Senex Energy

Senex Energy Limited (Senex) is an Australian energy company that was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in 1984.[2] The name is not an acronym, but refers to the Latin word Senex.[3]

Senex Energy Limited
TypePublic
ASX: SXY
IndustryEnergy
Founded15 August 1984
HeadquartersLevel 30, 180 Ann Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Key people
Mr Ian Davies, Managing Director and CEO
Products
  • gas and petroleum exploration;
  • the production, treatment and marketing of crude oil;
  • transportation by pipeline of crude oil
RevenueA$70.4 million (2011/12)[1]
Number of employees
~150 (2013)
Websitewww.senexenergy.com.au

Operations

Senex owns producing oil assets in Australia's Cooper Basin and operates exploration permits covering more than 70,000 square kilometres in South Australia and Queensland.[4][5]

Oil production

Senex operates more than 10 oil fields in the South Australian Cooper Basin, including Growler oil field, which was connected via pipeline to the Moomba oil processing facility in December 2012.[6] Production for the 2012/13 financial year is expected to reach 1.2 million barrels (compared with actual production of 601,000 barrels for 2011/12).[7] Actual oil production for the half year ended 31 December 2012 was 660,136 barrels (up 70 per cent on the previous six months).[8]

In February 2015, Senex Energy discovered an oil pay zone at its Martlet North-1 exploration well on the western flank of the South Australian Cooper Basin.[9]

Gas exploration

Senex is one of a handful of exploration companies seeking to develop a commercial scale unconventional gas resource in the South Australian Cooper Basin.[10] Unlike some of its contemporaries (including Santos and Beach Energy Limited), Senex has not partnered with a multinational energy company to share the cost of its gas exploration programs.[11][12] Exploration during the 2012/13 financial year resulted in gas flows of 1.4 million cubic feet (40 thousand cubic metres) per day at standard conditions at the Kingston Rule-1 unconventional gas exploration well and 2.2 million cu ft (62 thousand m3) per day at standard conditions at the Hornet-1 well (both in the southern Cooper Basin).[6]

Financial information

For the nine months to 31 March 2013, Senex announced revenue of A$104.2 million, although production for the March quarter was lower than expected due to workovers on key wells, natural decline and flooding in the Cooper Basin.[6] [13] The company also announced that it had cash reserves of approximately A$150 million and that all of its exploration and development programs for the 2012/13 and 2013/14 financial years were fully funded.[6]

Broker reports

On 23 April 2013, Citi rated Senex as "neutral" following release of the company's quarterly report, which reported a 7% drop in production for the three months to 31 March 2013.[6][14] On 15 April 2013, JP Morgan downgraded the company to "underweight" citing "a lack of visibility regarding the timeframe to realise value for its CSG and shale assets".[15][16] Broker reports by JP Morgan and RBS during 2012 had previously rated Senex as "buy".[14]

History

Senex was listed on the ASX in August 1984 as Victoria Petroleum N.L. At that time, the company was based in Perth and headed by Founding Managing Director John Kopcheff, who retired from the Board in September 2010.[17]

In June 2010, the company announced the appointment of Ian Davies as Managing Director and advised that the business would relocate its head office to Brisbane.[18] Later in the year, the business announced "aggressive development programs" for its oil and gas acreage in the Cooper and Surat Basins,[19] further leadership appointments [20][21] and obtained shareholder approval to amend the company's status and constitution.[22]

On 14 February 2011, the company officially changed its name to Senex Energy Limited and adopted the ASX ticker code "SXY".[3][4] One week later, the company announced a merger with fellow Cooper Basin oil producer Stuart Petroleum.[23]

Senex was admitted to the ASX/S&P 200 index in April 2012.[24] In March 2013, the ASX amended the company's classification to a Mining Producing Entity, for reporting purposes.[6]

References
  1. "Senex delivers $8.9 million net profit after tax" (PDF). ASX. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  2. "Listed company fact sheet: Senex Energy Limited (SXY)". ASX. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  3. "Victoria Petroleum becomes Senex Energy Limited" (PDF). ASX. 14 February 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  4. "A commanding position in the Cooper Basin". The Australian Oil and Gas Review. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  5. "Holders of Petroleum and Geothermal Tenements in South Australia" (PDF). Government of South Australia. March 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  6. "March 2013 Quarterly Report" (PDF). ASX. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  7. "Senex exceeds target oil production for 2012/13". Oil Voice. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  8. "Senex posts record half-year profit on 70 per cent increase in Cooper Basin oil production". Adelaide Now. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  9. "Senex Energy hits Cooper Basin oil pay zone". Petro Global News. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  10. "Chapter 4, Unconventional Gas Projects, Roadmap for Unconventional Gas Projects in South Australia" (PDF). PIRSA. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  11. "Shale be right as international big boys arrive". The Australian (Business with the Wall Street Journal). 1 April 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  12. "Chevron shale bet down under makes Senex target: Real M&A". Bloomberg. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  13. "Senex quarterly output marred by rain, fields work". Australian Financial Review. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  14. "Senex Energy Limited Broker Alerts". Eureka Report. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  15. "Research: Senex Energy Limited" (PDF). J.P. Morgan. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  16. "Senex price strength ahead of fundamentals". Australian Financial Review. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  17. "John Kopcheff retires from the Victoria Petroleum N.L. Board". E&P Magazine. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  18. "Victoria Petroleum N.L. appoints new Managing Director, new senior management and announces head office relocation to Brisbane" (PDF). ASX. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  19. "Victoria Petroleum announces $26 million placement, aggressive development programs and reserves targets" (PDF). ASX. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  20. "Mr Tim Crommelin appointed as Non-executive Director" (PDF). ASX. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  21. "Victoria Petroleum appoints Chief Financial Officer" (PDF). ASX. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  22. "AGM Results" (PDF). ASX. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  23. "Senex merges with Stuart Petroleum in $78m deal". Australian Financial Review. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  24. "S&P indices to include Senex Energy Limited in S&P/ASX 200 Index-S&P Indices". Reuters. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
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