NOVATEK Reports Preliminary Operating Data for the First Half 2017
PAO NOVATEK reported today preliminary operating data for the first half 2017.
NOVATEK’s marketable hydrocarbons production totaled 252.3 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe), including 31.04 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas and 5,885 thousand tons of liquids (gas condensate and crude oil), resulting in a decrease in total hydrocarbons production by 21.3 million boe, or by 7.8%, as compared to the first half 2016.
Preliminary natural gas sales volumes aggregated 33.13 bcm, which was 4.1% higher compared to the first half 2016.
The Company processed 5,748 thousand tons of unstable gas condensate at the Purovsky Processing Plant, representing a 8.9% decrease in daily average processing volumes as compared with the corresponding volumes processed in the prior reporting period. NOVATEK processed 3,552 thousand tons of stable gas condensate at the Ust-Luga Complex, representing a 0.8% increase in daily average volumes processed at the facility in the first half 2017.
Preliminary petroleum product sales volumes aggregated 3,601 thousand tons, including 2,191 thousand tons of naphtha, 597 thousand tons of jet fuel, and 813 thousand tons of fuel oil and gasoil. Export sales of stable gas condensate totaled 191 thousand tons.
As at 30 June 2017, NOVATEK had 0.58 bcm of natural gas and 492 thousand tons of stable gas condensate and petroleum products in storage or transit and recognized as inventory.
| NOVATEK’s marketable hydrocarbon production including share in production of joint ventures 1H 2016 | 1H 2017 | YoY% | |
| Natural gas, bcm | 33.76 | 31.04 | -8.0% |
| Liquids, thousand tons | 6,327 | 5,885 | -7.0% |
| Total hydrocarbons, mln boe | 273.6 | 252.3 | -7.8% |
| Total hydrocarbons, mln boe per day | 1.50 | 1.39 | -7.3% |
