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Woodside Energy — Woodside Petroleum — H1 2015 Earnings Presentation

33 slides from Woodside Energy's earnings presentation, Aug 19, 2015

  1. Slide 1: 2015 half-year results briefing

    2015 half-year results briefing Peter Coleman | Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director 19 August 2015

  2. Slide 2: Disclaimer and important notice

    Disclaimer and important notice This presentation contains forward looking statements that are subject to risk factors associated with oil and gas businesses. It is believed that the expectations reflected in these statements are reasonable as at the date of this presentation but they may be affecte

  3. Slide 3: Key achievements

    Key achievements  Delivered on our operating and investment commitments  Entered FEED for Browse, FID targeted 2H 2016, accelerated Greater Enfield  Increased 2P reserves (19.5%, 260.9 MMboe), 2C contingent resources (151%, 2,632 MMboe) by acquisition  Discovered additional 2C contingent resourc

  4. Slide 4: Financial headlines

    Financial headlines US$ million unless otherwise stated Operating revenue 2,556 Reported Net Profit after Tax 679 Reported earnings US83 cps1 Interim dividend US66 cps1 Operating cash flow 1,083 Net debt $3.8 billion Gearing 20% 1. cps – cents per share 2015 half-year results briefing 4

  5. Slide 5: Business environment – 1H 2015

    Business environment – 1H 2015 120 Brent oil price  Oil market likely to remain oversupplied through 2016  2015 world oil demand growth 1.4 mbd; double 2014 growth 100  Oil market rebalancing gradually  Spot prices for LNG to Asia have softened 80  China’s economy continues to slow; less energy

  6. Slide 6: Safety and environment

    Safety and environment Unrelenting focus on achieving top-quartile performance 5 Total Recordable Injury Rate Flare gas intensity Process Safety Events 16 TRIR2 per million hours worked 4 14 12 3 10 Events t/kt 8 2 6 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2012 2013 2014 1H 2015 2012 2013 1H 2014 1H 2015 2012 2013 2014 1

  7. Slide 7: Financial management

    Financial management Lawrie Tremaine | Chief Financial Officer

  8. Slide 8: Reported profit - 1H 2014 vs. 1H 2015

    Reported profit - 1H 2014 vs. 1H 2015 First half reported profit of $679 million down 39% on 1H 2014 1,105 910 679 287 US$ million 182 150 163 2 1H 2014 NPAT Sales revenue - Sales revenue - Net trading margin Net cost reductions PRRT Income tax 1H 2015 NPAT Price/FX/other Volume expense 2015 half-ye

  9. Slide 9: Competitive financial performance

    Competitive financial performance Peer leading earnings per barrel for 1H 2015 1H 2015 1H 2015 Earnings per barrel1 Operating cash flow per barrel1 30 20 25 15 20 10 15 5 10 US$ US$ - 5 (5) - (10) (5) (15) (10) (15) (20) (20) (100) Peers, reported as at 17 August 2015 Woodside 1. Comparison against

  10. Slide 10: Production

    Production First half production of 42.0 MMboe down 10% from 1H 2014 60 2015 guidance unchanged, 86-94 MMboe 1.8 0.6 50 46.5 2.9 2.5  Pluto turnaround ten days, 30% ahead 1.5 42.0 of schedule 40  Continued reliability improvement MMboe 30  Adverse cyclone impacts 20 11% 51% 10 0 42.0 MMboe 38% NW

  11. Slide 11: Product pricing

    Product pricing US$/boe % US$m Revenue 1H 2015 1H 2014 Variance Products impact NWS LNG 48 77 (38%) (310)  Pluto price change reflects Pluto LNG 67 70 (4%) (45) Pipeline natural gas 23 31 (26%) (27)  full half impact of price Condensate 53 108 (51%) (206) review LPG 56 108 (48%) (18)  LNG pricing

  12. Slide 12: Unit production costs

    Unit production costs Success in delivering cost reduction Gas production costs Pluto Oil production costs 250 turnaround 20.00 164 210 204 210 18.00 153 143 139 200 16.00 48 14.00 150 138 12.00 162 10.00 100 8.00 US$m 5.6 5.8 US$/boe 5.2 5.0 US$/boe 6.00 33.5 US$m 50 4.00 25.2 24.6 19.9 4.2 2.00 0

  13. Slide 13: Productivity program is delivering

    Productivity program is delivering External spend optimised Volume maximised Target: 10 to 20% reduction in external spend Target: 3 to 5% uplift in volumes from existing assets Savings 2014 2015E  Improved plant reliability and reduced turnaround times resulted in 4.6% improvement in 2014 Opex $13

  14. Slide 14: Investment expenditure

    Investment expenditure 4,000 Pluto  Well developments ~$200m, Xena development costs ~$40m and sustaining capex ~$20m 3,000 NWS US$m  Greater Western Flank and Persephone ~190 ~$100m, Karratha Life Extension ~$50m and 2,000 3,831 3,764 sustaining capex ~$30m ~990 Acquired assets  Purchase price $

  15. Slide 15: Liquidity

    Liquidity Debt maturity profile at 31 January 2015 3,500 3,000  $3.75 billion refinanced via bond and bank markets 2,500 in 2015 2,000 US$m 1,500  Continued strong debt market support 1,000  $3.2 billion in cash and undrawn facilities as at 30 500 June 2015 0 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021-25

  16. Slide 16: Dividend

    Dividend First half US66 cents per share fully franked interim dividend 111 Interim dividend (US cps) 83  Represents an 80% payout ratio 65 66 55 50 1H 2010 1H 2011 1H 2012 1H 2013 1H 2014 1H 2015 Interim dividend 2015 half-year results briefing 16

  17. Slide 17: Strategy update

    Strategy update Peter Coleman | Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director

  18. Slide 18: Browse FLNG Development

    Browse FLNG Development Browse FLNG Development entered FEED in June  FID targeted for 2H 2016  Activities are ongoing to finalise technical definition  Pursuing cost reductions  Progressing regulatory approvals Image courtesy of Shell Browse FLNG FEED signing ceremony 2014 2015 2016  Approved

  19. Slide 19: Wheatstone LNG

    Wheatstone LNG Project progressing to plan Julimar Project1 Julimar Project1: Wheatstone LNG Project2 Julimar  65% complete at 31 July Brunello fields Wheatstone WPL 65% Iago fields  Targeting ready for start up 2H 2016 WPL 0% 20% Gas supply5 80% Gas supply Wheatstone LNG Project2:  Over 65%3 com

  20. Slide 20: Kitimat LNG

    Kitimat LNG Appraising the Liard resource Key focus areas to progress the project:  Appraisal drilling of the Liard Basin  Cost competitive LNG facility  First Nations support for upstream, Pacific Trail Pipeline route, LNG plant and export route  A competitive and stable fiscal framework  Secu

  21. Slide 21: Development pipeline

    Development pipeline Development projects are progressing to plan 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 1H 2H 1H 2H 1H 2H 1H 2H 1H 2H 1H 2H 1H 2H Browse NWS GWF 1 Persephone GWF 2 Lambert Deep Pluto - Xena Greater Enfield Wheatstone Wheatstone LNG Julimar Kitimat Concept Select Concept Definition & FEE

  22. Slide 22: Global exploration

    Global exploration Exploration drilling success in 1H 2015  Discovered additional 2C Contingent resource of 68 MMboe (net) for Pluto with the Pyxis-1 exploration well  Cameroon: currently drilling Cheetah-1 well  Republic of Korea: preparations underway to drill Hongge-1 well in Q4  Myanmar: pre

  23. Slide 23: Global exploration pipeline

    Global exploration pipeline Drilling and seismic activities demonstrate strategy execution 2015 2016 Size Drilling1 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Volume2 Exmouth sub-basin Malaguti Dry hole Swell Large Beagle Basin Skippy Rocks Medium TBA Medium Cameroon Cheetah Large Myanmar Shwe Yee Htun Large Tha Lim Large K

  24. Slide 24: Priorities 2H 2015 and beyond

    Priorities 2H 2015 and beyond  Unrelenting focus on safety performance and operational excellence  Drive down Browse costs to enable FID, target 2H 2016  Deliver Julimar Project 2H 2016  Execute Browse LNG sales agreements to enable FID  Drill three high impact exploration wells in 2H 2015  Di

  25. Slide 25: Financial annexure

    Financial annexure woodside

  26. Slide 26: Operating revenue

    Operating revenue First half operating revenue of $2,556 million – down 28%, Brent oil price down 46% 5,000 114 120 111 109 108 100 Decreased revenue from: 4,000 Average Brent oil price (US$/bbl)  Price impact: $865 million Operating revenue (US$m) 3,551 80 3,000  Volume impact: $150 million 2,857

  27. Slide 27: Gross unit cash margins

    Gross unit cash margins Weighted average unit cash margins trend 1H 2015 cash margins by business area 3 9 7 8 9 9 8 8 3 7 8 12 4 28 8 6 4 58 61 60 US$/boe US$/boe 55 50 42 41 32 31 1H 2011 1H 2012 1H 2013 1H 2014 1H 2015 NWS Gas NWS Oil Aus Oil Pluto Cash margins Production costs Other costs Cash m

  28. Slide 28: Cash flow trend

    Cash flow trend 1,500 500 US$m -500 Free cash flow Before asset acquisition -1,500 Operating cash flow -2,500 -3,500 1H 2012 1H 2013 1H 2014 1H 2015 Asset acquisition 2015 half-year results briefing 28

  29. Slide 29: Capital management

    Capital management Gearing within target range of 10% - 30% following acquisition of assets Net debt and gearing 6,000 30 25 Target gearing Net debt (US$m) range 20 % gearing 3,000 15 10 5 0 0 1H 2011 1H 2012 1H 2013 1H 2014 1H 2015 Net debt Gearing 2015 half-year results briefing 29

  30. Slide 30: Segment performance

    Segment performance NWS and Pluto contribute the majority of EBITDA and are robust to low prices Business Unit performance NWS1 Pluto Aus Oil Production volume (MMboe) 21.6 15.9 4.5  NWS and Pluto margins remain substantial even in Operating revenue ($million) 935 1,185 264 a low price environment

  31. Slide 31: Consensus

    Consensus 1H 2015 profit and dividend in line with consensus Analyst Woodside consensus Variance Reported NPAT $m 679 678 1  NPAT and dividend results consistent with market expectations Final dividend US cps 66 65 1 2015 half-year results briefing 31

  32. Slide 32: Underlying NPAT reconciliation

    Underlying NPAT reconciliation 1H 2015 1H 2014 Variance MMboe MMboe % Production volume 42.0 46.5 (9.7) Sales volume 43.4 44.7 (2.9) US$m US$m Variance % 1. EBITDAX = earnings before interest, tax, Sales revenue 2,305 3,354 (31.3) depreciation, amortisation, exploration and evaluation (includes non-

  33. Slide 33: Notes on Petroleum Resource Estimates

    Notes on Petroleum Resource Estimates Notes on Petroleum Resource Estimates: 1. Unless otherwise stated, all petroleum resource estimates in this presentation are quoted as at the balance date (i.e. 31 December) of Woodside’s most recent Annual Report released to ASX and available at www.woodside.co

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