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Slide 2 Overview – Targeting High Impact Exploration • Africa focused portfolio • Significant exploration assets • • • • Strong balance sheet • • • Odewayne (Somaliland) Ntem (Cameroon) Ampasindava & Ambilobe (Madagascar) Cash of ~$107m, debt free Cash equivalent to 32p/share 3 Experienced management team Slide 3 Board of Directors - Track Record of Managing Value Creation Executive Directors Non-executive Directors Alastair Beardsall Keith Henry Executive Chairman and Interim CEO • • • • • 35 years of international oil industry experience As Executive Chairman of Emerald Energy, refinanced Emerald at 25p/share (2003) and sold at 750p/share (2009) Non-exec Director of Jupiter Energy (AIM/ASX) Philip Frank 4 Nick Clayton • • Exploration Director • • • 38 years of international exploration experience Senior exploration & management positions at BP, Clyde, Monument, LASMO and Emerald Energy. Resigned Q4 2014, expect to leave Q1 2015 Chairman of Regal Petroleum and Greenko Group, and a non-executive director of KSK Power Ventur. Previously CEO Brown & Root, National Power, Kvaerner Engineering and Construction Non-executive Director of Circle Oil and Alpha Petroleum Resources Limited and adviser to Geopark. Former Global Head of Oil & Gas Corporate Finance for Dresdner Malcolm Pattinson • • Chairman of GTO Ltd Previously Director of Aurelian Oil and Gas Plc and Exploration Director at Ranger Oil and Hamilton Oil Slide 4 Capital Structure Sterling Energy PLC - listed on AIM 2002 Shares in issue LTIP (exercise 40p/43p) FULLY DILUTED Significant Shareholders 220.1 million 12.7 million 232.8 million Waterford Soyuzneftegas Capital Limited YF Finance Limited Denis O’Brien Sprott US Holdings Inc. ~6% of issued share capital under option Sub Total 5 Board and Management 29.9% 15.2% 9.5% 7.4% 5.3% 67.3% ~1% Corporate re-structuring 2009 Board and management changes Raised £81m at 52p/share Slide 5 Cameroon, West Africa - Country Overview • Oil & Gas * - • Oil production ~63,000 bopd Proved oil reserves ~200 million barrels Proved gas reserves ~5 trillion cubic feet Government - Independence in 1960 Multi-party presidential system President Paul Biya − Held office since Nov 1982 − Elected for further 7 year term in Oct 2011 6 * Source: US Energy Information Administration Slide 6 Cameroon - Ntem Block • Sterling Energy − • Murphy Oil − − • 50% interest and operator Experienced in deep water drilling operations Ntem - deep water exploration play − − − • 50% non-operated interest 3D seismic over 2/3rd of the block Water depth 400 – 2,000 metres All commitments now met for current period 7 Exploration Well Bamboo -1 − − − Total depth 4,747 m in 1,600 m of water Encountered well developed, high porosity, water- bearing sandstones in all submarine fan targets Sterling costs carried by Murphy for Bamboo -1 Slide 7 Cameroon – Bamboo-1 result • Bamboo -1 results − Targeted stratigraphically trapped Upper Cretaceous submarine fans − All targets were found to be well developed high porosity sandstones − No significant hydrocarbon shows were recorded W E Upper Cretaceous stacked fan complex 8 Pliopleistocene R Lwr. Cretaceous R R Miocene s Palaeogene R Maast-Campanian R Santonian s Turonian CenomanianAlbian Migration route s s Source Interval R Reservoir s Base Post rift 4 km Ntem Additional Cretaceous and Tertiary prospects in the block are being reevaluated by incorporating the significant new data from Bamboo-1 Slide 8 Cameroon - Exploration Setting Ebome Fields Perenco operated production, principally from Lower Cretaceous. KH field is nearest Upper Cretaceous discovery to Ntem Block I, O and Yo-Yo Miocene discoveries made by Noble Energy Bamboo-1 well encountered thick, porous sandstones in Upper Cretaceous target, but water-bearing 9 CM-1A & Eboni-1 Good quality sands. CM1A reported thin net pay and oil shows while Eboni-1 saw gas shows Okume Complex & Ceiba Field Hess operated production from Upper Cretaceous stratigraphic/structural closures 1H 2013 Production ~75kbopd Slide 9 Cameroon & Equatorial Guinea Maritime Border • Maritime Border Claim − − • Declaration of Force Majeure − • In 2005 Sterling Energy declared force majeure suspending the work obligations under the Ntem concession. Lifting of Force Majeure − • Equatorial Guinea made claims over Cameroon’s maritime territory; The western and southern boundaries of the Ntem concession potentially affected. 10 In January 2014 Sterling, Murphy and SNH (the national oil company of Cameroon), agreed to lift force majeure to allow exploration activity to resume. Declaration of Force Majeure − On 6th May 2014 Sterling Energy declared force majeure suspending the work obligations under the Ntem concession. Slide 10 Somaliland (East Africa) – Country Overview • • Oil & Gas – Very little exploration to date – No production Government – Somaliland was a protectorate of the UK until 1960 – Declared independence from Somalia in 1991; allowed development of a stable, democratic 11 government – Not recognised as an independent country but favourable political contacts with a number of countries including UK Slide 11 Somaliland - Odewayne Basin Overview 12 • • • • • • Odewayne block is 22,840 km2 , equivalent to +/- 100 UKCS Blocks No seismic control and no drilling to date Basin interpreted to be deep enough for Jurassic source rocks to be mature (3.5km+) Active hydrocarbon system confirmed by oil seeps within the block Sub-surface basin structure identified by 2013 aero-magnetic survey; multiple 3-way faultcontrolled traps likely. Structural style expected to be similar to the Nugaal Basin located to east of Odewayne Slide 12 Somaliland – Odewayne Block Play Elements • • • • • Working petroleum system with multiple shows and oil seeps Excellent quality Jurassic source rock seen in outcrop Jurassic and Tertiary clastic reservoirs seen at outcrop Potential for Jurassic carbonate reservoir (proven in Ethiopia) Excellent Cretaceous reservoirs identified regionally in Ethiopia and Yemen may be present in Odewayne. 13 Slide 13 Somaliland - Odewayne Block • Partners − − − • Genel (50% and operator) Sterling (40%) Petrosoma (10%) Licence Terms and Commitments − − Sterling carried by Genel for all costs in Periods 3 & 4 Period 3: May 2012 – Nov 2016 − Acquire airborne gravity and magnetics survey − Acquire 500km 2D seismic data − 14 Period 4: Nov 2016 – May 2018 − Acquire 1000km 2D seismic data − Drill one exploration well • Current Status − − Operations suspended following a security threat Somaliland Government setting up Oilfield Protection Unit (OPU), expected to be operational 2016 Slide 14 Madagascar– Country Overview • Economy − − − • Government − − • GDP (2012): $10.1 billion ($451 per capita) Agriculture 29% Industry 16% Elections held in Dec 2013 Hery Rajaonarimampianina was elected President for 15 a 5 year term Oil & Gas − − Heavy oil discovered onshore ~100 years ago, No material production Offshore unexplored Slide 15 Madagascar – Regional Potential • Exploration of East African conjugate margins focused on Jurassic petroleum system − − − • Jurassic identified as major source rock Gas discoveries in Tertiary submarine fan and channel sandstone reservoirs Additional potential in Cretaceous deep water sandstones Madagascar highly prospective − − − Jurassic source rocks well-developed at outcrop on conjugate margin Jurassic, Cretaceous & Tertiary depocenters identified Working petroleum systems 16 − Oil discovered onshore in 1901, not yet developed − Multiple oil & gas shows in wells − Multiple seeps Slide 16 Madagascar – Ampasindava • Sterling 30%, Exxon 70% and operator − • Large offshore block − − − • Area 7,379 km2, water depth 200-2000m 3,000 km 2D seismic acquired and interpreted Additional 1,300 km 2D seismic acquired in 2013 Sifaka prospect − − − − • Sterling carried by Exxon for ~US$30m future gross costs Large 4-way dip structure 17 Stacked hydrocarbon systems Independent ‘best estimate’ (100%) unrisked prospective resources of 1.2 billion barrels* Located in a frontier, undrilled, basin, a high risk prospect with a chance of success of ~8%* Forward activities − − − Phase 3 of exploration period runs to Sept 2015, minimum work obligation of 1 exploration well. Farm-out process to reduce Sterling’s exposure to drilling costs on-going Drilling expected in 2015-2016 * RISC 2008 Slide 17 Madagascar – Ambilobe • Sterling 50% (operator), Pura Vida 50% − • Large under explored offshore block − − • • Sterling carried by Pura Vida through 3D seismic programme, with gross costs capped at $15 million Area 17,650 km2, water depths 0 -2000m 5,500 km 2D seismic acquired and interpreted Leads in Cretaceous & Jurassic plays Forward activities − − − − 18 Phase 2 of exploration period runs to Sept 2015 No outstanding work obligations Sterling planning for 3D seismic in 2015, to mature leads to drill ready prospects No commitment for drilling exploration well expected until after Sifaka well in Ampasindava Block Slide 18 Other Assets - Mauritania • Chinguetti Field − − − • Sterling net financial interest in H1 2014 − − • ~8% financial interest via funding agreement Current gross field production of ~ 6,000 bopd Remaining field life ~3 years Production averaged 436 bopd Net cash inflow for H1 2014 of ~$4 million 19 Royalty on Premier’s interest: − Up to 6% of Premier’s interests (3% to 6%) in Chinguetti production Slide 19 Anticipated Activity Schedule Note: Company estimates 2015 Q1 Q2 Q3 2016 Q4 Q1 Q2 2017 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Cameroon Ntem Somaliland 20 2D Odewayne well Madagascar Ampasindava well 3D Ambilobe Seismic Well Other Firm Contingent Slide 20 New Ventures • Previous projects − − • • Cash resources of ~$107m New ventures focused on − • 21 Exploration in areas where team has technical and geographical experience Broaden asset portfolio − • Sangaw North #1 (Kurdistan) drilled and tested a potential resource of 804mmboe (gross) at $18m cost to Sterling. Bamboo #1 (Ntem, Cameroon) drilled and tested a potential resource of 450mmboe (gross) at no cost to Sterling Diversify assets and activity Opportunities − − − Assets: farm-in or acquire Licence rounds Corporate transactions Slide 21 Summary of Q3 2014 Q3 2014 H1 2014 FY 2013 Production 463 bopd 436 bopd 527 bopd Average realised oil price $97.5 /bbl $103.9 /bbl $101.1 /bbl Revenue $4.2 million $9.1 million $18.4 million EBITDA $1.2 million 22 $4.7 million $9.1 million - - $4.3 million G&A - net of re-charges & capitalisation ($0.2) million ($0.8) million ($3.2) million Profit / (Loss) after tax $(0.4) million $1.7 million $8.3 million $3.0 million $3.6 million $2.7 million $107.5 million $110.9 million $120.8 million Impairment reversals Inventories of oil for resale Cash Slide 22 Summary • Focusing on high upside exploration programme − − − − Ntem (Cameroon) – forward plans under review Odewayne (Somaliland) - 2D seismic in 2015/16 (carried by Genel) Ampasindava (Madagascar) - drilling possibly 2015/16 (part carried by Exxon) Ambilobe (Madagascar) - 3D seismic in 2015 (carried by Pura Vida) • New Ventures • Strong balance sheet − − • Frontier Exploration Production Interest 23 Cash of ~$107 million Debt free 2015 work programme fully funded High Impact Exploration High Impact Exploration Slide 23
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