Melbana Energy Limited · ASX:MAY

Melbana Energy — Investor Presentation (January 2018)

27 slides from Melbana Energy's investor presentation, Jan 15, 2018

  1. Slide 1: Investor Presentation January 2018

    For personal use only Investor Presentation January 2018

  2. Slide 2: Disclaimer: Forward-looking Statements and Resources

    Disclaimer For personal use only Forward-looking Statements and Resources Summary of information: This presentation contains general and background information about Melbana Energy’s activities current as at the date of the presentation and should not be considered to be comprehensive or to comprise

  3. Slide 3: Company Overview

    Company Overview For personal use only Company Data 12 month share price performance Index S&P/ASX All Ordinaries ASX Ticker ASX:MAY 3 80 Volume 70 Shares on issue ~1,666m Share price 60 2 Options/ SPRs ~210m/ ~5.3m 50 Millions Cents 40 Market Cap ~$27m (12 Jan) 30 1 Cash (31/12/17) ~$6.4m 20 10 Deb

  4. Slide 4: Continuity of Leadership with CEO Robert Zammit

    Continuity of Leadership with CEO Robert Zammit For personal use only Board & Management Board of Directors CEO Robert Zammit Andrew Purcell Michael Sandy Peter Stickland Chief Executive Officer Non-Executive Non-Executive Non-Executive (BD & Commercial Chairman Director Director (former MD) since 2

  5. Slide 5: Melbana Summary

    Melbana Summary New Zealand – Pukatea-1 For personal use only • High impact drilling to commence ~25 January 2018 USA (Melbana 30% share), • ~1 month to reach total depth USA • Prospective Resource of primary objective of 12.4 million boe*, reservoir capable of rates up to 5,000 barrels per day Cuba

  6. Slide 6: New Zealand

    For personal use only New Zealand 6

  7. Slide 7: Onshore New Zealand – PEP51153 Overview

    Onshore New Zealand – PEP51153 Overview • For personal use only Melbana has 30% interest in PEP51153, operated by TAG Oil Ltd (“TAG” 70%) Puka PEP 51153 • Located onshore in New Zealand <10km east of Waihapa TAG’s producing Cheal field Cheal • Independent expert values TAG’s 2P reserves Pukatea in n

  8. Slide 8: Onshore New Zealand – Pukatea-1 (Melbana 30%)

    Onshore New Zealand – Pukatea-1 (Melbana 30%) Drilling commences ~25 January 2018 For personal use only • Prospective resources at primary objective estimated to range from 1.3 to 40 million barrels (Low-High estimates, 100% share) • Targeting a highly productive conventional reservoir in the Tikora

  9. Slide 9: PEP51153: Puka Field (Melbana 30%)

    PEP51153: Puka Field (Melbana 30%) For personal use only Additional data from Pukatea-1 may be catalyst for production restart • Puka oil field discovered in 2012 • Oil reservoired in Mt. Messenger sandstones at ~1,300 metres depth • Oil is 440 API sweet, waxy crude, linked to Brent benchmark • Puka

  10. Slide 10: Cuba

    For personal use only Cuba 10

  11. Slide 11: Cuba Block – An Overview

    Cuba Block 9 – An Overview • Multi-billion barrel conventional oil potential, located For personal use only within close proximity to existing infrastructure • 100% unencumbered interest in Block 9 PSC (2,380km2 or 588,000 acres) located onshore in Cuba • 25 year term in total (awarded in 2015) • 8.

  12. Slide 12: Cuba Block – An Oil Rich Region

    Cuba Block 9 – An Oil Rich Region Cuba Prospectivity and Market For personal use only • Represents under-explored south-eastern margin of the Gulf of Mexico - one of the world’s great petroleum mega provinces • Limited application of modern exploration techniques due to 50+ year US embargo • Cuba cu

  13. Slide 13: Cuba Block – Resource Assessment

    Cuba Block 9 – Resource Assessment Exploration potential for over 12.5 billion barrels of oil-in-place For personal use only • Exploration potential of over 12.5 billion Boca de Canasi- Bacuranao Jaruco P. Escondido Yumuri- barrels of oil-in-place and Prospective Seboruco Varadero Majaguillar Resour

  14. Slide 14: Cuba Block – Leads in Conventional Play

    Cuba Block 9 – 19 Leads in Conventional Play Priority drill targets identified – Alameda, Zapato and Piedra For personal use only Block 10 (Sherritt 100%) drilling exploration well, results expected Q1 2018 14

  15. Slide 15: Cuba Block – Alameda Prospect

    Cuba Block 9 – Alameda Prospect Multi-target exploration drilling opportunity close to historic oil recoveries For personal use only • Primary objective in depth range from 3,000 to 3,700 metres • Marti-5 (drilled 1988) recovered lighter oil (24°API) and had oil shows over an 850 metre gross interva

  16. Slide 16: Cuba Block – High Potential Zapato Prospect

    Cuba Block 9 – High Potential Zapato Prospect Multiple structures with hundred million barrel exploration potential For personal use only • Zapato Prospect is a large structure targeting fractured carbonate objective • Close to the shallower Motembo oil field which historically produced high quality

  17. Slide 17: Cuba Block – preparations for drilling in 2018

    Cuba Block 9 – preparations for drilling in 2018 For personal use only Securing people, permits, equipment and services • Cuba Block 9 PSC field work commenced • Survey completed of Alameda-1 and Zapato-1 well sites, camp site and access road • Benign surface conditions encountered at well site loca

  18. Slide 18: WA-488-P (Beehive)

    For personal use only WA-488-P (Beehive) 18

  19. Slide 19: Australia – giant Beehive Prospect

    Australia – giant Beehive Prospect Seismic Funding and Farmin Option Agreement with Total and Santos For personal use only • Beehive Prospective Resources estimated to Darwin range from 97 to 2,033 million barrels (100% share, Low-High estimates) PETREL • Potentially the largest undrilled oil prospe

  20. Slide 20: Australia – Beehive Prospect

    Australia – Beehive Prospect Beehive – a feature of enormous scale For personal use only • Beehive is a significant, multi billion barrel oil prospect located on WA-488-P • Dominant hydrocarbon type is expected to be oil • Located in ~40 metres water depth • Target depth 4,000 – 4,500m • Prospect re

  21. Slide 21: Investment Highlights

    Investment Highlights New Zealand For personal use only ✓ High impact Pukatea-1 drilling commencing ~25 January 2018 ✓ Pukatea has a Best Estimate Prospective Resource of 12.4 million boe* (unrisked, 100% share) ✓ High Leverage and near term production in success case due to proximity to existing in

  22. Slide 22: Melbana Catalysts

    Melbana Catalysts Multiple potential catalysts to support a significant re-rating For personal use only • Pukatea-1 to commence drilling ~25 January 2018 NEW ZEALAND • Two oil objectives in one well PEP51153 • High leverage and near term production in success case • Drilling results in Q1 2018 in ad

  23. Slide 23: Appendix: Other Assets

    Appendix For personal use only Other Assets 23

  24. Slide 24: Northern Australia Acreage and Projects

    Northern Australia Acreage and Projects DILI Discrete upstream projects adjacent to proven hydrocarbons For personal use only ABADI GREATER SUNRISE BAROSSA Kupang Kupang EVANS SHOAL   Joint Petroleum BLACKWOOD CALDITA Development HERON Area BAYU-UNDAN Tassie Shoal Projects Concept TSMP2 TSM

  25. Slide 25: AC/P50 & AC/P51 (Melbana 55%*): Multiple oil targets

    AC/P50 & AC/P51 (Melbana 55%*): Multiple oil targets New amplitude-supported objective identified For personal use only • Identified material Ramble On and Jur’maker oil prospects in proven petroleum system defined on modern 3D seismic data • Suitable for lower cost jack-up drilling rig • 3D seismic

  26. Slide 26: Tassie Shoal Projects (Melbana 100%)

    Tassie Shoal Projects (Melbana 100%) For personal use only Shallow water, innovative low cost development paths for regional stranded gas • Region has substantial undeveloped low and high CO2 gas that needs a viable development solution • Melbana Energy has developed the concepts for siting Methanol

  27. Slide 27: For personal use only

    For personal use only www.melbana.com

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