RE:RE:RE:Oil is in a dead cat bounceThanks Londoner7,
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Here's a numbers about the Ithaca's hedging;
. The Company has increased its oil hedging protection since the start of the year in order to mitigate against the impact of further Brent price weakness.
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At the start of 2015 the Company had in place oil price hedges of approximately 6,300 barrels of oil per day for the period from January 2015 to June 2016 at an average price of $102/bbl.
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In Q1-2015 the Company increased this position to 8,300 barrels of oil per day (“bopd”) at an average price of $91/bbl. Additionally, 4,000 bopd has been hedged at an average price of $69/bbl from July 2016 to June 2017.
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The Company took the opportunity to accelerate the receipt of the cash benefits of a portion of the accumulated hedging gains in Q1-2015, increasing the realised gain in Q1-2015 by $60 million to approximately $80 million.
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Ithaca’s updated oil hedge position post Q1-2015 after taking account of the price impact of the value acceleration is summarised as follows: 9,000 bopd hedged at an average $76/bbl from April 2015 to June 2016, with the volumes and prices for the period July 2016 to June 2017 unchanged (4,000 bopd at an average price of $69/bbl).
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With the benefit of the additional hedges that have been executed since the start of the year, the Company now has a Brent breakeven price for the existing producing asset base of under $10/bbl until Stella start-up, in addition to having received an $80 million cash gain in Q1-2015.