Volga Gas PLC PRODUCTION & DRILLING UPDATE REPORT

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Volga Gas PLC

02 October 2020

2 October 2020

Volga Gas plc

("Volga Gas", the "Company" or the "Group")

   PRODUCTION & DRILLING UPDATE REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER   2020

Volga Gas plc, the oil and gas exploration and production group operating in the Volga Region of Russia, is pleased to provide the following update on its average production volumes for September 20 20 .

Production Report

The average production in September 20 20 was 3 , 975 barrels of oil equivalent per day ( 7.9 % lower than August 2020). This decrease was driven by a short suspension of production from well VM-4 (the main condensate producer on the VM field) for a workover to install downhole pump for water isolation.

Average production comprised:

 
               Sep 2 020      Aug 2 020    Jan-Sep 2020 
                 Average       Average        Average 
 Gas:          9.1 mmcfd      8.9 mmcfd     8.7 mmcfd 
 Condensate    1,66 4 bpd     2,111 bpd    1, 5 7 7 bpd 
 Oil            579 bpd        565 bpd       502 bpd 
 LPG            220 bpd        162 bpd       1 80 bpd 
 Total        3,97 9 boepd   4,317 boepd   3 ,716 boepd

Production data is based preliminary on monthly production reports prepared for submissions to the tax authorities for Mineral Extraction Tax purposes. Final monthly production reports may vary marginally from preliminary monthly production reports.

As at 30 September 2020, the Group held cash balances of US$11. 4 million, and has no debt.

Pricing update

Domestic pricing for oil & condensate were slightly reduced in RUR (driven by lower Urals) and further impacted with local currency devaluation. LPG price was improved but tend to be reversed seasonally. Average pricing was:

 
   Pricing ex VAT, USD      S ep 2020   Aug 2020    Jan-Sep 2020 
                             Average     Average       Average 
 Exchange Rate (RUR/USD)    75 . 6621   73 . 7998    70 . 7778 
 Gas price per mcf           1. 7 1       1. 75         1.83 
 Condensate price per 
  bbl                         24.94     2 7 . 02       26.58 
 Oil price per bbl           3 2 .14    3 2 . 59      3 1 .60 
 LPG price per bbl            33.93     3 2 . 45       26.55

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure

Certain information contained in this announcement would have been deemed inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 until the release of this announcement.

For further information, please contact:

 
 Volga Gas plc 
                                                  +7 (903) 385 9889 
 Andrey Zozulya, Chief Executive Officer           +7 (905) 381 4377 
  Vadim Son, Chief Financial Officer               +44 (0) 7824 884 
  Tony Alves, Investor Relations Consultant        342 
 
                                                  +44 (0) 20 3470 
 S.P. Angel Corporate Finance LLP                  0470 
 Richard Morrison, Richard Hail, Soltan Tagiev 
 
                                                  +44 (0) 20 3727 
 FTI Consulting                                    1000 
 A lex Beagley , Fern Duncan

Notes

The information contained in this announcement has been reviewed and verified by Mr. Andrey Zozulya, Chief Executive Officer of Volga Gas plc, for the purposes of the Guidance Note for Mining, Oil and Gas companies issued by the London Stock Exchange in June 2009. Mr. Andrey Zozulya holds a degree in Geophysics and Engineering from the Groznensky Oil & Gas Institute and is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

The Company records production in metric tonnes (for oil and condensate) and in cubic meters (for gas). Conversions from metric to standard oil field units are used for illustrative purposes only and are based on the Company's estimate of the applicable ratios. The ratios used are 7.833 barrels per tonne for oil and 8.75 barrels per tonne for condensate and 11.735 barrels per tonne for LPG. Gas volumes are translated using 35.3 cubic feet per cubic meter and 6,000 cubic feet per barrel of oil equivalent.

Glossary

   bpd             Barrels per day 
   boepd         Barrels of oil equivalent per day 
   mmcfd         Millions of standard cubic feet per day

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