According to the company’s website press release on October 12, 2022, PAO NOVATEK (“NOVATEK” and/or the “Company”) reported preliminary operating data for the third quarter 2022.
In the third quarter 2022, NOVATEK’s hydrocarbon production totaled 155.6 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe), including 19.94 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas and 3.0 million tons of liquids (gas condensate and crude oil), resulting in an increase in total hydrocarbons produced by 6.1 million boe, or by 4.0% as compared with the third quarter 2021.
In the third quarter 2022, preliminary total natural gas sales volumes, including volumes of LNG sold, aggregated 16.19 bcm, representing a decrease of 2.3% as compared with the corresponding volumes in the third quarter 2021. The natural gas volumes sold in the Russian Federation were 14.26 bcm, representing a decrease of 4.1% as compared with the prior year period, whereas LNG volumes sold on international markets amounted to 1.93 bcm, representing an increase of 12.9%.
In the third quarter 2022, the Company processed 3.2 million tons of unstable gas condensate at the Purovsky Processing Plant, representing an increase in processed volumes by 2.7% as compared with the corresponding period in 2021. NOVATEK processed 1.7 million tons of stable gas condensate at the Ust-Luga Complex, which was 7.1% higher as compared with the third quarter 2021.
According to preliminary data in the third quarter 2022, petroleum product sales volumes aggregated 1,711 thousand tons, including 1,036 thousand tons of naphtha, 291 thousand tons of jet fuel, and 384 thousand tons of fuel oil and gasoil. NOVATEK sold 703 thousand tons of crude oil and 835 thousand tons of stable gas condensate.
At the 30 September 2022, NOVATEK had 1.8 bcm of natural gas, including LNG, and 1,033 thousand tons of stable gas condensate and petroleum products in storage or transit and recognized as inventory.
Information provided in this press release presents expected results of PAO NOVATEK operations in the third quarter and nine months 2022. The information represents preliminary assessment only, which can be adjusted after statistical, financial, fiscal and business reporting becomes available. The information on NOVATEK’s operational results in this press release depends on many external factors and therefore, provided all permanent obligations imposed by the London Stock Exchange listing rules are unconditionally observed, cannot qualify for accuracy and completeness and should not be regarded as an invitation for investment. Therefore, the results and indicators actually achieved may significantly differ from any declared or forecasted operational results in the third quarter and nine months 2022. PAO NOVATEK assumes no obligation (and expressly declares that it has no such obligation) to update or change any declarations concerning any future results, due to new information obtained, any future events or for any other reasons.
PAO NOVATEK is the largest independent natural gas producer in Russia, and in 2017, entered the global LNG market by successfully launching the Yamal LNG project. Founded in 1994, the Company is engaged in the exploration, production, processing and marketing of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons. Upstream activities of the Company’s subsidiaries and joint ventures are concentrated mainly in the prolific Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region, which is the world’s largest natural gas producing area and accounts for approximately 80% of Russia’s natural gas production and approximately 15% of the world’s gas production. NOVATEK is a public joint stock company established under the laws of the Russian Federation.
