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Nuvista Energy Ltd T.NVA

Alternate Symbol(s):  NUVSF

NuVista Energy Ltd. is an oil and natural gas company, which is engaged in the exploration for, and the development and production of, oil and natural gas reserves in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Its primary focus is on the scalable and repeatable condensate rich Montney formation in the Alberta Deep Basin (Wapiti Montney). Its core operating areas of Wapiti and Pipestone in the Montney formation are located near the City of Grande Prairie, Alberta, approximately 600 kilometers northwest of Calgary. Its Montney Formation is a shale gas and shale oil resource. The Montney formation in the Wapiti area is a thick (200m+) section of hydrocarbon-charted fine-grained reservoir found at depths ranging from 2,500-3,500m.


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Q2 2024 Earnings Season Report Card – BOE Intel

Q2 2024 Earnings Season Report Card – BOE Intel

With the majority of Canadian producers having now reported their second quarter results, the time has come for another BOE Intel Earnings Season Report Card. The major story in the second quarter was natural gas pricing, which dropped precipitously; average natural gas pricing in Q2 was the lowest we’ve seen since Q3 2019. But before diving too deep into realized pricing, which we’ll save for part 2, we wanted to review production and financial indicators. While individual results varied, production declines were contrasted with cash flow and capital spending increases. Net debt varied as always, but Q2 was a period of deleveraging in aggregate.

Liquids Production

Liquids production was down slightly in the second quarter, with the average company’s production shrinking by 1.6% relative to the first quarter. Highwood led all companies with respect to quarter-over-quarter liquids production growth, increasing its output by 31.8%. According to the company’s July 2024 corporate presentation, Highwood drilled 9 wells through the end of Q1 2024 that appear to have begun to deliver results. Lycos also recorded significant proportional growth, adding 810 BBL/d relative to its 3,804 BBL/d Q1 2024 liquids production baseline. According to BOE Intel data, the company has spud 26 wells since the beginning of the year, 5 of which were put on production in the second quarter. Rounding out the top 3 was Hemisphere Energy, which grew its liquids production by 16.0% relative to Q1. The company attributed this increase to “six new Atlee Buffalo wells that were placed on production in the third quarter of 2023, as well as to the general overall increase in production from the polymer floods throughout the Atlee Buffalo pools“. The company with the greatest absolute increase in liquids production was Whitecap, which grew its liquids production by 6,154 BBL/d relative to the first quarter. The company brought 19 wells on production in Q2, 5 of which target the oil-weighted Lower Shaunavon formation.

Company Q2 2024 (BBL/d) Q1 2024 (BBL/d) Absolute Change (BBL/d) % Change
Highwood 4,893 3,712 1,181 31.8
Lycos 4,614 3,804 810 21.3
Hemisphere 3,609 3,110 499 16.0
Logan 2,621 2,337 284 12.2
Saturn 23,683 21,325 2,358 11.1
Advantage Energy 7,141 6,452 689 10.7
Crew Energy 8,620 7,805 815 10.4
Athabasca 36,837 34,126 2,711 7.9
Headwater 18,892 17,599 1,293 7.3
NuVista 33,185 31,242 1,943 6.2
Average 73,800 75,000 -1,200 -1.6
 

Liquids production for Hemisphere, Highwood, Logan, and Lycos, Q2 2023 – Q2 2024

Gas Production

Similar to liquids production, gas production was down on average in Q2. Canadian E&Ps produced 1.3% less natural gas in the second quarter, which may have been a response to low natural gas price realizations. Proportionally, Athabasca was the top company by quarter-over-quarter natural gas production growth; the company posted a 43.0% increase. Athabasca’s natural gas production is predominantly through its privately held subsidiary, Duvernay Energy Corporation, which has directed a portion of its 2024 capital spending to 2 tie-ins and completions. Saturn recorded an increase of 8.2 mmcf/d in Q2 relative to Q1. Tamarack Valley, primarily an oil producer, achieved a 6.7% increase in gas output relative to the first quarter of 2024. This is particularly impressive as Tamarack managed this in spite of a third-party service interruption at one of the company’s natural gas processing facilities at the beginning of the second quarterOvintiv recorded the largest absolute gas production increase of any company, eclipsing its first quarter production by 92.0 mmcf/d. This substantial increase can likely be tied to the 36 Montney wells Ovintiv brought on production in Q2 2024.

Company Q2 2024 (mmcf/d) Q1 2024 (mmcf/d) Absolute Change (mmcf/d) % Change
Athabasca 4.7 3.3 1.4 43.0
Saturn 38.7 30.4 8.2 27.1
Highwood 9.4 7.9 1.5 19.4
Tamarack Valley 54.9 51.4 3.4 6.7
Ovintiv 1,740.0 1,648.0 92.0 5.6
Birchcliff 389.0 370.3 18.7 5.1
Yangarra 40.2 38.4 1.8 4.6
Bonterra Energy 37.5 36.6 0.9 2.5
Whitecap 377.7 368.7 9.0 2.4
NuVista 299.8 292.8 7.0 2.4
Average 320.8 324.9 -4.1 -1.3

Liquids production for Athabasca, Highwood, Saturn, Tamarack Valley, Q3 2021 – Q2 2024

Capital Expenditures

On average, Canadian producers recorded slightly more capital spending in the second quarter; capital spending was 3.2% higher relative to Q1. Perpetual reported a 906.2% increase, a seemingly absurd boost that is mostly explained by particularly low spending in the first quarter. Per the company’s Q2 report, $2.000 million out of the $3.079 million in spending went toward the drilling of 2 gross (1 net) wellsROK Resources boosted its spending by $3.900 million. The highlight of this 325.0% increase, according to the company, was “4 gross (3.44 net) wells, all in Southeast Saskatchewan, targeting the Frobisher formation“. Rubellite nearly doubled its capex in the second quarter, with the bulk of this spending going toward “eight (8.0 net) multi-lateral horizontal development / step-out delineation wells at Figure Lake“. In addition, the company allocated $1.9 million to its Figure Lake gas conservation project. Suncorrecorded the largest absolute change in capital spending, exceeding the first quarter by over $650 million. In its August 2024 corporate presentation, the company highlights $350-370 million in budgeted 2024 spending on in-situ well pad development at its Firebag and MacKay River projects.

Company Q2 2024 ($) Q1 2024 ($) Absolute Change ($) % Change
Perpetual 3,079,000 306,000 2,773,000 906.2
ROK Resources 5,100,000 1,200,000 3,900,000 325.0
Rubellite 23,886,000 12,602,000 11,284,000 89.5
Pine Cliff 1,037,000 559,000 478,000 85.5
Gear Energy 11,688,000 7,600,000 4,088,000 53.8
Suncor 1,964,000,000 1,311,000,000 653,000,000 49.8
Canadian Natural Resources 1,621,000,000 1,113,000,000 508,000,000 45.6
Logan 46,104,000 35,182,000 10,922,000 31.0
Paramount 240,800,000 213,900,000 26,900,000 12.6
Cenovus 1,155,000,000 1,036,000,000 119,000,000 11.5
Average 203,100,000 196,800,000 6,300,000 3.2

Capital Expenditures for Gear, Perpetual, ROK Resources, Rubellite, Q1 2022 – Q2 2024

Operating Cash Flow

The average company in our dataset generated significantly more cash from operations in the second quarter; average operating cash flow grew by 32.9% relative to Q1. Having said that, gas-weighted producers had a more difficult quarter than oilier producers. Of the top 10 producers by quarter-over-quarter cash flow growth, only one (Ovintiv) recorded more BOE gas production than oil production. Three producers reported quarter-over-quarter operating cash flow growth of over 200%, with Hemisphere topping all companies at 451.2% growth. The company, which produces minimal natural gas, reported that this increase was primarily a result of increased production and improved commodity pricing. Similarly, Lycos reported a 21% increase in production (99% crude oil), which drove operating cash flow for the quarter to its second-highest level in the history of the company. In contrast, Greenfire’s 399.1% operating cash flow growth was achieved in spite of a decrease in production; the company attributed its strong quarter to higher oil revenue as well as “an increase to non-cash working capital, from the accelerated collection of June 2024 oil sales receivables“. CNRL recorded the best quarter in terms of absolute growth in cash from operations; the company generated an additional $1.216 billion relative to Q1.

Company Q2 2024 ($) Q1 2024 ($) Absolute Change ($) % Change
Hemisphere 14,795,000 2,684,000 12,111,000 451.2
Greenfire 85,163,000 17,064,000 68,099,000 399.1
Lycos 14,024,000 4,105,000 9,919,000 241.6
Cardinal Energy 71,463,000 39,364,000 32,099,000 81.5
Athabasca 135,083,000 76,638,000 58,445,000 76.3
Highwood 19,539,000 11,417,000 8,122,000 71.1
Gear Energy 17,212,000 10,466,000 6,746,000 64.5
Headwater 90,402,000 55,047,000 35,355,000 64.2
Ovintiv 1,395,360,000 888,991,000 506,369,000 57.0
ROK Resources 6,484,206 4,175,725 2,308,481 55.3
Average 424,000,000 319,100,000 104,900,000 32.9

Operating Cash Flow for Cardinal, Greenfire, Hemisphere, Lycos, Q2 2022 – Q2 2024

Net Debt

Overall, Canadian producers deleveraged in the second quarter; the average company in our dataset reported a 10.2% net debt decrease. Going company by company for producers with available figures, 24 out of 43 companies decreased their net debt balances in Q2. Among all companies, Paramount reported the most significant proportional decrease in its net debt balance, decreasing it by 57.2%. While the company didn’t provide an explanation for the decline, it is possible that cash generated from Paramount’s April 2024 sale of 6 million shares of NuVista (for net proceeds of $74.8 million) was put toward this reduction. Suncor, which was also the top company by absolute debt reduction, decreased its net debt by 26.9%. Per the company’s August 2024 corporate presentation, Suncor has an $8 billion net debt target that, once reached, will trigger a shift toward increased buybacks. On the other end of spectrum, Advantage Energy reported a 141% net debt increase, which is unsurprising in light of the company’s $445.5 million acquisition of certain Charlie Lake and Montney assets. Similarly, Saturn reported a 105% net debt increase, likely due to its $534.8 million Q2 acquisition.

Company Q2 2024 ($) Q1 2024 ($) Absolute Change ($) % Change
Bottom 5
Paramount 29,300,000 68,400,000 -39,100,000 -57.2
Suncor 9,054,000,000 13,485,000,000 -4,431,000,000 -32.9
Gear Energy 9,111,000 12,462,000 -3,351,000 -26.9
Surge Energy 234,707,000 295,924,000 -61,217,000 -20.7
Crescent Point 2,962,700,000 3,582,900,000 -620,200,000 -17.3
Top 5
Perpetual 24,651,000 19,861,000 4,790,000 24.1
Spartan Delta 132,449,000 92,668,000 39,781,000 42.9
Kelt Exploration 63,084,000 31,961,000 31,123,000 97.4
Saturn 792,193,000 386,417,000 405,776,000 105.0
Advantage Energy 674,665,000 279,963,000 394,702,000 141.0
Average 987,400,000 1,100,000,000 -112,600,000 -10.2

Net Debt for Kelt Exploration, Paramount, Spartan Delta, Surge, Q3 2020 – Q2 2024

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