Analytical info
Consensus estimates
Aker BP regularly compiles a consensus of the estimates provided by sell-side analysts.
Aker BP consensus estimates | Unit | Q4-24 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | ||
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Volume | mboepd | 434 | 435 | 407 | 388 | ||
– of which liquids | mboepd | 375 | 376 | 350 | 334 | ||
– of which natural gas | mboepd | 61 | 59 | 57 | 54 | ||
Liquids price | USD/boe | 75 | 79 | 74 | 74 | ||
Gas price | USD/boe | 67 | 61 | 66 | 58 | ||
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Total income | USDm | 3,003 | 12,338 | 11,013 | 10,453 | ||
EBITDA | USDm | 2,611 | 10,967 | 9,598 | 9,081 | ||
Operating profit (EBIT) | USDm | 2,007 | 8,162 | 7,285 | 6,810 | ||
Profit/loss before taxes | USDm | 1,946 | 7,997 | 7,080 | 6,554 | ||
Net profit/loss | USDm | 436 | 1,878 | 1,715 | 1,507 | ||
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Earnings per share | USD | 0.70 | 3.06 | 2.72 | 2.39 | ||
Dividend per share | USD | 0.60 | 2.40 | 2.50 | 2.70 | ||
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Cash flow operations | USDm | 1,250 | 6,625 | 6,063 | 6,006 | ||
Cash flow investments | USDm | (1,476) | (5,436) | (5,710) | (5,449) |
Participants: ABG Sundal Collier, Arctic Securities, Barclays, Berenberg, Danske Bank, DnB Markets, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, J.P. Morgan, Nordea Markets, Norne Securities, ODDO BHF, Pareto Securities, Fearnley Securities, SEB, Bernstein, SpareBank1 Markets, Stifel, Kepler Cheuvreux, Clarksons
Trading update
After the end of each quarter, Aker BP issues a trading update with production and sales numbers for the quarter. The numbers are summarised in the table below.
Volume (mboepd) | Q1-23 | Q2-23 | Q3-23 | Q4-23 | Q1-24 | Q2-24 | Q3-24 |
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Net production | 452.7 | 480.7 | 449.8 | 444.3 | 448.0 | 444.1 | 414.7 |
Overlift/(underlift) | (3.1) | (3.3) | 0.3 | 22.6 | (19.0) | 16.7 | (23.4) |
Net sold volume | 449.6 | 477.4 | 450.0 | 466.9 | 428.9 | 460.9 | 391.3 |
– of which liquids | 384.1 | 408.9 | 389.5 | 408.4 | 364.5 | 398.2 | 345.0 |
– of which natural gas | 65.5 | 68.5 | 60.5 | 58.5 | 64.4 | 62.7 | 46.4 |
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Realised prices (USD/boe) | Q1-23 | Q2-23 | Q3-23 | Q4-23 | Q1-24 | Q2-24 | Q3-24 |
Liquids | 78.4 | 76.8 | 87.6 | 83.6 | 82.7 | 83.1 | 80.3 |
Natural gas | 98.7 | 63.9 | 60.5 | 73.9 | 51.4 | 57.2 | 63.5 |
Guidance
Aker BP regularly provides guidance with respect to certain key financial parameters.
2024 guidance | Unit | Guidance | |
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Production volume | mboepd | 430-440 | |
Production cost per barrel | USD/boe | ~6.5 | |
Capital spend (capex) | USD billion | ~5 | |
Exploration spend (expex) | USD billion | ~0.5 | |
Abandonment spend (abex) | USD billion | ~0.25 |
Capital allocation priorities
Maintaining a robust balance sheet, with financial flexibility and investment grade credit rating, is the number one financial priority for Aker BP. This ensures that we can fund our investments in high return projects with low break-evens and maximise long-term value creation for our shareholders. This value creation will over time be returned to shareholders through dividends.
1. Financial capacity
Maintain financial flexibility and investment grade credit rating
2. Profitable growth
Invest in robust projects with high value and low break-evens
3. Value distribution
Resilient dividend growth in line with long-term value creation
Hedging
Aker BP’s hedging policy is designed to mitigate risks associated with fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates, and foreign exchange rates.
Commodity prices: To protect its cash flow against significant negative price movements, Aker BP uses put options on the Brent oil price. The company’s policy permits hedging up to 100 percent of anticipated oil production for the next 12 months, up to 75 percent for the subsequent six months, and up to 50 percent for the period between 18 to 24 months in the future.
Aker BP reports its commodity hedging exposure each quarter. Please see the latest quarterly report for updated information.
Interest rates: While Aker BP presently has minimal exposure to fluctuations in interest rates, the company generally manages such exposure by utilising interest rate derivatives.
Foreign exchange: Aker BP employs derivatives to mitigate the company’s exposure to currency risks, mainly costs in NOK, EUR, and GBP.
Tax
Please find below a few attachments that might be useful. Aker BP’s tax strategy describes the company’s responsible tax principles. The Tax Manual and the simplified Tax Model provide analytical information regarding the tax calculation for the company.
Aker BP Tax Strategy | |
Aker BP Tax Manual 2023 | |
Tax model (simplified) | xlsx |
Description of the Norwegian petroleum tax system
The taxation of petroleum resources on the Norwegian continental shelf is governed by the Petroleum Taxation Act. Unless otherwise specified in this special act, general Norwegian tax legislation applies to Aker BP’s activities.
From the fiscal year 2022, a cash flow tax was introduced in the special petroleum tax (SPT). This means that immediate deductions are granted for offshore investments in the SPT. To ensure the neutrality of the SPT, deduction is granted for a calculated corporate tax (CT) in the special tax basis. The overall tax rate was maintained at 78 percent.
In broad terms, the calculation of petroleum tax is as follows:
Corporate tax |
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Sales revenue (norm price for oil) |
– Operating expenses (including exploration and abandonment costs) |
– Depreciation (on a straight-line basis over 6 years) |
– Interest deduction |
– (Loss carried forward) |
= Basis for corporate tax (22 percent) |
Special petroleum tax |
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Sales revenue (norm price for oil) |
– Operating expenses (including exploration and abandonment costs) |
– Investment costs (100 percent in the year of investment) |
– Uplift (12.4 percent of investment costs covered by temporary tax rules) |
– Calculated corporate tax |
= Basis for special petroleum tax (71.8 percent) |
Special rules of the Petroleum Tax Act
Norm prices
- The act provides a legal basis to determine norm prices as a replacement for the actual sales income in the tax assessment. The norm price is set by the Petroleum Price Board and is supposed to correspond to the price the petroleum would have obtained, had it been sold between unrelated parties.
Depreciation
- The most important fixed assets in offshore activities, namely pipelines and production installations, can be deducted in their entirety in the taxation basis for special tax for the income year in which the expenses occurred. In the basis for the general income, these fixed assets can be depreciated on a straight-line basis over a period of six years. Other fixed assets are depreciated according to the general rules of the Taxation Act, both with regards to the taxation basis for the SPT and the basis for the CT.
Financial items
- There are rules that limit the right to make tax deductions for financial items related to offshore activities: Interest payments and currency items related to interest-bearing debts are deductible, but this is limited to a share corresponding to 50 percent of the ratio between depreciated offshore assets in the taxation basis for the SPT as at 31 December and the average interest-bearing debt. The average interest-bearing debt is calculated throughout the year and is subject to the use of average exchange rates in the case of a foreign currency debt. As a result of the introduction of the cash flow tax from 2022, the share of financial items allocated to offshore activities will be very small because the tax value of offshore assets in the SPT basis amounts to approximately zero. Financial items that are not allocated to offshore activities, are subject to a deduction in CT.
Transfer of ownership
- To avoid that tax rules act as incentive for or against restructuring, shares in production licences cannot be transferred without the Ministry of Finance consenting to the tax effects of the transaction. This is regulated under section 10 of the Petroleum Taxation Act.
Deficit and payment schemes
- Companies that are not in a tax position will receive payment of the tax value of their SPT deficit in the year following the income year. Ordinary CT deficit is carried forward without interest in the same way that applies to other industries onshore.
Tax instalments
- The ongoing tax payments (advance tax) are called tax instalments. The assessment of the tax instalments is based on information provided by the company regarding expected income for the fiscal year. There are six instalments through the year – respectively 1 August, 1 October, and 1 December in the fiscal year, and 1 February, 1 April, and 1 June in the following year. There is an option to make payments larger than the assessed amounts with the second and fifth instalments. When the final tax assessment is completed, the residual tax must be paid (and overpaid tax refunded) within three weeks.
Advance rulings
- The companies can request a binding advance ruling from the Oil Taxation Office regarding the fiscal consequences for a specific imminent disposition.
Withholding tax on dividends
Non-Norwegian shareholders are liable to tax in Norway for dividends received from Norwegian companies. If the company does not know the identity and tax status of the foreign shareholder, the company is legally obliged to deduct 25 percent withholding tax on dividends.
The company may however apply a reduced withholding tax rate in accordance with a double taxation treaty or a 0 percent tax rate pursuant to the exemption method in section 2-38 of the Norwegian Tax Act, if the shareholder has provided documentation that proves they’re entitled to a reduced withholding tax rate.
For more information, please visit the following webpage:
Dividends from Norwegian companies to foreign shareholders (skatteetaten.no)
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Assumptions
- 1,000 standard cubic metres (SCM) natural gas = 6.2898 barrels oil equivalent (boe)
- 1 SCM = 35.315 standard cubic feet (scf)
- 1 SCM = 40 megajoule (MJ)
- 1 SCM = 37,913 BTU
- 1 MMBTU = 1,000,000 BTU
- 1 megawatt-hour (MWh) = 3.6 MJ
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