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Agenda

1. The Way Forward

  • 2. HSE & Operational Update

  • 3. Refinancing

  • 4. Financial Results

  • 5. Development Plans

  • 6. Strategy and Future Plans

  • 7. Board of Directors

  • 8. Q&A

  • Production stabilised

  • Strong Management Team

  • Sustainable Balance Sheet

  • Healthy Reserves

  • Organic Growth Opportunities

  • Inorganic Growth Opportunities

Strong Foundation built for Growth

Saltfleetby HSE Update

  • For Angus HSE is a paramount objective

  • No recordable injury since December 2022

  • No regulatory breaches YTD

  • Flare consent limits met with an agenda of reducing emissions on a continuous basis

  • Noise management program underway with installation of permanent monitoring stations and planned acoustic hoods on compressors

Saltfleetby Operations Update

Operations

  • Forecast Q1 2024 daily sales gas production averaging 6.9 mmscf with stabilised forward production of 7-8 mmscf/d

  • Equivalent to 6.8-6.9 million therms in the quarter or 2.3 million therms/month - 35% of production unaffected by legacy hedges rising to 45% after June 2024

  • Operational Efficiency within the quarter is forecast to be over 90% and improving

  • Opex reduced by over £100k/month since installation of permanent flowline to c. £13.50/boe

  • Booster Compressor ordered for installation in 4Q 2024 to sustain production and maximise recovery from the field

Booster Compressor

Update on Refinancing

  • £20m debt facility signed with Trafigura in February to refinance existing debt and fund additional capex projects

  • Five-year amortising term with one year grace period for principal repayment and cash sweep for accelerated repayment

  • Substantial reduction in interest rate compared to previous debt - at SONIA plus 8% currently c. 13% but coming down

  • Trafigura will act as offtaker of the sales gas produced at the Saltfleetby Field for a 5-year period on terms in line with Angus's previous offtake agreements

  • Existing hedges novated to Trafigura until expiry in June 2025 with a rolling hedging strategy thereafter

  • Forum Energy Services Limited ("Forum") deferred consideration reduced to £2.9m with a payment plan to clear by June 2025

  • Repayment of original senior debt has triggered an 8% royalty payment to former lenders from 1st March 2024 applied only to existing wells

Financial Results - YE Sept 23

  • Revenue from oil and gas production of £28.2m (2022: £3.1m) on production of 25,228,853 Therms of sales gas and 32,750 bbls of condensate (2022: 1,273,994 therms of sales gas and 1,378 bbls of condensate)

  • The Group recorded a profit of £117.8m, which included a derivative profit of £137.0m in relation to the derivative instrument and an impairment of £(3.7m)

  • EPS of 3.4p/share

  • EBITDA for the period was £17.0m (2022: £(0.9m) loss)

  • The Group recorded an Operating Profit of £4.8m (2022: £(1.4m) loss)

Saltfleetby Development Plans

Refine reservoir evaluation

  • Completion of new CPR assessing connected reserves Oct. 2023

  • 3D seismic reprocessed and reinterpreted - generating higher resolution top structure map

  • New Stratigraphic correlation of reservoir units

  • Revised Petrophysical Evaluation of well logs

  • Probabilistic evaluation of volumetrics indicating areas of potential upside

Define drilling locations for accelerating production and increasing reserves

  • Reservoir Evaluation work will be fed into a renewed geological model

  • Dynamic modeling to forecast production and refine development opportunities

  • Evaluating suspended well re-use for sidetracks

  • Planning application to be submitted to the Lincoln County Council for permission to drill additional wells in near future

Future Gas Storage Potential

  • Angus has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Trafigura to evaluate the medium/long term gas storage potential of the field with results in the next 18-24 months

  • Dynamic reservoir model will be used to assess future gas or CO2 storage potential

Competent Person Report (CPR- 2023)

  • The October 2023 CPR for the Saltfleetby field determined the reserves and resources of sales gas and associated liquids (Condensate) for the Saltfleetby field

    Saltfleetby Field P50 Gross Reserves and Contingent Resource as at August 1, 2023

    1P

    2P

    2C

    Sales Gas (Bcf)

    24

    27

    17

    Sales Liquids (Mstb)

    357

    447

    238

    Total (Mboe)*

    4,495

    5,102

    3,204

    *Energy equivalent factor 5,800 cubic feet of per boe

  • The CPR determined a net present value, which utilises production from the 3 current producing wells and the addition of 2 further development wells in 2025 and 2026

Net Cash Flow Attributable to the

Company

NPV10 Attributable to the

Company

Scenario

1P

2P

1P

2P

Pre-Tax

£125.4m

£153.5m

£86.9m

£104.1m

Post-Tax

£78.9m

£90.6m

£57.1m

£64.3m

The full CPR is available for download in the "Presentations" section of the Company's website (www.angusenergy.co.uk/media/presentations).

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