Delphi Energy Releases Year End 2014 Reserves

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Feb 25, 2015) - Delphi Energy Corp. (DEE.TO) ("Delphi" or the "Company") is pleased to report its crude oil and natural gas reserves information for the year ended December 31, 2014.

Corporate Highlights

  • Achieved record annualized production of 10,549 barrels of oil equivalent ("boe") per day and fourth quarter production of 12,035 boe per day.

  • Achieved finding and development costs ("F&D"), including changes in future development costs ("FDC"), of $13.67 per boe for proved developed producing reserves(1); $12.51 per boe for total proved reserves and $10.88 per boe for total proved plus probable reserves;

  • Achieved finding, development and acquisition costs ("FD&A"), including changes in FDC, of $13.58 per boe for proved developed producing reserves(1); $12.12 per boe for total proved reserves and $10.35 per boe for total proved plus probable reserves;

  • Realized an operating netback(2) of $20.82 per boe resulting in recycle ratios(3) of 1.5, 1.7 and 2.0 for proved developed producing, total proved and total proved plus probable reserves, respectively.

  • Increased proved developed producing reserves by 25 percent to 18.7 million boe, total proved reserves by 19 percent to 42.9 million boe and total proved plus probable reserves by 21 percent to 74.4 million boe compared to December 31, 2013;

  • Proved developed producing reserve value (before income taxes, discounted at 10 percent) decreased by five percent to $179.7 million. Total proved reserves value (before income taxes, discounted at 10 percent) decreased by five percent to $360.3 million and total proved plus probable reserve value (before income taxes, discounted at 10 percent) increased by two percent to $592.8 million compared to December 31, 2013. Reserve values were relatively unchanged from the prior year as the increase in reserves were offset by a reduced commodity price forecast used by the independent engineers;

  • Replaced 2014 production of 3.9 million boe by 4.3 times with total proved plus probable reserve additions (including technical revisions and economic factors) of 16.6 million boe; and

  • Increased annualized production per share(4) by 26 percent and proved developed producing reserves per share(4) by 23 percent compared to December 31, 2013.

Montney Highlights

  • For the Montney program, Delphi achieved finding and development costs(5), including changes in FDC, of $12.98 per boe for proved developed producing reserves; $11.65 per boe for total proved reserves and $9.87 per boe for total proved plus probable reserves. With a realized operating netback(2) of $28.10 per boe, the Montney achieved a recycle ratio(3) on development capital of 2.2, 2.4 and 2.8 for proved developed producing, total proved and total proved plus probable, respectively.

  • For the Montney program, Delphi achieved finding, development and acquisition costs(5), including changes in FDC, of $14.09 per boe for proved developed producing reserves; $12.35 per boe for total proved reserves and $10.12 per boe for total proved plus probable reserves. With a realized operating netback(1) of $28.10 per boe, the Montney achieved a recycle ratio(2) on acquisition and development capital of 2.0, 2.3 and 2.8 for proved developed producing, total proved and total proved plus probable, respectively.

  • Increased proved developed producing Montney reserves by 124 percent to 9.8 million boe, increased total proved reserves by 50 percent to 28.0 million boe and total proved plus probable reserves by 53 percent to 50.7 million boe compared to December 31, 2013; and

  • Proved developed producing reserve value (before income taxes, discounted at 10 percent) for the Montney increased by 82 percent to $113.9 million. Total proved reserves value (before income taxes, discounted at 10 percent) increased by 30 percent to $259.1 million and total proved plus probable reserve value (before income taxes, discounted at 10 percent) increased by 34 percent to $448.2 million compared to December 31, 2013.