FX Energy Increases Revenues 52% for Third Quarter; Sets First Nine Month Records for Production and Revenues
(firmenpresse) - SALT LAKE CITY, UT -- (Marketwire) -- 11/09/11 -- (NASDAQ: FXEN) today announced a net loss of $(27.5) million, or $(0.53) per share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2011. Excluding a non-cash, intercompany foreign currency exchange loss of $(26.2) million, the Company would have recorded a third quarter 2011 loss of $(1.3) million, or $(0.03) per share. This compares to net income, excluding foreign exchange gains, of $2.1 million, or $0.05 per share reported in the third quarter of 2010. The largest changes in operating line items for the quarter were a 52% increase in revenues to a record $10.1 million, and a $4.9 million increase in exploration expense to $5.2 million.
Record third quarter oil and gas production was due primarily to new natural gas production in Poland from the Company's Sroda-4, Kromolice-1 and Kromolice-2 wells. Total company-wide net oil and gas production increased to 1,100 million cubic feet equivalent (Mmcfe) during the third quarter of 2011, compared to 889 Mmcfe during the 2010 quarter. A 28% production gain from the Company's Polish properties was the primary driver. Natural gas production in Poland was 1,017 million cubic feet (Mmcf) during the third quarter of 2011, compared to 794 Mmcf during the same period of 2010.
Total revenues increased by more than 50% to $10.1 million during the third quarter of 2011 from $6.6 million during the same quarter of 2010. Gas prices during the third quarter of 2011 averaged $6.37 per Mcf, compared to $5.30 per Mcf during the same quarter of 2010, an increase of 20%. Oil prices increased 18% over the year, averaging $77.26 per barrel in the third quarter of 2011, compared to $65.31 per barrel in the same quarter of 2010.
Clay Newton, FX Energy Vice President-Finance, remarked, "Just as we anticipated, our oil and gas production, revenues, and exploration efforts have all accelerated. Increasing gas prices in Poland and our new production there have produced a meaningful increase in revenues and cash flow. We expect to continue this trend as we are currently working to bring the Winna Gora well into production and to expand the development opportunities around the Lisewo discovery."
Continuing, Mr. Newton said, "We plan to keep our focus on increasing current production in Poland, while our added revenues will also allow us to increase our high risk/reward exploration efforts there. In addition, in the U.S. we are beginning to evaluate the oil potential of our Alberta Bakken acreage in Montana."
The Company reported a net loss of $18.4 million, or $(0.37) per share, for the first nine months of 2011. Excluding non-cash foreign currency exchange losses of $15.9 million, the Company would have recorded a net loss for the first nine months of 2011 of $(2.5) million, or $(0.05) per share. This compares to net income, excluding foreign exchange losses, of $3.9 million, or $0.09 per share reported in the first nine months of 2010.
Oil and gas revenues for the 2011 first nine months also reached record levels. The Company recognized oil and gas revenues of $22.5 million for the first nine months of 2011, compared to $16.8 million for the same period of 2010. Total revenues for the first nine months of 2011 were $26.4 million, compared to $18.9 million in the first nine months of 2010. Total net oil and gas production increased to 3,266 Mmcfe during the first nine months of 2011, compared to 2,912 Mmcfe during the same period last year. Natural gas production in Poland was 3,009 Mmcf during the first nine months of 2011, compared to 2,632 Mmcf during the first nine months of 2010.
Gas prices during the first nine months of 2011 averaged $6.28 per Mcf, compared to $5.19 per Mcf during the same period of 2010, an increase of 21%. Oil prices increased 24% over the year, averaging $83.09 per barrel in the first nine months of 2011, compared to $66.81 per barrel in the same period of 2010.
The Company's 2011 third quarter exploration expenses increased by $4.9 million over 2010 third quarter exploration expenses, reflecting the Company's expansion of its drilling, 2-D and 3-D seismic programs in Poland. First nine month 2011 exploration expenses were up more than six times over 2010 nine month levels.
The increased exploration costs are being funded by the Company's higher revenues and cash balances. Following an early 2011 registered direct offering that netted proceeds to the Company of $45.0 million, the Company repaid all amounts outstanding under its $55 million credit facility. At September 30, 2011, the Company had no debt outstanding, with cash and investments of $15.2 million and working capital of $15.0 million.
Subsequent to September 30, 2011, the Company drew $40 million under its credit facility in view of the unsettled conditions in Europe's financial sector and to ensure the Company will have adequate funds available for an expected 2012 increase in exploration and development spending.
Net cash provided by operating activities of $1.2 million during the first nine months of 2011 was $5.0 million less than the net cash provided from operating activities of $6.2 million during the same 2010 period. The primary driver of the year-to-year decline was higher exploration spending in 2011. Exploration costs of $12.2 million during the first nine months of 2011 were more than $10 million higher than exploration costs incurred during the same period of 2010.
The non-cash foreign exchange losses of $(15.9) million and $(2.9) million for the first nine months of 2011 and 2010, respectively, are included in other income and expense. The losses come primarily from recognition of losses on U.S. dollar denominated intercompany loans from FX Energy, Inc., to FX Poland, its wholly-owned subsidiary. These are non-cash losses only, and could vary greatly depending upon future exchange rate changes.
The Company will host a conference call and webcast today to discuss 2011 third quarter and first nine month results and update operational items at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Conference call information is as follows: US dial-in-number: 888-352-6793; International dial-in-number: 719-457-2653; Passcode: 3303408. Request: FX Energy, Inc. Conference Call.
The call will also be webcast live and interested parties may access the webcast through FX Energy's homepage at . For those that are unable to participate in the live call, a rebroadcast will be available through the Company's website for two weeks beginning one hour after the completion of the call.
FX Energy is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with production in the US and Poland. The Company's main exploration and production activity is focused on Poland's Permian Basin where the gas-bearing Rotliegend sandstone is a direct analog to the Southern Gas Basin offshore England. The Company trades on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol FXEN. Website
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This report contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees. For example, exploration, drilling, development, construction or other projects or operations may be subject to the successful completion of technical work; environmental, governmental or partner approvals; equipment availability, or other things that are or may be beyond the control of the Company. Operations that are anticipated, planned or scheduled may be changed, delayed, take longer than expected, fail to accomplish intended results, or not take place at all.
In carrying out exploration it is necessary to identify and evaluate risks and potential rewards. This identification and evaluation is informed by science but remains inherently uncertain. Subsurface features that appear to be possible traps may not exist at all, may be smaller than interpreted, may not contain hydrocarbons, may not contain the quantity or quality estimated, or may have reservoir conditions that do not allow adequate recovery to render a discovery commercial or profitable. Forward-looking statements about the size, potential or likelihood of discovery with respect to exploration targets are certainly not guarantees of discovery or of the actual presence or recoverability of hydrocarbons, or of the ability to produce in commercial or profitable quantities. Estimates of potential typically do not take into account all the risks of drilling and completion nor do they take into account the fact that hydrocarbon volumes are never 100% recoverable. Such estimates are part of the complex process of trying to measure and evaluate risk and reward in an uncertain industry.
Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties outside FX Energy's control. Actual events or results may differ materially from the forward-looking statements. For a discussion of additional contingencies and uncertainties to which information respecting future events is subject, see FX Energy's SEC reports or visit FX Energy's website at .
FX Energy, Inc.
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Salt Lake City, Utah 84106
(801) 486-5555
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