Africa Oil Corp.
THE NEXT PHASE OF VALUE CREATION
TOWN HALL PRESENTATION
17th April 2024
WWW.AFRICAOILCORP.COM
Town Hall Presentation | April 2024
PRESENTERS
Roger Tucker
President & CEO
Pascal Nicodeme
CFO
Oliver Quinn
CCO
Shahin Amini
Head of IR &
Communications
AFRICA OIL CORP.
AGENDA
- CEO's Introduction
- Core Assets Overview and Updates
- Financial Management and Shareholder Returns
- Commercial Perspectives and Updates
- Concluding Remarks
- Q&A
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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SLIDE 3
CEO'S
INTRODUCTION
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DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THE LEADERSHIP CHANGE
JUL 2023 | |
New President and CEO | |
appointed, marking the | |
next phase of growth and | OCT 2023 |
focus on shareholder | New strategy |
value and returns | approved by the Board |
JAN 2024 | |
Implemented a strategic | MAR 2024 |
farm down agreement for | Farm down agreement |
Impact's Blocks 2912 and | for Block 3B/4B, |
2913B, offshore Namibia | offshore South Africa |
New strategy approved and new ExCom in place to deliver the business plan
Formulate new strategy, key
relationships management, Deliver the business in line with the new strategy
reorganization & key hires
JUL 2023 | NOV 2023 | JAN/FEB 2024 | MAR 2024 |
Increased operated | Participated in a | Started share | Offer to Impact's minority |
working interest in Orange | USD 40m equity | buybacks & declared | shareholders to purchase |
Basin Block 3B/4B, | placement by Impact to | first 2024 semi- | up to 8% additional |
offshore South Africa | fund its activities in 2023 | annual dividend | interest in Impact |
Two strategic transactions announced, significantly de-risking AOC's growth profile
Launched new NCIB share buyback program
Base dividend policy maintained
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OUR STRATEGIC PRINCIPLES
Value Creation & Growth
Target sustainable shareholder capital returns
Seek growth through the opportunity sets within our current portfolio
Consolidate our ownership of the core assets
Growth through focused exposure to world- class assets
Partner with tier-1 operators, whose budgets and timetable are not disrupted by cyclical factors
Maintain equity exposure in assets at affordable levels - preserving optionality
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Recent transactions significantly de-risk AOC's growth profile, and secure the total
shareholder return proposition of AOC
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PORTFOLIO OF MATERIAL ASSETS TO DELIVER TRANSFORMATIONAL GROWTH
AFRICA OIL CORP.
Tier-1 Operators
Chevron, TotalEnergies
World Class Production Assets
3 of the top 5 fields
in Nigeria with production base through to 2040s
Agbami, Akpo, Egina and Preowei Oil Fields
NIGERIA1
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
World Class Discovery
Venus with potential to add significant reserves and production beyond 2030s
Blocks EG-31 and EG-18
NAMIBIA
Notes:
1. AOC's 50% shareholding in Prime Oil & Gas accounts for all its reserves and production.
Venus Oil Discovery
Block 3B/4B
SOUTH AFRICA
Orange Basin
Leading Independent E&P company
EG-31
High impact infrastructure- led exploration
SLIDE 7 | Exploration | Appraisal | Production |
CORE ASSETS OVERVIEW AND UPDATES
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HIGH RETURN AND SHORT CYCLE GROWTH
3 of the Top 5 Fields in Nigeria
~310k bopd
Aggregate gross field production
Operators
Highly experienced
World-class
Production facility hubs
~60% of
2P reserves1 base is Proven category (P90)
Low risk & high IRR
Development projects
Infill drilling
Supported by 4D seismic
Preowei Project
Subsea tieback to the Egina FPSO
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PMLS 2/3/4 & PPL 261: HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE LOW RISK & SHORT-
CYCLE RETURN OPPORTUNITY SET
• Rig contract extended to drill 5 wells from Feb'24 through to end Oct'24
• Egina
‒ Three infill wells drilled in 2023
‒ Producer achieved daily rate of ~5 kbopd (gross field) and
Injectors at >10 kbwpd
‒ 4D seismic expected to commence in Q2'24
• Akpo
‒ Two Akpo West producers tested better than expected
‒ Potential to achieve 7,000 bopd for each well after
production re-start
‒ Planned maintenance shut-down started on 19th March
‒ 4D seismic completed
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