Jadestone Energy, an independent upstream production and development company focused on the Asia-Pacific region, has successfully concluded a number of actions to enhance its balance sheet and is undertaking an extensive operating cost review to deliver a resilient business throughout the oil price cycle.
As announced on 16 April 2025, the Group successfully concluded the sale of its Thailand assets, receiving US$39.4 million, with a further US$3.5 million contingent on future licence extensions. This attractive transaction accelerated value and cashflow for Jadestone’s shareholders, resulting in a 44% return on the original acquisition cost in just over two years of ownership. The funds received were partly used to repay debt under the Group’s Reserves-Based Lending facility which, after the conclusion of the March 2025 redetermination, currently has a borrowing base of US$167 million.
The Group has also recently signed a new US$30 million working capital facility with an international bank with a 31 December 2026 maturity. The working capital facility will be used for general corporate purposes, providing additional liquidity, if required.
At 31 March 2025, consolidated Group cash balances (including restricted cash) stood at US$124.6 million, prior to incurring the majority of costs associated with the Skua-11ST drilling campaign. Available liquidity at 31 March 2025, pro-forma for the receipt of funds from the sale of the Group’s Thailand assets, debt repayments associated with the March 2025 redetermination and the working capital facility, was approximately US$160 million.
Approximately 1.2 million barrels of the Group’s oil production are hedged at a weighted average price of US$68.64/bbl across the second and third quarters of 2025, a premium to current Brent prices.
With the successful diversification of the Group’s assets in recent years, approximately 20% of revenue is now generated from the production of gas, and lower operating cost assets, such as Akatara and CWLH, provide a balance to the Group’s later life assets, Montara and Stag. An extensive operating cost review is underway to identify areas where greater operational efficiency can be implemented to lower unit operating costs and extend the economic lives of assets.
Portfolio performance in early 2025 has been in line with expectations. Akatara’s initial performance continues to impress. Recent Stag performance has benefited from proactive well management, while Montara production was ahead of expectations for the first quarter. In recent days, production from Montara was successfully restarted after the field was shut in for a period encompassing planned maintenance downtime, the commencement of the Skua-11ST drilling campaign and a significant tropical low system passing the field. The Skua-11ST well is expected to deliver an initial production rate of 3,500 bbls/d and extend the economic life of Montara by one year.
Adel Chaouch, Executive Chairman of Jadestone, commented:
'We are proactively managing Jadestone’s balance sheet, with pro-forma liquidity of approximately US$160 million at the end of the first quarter reflecting the Sinphuhorm sale proceeds, new working capital facility and March 2025 debt redetermination. This is a strong position from which to execute this year’s capital program, and with our hedges, weather current oil price volatility. The sale of Sinphuhorm was the right deal at the right time for Jadestone’s shareholders, accelerating forward several years of cashflows into a consideration that represented a 44% return on two years of ownership, enhancing our near-term liquidity in the process.
In parallel with strengthening the balance sheet, we continue to focus on maximizing the Group’s longer-term performance, value generation and resilience. We will do this through delivering safe and reliable operations at the lowest possible cost, extending the economic lives of our assets and making them more resilient to the oil price cycle.
We remain confident in the longer-term prospects of the business, and the actions we have taken to enhance liquidity in the near-term will contribute to the success of our strategy.'
Source: Jadestone Energy
