.
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Notes to the Group Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2015
20. Other financial assets and financial liabilities continued
(e) Income statement impact
The income statement impact of all commodity, currency and interest rate derivatives are as follows:
Year ended 31 December 2015
Call options
Put options
Commodity swaps
Foreign exchange swap contracts
Other forward currency contracts
Interest rate swap
Year ended 31 December 2014
Call options
Put options
Commodity swaps
Foreign exchange swap contracts
Other forward currency contracts
Prior year commodity contracts
Revenue
Cost of sales
Finance income/(expenses)
Realised
US$’000
Unrealised
US$’000
23,544
244,445
(6,819)
–
–
–
261,170
12,001
(920)
(9,149)
–
–
–
1,932
Realised
US$’000
–
–
–
1,174
(4,343)
–
(3,169)
Unrealised
US$’000
–
–
–
144
2,110
–
Realised
US$’000
–
(70,022)
–
–
–
(31)
Unrealised
US$’000
–
(49,769)
–
–
–
–
2,254
(70,053)
(49,769)
Revenue
Cost of sales
Finance income/(expenses)
Realised
US$’000
8,785
920
(11,522)
–
–
33,566
31,749
Unrealised
US$’000
9,857
–
3,670
–
–
5,084
18,611
Realised
US$’000
–
–
–
46,756
8,517
–
55,273
Unrealised
US$’000
–
–
–
–
(18,085)
–
(18,085)
Realised
US$’000
–
(41,353)
–
–
–
–
(41,353)
Unrealised
US$’000
–
18,697
–
–
–
–
18,697
(f) Other receivables and liabilities
Other receivables
As part of the 2012 farm-out to KUFPEC of 35% of the Alma/Galia development, KUFPEC agreed to pay EnQuest a total of US$23,292,000
over a 36 month period after Alma/Galia is deemed to be fully operational, the fair value of which was US$19,300,000. The balance of the
receivable at 31 December 2015 is US$22,647,000 (2014: US$22,103,000). The unwinding of discount of US$544,000 is included within
finance income for the year ended 31 December 2015 (2014: US$877,000).
During the year, contingent consideration receivable on the disposal of the Slovenian Petisovci asset to Ascent in 2011 was converted into
a convertible loan note. The fair value of the convertible loan note at 31 December 2015 is US$250,000 (2014: nil). The loan note is due to
mature in November 2016.
Other liabilities
The consideration for the acquisition of 40% of the Kraken field from Cairn (previously Nautical) and First Oil in 2012 was through
development carries. These were split into a ‘firm’ carry and a ‘contingent’ carry dependent upon reserves determination. The firm carry
expired in 2015 (2014: liability US$66,502,000). The ‘contingent’ carry has been accounted for as a provision (note 22).
As part of the agreement to acquire the PM8 assets in Malaysia, the Group agreed to carry PETRONAS Carigali for its share of exploration
or appraisal well commitments. The discounted value of US$7,657,000 has been disclosed as a financial liability (2014: US$5,379,000). The
unwinding of discount of US$323,000 is included within finance expense for the year ended 31 December 2015 (2014: US$132,000).
The fair value of the Group’s oil price related embedded derivatives is US$30,000 (2014: nil).
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Other liabilities
US$’000
Other
receivables
US$’000
164,176
5,247
(97,674)
132
71,881
1,985
–
(66,502)
323
–
21,226
–
–
877
22,103
433
(161)
–
544
(22)
7,687
22,897
At 1 January 2014
Additions during the year
Utilised during the year
Unwinding of discount
At 31 December 2014
Additions during the year
Change in fair value
Utilised during the year
Unwinding of discount
Foreign exchange
At 31 December 2015
21. Fair value measurement
The following table provides the fair value measurement hierarchy of the Group’s assets and liabilities:
Quoted prices in
active markets
(Level 1)
US$’000
Total
US$’000
Significant
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
US$’000
Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
US$’000
Date of valuation
Assets measured at fair value:
Derivative financial assets
Commodity contracts
Interest rate swap
Other financial assets
Available-for-sale
financial investments
Quoted equity shares
Loans and receivables
Other receivables
Liabilities measured at fair value:
Derivative financial liabilities
Forward foreign currency contracts
Other liability
Other liabilities
Liabilities for which fair values are disclosed (notes 19 and 24)
Interest bearing loans and borrowings
Obligations under finance leases
Sterling retail bond
High yield bond
31 December 2015
31 December 2015
251,009
47
–
–
251,009
47
31 December 2015
123
31 December 2015
22,897
31 December 2015
31 December 2015
31 December 2015
31 December 2015
31 December 2015
31 December 2015
9,165
7,687
917,223
36
95,508
651,120
123
250
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22,647
–
–
9,165
–
30
7,657
917,223
36
95,508
651,120
–
–
–
–
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Notes to the Group Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2015
21. Fair value measurement continued
There have been no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the period. The forward foreign currency, the commodity forward
contracts and interest rate swap were valued externally by the respective banks and have been reviewed internally.
Quoted prices in
active markets
(Level 1)
US$’000
Total
US$’000
Significant
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
US$’000
Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
US$’000
Date of valuation
Assets measured at fair value:
Derivative financial assets
Commodity contracts
Forward foreign currency contracts
Other financial assets
Available-for-sale
financial investments
Quoted equity shares
Loans and receivables
Other receivable
Liabilities measured at fair value:
Derivative financial liabilities
Forward foreign currency contracts
Commodity contracts
Other liabilities
Other liabilities
Liabilities for which fair values are disclosed (notes 19 and 24)
Interest bearing loans and borrowings
Obligations under finance leases
Sterling retail bond
High yield bond
31 December 2014
31 December 2014
95,229
2,409
–
–
95,229
2,409
31 December 2014
689
689
31 December 2014
22,103
31 December 2014
31 December 2014
12,805
40,486
31 December 2014
71,881
31 December 2014
31 December 2014
31 December 2014
31 December 2014
227,035
36
169,010
651,077
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22,103
–
–
–
–
12,805
40,486
–
71,881
227,035
36
169,010
651,077
–
–
–
–
22. Provisions
At 1 January 2014
Additions during the year
Acquisition
Changes in estimates
Unwinding of discount
Utilisation
At 31 December 2014
Additions during the year
Changes in estimates
Unwinding of discount
Utilisation
Foreign exchange
At 31 December 2015
Decommissioning
provision
US$’000
Carry provision
US$’000
Cost recovery
provision
US$’000
Contingent
Consideration
US$’000
Surplus lease
provision
US$’000
228,426
7,622
133,569
75,135
12,093
(7,177)
449,668
70,581
(25,171)
17,034
(5,342)
–
80,000
–
–
–
–
–
80,000
–
(80,000)
–
–
–
–
163,334
–
–
–
–
163,334
–
(41,125)
4,912
–
–
–
–
26,700
–
–
–
26,700
–
2,307
262
(3,000)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27,448
–
66
(888)
(209)
Total
US$’000
308,426
170,956
160,269
75,135
12,093
(7,177)
719,702
98,029
(143,989)
22,274
(9,230)
(209)
506,770
–
127,121
26,269
26,417
686,577
Provision for decommissioning
The Group makes full provision for the future costs of decommissioning its oil production facilities and pipelines on a discounted basis.
With respect to the Heather field, the decommissioning provision is based on the Group’s contractual obligation of 37.5% of the
decommissioning liability rather than the Group’s equity interest in the field.
The provision represents the present value of decommissioning costs which are expected to be incurred up to 2034 assuming no further
development of the Group’s assets. The liability is discounted at a rate of 3.0% (2014: 3.0%). The unwinding of the discount is classified as a
finance cost (note 6).
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These provisions have been created based on internal and third party estimates. Assumptions based on the current economic environment
have been made which management believe are a reasonable basis upon which to estimate the future liability. These estimates are
reviewed regularly to take into account any material changes to the assumptions. However, actual decommissioning costs will ultimately
depend upon future market prices for the necessary decommissioning works required which will reflect market conditions at the relevant
time. Furthermore, the timing of decommissioning liabilities is likely to depend on the dates when the fields cease to be economically
viable. This in turn depends on future oil prices which are inherently uncertain.
Carry provision
Consideration for the acquisition of 40% of the Kraken field from Cairn (previously Nautical) and First Oil in 2012 was through development
carries. The ‘contingent’ carry is dependent upon a reserves determination which is due to commence in April 2016. The ‘contingent’ carry
is pro-rated between 100 and 166 million barrels of proven and probable reserves (2P reserves). The agreement specifies that the dated
Brent forward curve at the date of the determination is to be used to determine the reserves of Kraken for the purpose of determining the
contingent carry. A provision of US$80,000,000 was recognised in 2013 when the FDP was approved which stated 137 million barrels.
Following the significant decline in the oil price, management’s view is that no payment will be required under the acquisition agreement.
Accordingly the provision has been reversed in full with a corresponding credit to PP&E. Whilst management’s view is that no contingent
carry will be payable, the reserves determination will be performed by an independent reserves assessor and accordingly the risk remains a
payment could be required.
Cost recovery provision
As part of the KUFPEC farm-in agreement, a cost recovery protection mechanism was agreed with KUFPEC to enable KUFPEC to recoup its
investment to the date of first production. If on 1 January 2017, KUFPEC’s costs to first production have not been recovered or deemed to
have been recovered, EnQuest will pay to KUFPEC an additional 20% share of net revenue. This additional revenue is to be paid from
January 2017 until the capital costs to first production have been recovered.
A provision has been made for the expected payments that the Group will make to KUFPEC. The assumptions made in arriving at the
projected cash payments are consistent with the assumptions used in the Group’s 2015 year end impairment test, and the resulting cash
flows were included in the determination of the recoverable value of the project. In establishing when KUFPEC has recovered its capital
cost to first oil, the farm-in agreement requires the use of the higher of the actual oil price, or $90/bbl real, inflated at 2% per annum from
2012. These cash flows have been discounted at a rate of 3.0% (2014: 3.0%).
The provision required at 31 December 2014 was netted within the balance of property, plant & equipment as at 31 December 2014. The
31 December 2014 figures presented above have been restated to show the provision separately from the property, plant & equipment
balance (see also note 10).
Contingent consideration
As part of the purchase agreement with the previous owner of the GKA assets, a contingent consideration has been agreed based on
Scolty/Crathes Field Development Plan (FDP) approval and ‘first oil’. EnQuest paid US$3,000,000 in November 2015 as FDP approval was
achieved in October 2015. US$9,000,000 is due on the later of first oil or 30 January 2017 and US$8,000,000 due on the later of one year
after first oil or 30 January 2018. In addition further payments will become due if the oil price rises above $75 per barrel on a linear basis up
to $100 per barrel, up to a cap of US$20,000,000. The cashflows have been discounted using a 3.0% discount rate.
Surplus lease provision
In June 2015, the Group entered a 20 year lease in respect of the Group’s office building in Aberdeen with part of the building
subsequently being sub-let with a rent free incentive. A provision has been recognised for the unavoidable costs in relation to the sub-let
space. The provision has been discounted using a 3.0% discount rate. At 31 December 2015, the provision was US$3,469,000.
In addition, the Group has an agreement to hire the Stena Spey drilling vessel in 2016. Based on the current drilling forecasts for 2016, the
vessel will not be fully utilised over this period and at 31 December 2015, a provision has been recognised for the unavoidable costs of
US$22,948,000.
23. Trade and other payables
Trade payables
Accrued expenses
Over-lift position
Joint venture creditors
Other payables
2015
US$’000
230,475
274,436
35,797
765
2,045
543,518
2014
US$’000
189,257
220,723
13,108
–
5,982
429,070
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Notes to the Group Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2015
23. Trade and other payables continued
Trade payables are non-interest bearing and are normally settled on terms of between 10 and 30 days. During the year the Group
entered contracts with various suppliers to defer payment of a proportion of its spend on the Kraken and Scolty/Crathes developments
in accordance with meeting certain milestones. The balance of these deferred payments as at 31 December 2015 will be settled in the
latter part of 2016. Certain trade and other payables will be settled in currencies other than the reporting currency of the Group, mainly
in Sterling.
Accrued expenses include accruals for capital and operating expenditure in relation to the oil and gas assets.
The carrying value of the Group’s trade and other payables as stated above is considered to be a reasonable approximation to their fair
value largely due to the short term maturities.
24. Commitments and contingencies
Commitments
(i) Operating lease commitments – lessee
The Group has financial commitments in respect of non-cancellable operating leases for office premises. These leases have remaining
non-cancellable lease terms of between one and 20 years. The future minimum rental commitments under these non-cancellable leases are
as follows:
Not later than one year
After one year but not more than five years
Over five years
2015
US$’000
5,694
20,926
85,631
112,251
2014
US$’000
2,031
3,733
1,335
7,099
Lease payments recognised as an operating lease expense during the year amounted to US$4,062,000 (2014: US$3,086,000).
Under the Dons Northern Producer Agreement a minimum notice period of 12 months exists whereby the Group expects the minimum
commitment under this agreement to be approximately US$8,348,000 (2014: US$13,976,000).
(ii) Operating lease commitments – lessor
The Group sub-leases part of its Aberdeen office. The future minimum rental commitments under these non-cancellable leases are
as follows:
Not later than one year
After one year but not more than five years
Over five years
(iii) Finance lease commitments
The Group had the following obligations under finance leases as at the balance sheet date:
2015
US$’000
150
5,242
9,098
14,490
2014
US$’000
–
–
–
–
Due in less than one year
Due in more than one year but not more than five years
Less future financing charges
2015
Minimum
payments
US$’000
2015
Present value
of payments
US$’000
2014
Minimum
payments
US$’000
2014
Present value of
payments
US$’000
37
–
37
(1)
36
36
–
36
–
36
37
37
74
(2)
72
36
36
72
–
72
The leases are fixed rate leases with an effective borrowing rate of 2.37% (2014: 2.37%) and is repayable in 2016.
On 20 December 2013, the Group entered into a bareboat charter with Armada Kraken PTE Limited (Armada) for the lease of an FPSO
vessel for the Kraken field. The lease will commence on the date of first production which is currently targeted to come onstream by 2017.
Armada will construct the vessel and the Group incurred an initial payment of US$100,000,000 which was paid during 2014.
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(iv) Capital commitments
At 31 December 2015, the Group had capital commitments excluding the above lease commitments amounting to US$433,496,000 (2014:
US$788,259,000).
Contingencies
There is deferred consideration of US$3,000,000 dependent on FDP approval in relation to the 20% interest in Kildrummy acquired from
ENI UK Limited during the year ended 31 December 2012, the costs of this well were impaired in 2014.
In the ordinary course of business there is a risk of disputes with partners, suppliers or customers relating to matters such as cost overruns,
service provision or contractual terms. Should disputes emerge and become subject to formal legal proceedings the Group could face
liabilities in the event of adverse determinations.
A counterparty has initiated a legal claim against the Group alleging breach of a contractual warranty. The Group considers the merits
of the claim to be poor and the Group intends to vigorously defend itself. In the unlikely event that the claim is successful, the Group
considers the most likely range for the quantum of any damages award to be between nil and US$20,000,000 (and unlikely to have a
significant effect on the Group’s consolidated financial position or results). The Group anticipates that in the unlikely event of any trial
running to a judgement against the Group, no payment of any damages award is likely to be required before 2018.
25. Related party transactions
The Group financial statements include the financial statements of EnQuest PLC and its subsidiaries. A list of the Group’s principal
subsidiaries is contained in note 28 to these Group financial statements.
Balances and transactions between the Company and its subsidiaries, which are related parties, have been eliminated on consolidation and
are not disclosed in this note.
All sales to and purchases from related parties are made at normal market prices and the pricing policies and terms of these transactions
are approved by the Group’s management. There have been no transactions with related parties who are not members of the Group during
the year ended 31 December 2015 (2014: nil).
Compensation of key management personnel
The following table details remuneration of key management personnel of the Group comprising Executive and Non-Executive Directors of
the Company and other senior personnel:
Short term employee benefits
Share-based payments
Post employment pension benefits
2015
US$’000
4,521
1,896
37
6,454
2014
US$’000
4,789
3,375
42
8,206
26. Risk management and financial instruments
Risk management objectives and policies
The Group’s principal financial assets and liabilities comprise trade and other receivables, cash and short term deposits, interest-bearing
loans, borrowings and finance leases, derivative financial instruments and trade and other payables. The main purpose of these financial
instruments is to manage short term cash flow and raise finance for the Group’s capital expenditure programme.
The Group’s activities expose it to various financial risks particularly associated with fluctuations in oil price, foreign currency risk, liquidity
risk and credit risk. Management reviews and agrees policies for managing each of these risks, which are summarised below. Also
presented below is a sensitivity analysis to indicate sensitivity to changes in market variables on the Group’s financial instruments and to
show the impact on profit and shareholders’ equity, where applicable. The sensitivity has been prepared for periods ended 31 December
2015 and 2014 using the amounts of debt and other financial assets and liabilities held at those reporting dates.
Commodity price risk – oil prices
The Group is exposed to the impact of changes in Brent oil prices on its revenues and profits generated from sales of crude oil.
The Group’s policy is to have the ability to hedge oil prices up to a maximum of 75% of the next 12 months production on a rolling annual
basis, up to 60% in the following 12 month period and 50% in the subsequent 12 month period.
Details of the commodity derivative contracts entered into during, and on hand at the end of 2015, are disclosed in note 20.
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Notes to the Group Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2015
26. Risk management and financial instruments continued
The following table summarises the impact on the Group’s pre-tax profit and total equity of a reasonably possible change in the Brent oil
price, on the fair value of derivative financial instruments, with all other variables held constant:
31 December 2015
31 December 2014
Pre-tax profit
Total equity
+US$10/Bbl
increase
US$’000
(10,000)
–
-US$10/Bbl
decrease
US$’000
10,000
–
+US$10/Bbl
increase
US$’000
(55,000)
(14,495)
-US$10/Bbl
decrease
US$’000
55,000
37,910
Foreign currency risk
The Group has transactional currency exposures. Such exposure arises from sales or purchases in currencies other than the Group’s
functional currency and the bond which is denominated in Sterling. To mitigate the risks of large fluctuations in the currency markets, the
hedging policy agreed by the Board allows for up to 70% of non-US Dollar portion of the Group’s annual capital budget and operating
expenditure to be hedged. For specific contracted capital expenditure projects, up to 100% can be hedged. Approximately 1% (2014: 1%)
of the Group’s sales and 99% (2014: 91%) of costs are denominated in currencies other than the functional currency.
During the year ended 31 December 2015 various forward currency contracts and structured products were entered into to hedge the
Groups exposure to Euro, Norwegian Krone and Sterling opex and capex.
In January 2015, knockout forwards were entered to mitigate the foreign currency risk arising on the £307,000,000 of Sterling based capex
expenditure of the Group. Between the range US$1.505 and US$1.42, they trade at spot, outwith this range EnQuest trades at US$1.505.
Should the rate rise above US$1.611 then there is no trade. The contracts mature between January 2015 and February 2016.
Also in January 2015, EnQuest entered into a series of FX forward contracts to purchase £283,297,000 to fund the Group’s opex Sterling
expenditure. EnQuest will trade at spot between the range US$1.532 and US$1.42, out with this range EnQuest will trade at US$1.532.
The contracts mature between February 2015 and October 2016.
In March 2015, EnQuest entered a series of FX forward contracts to purchase €32,556,000 of the Group’s Euro capex expenditure
specifically in relation to the Kraken development project. EnQuest will trade at spot when the Euro/USD rate is between US$1.195 and
US$0.97. Outwith this range EnQuest will trade at US$1.1195.
Also in 2015 two NOK forwards totalling NOK74,580,000 were entered into with an average strike price of NOK7.84:£1, these will mature
in August and November 2016.
In prior years the Group entered into a series of forward contracts and structured products to hedge a portion of its Sterling, Euro and
Norwegian Krone exposure. In 2014, a total of £182,000,000 of Sterling exposure was hedged using this structured product with an
average strike price of US$1.46:£1. The remaining contracts matured during 2015.
The same structure was also used to hedge the Group’s Norwegian Krone (NOK) exposure arising as part of the Kraken development
project. In 2014, a total of NOK367,000,000 was hedged and any remaining contracts matured during 2015.
Also during 2014, EnQuest entered several foreign exchange swap contracts when Sterling was trading above $1.66:£1. The realised impact
of US$46,756,000 was recognised in the income statement within cost of sales in the year ended 31 December 2014.
The following table summarises the sensitivity to a reasonably possible change in the United States Dollar to Sterling foreign exchange rate,
with all other variables held constant, of the Group’s profit before tax due to changes in the carrying value of monetary assets and liabilities
at the reporting date. The impact in equity is the same as the impact on profit before tax. The Group’s exposure to foreign currency
changes for all other currencies is not material:
Change in United States Dollar rate
+10%
-10%
Pre-tax profit
Year ended
31 December
2015
US$’000
Year ended 31
December 2014
US$’000
(58,173)
58,173
(75,962)
75,962
Credit risk
Credit risk is managed on a Group basis. Credit risk in financial instruments arises from cash and cash equivalents and derivative financial
instruments where the Group’s exposure arises from default of the counterparty, with a maximum exposure equal to the carrying amount of
these instruments (see maturity table within liquidity risks). For banks and financial institutions, only those rated with a A-/A3 credit rating or
better are accepted. Cash balances can be invested in short term bank deposits and AAA-rated liquidity funds, subject to Board approved
limits and with a view to minimising counterparty credit risks.
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In addition there are credit risks of commercial counterparties including exposures in respect of outstanding receivables. The Group trades
only with recognised international oil and gas operators and at 31 December 2015 there were no trade receivables past due (2014: nil),
US$1,480,000 of joint venture receivables past due (2014: US$490,000) and nil (2014: US$1,955,000) of other receivables past due but
not impaired. Receivable balances are monitored on an ongoing basis with appropriate follow-up action taken where necessary.
Ageing of past due but not impaired receivables
Less than 30 days
30-60 days
60-90 days
90-120 days
120+ days
2015
US$’000
709
–
–
–
771
1,480
2014
US$’000
183
–
5
2
2,255
2,445
At 31 December 2015, the Group had three customers accounting for 65% of outstanding trade and other receivables (2014: three
customers, 89%) and five joint venture partners accounting for 98% of joint venture receivables (2014: three joint venture partners, 95%).
Liquidity risk
The Group monitors its risk to a shortage of funds by reviewing its cash flow requirements on a regular basis relative to its existing bank
facilities and the maturity profile of these facilities. Specifically the Group’s policy is to ensure that sufficient liquidity or committed facilities
exist within the Group to meet its operational funding requirements and to ensure the Group can service its debt and adhere to its financial
covenants. During 2015, the Group complied with the financial ratios applicable for the period as allowed for by its revolving credit facility.
In light of recent low oil prices and in order to provide flexibility for EnQuest’s capital investment programme, the revolving credit facility
lending banks agreed to relax existing credit facility covenants. The net debt/EBITDA covenant was increased to five times and the ratio of
financial charges to EBITDA was reduced to three times, both until mid-2017. The financial covenants of the retail bond were subsequently
made consistent with the amended covenants in the revolving credit facility.
At 31 December 2015, the Group held a six year US$1,700,000,000 multi-currency revolving credit facility, comprising of a committed
amount of US$1,200,000,000 with a further US$500,000,000 available through an accordion structure.
The maturity profiles of the Group’s non-derivative financial liabilities including projected interest thereon are as follows:
Year ended 31 December 2015
Loans and borrowings
Bond
Obligations under finance leases
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
Other liabilities
Year ended 31 December 2014
Loans and borrowings
Bond
Obligations under finance leases
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
Other liabilities
Carry provision
On demand
US$’000
Up to 1 year
US$’000
1 to 2 years
US$’000
2 to 5 years
US$’000
Over 5 years
US$’000
Total
US$’000
–
–
–
543,518
–
52,042
58,140
37
–
–
56,466
58,140
–
–
8,250
956,522
174,419
–
–
–
–
955,223
–
–
–
1,065,030
1,245,922
37
543,518
8,250
543,518
110,219
122,856
1,130,941
955,223
2,862,757
On demand
US$’000
Up to 1 year
US$’000
1 to 2 years
US$’000
2 to 5 years
US$’000
Over 5 years
US$’000
–
–
–
429,070
–
–
429,070
27,100
58,813
37
–
66,228
–
65,959
58,813
37
–
5,653
80,000
52,210
176,439
–
–
–
–
217,649
1,017,266
–
–
–
–
152,178
210,462
228,649
1,234,915
2,255,274
Total
US$’000
362,918
1,311,331
74
429,070
71,881
80,000
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Notes to the Group Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2015
26. Risk management and financial instruments continued
The following tables detail the Group’s expected maturity of payables and receivables for its derivative financial instruments. The amounts
in these tables are different from the balance sheet as the table is prepared on a contractual undiscounted cash flow basis.
Year ended 31 December 2015
Commodity derivative contracts
Foreign exchange forward contracts
Foreign exchange forward contracts
Interest rate swaps
Year ended 31 December 2014
Commodity derivative contracts
Commodity derivative contracts
Foreign exchange forward contracts
Foreign exchange forward contracts
On demand
US$’000
–
–
–
–
–
On demand
US$’000
–
–
–
–
–
Less than 3
months
US$’000
38,819
163,651
(163,651)
(32)
203,306
545,195
(546,241)
(82)
38,787
202,178
3 to 12 months
US$’000
1 to 2 years
US$’000
>2 years
US$’000
Total
US$’000
–
–
–
(77)
(77)
–
–
–
(34)
(34)
242,125
708,846
(709,892)
(225)
240,854
Less than 3
months
US$’000
24,374
–
78,313
(78,893)
23,794
3 to 12 months
US$’000
1 to 2 years
US$’000
>2 years
US$’000
24,052
(6,130)
48,514
(56,296)
10,140
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Total
US$’000
48,426
(6,130)
126,827
(135,189)
33,934
Capital management
The capital structure of the Group consists of debt, which includes the borrowings disclosed in note 19, cash and cash equivalents and
equity attributable to the equity holders of the parent, comprising issued capital, reserves and retained earnings as in the Group Statement
of Changes in Equity on page 92.
The primary objective of the Group’s capital management is to optimise the return on investment, by managing its capital structure to
achieve capital efficiency whilst also maintaining flexibility. The Group regularly monitors the capital requirements of the business over the
short, medium and long term, in order to enable it to foresee when additional capital will be required. Note 19 to the financial statements
provides further details of the Group’s financing activity.
The Group has approval from the Board to hedge foreign exchange risk on up to 70% of the non-US Dollar portion of the Group’s annual
capital budget and operating expenditure. For specific contracted capex projects, up to 100% can be hedged. In addition, there is approval
from the Board to hedge up to 75% of annual production in year 1, 60% in year 2 and 50% in year 3. This is designed to minimise the risk of
adverse movements in exchange rates and prices eroding the return on the Group’s projects and operations.
The Board regularly reassesses the existing dividend policy to ensure that shareholder value is maximised. Any future payment of dividends
is expected to depend on the earnings and financial condition of the Company and such other factors as the Board considers appropriate.
The Group monitors capital using the gearing ratio and return on shareholders’ equity as follows:
Loans, borrowings and bond(i) (A)
Cash and short term deposits
Net debt/(cash) (B)
Equity attributable to EnQuest PLC shareholders (C)
Loss for the year attributable to EnQuest PLC shareholders (D)
Profit for the year attributable to EnQuest PLC shareholders excluding exceptionals (E)
Gross gearing ratio (A/C)
Net gearing ratio (B/C)
Shareholders’ return on investment (D/C)
Shareholders’ return on investment excluding exceptionals (E/C)
(i) Principal amounts drawn, excludes netting off of fees.
2015
US$’000
2014
US$’000
1,816,965
(269,049)
1,143,825
(176,791)
1,547,916
967,034
667,199
(759,484)
127,817
2.723
2.320
(114%)
19%
1,346,170
(176,409)
137,409
0.850
0.718
(13%)
10%
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27. Post balance sheet events
On 22 February 2016, EnQuest announced the acquisition of an additional 10.5% interest in the Kraken development for nominal
consideration from First Oil PLC. This brings EnQuest’s total interest to 70.5%.
28. Subsidiaries
At 31 December 2015, EnQuest PLC had investments in the following subsidiaries:
Name of company
Principal activity
Proportion of
nominal value
of issued shares
controlled by
the Group
Country of
incorporation
EnQuest Britain Limited
Intermediate holding company and provision of Group
England
EnQuest Heather Limited (i)
EnQuest Thistle Limited (i)
Stratic UK (Holdings) Limited (i)
Grove Energy Limited
EnQuest ENS Limited (i)
EnQuest UKCS Limited (i)
EnQuest Norge AS (i)
EnQuest Heather Leasing Limited (i)
EQ Petroleum (Sabah) Limited (i)
EnQuest Dons Leasing Limited (i)
EnQuest Energy Limited (i)
EnQuest Production Limited (i)
EnQuest Global Limited
EnQuest NWO Limited (i)
EQ Petroleum Production Malaysia Limited (i)
NSIP (GKA) Limited
EnQuest Global Services Limited (i)
manpower and contracting/procurement services
Exploration, extraction and production of hydrocarbons
Extraction and production of hydrocarbons
Intermediate holding company
Intermediate holding company
Exploration, extraction and production of hydrocarbons
Exploration, extraction and production of hydrocarbons
Exploration, extraction and production of hydrocarbons
Leasing
Exploration, extraction and production of hydrocarbons
Dormant
Exploration, extraction and production of hydrocarbons
Exploration, extraction and production of hydrocarbons
Intermediate holding company
Exploration, extraction and production of hydrocarbons
Exploration, extraction and production of hydrocarbons
Construction, ownership and operation of an oil pipeline
Provision of Group manpower and contracting/procurement
services for the International business
EnQuest Marketing and Trading Limited
NorthWestOctober Limited (i)
EnQuest UK Limited (i)
EnQuest ED Limited (i)
EQ Petroleum Developments Malaysia SDN.
Marketing and trading of crude oil
Dormant
Dormant
Dormant
Exploration, extraction and production of hydrocarbons
England
England
England
Canada
England
England
Norway
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
England
Scotland
Jersey
England
England
England
England
Malaysia
BHD (i)
(i) Held by subsidiary undertaking.
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
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Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities for the
Parent Company Financial Statements
The Directors are responsible for preparing the Directors’ Report
and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law
and regulations.
Company law requires the Directors to prepare financial statements
for each financial year. Under that law the Directors have elected to
prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom
Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom
Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under Company law the
Directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are
satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of
the Company and of the profit or loss of the Company for that period.
In preparing the financial statements the Directors are required to:
o select suitable accounting policies and then apply them
consistently;
o make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and
The Directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting
records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company’s
transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the
financial position of the Company and enable them to ensure that
the Company financial statements comply with the Companies Act
2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the
Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention
and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
prudent;
o state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been
followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and
explained in the financial statements; and
o prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis
unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will
continue in business.
FinancialsEnQuest PLC Annual Report & Accounts 2015 Company Balance Sheet
At 31 December 2015
Fixed assets
Investments
Current assets
Debtors
– due within one year
– due after one year
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due after one year
Net assets
Share capital and reserves
Called up share capital
Share premium account
Merger reserve
Other reserve
Share-based payment reserve
Profit and loss account
3
3
1
Note
2015
US$’000
2014
US$’000
1 January 2014
US$’000
3
5
5
4
7
8
9
987,872
1,357,629
1,348,518
3,377
894,820
283
898,480
13,355
706,390
1,468
721,213
224,681
–
668
225,349
(223,915)
(20,216)
(118,859)
674,565
700,997
106,490
1,662,437
2,058,626
1,455,008
(870,281)
(882,561)
(254,500)
792,156
1,176,065
1,200,508
61,249
52,184
905,890
40,143
(11,995)
(255,315)
61,249
52,184
905,890
40,143
(17,696)
134,295
61,249
52,184
905,890
40,143
(10,280)
151,322
792,156
1,176,065
1,200,508
The attached notes 1 to 15 form part of these Company financial statements.
The financial statements on pages 133 to 145 were approved by the Board of Directors on 16 March 2016 and signed on its behalf by:
Jonathan Swinney
Chief Financial Officer
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Company Statement of Changes in Equity
At 31 December 2015
At 1 January 2014
Loss for the year
Total comprehensive income for the year
Share-based payment charge
Shares purchased on behalf of Employee
Benefit Trust
Share
capital
US$’000
61,249
–
–
–
–
Share
premium
account
US$’000
Merger reserve
US$’000
Other reserve
US$’000
Share-based
payments
reserve
US$’000
Profit
and loss
account
US$’000
Total
US$’000
52,184
905,890
40,143
(10,280)
151,322
1,200,508
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
(17,027)
(17,027)
8,468
(15,884)
–
–
(17,027)
(17,027)
8,468
(15,884)
At 31 December 2014
61,249
52,184
905,890
40,143
(17,696)
134,295
1,176,065
Loss for the year
Total comprehensive income for the year
Share-based payment charge
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
(389,610)
(389,610)
–
5,701
(389,610)
–
(389,610)
5,701
At 31 December 2015
61,249
52,184
905,890
40,143
(11,995)
(255,315)
792,156
FinancialsEnQuest PLC Annual Report & Accounts 2015 Company Statement of Cash Flows
For the year ended 31 December 2015
CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Loss before tax
Impairment of available-for-sale investments
Impairment of investment in subsidiaries
Fair value movement in financial asset
Unrealised exchange losses
Net finance costs
Operating profit before working capital changes
Increase in amounts due by group companies
Increase in trade and other receivables
Decrease in trade and other payables
Net cash flows from operating activities
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from bond issue
Interest paid
Other finance costs paid
Net cash flows from financing activities
NET (DECREASE)/INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT 31 DECEMBER
5
3
1
Notes
2015
US$’000
2014
US$’000
2
3
3
(388,219)
566
374,892
(250)
11,045
(131)
(2,097)
61,250
30
27
(18,470)
448
–
–
13,337
6,140
1,455
(605,035)
–
(171)
59,210
(603,751)
–
(58,625)
(1,770)
650,000
(37,802)
(7,647)
(60,395)
604,551
(1,185)
1,468
283
800
668
1,468
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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 December 2015
1. Corporate information
The Company financial statements of EnQuest PLC (the ‘Company’)
for the year ended 31 December 2015 were authorised for issue in
accordance with a resolution of the Directors on 16 March 2016.
Annual Improvements 2012-2014 Cycle
These improvements are effective for annual periods beginning on
or after 1 January 2016 and are not expected to have any impact
on the Company. They include:
EnQuest PLC (‘EnQuest’ or the ‘Company’) is a limited liability
Company registered in England and is the holding Company for the
Group of EnQuest subsidiaries (together the ‘Group’).
2. Summary of significant accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The separate financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 101 Reduced
Disclosure Framework (FRS 101). These financial statements are
prepared under the historical cost basis and in accordance with the
Companies Act 2006. The functional and presentation currency of
the separate financial statements is United States Dollars and all
values in the separate financial statements are rounded to the
nearest thousand (US$’000) except where otherwise stated.
The Company has transitioned to FRS 101 from previously extant UK
Generally Accepted Accounting Practice for all periods presented.
Transition tables showing all material adjustments are disclosed in
note 15.
No profit and loss account is presented by the Company as
permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006. The parent
Company’s accounts present information about it as an individual
undertaking and not about its Group. EnQuest reported a loss for
the financial year ended 31 December 2015 of US$389,610,000
(2014: loss US$17,027,000). There were no other recognised gains
or losses in the period (2014: nil).
Going concern concept
The Directors’ assessment of going concern concludes that the
use of the going concern basis is appropriate and that there are
no material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt about the
ability of the Company to continue as a going concern. See page
44 in the Financial Review for further details.
The accounting policies which follow set out those policies which
apply in preparing financial statements for the year ended
31 December 2015.
New standards and interpretations
There were no new and revised IFRS’s and interpretations which
have impacted on the Company’s financial statements nor
accounting policies.
Standards issued but not yet effective
Standards issued and relevant to the Company, but not yet effective
up to the date of issuance of the Company’s financial statements,
are listed below. This listing is of standards and interpretations
issued, which the Company reasonably expects to be applicable at
a future date. The Company intends to adopt these standards when
they become effective. The Directors do not anticipate that the
adoption of these standards will have a material impact on the
Company’s accounts in the period of initial application.
Amendments to IAS 1 Disclosure Initiative
The amendments to IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements
clarify, rather than significantly change, existing IAS 1 requirements.
The amendments clarify:
o the materiality requirements in IAS 1;
o that specific line items in the statement(s) of profit or loss and
OCI and the statements of financial position may be
disaggregated;
o that entities have flexibility as to the order in which they present
the notes to the financial statements; and
o that the share of OCI of associates and joint ventures accounted
for using the equity method must be presented in aggregate as a
single line item, and classified between those items that will or
will not be subsequently reclassified to profit or loss.
Furthermore, the amendments clarify the requirements that apply
when additional subtotals are presented in the statement of financial
position and the statements of profit or loss and OCI. These
amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on or after
1 January 2016, with early adoption permitted.
Critical accounting estimates and judgements
The management of the Group has to make estimates and
judgements when preparing the financial statements of the Group.
Uncertainties in the estimates and judgements could have an impact
on the carrying amount of assets and liabilities and the Group’s
result. The most important estimates and judgements in relation
thereto are:
Going concern
The going concern assumption is highly sensitive to economic
conditions. The Company closely monitors and manages its
funding position and liquidity risk throughout the year including
monitoring forecast covenant results to ensure it has access to
sufficient funds to meet forecast cash requirements. Cash forecasts
are regularly produced and sensitivities considered for, but not
limited to, changes in crude oil prices (adjusted for hedging
undertaken by the Group), production rates and development
project timing and costs. These forecasts and sensitivity analyses
allow management to mitigate any liquidity or covenant compliance
risks in a timely manner.
Impairment of investments in subsidiaries
Determination of whether investments have suffered any
impairment requires an estimation of the assets recoverable
value. The recoverable value is based on the discounted cashflows
expected to arise from the subsidiaries oil and gas assets, using
asset-by-asset life of field projections as part of the Group’s
assessment for the impairment of the oil and gas assets.
See Group critical accounting estimates and judgements.
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Taxation
The tax provision is prepared before the tax return is filed with
the tax authority and, significantly, before these have been agreed.
As a result, the tax provision process necessarily involves the use of
a number of estimates and judgements including those required in
calculating the effective tax rate.
The Company recognises deferred tax assets on unused tax losses
where it is probable that future taxable profits will be available for
utilisation. This requires management to make judgements and
assumptions regarding the amount of deferred tax that can be
recognised, as well as the likelihood of future taxable profits.
Foreign currencies
Transactions in currencies other than the Company’s functional
currency are recorded at the prevailing rate of exchange on the date
of the transaction. At the year end, monetary assets and liabilities
denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates of
exchange prevailing at the balance sheet date. Non-monetary assets
and liabilities that are measured at historical cost in a foreign currency
are translated using the rate of exchange as at the dates of the initial
transactions. Non-monetary assets and liabilities measured at fair
value in a foreign currency are translated using the rate of exchange
at the date the fair value was determined. All foreign exchange gains
and losses are taken to the Statement of Comprehensive Income.
Financial assets designated upon initial recognition at FVTPL are
designated at their initial recognition date and only if the criteria
under IAS 39 are satisfied.
Held-to-maturity investments
Non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments
and fixed maturity are classified as held-to-maturity when the Group
has the positive intention and ability to hold them to maturity. After
initial measurement, held-to-maturity investments are measured at
amortised cost using the effective interest method (EIR), less
impairment. Amortised cost is calculated by taking into account
any discount or premium on acquisition and fees or costs that are an
integral part of the EIR. The EIR amortisation and losses arising from
impairment are included in the profit or loss.
Available-for-sale financial investments
Listed and unlisted shares held by the Group that are traded in an
active market are classified as being available-for-sale and are stated
at fair value. Gains and losses arising from changes in fair value are
recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated in the
available-for-sale reserve with the exception of impairment losses
which are recognised directly in profit or loss. Where the investment
is disposed of or is determined to be impaired, the cumulative gain or
loss previously recognised in the available-for-sale reserve is
reclassified to profit or loss.
Classification and recognition of assets and liabilities
Current assets and current liabilities consist of amounts that are
expected to be recovered or paid within twelve months after the
balance sheet date and also include receivables where amounts are
expected to be recovered more than twelve months after the
balance sheet date. Non-current liabilities including provisions
consist, for the most part, solely of amounts that are expected to
be paid more than twelve months after the balance sheet date.
Loans and receivables
These include trade receivables, loans and other receivables
that have fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in
an active market and are measured at amortised cost using the
effective interest method, less any impairment. Interest income
is recognised by applying the effective interest rate, except for
short term receivables when the recognition of interest would
be immaterial.
Financial assets
Financial assets are classified, at initial recognition, as financial assets
at fair value through profit or loss, loans and receivables, held-to-
maturity investments, available-for-sale financial investments, or as
derivatives designated as hedging instruments in an effective hedge,
as appropriate. All financial assets are recognised initially at fair value
plus transaction costs, except in the case of financial assets recorded
at fair value through profit or loss.
Investments
Investments in subsidiaries are accounted for at cost less any
provision for impairment.
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents includes cash at bank, cash in hand,
outstanding bank overdrafts and highly liquid interest bearing
securities with original maturities of three months or less.
Subsequent measurement of financial assets depends on their
classification as described below:
o financial assets at fair value through profit or loss
o loans and receivables
o held-to-maturity investments
o available-for-sale financial assets
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL)
Financial assets are classified as at FVTPL when the financial asset
is either held for trading or designated as at FVTPL.
Financial assets at FVTPL are stated at fair value, with any gains or
losses arising on remeasurement recognised immediately in the
income statement.
Deferred tax
Current tax assets and liabilities are measured at the amount
expected to be recovered from or paid to the taxation authorities,
based on tax rates and laws that are enacted or substantively
enacted by the balance sheet date.
Deferred tax is provided in full on temporary differences arising
between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying
amounts in the Company financial statements. Deferred tax is
measured on an undiscounted basis using tax rates (and laws) that
have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet
date and are expected to apply when the related deferred tax asset
is realised or the deferred tax liability is settled. Deferred tax assets
are recognised to the extent that it is probable that future taxable
profits will be available against which the temporary differences
can be utilised.
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Notes to the Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2015
2. Summary of significant accounting policies continued
Deferred tax liabilities are recognised for taxable temporary
differences arising on investments in subsidiaries and interests
in joint ventures, except where the Group is able to control the
reversal of the temporary difference and it is probable that the
temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future.
The carrying amount of deferred income tax assets is reviewed at
each balance sheet date. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities
are offset, only if a legal right exists to offset current tax assets
against current tax liabilities, the deferred income taxes relate
to the same taxation authority and that authority permits the
Company to make a single net payment.
Share-based payment transactions
Employees (including Directors) of the Group receive remuneration in
the form of share-based payment transactions, whereby employees
render services in exchange for shares or rights over shares (equity-
settled transactions) of EnQuest.
Equity-settled transactions
The cost of equity-settled transactions with employees is measured
by reference to the fair value at the date on which they are granted.
In valuing equity-settled transactions, no account is taken of any
service or performance conditions, other than conditions linked to
the price of the shares of EnQuest (market conditions) or ‘non-
vesting’ conditions, if applicable.
Trade and other payables
Liabilities are recognised for amounts to be paid in the future for
goods or services received, whether billed by the supplier or not.
Interest-bearing loans and borrowings
Interest-bearing loans and borrowings are recognised initially at
fair value, net of transaction costs incurred. Transaction costs are
amortised over the life of the facility.
Borrowing costs are stated at amortised cost using the effective
interest method.
The effective interest method is a method of calculating the
amortised cost of a financial liability and of allocating interest
expense over the relevant period. The effective interest rate is the
rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash payments through
the expected life of the financial liability, or a shorter period to the
net carrying amount of the financial liability where appropriate.
Bonds
Bonds are measured on an amortised cost basis.
Employee Benefit Trust
EnQuest shares held by the Group are deducted from the share-
based payments reserve and are recognised at cost. Consideration
received for the sale of such shares is also recognised in equity, with
any difference between the proceeds from the sale and the original
cost being taken to reserves. No gain or loss is recognised in the
profit and loss account on the purchase, sale, issue or cancellation
of equity shares.
The cost of equity-settled transactions is recognised over the
period in which the relevant employees become fully entitled to the
award (the vesting period). The cumulative expense recognised for
equity-settled transactions at each reporting date until the vesting
date reflects the extent to which the vesting period has expired and
the Group’s best estimate of the number of equity instruments that
will ultimately vest. The profit and loss account charge or credit for a
period represents the movement in cumulative expense recognised
as at the beginning and end of that period.
No expense is recognised for awards that do not ultimately vest,
except for awards where vesting is conditional upon market or
non-vesting conditions, which are treated as vesting irrespective
of whether or not the market or non-vesting condition is satisfied,
provided that all other performance conditions are satisfied. Equity
awards cancelled are treated as vesting immediately on the date of
cancellation, and any expense not recognised for the award at that
date is recognised in the profit and loss account.
The Company operates a number of share award schemes on behalf
of the employees of the Group which are described in detail within
note 18 of the Group financial statements.
The reserve for the share-based payments is used to record
the value of equity-settled share-based payments awarded to
employees and transfers out of this reserve are made upon
vesting of the original share awards.
FinancialsEnQuest PLC Annual Report & Accounts 2015 3. Investments
Cost
At 1 January 2014
Additions
Transfers
Write-off
At 31 December 2014
Additions
At 31 December 2015
Provision for impairment
At 1 January 2014
Write-off of investment previously impaired
Impairment charge for the year
At 31 December 2014
Impairment charge for the year
At 31 December 2015
Net book value
At 31 December 2015
At 31 December 2014
At 31 December 2013
9
3
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Subsidiary
undertakings
US$’000
Available-for-
sale investments
US$’000
1,524,369
8,914
(343)
(176,000)
1,356,940
5,701
808
–
989
–
1,797
–
Total
US$’000
1,525,177
8,914
646
(176,000)
1,358,737
5,701
1,362,641
1,797
1,364,438
176,000
(176,000)
–
–
374,892
374,892
987,749
1,356,940
1,348,369
659
–
449
1,108
566
1,674
176,659
(176,000)
449
1,108
375,458
376,566
123
987,872
689
149
1,357,629
1,348,518
During the year ended 31 December 2015, an impairment of the investment in the Company’s subsidiaries of US$374,892,000 has been
recognised due to the continuing fall in the oil price during the year and the impact on the carrying value of the subsidiaries.
During the year ended 31 December 2014, the Company’s subsidiary EnQuest North Sea BV transferred its holding of shares in Ascent
Resources plc at net book value. These are included within ‘other listed investments’. The Company also acquired subsidiary undertaking
NSIP (GKA) Limited, owner and operator of the Kittiwake to Forties oil export pipeline, as part of the Company’s acquisition of Greater
Kittiwake Area assets from Centrica. On 16 December 2014, the Company transferred its investment in subsidiary EnQuest Norge AS to
EnQuest Global Limited, another subsidiary entity.
During 2014, EnQuest North Sea BV was dissolved and therefore the investment previously impaired was written off.
Details of the Company’s subsidiaries at 31 December 2015 are provided in note 28 of the Group financial statements.
The interest in other listed investments at the end of the year is part of the Group’s 5.11% investment in the ordinary share capital of Ascent
Resources plc, which is incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales. Refer to note 4 of the Group financial statements
for more detail on the impairment.
4. Cash at bank and in hand
Cash at bank and in hand
2015
US$’000
283
2014
US$’000
1,468
Cash at bank earns interest at floating rates based on daily bank deposit rates.
The carrying value of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents as stated above is considered to be a reasonable approximation to their
fair value.
5. Debtors
Due within one year
Amounts due from subsidiaries
Prepayments
Other financial assets
2015
US$’000
3,097
30
250
3,377
2014
US$’000
13,355
–
–
13,355
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Notes to the Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2015
5. Debtors continued
Due after one year
Amounts due from subsidiaries
2015
US$’000
2014
US$’000
894,820
706,390
During the year, contingent consideration receivable on the disposal of the Slovenian Petisovci asset to Ascent in 2011 was converted into a
convertible loan note. The fair value of the convertible loan note at 31 December 2015, is US$250,000 (2014: nil). The loan note is due to
mature in November 2016.
6. Deferred tax
The Company has unused UK mainstream corporation tax losses of US$36,065,000 (2014: US$16,623,000) for which no deferred tax asset
has been recognised at the balance sheet date due to the uncertainty of recovery of these losses.
7. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Bond interest
Amounts due to subsidiaries
Accruals
8. Creditors: amounts falling due after one year
Bonds
2015
US$’000
12,319
211,026
570
223,915
2014
US$’000
12,689
6,931
596
20,216
2015
US$’000
2014
US$’000
870,281
882,561
At 31 December 2015, the Company held a US$650,000,000 high yield bond which matures in 2022 and pays a coupon of 7% bi-annually
in April and October. In addition, the Company also held a 5.5% Sterling Retail Bond of £155,245,000. The bond pays a coupon of 5.5%
payable bi-annually in February and August and matures in 2022.
9. Called up share capital
Allotted, called up and fully paid 802,660,757 (2014: 802,660,757) Ordinary shares of £0.05 each
2015
US$’000
61,249
2014
US$’000
61,249
The share capital comprises only one class of Ordinary share. Each Ordinary share carries an equal voting right and right to a dividend.
There were no new issues of shares during 2015 or 2014.
At 31 December 2015 there were 26,702,378 shares held by the Employee Benefit Trust (2014: 29,691,691). The decrease is due to the use of
shares to satisfy awards made under the Company’s share-based incentive schemes.
10. Reserves
Share premium
The excess contribution over the nominal value on the issuance of shares is accounted for as share premium.
Merger reserve
The Company merger reserve is used to record the difference between the market value of EnQuest shares issued to effect the business
combinations less the nominal value of the shares issued where merger relief applies to the transaction. The reserve is adjusted for any
write down in the value of the investment in the subsidiary.
Other reserve
The other reserve is used to record any other transactions taken straight to reserves as non-distributable.
Share-based payments reserve
The reserve for share-based payments is used to record the value of equity-settled share-based payments awards to employees and the balance
of the shares held by the Company’s Employee Benefit Trust. Transfers out of this reserve are made upon vesting of the original share awards.
Share-based payment plan information is disclosed in note 18 of the Group financial statements.
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11. Related party transactions
Related parties comprise associated companies, directors and key management personnel of the Company and companies of which they are
principal owners. All purchases from related parties are made at normal market prices and the pricing policies and terms of these transactions
are approved by the Company’s management.
Details of significant related party transactions entered into during the year are as follows:
EnQuest Heather Limited – management recharge
EnQuest ENS Limited – management recharge
EnQuest Global Limited – management recharge
EnQuest Production Limited – management recharge
EnQuest NWO Limited – management recharge
EnQuest Petroleum (Sabah) Limited – management recharge
EnQuest Petroleum Production Malaysia Limited – management recharge
EnQuest Global Limited – transfer of shares in subsidiary
EnQuest North Sea BV – transfer shares in investment
EnQuest Heather Limited – overheads recharged
EnQuest Heather Limited – funding
EnQuest Britain Limited – acquisition of subsidiary
EnQuest Britain Limited – overheads recharged
EnQuest Britain Limited – intercompany interest received
EnQuest Britain Limited – intercompany interest paid
EnQuest Britain Limited – funding
Balances with related parties included in the statement of financial position are as follows:
2015
US$’000
2,660
300
626
59
–
10
–
–
–
545
(13,056)
–
(7,659)
60,499
–
(19,452)
2014
US$’000
3,060
111
–
–
87
14
198
343
(989)
–
–
(446)
(4,659)
47,207
(7,147)
560,450
EnQuest ENS Limited
EnQuest Marketing and Trading Limited
EnQuest Britain Limited
EnQuest Heather Limited
EnQuest Global Limited
EnQuest Petroleum Production Malaysia Limited
EnQuest Petroleum (Sabah) Limited
EnQuest NWO Limited
EnQuest Norge A/S
EnQuest Petroleum Development Malaysia SDN BH
EnQuest Production Limited
Group relief
2015
2014
Amounts due
to subsidiaries
US$’000
Amounts
due from
subsidiaries
US$’000
Amounts due
to subsidiaries
US$’000
Amounts
due from
subsidiaries
US$’000
–
–
–
(6,134)
–
–
(1,430)
–
(3)
–
(5,476)
–
412
340
694,785
–
850
169
–
21
–
451
–
2,906
(13,043)
699,934
–
–
–
–
–
–
(1,440)
(5,492)
–
–
–
–
(6,932)
111
337
707,217
6,377
263
198
–
–
–
–
–
5,244
719,747
Compensation of key management personnel
The key management personnel in the Group are also key management of the ultimate holding company and fellow subsidiaries. Details of
Directors’ remuneration are provided in the Directors’ Remuneration Report and details of key management personnel compensation are
disclosed in note 25 to the Group consolidated accounts.
The Directors do not believe that it is practicable to apportion this amount between their services as key management of the Group and
their services as key management of the ultimate holding company and fellow subsidiaries.
12. Risk management and financial instruments
Risk management objectives and policies
The Company’s activities expose it to various financial risks associated with fluctuations in foreign currency risk, credit risk and liquidity risk.
Management reviews and agrees policies for managing each of these risks at a Group level and these are summarised below.
Foreign currency risk
The Company has transactional currency exposures. Such exposure arises from sales or purchases in currencies other than the Company’s
functional currency. The Company manages this risk by converting US$ receipts at spot rates periodically and as required for payments in
other currencies. Approximately 100% (2014: 100%) of costs are denominated in currencies other than the functional currency.
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Notes to the Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2015
12. Risk management and financial instruments continued
The following table summarises the impact on the Company’s pre-tax profit and equity (due to change in the fair value of monetary assets
and liabilities) of a reasonably possible change in United States dollar exchange rates with respect to different currencies:
31 December 2015
31 December 2014
Pre-tax profit/loss
Equity
+10%
US dollar
rate increase
US$’000
-10%
US dollar
rate decrease
US$’000
+10%
US dollar
rate increase
US$’000
-10%
US dollar
rate decrease
US$’000
(21,827)
(22,789)
21,827
22,789
(21,827)
(22,789)
21,827
22,789
Liquidity risk
The Company’s objective is to maintain a balance between continuity of funding and flexibility through the use of funding from related
parties to reduce its exposure to liquidity risk. The Company monitors its risk to a shortage of funds by reviewing its cash flow requirements
on a regular basis relative to its liquid balances with related parties.
The maturity profiles of the Company’s financial liabilities at 31 December 2015 are as follows:
Year ended 31 December 2015
Bonds
Amounts due from subsidiaries
Trade payables and accrued expenses
Year ended 31 December 2014
Bonds
Amounts due from subsidiaries
Trade payables and accrued expenses
On demand
$’000
Up to 1 year
$’000
1 to 2 years
$’000
2 to 5 years
$’000
Over 5 years
$’000
Total
$’000
–
211,026
570
58,140
–
–
58,140
–
–
174,419
–
–
955,223
–
–
1,245,922
211,026
570
211,596
58,140
58,140
174,419
955,223
1,457,518
On demand
$’000
Up to 1 year
$’000
1 to 2 years
$’000
2 to 5 years
$’000
Over 5 years
$’000
–
6,931
597
7,528
58,813
–
–
58,813
58,813
–
–
58,813
176,439
–
–
1,017,266
–
–
176,439
1,017,266
1,318,859
Total
$’000
1,311,331
6,931
597
Capital management
The capital structure of the Company consists of debt, which includes the borrowings disclosed in note 19, cash and cash equivalents and
equity attributable to the equity holders of the Company, comprising issued capital, reserves and retained earnings as in the Company
Statement of Changes in Equity on page 134.
The primary objective of the Company’s capital management is to optimise the return on investment, by managing its capital structure to
achieve capital efficiency whilst also maintaining flexibility for future acquisitions. The Company regularly monitors the capital requirements
of the business over the short, medium and long term, in order to enable it to foresee when additional capital will be required. Note 26 to
the financial statements provides further details of the Company’s financing activity.
The Board regularly reassesses the existing dividend policy to ensure that shareholder value is maximised. Any future payment of dividends
is expected to depend on the earnings and financial condition of the Company and such other factors as the Board considers appropriate.
The Group monitors capital using the gearing ratio and return on shareholders’ equity as follows:
Bond net (A)(i)
Cash and short term deposits
Net debt/(cash) (B)
Equity attributable to EnQuest PLC shareholders (C)
Loss for the year attributable to EnQuest PLC shareholders (D)
Gross gearing ratio (A/C)
Net gearing ratio (B/C)
Shareholders’ return on investment (D/C)
(i) Principal amounts drawn, excludes netting off of fees
2015
US$’000
879,688
(283)
2014
US$’000
882,561
(1,468)
879,405
881,093
792,156
(389,611)
1.11
1.11
(49.2%)
1,176,065
(16,578)
0.75
0.75
(1.4%)
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13. Auditor’s remuneration
The Company paid US$15,000 (2014: US$10,400) to its auditor in respect of the audit of the financial statements of the Company.
Fees paid to the Group’s auditor and its associates for non-audit services are not disclosed in the individual accounts of the Company
because Group financial statements are prepared which are required to disclose such fees on a consolidated basis.
14. Post balance sheet events
Refer to note 27 of the Group financial statements.
15. Transition to FRS 101
For all periods up to and including year ended 31 December 2014, the Company prepared its financial statements in accordance with
previously extant United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (UK GAAP). These financial statements, for the year ended
31 December 2015, are the first the Company has prepared in accordance with FRS 101.
Accordingly, the Company has prepared individual financial statements which comply with FRS 101 applicable for years beginning on or
after 1 January 2014 and the significant accounting policies meeting these requirements are described in the relevant notes.
In preparing these financial statements, the Company has started from an opening balance sheet as at 1 January 2014, the Company’s date of
transition to FRS 101, and made those changes in accounting policies and other restatements required for the first time adoption of FRS 101.
As such, this note explains the principal adjustments made by the Company in restating its balance sheet as at 1 January 2014 prepared under
previously extant UK GAAP and its previously published UK GAAP financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2014.
On transition to FRS 101, the Company has applied the requirements of paragraphs 6-33 of IFRS 1 ‘First time adoption of International
Financial Reporting Standards’.
Reconciliation of equity as at 1 January 2014
Fixed assets
Investments
Current assets
Debtors
– due within one year
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due after one year
Net assets
Share capital and reserves
Called up share capital
Share premium account
Merger reserve
Other reserve
Share-based payment reserve
Profit and loss account
Note
UK GAAP
US$’000
FRS 101
reclassifications/
re measurements
US$’000
FRS 101
US$’000
1
1,349,177
(659)
1,348,518
224,681
668
225,349
(118,859)
106,490
1,455,667
(254,500)
1,201,167
61,249
52,184
905,890
40,143
(10,280)
151,981
1,201,167
–
–
–
–
–
(659)
–
(659)
–
–
–
–
–
(659)
(659)
224,681
668
225,349
(118,859)
106,490
1,455,008
(254,500)
1,200,508
61,249
52,184
905,890
40,143
(10,280)
151,322
1,200,508
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Notes to the Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2015
15. Transition to FRS 101 continued
Reconciliation of equity as at 31 December 2014
Fixed assets
Investments
Current assets
Debtors
– due within one year
– due after one year
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due after one year
Net assets
Share capital and reserves
Called up share capital
Share premium account
Merger reserve
Other reserve
Share-based payment reserve
Profit and loss account
(1) Valuation of financial assets
Note
UK GAAP
US$’000
FRS 101
reclassifications/
re measurements
US$’000
FRS 101
US$’000
1
1,358,737
(1,108)
1,357,629
13,355
706,390
1,468
721,213
(20,216)
700,997
2,059,734
(882,561)
–
–
–
–
–
–
(1,108)
–
13,355
706,390
1,468
721,213
(20,216)
700,997
2,058,626
(882,561)
1,177,173
(1,108)
1,176,065
61,249
52,184
905,890
40,143
(17,696)
135,403
–
–
–
–
–
(1,108)
61,249
52,184
905,890
40,143
(17,696)
134,295
1,177,173
(1,108)
1,176,065
Previously under UK GAAP, investments are held at cost less provisions for any permanent diminution in value. Under IFRS, investments are
initially recognised at cost and subsequently are usually measured at their fair value at the balance sheet date unless held to maturity. Part
of the Company’s investments consist of listed investments which have been designated as ‘available-for-sale’ investments and accordingly
are included in the balance sheet at market value with any impairment losses taken to the income statement. The impact has been to
decrease the balance sheet carrying value of available-for-sale investments at 1 January 2014 by US$659,000 and at 31 December 2014
by US$1,108,000.
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Registered Office
Cunard House
5th Floor
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London
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Corporate Brokers
J.P. Morgan Cazenove
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London
EC2V 7RF
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2 King Edward Street
London
EC1A 1HQ
Auditor
Ernst & Young LLP
1 More London Place
London
SE1 2AF
Legal Adviser to the Company
Ashurst LLP
Broadwalk House
5 Appold Street
London
EC2A 2HA
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Tulchan Communications LLP
85 Fleet Street
London
EC4Y 1AE
EnQuest PLC shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange
and on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, in both cases using the
code ‘ENQ’.
Registrar
Capita Asset Services
The Registry
34 Beckenham Road
Beckenham
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Sweden
Financial Calendar
1 June 2016: 2016 Annual General Meeting
6 September 2016: 2016 Half Year Results (subject to change)
Glossary
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Forward looking statements:
This report may contain certain forward looking statements with respect to
EnQuest’s expectations and plans, strategy, management’s objectives, future
performance, production, costs, revenues, reserves and other trend information.
These statements and forecasts involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to
events and depend upon circumstances that may occur in the future. There are a
number of factors which could cause actual results or developments to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by these forward looking statements and
forecasts. The statements have been made with reference to forecast price changes,
economic conditions and the current regulatory environment. Nothing in this report
should be construed as a profit forecast. Past share performance cannot be relied on
as a guide to future performance.
No representation or warranty, express or implied, is or will be made in relation to
the accuracy or completeness of the information in this report and no responsibility
or liability is or will be accepted by EnQuest PLC or any of its respective subsidiaries,
affiliates and associated companies (or by any of their respective officers, employees
or agents) in relation to it.
EnQuest PLC Annual Report & Accounts 2015
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