TIDMINDI

RNS Number : 6857L

Indus Gas Limited

28 December 2018

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim

Financial

Statements

Indus Gas Limited and its subsidiaries

Six months ended 30 September 2018

Indus Gas Limited (AIM:INDI.L), an oil & gas exploration and development company with assets in India, is pleased to report its interim results for the six month period ending 30 September 2018.

Consolidated reported adjusted revenues, operating profit and profit before tax for the interim period ending 30

September 2018 were US$ 27.78m (US$ 29.39 interim 2017),US$ 23.42m (US$ 25.63m interim 2017) and US$ 23.57m (US$ 23.63m interim 2017) respectively.

The Company has continued to make provision for a notional deferred tax liability of US$ 5.85m (US$ 7.92m interim 2017), in accordance with IFRS requirements.

As recently announced in our full year results, the Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) have invited bids for the laying of a Gas Pipeline of 580 Kms for the evacuation of Gas from RJ-ON/6 Block. This new pipeline will connect the gas processing facility located at Langtala to Bhilwara. This will then connect to the National Grid through the Gas Authority of India Limited's (GAIL) Hazira-Vijaypur-Jagdishpur pipeline. The tender process continues to progress and a further update will be provided in due course.

Following the approval by the Director General Of Hydrocarbons (DGH) and the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoP&NG) of the Integrated Field Development Plan for the SSG and SSF area, detailed on-site planning continues for the delivery of the required production ramp once the pipeline is constructed. Planning is also at an advanced stage in respect of the SGL area and the revised Field Development Plan (FDP) for the enhancement of production from the current 33.5 mmscfd to an estimated 90 mmscfd.

Commenting, Peter Cockburn, Chairman of Indus, said:

Indus has reached a very exciting point in its development as a result of management's consistent and successful execution of the Company's long-term strategy of achieving both growth in reserves and commercial production. The Indian economy continues to suffer from a shortage of domestically sourced energy production and Indus remains well placed to contribute to addressing this deficit by working in partnership with the relevant authorities in India.

For further information please contact:

Indus Gas Limited

Peter Cockburn

Jonathan Keeling +44 (0) 20 7877 0022

Arden Partners plc

Steve Douglas

Ciaran Walsh

Dan Gee-Summons +44 (0) 20 7614 5900

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

(All amounts in US$, unless otherwise stated)

 
                                   Notes             As at                     As at               As at 
                                                  30 September              30 September        31 March 2018 
                                                      2018                      2017 
                                                  (Unaudited)               (Unaudited)          (Audited) 
 
 ASSETS 
 Non-current assets 
 Intangible assets: exploration 
  and evaluation assets               7                            -                       -                - 
 Property, plant and equipment       8                   796,677,681             684,756,815      742,705,287 
 Tax assets                                                2,608,056               2,264,090        2,424,527 
 Other assets                                                    774                     885              709 
 Total non-current assets                                799,286,511             687,021,790      745,130,523 
                                          --------------------------  ----------------------  --------------- 
 Current assets 
 Inventories                                               8,607,174               5,860,552        8,341,084 
 Trade receivables                                        15,642,575              11,879,600       18,185,854 
 Recoverable from related 
  party                                                   62,071,616                       -       13,914,912 
 Other current assets                                         54,056                  74,368           34,296 
 Cash and cash equivalents                                   864,273               1,674,929       13,342,498 
 Total current assets                                     87,239,694              19,489,449       53,818,644 
                                          --------------------------  ----------------------  --------------- 
 Total assets                                            886,526,205             706,511,239      798,949,167 
                                          ==========================  ======================  =============== 
 
 LIABILITIES AND EQUITY 
 Shareholders' equity 
 Share capital                                             36,19,443               36,19,443        3,619,443 
 Additional paid-in capital                               46,733,689              46,733,689       46,733,689 
 Currency translation reserve                            (9,313,781)             (9,313,781)      (9,313,781) 
 Merger reserve                                           19,570,288              19,570,288       19,570,288 
 Retained earnings                                       119,981,026              84,357,719      102,268,993 
 Total shareholders' equity                              180,590,665             144,967,358      162,878,632 
                                          --------------------------  ----------------------  --------------- 
 
 
 
   LIABILITIES 
 Non-current liabilities 
 Long term debt , excluding 
  current portion                 9    268,180,256   151,559,044   287,451,403 
 Provision for decommissioning           1,520,200     1,426,125     1,581,096 
 Deferred tax liabilities 
  (net)                                 78,885,614    66,768,667    73,031,531 
 Payable to related parties, 
  excluding current portion       11   287,040,489   171,354,704   204,640,627 
 Deferred revenue                       25,563,995    25,563,995    25,563,995 
 Total non-current liabilities         661,190,554   416,672,535   592,268,652 
                                      ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 Current liabilities 
 Current portion of long term 
  debt                            9     37,640,707   116,535,739    37,299,630 
 Current portion payable to 
  related parties                 11       352,985    23,137,203       355,496 
 Accrued expenses and other 
  liabilities                            1,674,208       121,318     1,069,671 
 Deferred revenue                        5,077,086     5,077,086     5,077,086 
 Total current liabilities              44,744,986   144,871,346    43,801,883 
                                      ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 Total liabilities                     705,935,540   561,543,881   636,070,535 
                                      ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 Total liabilities and equity          886,526,205   706,511,239   798,949,167 
                                      ============  ============  ============ 
 

(The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements)

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

(All amounts in US $, unless otherwise stated)

 
                                Notes                           Six month ended 
                                          Six months ended         30 September 
                                         30 September 2018                 2017 
                                                 Unaudited            Unaudited 
------------------------------  ------  ------------------  ------------------- 
Revenue                                         27,775,085           29,391,480 
Cost of sales                                  (3,218,897)          (2,688,457) 
Administrative expenses                        (1,132,978)          (1,071,345) 
 
Profit from operations                          23,423,210           25,631,678 
                                        ------------------  ------------------- 
Foreign exchange gain/(loss), 
 net                                               142,884          (1,993,054) 
Interest income                                         22                   45 
Profit before tax                               23,566,116           23,638,669 
                                        ------------------  ------------------- 
 
Income taxes 
 -Deferred tax charge                          (5,854,083)          (7,920,563) 
                                        ------------------  ------------------- 
 
 
 
 

Profit for the period (attributable

   17,712,033                    15,718,106 
 
 to the shareholder of the 
  Group) 
                                       -----------  ------------ 
 Total comprehensive income 
  for the period (attributable 
  to the shareholders of 
  the Group)                            17,712,033    15,718,106 
                                       -----------  ------------ 
 Earnings per share                12 
 Basic                                        0.10          0.09 
 Diluted                                      0.10          0.09 
 
 
 
(The ((The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Unaudited Condensed Consolidated 
 Interim Financial Statements) 
 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

(All amounts in US $, unless otherwise stated)

 
                       Share capital        Additional    Currency       Merger      Share    (Accumulated       Total 
                       Number Amount          paid-in    translation     reserve    option      losses)/     stockholders' 
                                              capital      reserve                  reserve     Retained        equity 
                                                                                                earnings 
 
 Balance as at 
  1 April 
  2018            182,973,924   3,619,443   46,733,689   (9,313,781)   19,570,288         -    102,268,993     162,878,632 
---------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  -----------  --------  -------------  -------------- 
 Profit for the 
  period               -                -            -             -            -         -     17,712,033      17,712,033 
---------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  -----------  --------  -------------  -------------- 
 Total 
  comprehensive 
  income for 
  the period           -                -            -             -            -         -     17,712,033      17,712,033 
---------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  -----------  --------  -------------  -------------- 
 Balance as at 
  30 
  September 
  2018            182,973,924   3,619,443   46,733,689   (9,313,781)   19,570,288         -    119,981,026     180,590,665 
---------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  -----------  --------  -------------  -------------- 
 
 
 
 Balance as at 1 
  April 
  2017                  182,973,924   3,619,443   46,733,689   (9,313,781)   19,570,288   -   68,639,613   129,249,252 
---------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  -----------      -----------  ------------ 
 Profit for the 
  period                     -                -            -             -            -   -   15,718,106    15,718,106 
---------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  -----------      -----------  ------------ 
 Total comprehensive 
  income for the 
  period                     -                -            -             -            -   -   15,718,106    15,718,106 
---------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  -----------      -----------  ------------ 
 Balance as at 30 
  September 2017        182,973,924   3,619,443   46,733,689   (9,313,781)   19,570,288   -   84,357,719   144,967,358 
---------------------  ------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  -----------      -----------  ------------ 
 

(The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements)

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

(All amounts in US $, unless otherwise stated)

 
                                                             Six months                         Six months 
                                                                  ended                              ended 
                                                           30 September                       30 September 
                                                                   2018                               2017 
                                                            (Unaudited)                        (Unaudited) 
----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------  -----------  -------------------- 
 (A) Cash flow from 
 operating activities 
 Profit before tax                                           23,566,116                         23,638,669 
 Adjustments 
 Unrealised exchange loss/ 
  (gain)                                                      (142,884)                          1,993,054 
 Interest income                                                   (22)                               (45) 
 Depreciation                                                 2,520,327                          2,215,281 
 Changes in operating assets 
 and 
 liabilities 
 Inventories                                                  (266,090)                          (279,049) 
 Trade receivables                                            2,543,379                        (9,834,346) 
 Trade and other payables                                     3,171,638                          2,899,807 
 Other current and 
  non-current 
  assets                                                       (19,825)                           (35,584) 
 Provisions for 
  decommissioning                                              (60,896)                            105,092 
 Other liabilities                                              602,026                             96,745 
                                                         --------------  -----------  -------------------- 
 Cash generated from 
  operations                                                 31,913,769                         20,799,624 
 Income taxes paid                                            (183,529)                           (98,780) 
                                                         --------------  -----------  -------------------- 
 Net cash generated from 
  operating 
  activities                                                 31,730,240                         20,700,844 
                                                         --------------  -----------  -------------------- 
 
  (B) Cash flow from 
  investing activities 
 Purchase of property, plant 
  and 
  equipment (A)                                            (92,694,415)                       (18,271,141) 
 Interest received                                                   22                                 35 
 Net cash used in investing 
  activities                                               (92,694,393)                       (18,271,106) 
                                                         --------------  -----------  -------------------- 
 
  (C) Cash flow from 
  financing 
  activities 
 Repayment of long term debt from 
  banks                                                                 (18,642,570)          (20,828,000) 
 Proceed from Related Party                                               78,449,952            17,209,839 
 Payment of interest                                                    (11,464,739)           (8,539,329) 
 Net cash generated from/(used in) 
  financing 
  activities                                                              48,342,643          (12,157,490) 
                                           -----------------------------------------  -------------------- 
 Net change in cash and cash 
  equivalents                                                           (12,621,510)           (9,727,752) 
 Cash and cash equivalents at the 
  beginning 
  of the period                                                           13,342,498            11,401,788 
 Effect of exchange rate change on 
  cash 
  and cash equivalents                                                       143,285                   893 
                                           -----------------------------------------  -------------------- 
 Cash and cash equivalents at the 
  end of 
  the period                                                                 864,273             1,674,929 
                                           -----------------------------------------  -------------------- 
 
 
 

(A) The purchase of property, plant and equipment above, includes additions to exploration and evaluation assets amounting to Nil (previous period: US$ 13,623,183) transferred to development cost, as explained in Note 7.

(The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements)

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

(All amounts in US $, unless otherwise stated)

   1.    INTRODUCTION 

Indus Gas Limited ("Indus Gas" or "the Company") was incorporated in the Island of Guernsey on 4 March 2008 pursuant to an Act of the Royal Court of the Island of Guernsey. The Company was set up to act as the holding company of iServices Investments Limited. ("iServices") and Newbury Oil Co. Limited ("Newbury"). iServices and Newbury are companies incorporated in Mauritius and Cyprus, respectively. iServices was incorporated on 18 June 2003 and Newbury was incorporated on 17 February 2005. The Company was listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange on 6 June 2008. Indus Gas through its wholly owned subsidiaries iServices and Newbury (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the Group") is engaged in the business of oil and gas exploration, development and production.

Focus Energy Limited ("Focus"), an entity incorporated in India, entered into a Production Sharing Contract ("PSC") with the Government of India ("GOI") and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited ("ONGC") on 30 June 1998 for petroleum exploration and development concession in India known as RJ-ON/06 ("the Block"). Focus is the Operator of the Block. On 13 January 2006, iServices and Newbury entered into an interest sharing agreement with Focus and obtained a 65 per cent and 25 per cent share respectively in the Block. Consequent to this, the Group acquired an aggregate of 90 per cent participating interest in the Block and the balance 10 per cent of participating interest is owned by Focus. The participating interest explained above is subject to any option exercised by ONGC in respect of individual wells (already exercised for SGL field as further explained in Note 4).

   2.   BASIS OF PREPARATION 

The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements are for the six months ended 30 September 2018 and are presented in United States Dollar (US$), which is the functional currency of the parent company and other entities in the Group. They have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting. They do not include all of the information required in annual financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European union, and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes of the Group for the year ended 31 March 2018.

The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.

The accounting policies applied in these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements are consistent with the policies that were applied for the preparation of the consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2018.

These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements are for the six months ended 30 September 2018 and have been approved for issue by the Board of Directors. ---------

   3.   STANDARDS AND INTERPRETATIONS ISSUED BUT NOT EFFECTIVE AND YET TO BE APPLIED BY THE GROUP 

Summarised in the paragraphs below are standards, interpretations or amendments that have been issued prior to the date of approval of these consolidated financial statements and endorsed by EU and will be applicable for transactions in the Group but are not yet effective. These have not been adopted early by the Group and accordingly, have not been considered in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements of the Group.

Management anticipates that all of these pronouncements will be adopted by the Group in the first accounting period beginning after the effective date of each of the pronouncements. Information on the new standards, interpretations and amendments that are expected to be relevant to the Group's consolidated financial statements is provided below.

- IFRS 16 Leases

On 13 January 2016, the IASB issued the final version of IFRS 16, Leases. IFRS 16 will replace the existing leases Standard, IAS 17 Leases, and related interpretations. The standard sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases. IFRS 16 introduces a single lessee accounting model and requires a lessee to recognize assets and liabilities for all leases with a term of more than 12 months, unless the underlying asset is of low value. The Standard also contains enhanced disclosure requirements for lessees. The effective date for adoption of IFRS 16 is annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019 (but not yet endorsed in EU), though early adoption is permitted for companies applying IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers.

Management is currently evaluating the impact that this new standard will have on its consolidated financial statements.

- IFRIC 22 Foreign Currency Transactions and Advance Consideration

The amendment clarifies that, in determining the spot exchange rate to use on initial recognition of the related asset, expense or income (or part of it) on the derecognition of a non-monetary asset or nonmonetary liability relating to advance consideration, the date of the transaction is the date on which an entity initially recognises the non-monetary asset or non-monetary liability arising from the advance consideration. If there are multiple payments or receipts in advance, then the entity must determine the transaction date for each payment or receipt of advance consideration. Entities may apply the amendments on a fully retrospective basis. Alternatively, an entity may apply the Interpretation prospectively to all assets, expenses and income in its scope that are initially recognized on or after:

(i) The beginning of the reporting period in which the entity first applies the interpretation or

(ii) The beginning of a prior reporting period presented as comparative information in the financial

statements of the reporting period in which the entity first applies the interpretation.

Management is currently evaluating the impact that this new standard will have on its consolidated financial statements.

4. JOINTLY CONTROLLED ASSETS

The Group participates in an unincorporated joint arrangement with Focus wherein the Group's interest in this arrangement was classified as jointly controlled assets. Following implementation of IFRS 11: Joint Arrangements, the Group's interest in this arrangement is now classified as Joint operation. All rights and obligations in respect of exploration, development and production of oil and gas resources under the 'Interest sharing agreement' are shared between Focus, iServices and Newbury in the ratio of 10 per cent, 65 per cent and 25 per cent respectively.

Under the PSC, the GOI, through ONGC had an option to acquire a 30 per cent participating interest in any discovered field, upon such successful discovery of oil or gas reserves, which has been declared as commercially feasible to develop.

Subsequent to the declaration of commercial discovery in SGL field on 21 January 2008, ONGC had exercised the option to acquire a 30 per cent participating interest in the discovered fields on 6 June 2008. The exercise of this option would reduce the interest of the existing partners proportionately.

On exercise of this option, ONGC is liable to pay its share of 30 per cent of the SGL field development costs and production costs incurred after 21 January 2008 and are entitled to a 30 per cent share in the production of gas subject to recovery of contract costs as explained below.

The allocation of the production from the field to each participant in any year is determined on the basis of the respective proportion of each participant's cumulative unrecovered contract costs as at the end of the previous year or where there are no unrecovered contract cost at the end of previous year on the basis of participating interest of each such participant in the field. For recovery of past contract cost, production from the field is first allocated towards exploration and evaluation cost and thereafter towards development cost.

On the basis of above, gas production for the period ended 30 September 2018 is shared between Focus, iServices and Newbury in the ratio of 10 percent, 65 percent and 25 percent respectively.

The aggregate amounts relating to jointly controlled assets, liabilities, expenses and commitments related thereto that have been included in the consolidated financial statements are as follows:

 
Particular                                Period ended                Period ended      Year ended 
                                        30 September 2018             30 September     31 March 2018 
                                                                              2017 
                                           (Unaudited)                 (Unaudited)       (Audited) 
--------------------------  -----------------------------  -----------------------  ----------------- 
Non-current assets                            796,677,681              684,756,815     742,705,287 
Current assets                                 70,678,790                5,860,552      22,255,996 
Non-current liabilities                         1,520,200                1,426,125      1,581,096 
Current liabilities                                     -               22,699,519                  - 
Expenses (net of finance 
 income)                                        3,171,638                2,899,807          6,761,016 
Commitments                                             -                        -                - 
 
 
 

Also subsequent to the declaration of commerciality for SSF and SSG discovery on 24 November 2014, ONGC did not exercise the option to acquire 30 percent in respect of SSG and SSF field. The participating interest in SSG and SSF field between Focus, I services and Newbury will remain in the ratio of 10 percent, 65 percent and 25 percent respectively.

5. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING JUDGEMENTS AND ESTIMATES

The preparation of interim financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expense. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

In preparing these unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements, the significant judgments made by management in applying the Group's accounting policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty were consistent with those that applied to the consolidated financial statements as at and for the year ended 31 March 2018.

6. SEGMENT REPORTING

Operating segments are identified on the basis of internal reports about components of the Group that are regularly reviewed by the Chief Operating Decision Maker in order to allocate resources to the segments and to assess their performance. The Company considers that it operates in a single operating segment being the production and sale of gas.

7. INTANGIBLE ASSETS: EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS

Intangible assets comprise of exploration and evaluation assets. Movement in intangible assets was as under:

 
                                                             Intangible assets: 
                                                                exploration and 
                                                              evaluation assets 
------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 Balance at 01 April 2017                                                 - 
 Additions (A)                                                       13,623,183 
 Transfer to development assets (B)                                (13,623,183) 
 Balance as at 30 September 2017 
                                                          - 
 Balance at 01 April 2017                                                     - 
 Additions (A)                                                        5,927,548 
 Transfer to development assets (B)                                 (5,927,548) 
 Balance as at 31 March 2018                                  - 
 
  Balance as at 01 April 2018                                 - 
 Additions (A)                                                                - 
 Transfer to development assets (B)                                           - 
 Balance as at 30 September 2018                                          - 
 
 

(A) The above includes borrowing costs of US$ Nilfor the period ended 30 September 2018 (30 September 2017: US$ 211,423 and 31 March 2018: US$ 898,344). The weighted average capitalisation rate on funds borrowed generally is 6.86 per cent per annum (30 September 2017: 6.31 per cent per annum and 31 March 2018: 6.50 per cent per annum).

(B) On 19 November 2013, Focus Energy Limited submitted an integrated declaration of commerciality (DOC) to the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, ONGC, the Government of India and the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Upon submission of DOC, exploration and evaluation cost incurred on SSF and SSG field was transferred to development cost. Focus continues to carry out further appraisal activities in the Block, and exploration and evaluation cost incurred subsequent to 19 November 2013, to the extent considered recoverable as per DOC submitted by Focus, is immediately transferred on incurrence to development assets.

Further, field development plan has been approved by Directorate General of Hydrocarbons ('DGH') as on 23 June 2017. Accordingly, the cost incurred on the aforesaid fields from 23 June 2017 are capitalised directly to development cost.

8. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment comprise of the following:

 
 Cost                   Land      Extended    Development/Production   Bunk        Vehicles    Other       Capital            Total 
                                  well         assets                   houses                  assets     work-in-progress 
                                  test 
                                  equipment 
---------------------  --------  ----------  -----------------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------ 
 Balance as 
  at 1 April 
  2018                  167,248   4,324,033              777,563,979   5,926,920   4,767,563   1,620,590          1,371,441   795,741,774 
 Additions                    -     99,143,               56,512,061           -           -      50,952             88,709    56,750,865 
  Disposals/Transfers         -           -                        -           -           -           -                  -             - 
---------------------  -------- 
 Balance as 
  at 30 
  September 
  2018                  167,248   4,423,176              834,076,040   5,926,920   4,764,563   1,671542     1,460,150         852,492,639 
---------------------  --------  ----------  -----------------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------ 
 Accumulated depreciation 
 Balance as 
  at 1 April 
  2018                        -   2,105,807               39,645,716   5,652,284   4,059,330   1,573,350                  -    53,036,487 
 Depreciation 
  for the period              -      86,608                2,520,327      64,916      91,942      14,678                  -     2,778,471 
---------------------  --------  ----------  -----------------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------ 
 Balance as 
  at 30 September 
  2018                        -   2,192,415               42,166,043   5,717,200   4,151,272   1,588,028                  -    55,814,958 
---------------------  --------  ----------  -----------------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------ 
 Carrying value 
 As at 30 September 
  2018                  167,248   2,230,761              791,909,997    209,720      616,291      83,514          1,460,150   796,677,681 
---------------------  --------  ----------  -----------------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------ 
 

(This space is intentionally left blank)

 
                          Land   Extended    Development/Production     Bunk       Vehicles       Other       Capital              Total 
                                   well              assets             houses                   assets   work-in-progress 
                                   test 
 Cost                            equipment 
 Balance as 
  at 1 April 
  2017                 167,248   4,120,043              688,879,299   5,926,920   4,734,619   15,76,976          1,317,908   686,722,923 
 Additions                         203,990              108,684,770                  32,944      43,614             53,533   109,018,851 
 Disposals 
--------------  --------------  ----------  -----------------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------ 
 Balance as 
  at 31 March 
  2018                 167,248   4,324,033              777,563,979   5,926,920   4,767,563   1,620,590          1,371,441   795,741,774 
--------------  --------------  ----------  -----------------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------ 
 Accumulated Depreciation 
 Balance as 
  at 1 April 
  2017                       -   1,870,614               34,233,251   5,388,608   3,867,798   1,500,482                  -    46,860,753 
 Depreciation 
  for the year               -     235,193                5,412,465     263,676     191,532      72,868                  -     6,175,734 
 Balance as 
  at 31 March 
  2018                           2,105,807               39,645,716   5,652,284   4,059,330   1,573,350                  -    53,036,487 
--------------  --------------  ----------  -----------------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------ 
 
 Carrying 
  value 
  as at 31 
  March 
  2018                 167,248   2,218,226              737,918,263     274,636     708,233      47,240          1,371,441   742,705,287 
--------------  --------------  ----------  -----------------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------ 
 
 Cost                     Land   Extended    Development/Production        Bunk    Vehicles       Other            Capital         Total 
                                 well         assets                     Houses                  assets   work-in-progress 
                                 test 
                                 equipment 
 Balance as 
  at 1 April 
  2017                 167,248   4,120,043              668,879,209   5,926,920   4,734,619   1,576,976          1,317,908   686,722,923 
 Additions                   -     198,669               47,332,757       7,370      29,689      10,216             43,795    47,622,496 
--------------  -------------- 
 Balance as 
  at 30 
  September 
  2017              167,248      4,318,712              716,211,966   5,934,290   4,764,308   1,587,192          1,361,703   734,345,419 
--------------  --------------  ----------  -----------------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------ 
 Accumulated depreciation 
 Balance as 
  at 1 April 
  2017                       -   1,870,614               34,233,251   5,388,608   3,867,798   1,500,482                  -    46,860,753 
 Depreciation 
  for the 
  period                     -     150,381                2,215,281     193,711      99,563      68,915                  -     2,727,851 
--------------  --------------  ----------  -----------------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------ 
 Balance as 
  at 30 
  September 
  2017                       -   2,020,995               36,448,532   5,582,319   3,967,361   1,569,397                  -    49,588,604 
--------------  --------------  ----------  -----------------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------ 
 Carrying 
 value 
 As at 30 
  September 
  2017                 167,248   2,297,717              679,763,434    351,9711     796,947      17,795          1,361,703   684,756,815 
--------------  --------------  ----------  -----------------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -----------------  ------------ 
 

Borrowing costs capitalised for the period ended 30 September 2018 amounted to US$ 15,126,753 (30 September 2017: US$ 14,289,270 and 31 March 2018: US$ 32,077,622).

9. LONG TERM DEBT FROM BANKS

 
                             Maturity    30 September   30 September      31 March 
                                                 2018           2017          2018 
                                          (Unaudited)    (Unaudited)     (Audited) 
-------------------------  -----------  -------------  -------------  ------------ 
 Non-current portion of 
  long term debt            2018/2021     118,303,124    151,559,044       137,661,359 
 Current portion of long 
  term debt from banks                     34,140,022     40,405,397        32,991,123 
 Total                                    152,443,146    191,964,441   170,652,482 
--------------------------------------  -------------  -------------  ------------ 
 

Current interest rates are variable and weighted average interest for the period was 6.63 per cent per annum (30 September 2017: 6.31 per cent per annum and 31 March 2018: 6.50 per cent per annum). The fair value of the above variable rate borrowings are considered to approximate their carrying amounts.

The term loans are secured by following :-

-- First charge on all project assets of the Group both present and future, to the extent of SGL Field. Development. and to the extent of capex incurred out of this facility in the rest of RJ-ON/6 field.

-- First charge on the current assets (inclusive of condensate receivable) of the Group to the extent of SGL field.

-- First Charge on the entire current assets of the SGL Field and to the extent of capex incurred out of this facility in the rest of RJON/6 field.

From Bonds

 
                            Maturity    30 September   30 September      31 March 
                                                2018           2017          2018 
                                         (Unaudited)    (Unaudited)     (Audited) 
-------------------------  ----------  -------------  -------------  ------------ 
 Non-current portion of 
  long term debt              2022       149,877,132              -       149,790,044 
 Current portion of long 
  term debt from banks                     3,500,685     76,130,342         4,308,507 
 Total                                   153,377,817     76,130,342   154,098,551 
-------------------------------------  -------------  -------------  ------------ 
 

During the period ended 31 March 2018, the Group has issued USD 150 million notes under the US$ 300 million MTN programme carries interest rate of 8 per cent per annum. These notes are unsecured notes and are fully repayable at the end of 5 years i.e. December 2022 further interest on these notes will be paid semi-annually.

10. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The related parties for each of the entities in the Group have been summarised in the table below:

 
 Nature of the relationship        Related Party's Name 
--------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 
 I. Holding Company                Gynia Holdings Ltd. 
 
 II. Ultimate Holding Company      Multi Asset Holdings Ltd. (Holding 
                                    Company of Gynia Holdings Ltd.) 
 III.Enterprise over which         Focus Energy Limited 
  Key Management Personnel (KMP) 
  exercise control (with whom 
  there are transactions) 
 

Disclosure of transactions between the Group and related parties and the outstanding balances as of 30 September 2018, 30 September 2017 and 31 March 2018 are as follows:

Transactions during the period

 
 Particulars                              Period ended    Period ended 
                                          30 September    30 September 
                                                  2018            2017 
--------------------------------  ----  --------------  -------------- 
 Transactions with the Holding 
  Company 
                                            78,449,950        17,209,839 
  Amount Received                            3,949,913         5,072,871 
   Interest accrued 
 
 Transactions with KMP 
 Short term employee benefits                   78,815           150,013 
 
 Entity over which KMP exercise 
  control 
 Share of cost incurred by the 
  Focus in respect of the Block             42,383,977        33,727,257 
 Remittances                                90,780,000        16,870,000 
 
 
 

11. PAYABLE TO RELATED PARTIES

 
 Particulars                              As at              As at          As at 
                                       30 September       30 September     31 March 
                                           2018               2017           2018 
---------------------------------  -------------------  --------------  ------------- 
 Entity over which KMP exercise 
  control 
 Payable to Focus Energy Limited          (62,071,616)      22,699,519   (13,914,912) 
 Payable with the Holding 
  Company 
 Payables to Gynia Holding 
  Limited                                  287,040,489     171,354,704    204,640,627 
 Payable to KMP 
 Employee obligation                           352,985         437,684        355,496 
 
 

Directors' remuneration

Directors' remuneration is included under administrative expenses, evaluation and exploration assets or development assets in the unaudited consolidated financial statements allocated on a systematic and rational manner.

Advance for expenditure/Liability payable to Focus

Amounts recoverable from Focus represents advance for expenditure for contract cost in Block RJ-ON/6.

Liability payable to Gynia

* Borrowings from Gynia Holdings Ltd. carries interest rate of 6.5 per cent per annum compounded annually. During the current year, the entire outstanding balance (including interest) was made subordinate to the loans taken from the banks and therefore, is payable along with related interest subsequent to repayment of bank loan in year 2024. Gynia Holding Limited has agreed not to charge any interest on the additional amount of loan given in the year 2017-18 and 2018-19 for a period of two years

Interest capitalised on loans above have been disclosed in notes 7 and 8.

12. EARNINGS PER SHARE

The calculation of the earnings per share is based on the profits attributable to ordinary shareholders divided by the weighted average number of shares issued during the period.

Calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share is as follows:

 
                                      Period ended    Period ended 
                                 30 September 2018    30 September 
                                                              2017 
----------------------------   -------------------  -------------- 
 
 Profit attributable 
  to shareholders of Indus 
  Gas Limited, for basic 
  and dilutive                          17,712,033      15,718,106 
 Weighted average number 
  of shares (used for 
  basic profit per share)              182,973,924     182,973,924 
 No. of equivalent shares                        -               - 
  in respect of outstanding 
  options 
 Diluted weighted average 
  number of shares (used 
  for diluted profit per 
  share                                182,973,924     182,973,924 
 
 Basic earnings per share 
  (US$)                                      0.10*           0.09* 
 Diluted earnings per 
  share (US$)                                0.10*           0.09* 
-----------------------------  -------------------  -------------- 
 

*Rounded off to the nearest two decimal places.

13. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

At 30 September 2018, the Group had capital commitments of US$ Nil (30 September 2017: US$ Nil; 31 March 2018: US$ Nil) in relation to property, plant & equipment - development/producing assets, in the Block.

The Group has no contingencies as at 30 September 2018 (30 September 2017: Nil; 31 March 2018: Nil).

14. FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

The Group's financial risk management objectives and policies are consistent with those disclosed in the consolidated financial statements as at and for the year ended 31 March 2018.

15. INCOME TAX CREDIT

Indus Gas profits are taxable as per the tax laws applicable in Guernsey where zero per cent tax rate has been prescribed for corporates. Accordingly, there is no tax liability for the Group in Guernsey. iServices and Newbury being participants in the PSC are covered under the Indian Income tax laws as well as tax laws for their respective countries. However, considering the existence of double tax avoidance arrangement between Cyprus and India, and Mauritius and India, profits in Newbury and iServices are not likely to attract any additional tax in their local jurisdiction. Under Indian tax laws, Newbury and iServices are allowed to claim the entire expenditure in respect of the Oil Block incurred until the start of commercial production (whether included in the exploration and evaluation assets or development assets) as deductible expense in the first year of commercial production or over a period of 10 years. The Company has opted to claim the expenditure in the first year of commercial production. As the Group has commenced commercial production in 2011 and has generated profits in Newbury and iServices, the management believes there is reasonable certainty of utilisation of such losses in the future years and thus a deferred tax asset has been created in respect of these.

16. BASIS OF GOING CONCERN ASSUMPTION

As at 30 September 2018, the Group had current liabilities amounting to US$ 44,744,986 majority of which is towards current portion of borrowings from banks and related parties. As at 30 September 2018, the amounts due for repayment (including interest payable) within the next 12 months for long term borrowings are US$ 37,640,707 which the Group expects to meet from its internal generation of cash from operations and by raising additional funds through debt/bond.

17. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

A summary of the Group's financial assets and liabilities by category is mentioned in the table below.

The carrying amounts of the Group's financial assets and liabilities as recognised at the end of the reporting periods under review may also be categorised as follows:

 
                                                  30 September   30 September   31 March 2018 
                                                          2018           2017 
-----------------------------------------------  -------------  -------------  -------------- 
 Non-current assets 
 -Other assets                                             774            885               - 
 Current assets 
 -Trade receivables                                 15,642,575     11,879,600      18,185,854 
  -Receivables from related 
   party                                           62,071,616-              -      13,914,912 
 -Cash and cash equivalents                            864,273      1,674,929      13,342,498 
-----------------------------------------------  -------------  -------------  -------------- 
 Total financial assets                             78,579,238     13,555,414      45,443,264 
-----------------------------------------------  -------------  -------------  -------------- 
 Financial liabilities 
  measured at amortised 
  cost 
  Non-current liabilities 
 - Long term debt from 
  banks                                            268,180,256    151,559,044         287,451,403 
 - Payable to related parties                      287,040,489    171,354,704         204,640,627 
 Current liabilities 
 - Long term debt from 
  banks                                             37,640,707    116,535,739          37,299,630 
 - Payable to related parties                          352,985     23,137,203             355,496 
 
   *    Accrued expenses and other liabilities       1,674,208        121,318           1,069,671 
-----------------------------------------------  -------------  -------------  ------------------ 
 Total financial liability 
  measured at amortized 
  cost                                             594,888,645    462,708,008         530,816,827 
-----------------------------------------------  -------------  -------------  ------------------ 
 
 

The fair value of the financial assets and liabilities described above closely approximates their carrying value on the statement of financial position dates.

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