Recent Study: Jade, United Kingdom, Commercial Asset Valuation and Forecast to 2021

Aug. 22, 2010 - PRLog -- The Jade field is located offshore in the central North Sea, block 30/2c, in the UK. It is located 170 miles east of Aberdeen, at 79m of water depth. ConocoPhillips is the operator of the field. The other equity partners of the Jade field are the BG (35%), Chevron (19.9%), Agip UK Ltd. - a wholly owned subsidiary of Eni S.p.A and OMV U.K.Ltd. (5.6%)

The Jade field was discovered by well 30/2c-3in March, 1996. The field was appraised by well 30/2c-4 in 1997and came on stream in February 2002. As the field was developed just after the appraisal of only one well, there was a huge uncertainty in deciding the reserve and production profile. It produces crude oil with 46deg API. The price of the Jade crude oil is at par with the Brent Blend.

The Jade field produced an estimated average of 13.4 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe) during 2009. The field produces the peak production of oil during 2003 with production capacity of 19,558 barrels per day and peak production of gas was achieved during 2005 with a daily production capacity of 210.54 MMSCF.

Jade field was developed by using an unmanned wellhead platform, which is tied back to the Judy platform. Further, it is exported to the Teeside terminal by a CATS pipeline (for gas) and Norpipe (for oil).

The life of the Jade field is expected to be 20 years with the end of its productive life in 2021. The field is expected to generate $4.39 billion revenues (undiscounted) during its remaining life (starting January 1, 2010) and is expected to yield an IRR of around 27.46%.

Scope

* The report provides detailed information on oil and gas production, infrastructure, reserves, geology, operator and equity partners and the latest fiscal terms applicable to the asset and provides its fair value (Remaining Net Present Value) based on remaining reserves, forecast production, capital and operational costs, fiscal regime and commodity prices.
* The report also provides additional valuation parameters like Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Profitability Index (PI), Pay Back (discounted and undiscounted), Entitlement Production (EP) and Working Interest (WI) to enhance your decision making process.
* This report provides detailed sensitivity analysis of the remaining NPV with changes in the commodity prices, discount rate, production and key fiscal terms.
* Detailed cash flows over the life of the asset are included in the report. These cash flows cover a wide range of calculations related to various payments to the government/licensing authority.
* Interactive Excel models can be used to derive custom valuations, sensitivities and cash flows based on the specific inputs by the user in the model. These custom inputs vary from production data, cost information, price information and fiscal terms information.

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Partial Table of Contents:

1 Table of contents 2
1.1 List of Tables 3
1.2 List of Figures 3
2 Jade, United Kingdom, Introduction 4
3 Jade, United Kingdom, Geology, Geography and Formations 6
4 Jade, United Kingdom, Equity Details 8
5 Jade, United Kingdom, Crude Oil and Natural Gas Reserves 9
6 Jade, United Kingdom, Applicable Fiscal Regime 10
6.1 Contract Type 10
6.2 State Participation 10
6.3 Royalty 10
6.4 Bonuses 10
6.5 Rentals 10
6.6 Fees 10
6.7 Taxation 10
6.8 Petroleum Revenue Tax (PRT) 10
6.9 Ring Fence 10
7 Jade, United Kingdom, Infrastructure 11
7.1 Upstream Infrastructure 11
7.1.1 Well 11
7.1.2 Jade Jacket 11
7.1.3 Topside details 11
7.2 Midstream Infrastructure 11
8 Jade Field, Development Plan, Investment and Expenditure 12
8.1 Phase One 12
8.2 Phase Two 12
9 Jade, United Kingdom, Oil and Gas Production 13
10 Jade, United Kingdom, Field Economics 16
10.1 Jade, United Kingdom, Economic Assumptions 16
10.1.1 Forecast Commodity Prices 16
10.1.2 Inflation 16
10.1.3 Discount Rate and Representation of Cash Flows 16
10.1.4 Sensitivity 16
10.1.5 Access to the Economic Model 16
10.2 Jade, United Kingdom, Cash Flow Analysis 17
10.3 Jade, United Kingdom, Remaining PV Sensitivity Analysis 18
10.3.1 Remaining NPV Sensitivity to Discount Rate and Commodity Price 18
10.3.2 Remaining NPV Sensitivity to Changes in Commodity Prices and Production Rates 19
10.3.3 Remaining NPV Sensitivity to Income Tax and Production Rate 20
11 Jade, United Kingdom, Summary Cash Flows 21
11.1 Jade, United Kingdom, Front End Load Due To Fiscal Policy 22
11.2 Jade, United Kingdom, Tax Liability 23
12 Appendix 24
12.1 Methodology 24
12.2 Coverage 24
12.3 Secondary Research 24
12.4 Primary Research 24
12.5 E&P Forecasts 25
12.6 Capital Costs 25
12.7 Exploration and Appraisal (E&A) Costs 25
12.8 Operating Costs 26
12.9 Expert Panel Validation 26
12.10 About GlobalData
12.11 Contact Us
12.12 Disclaimer

1.1 List of Tables

Table 1: Jade, United Kingdom, Key Asset Data, 2010 4
Table 2: Jade, United Kingdom, Reserves Classification, 2010 9
Table 3: Jade, United Kingdom, Ekofisk Blend Commercial Crude Oil Properties, 2010 9

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