Rex International Holding Limited, a technology-driven oil
company, announced its financial results for the six-month period ended 30 June 2020 (“1H
FY2020”). Mr Dan Brostrom, Executive Chairman of Rex, said, “Our progress from oil exploration to
oil production is a game changing start for the Company. The Yumna 1 production facilities are now
permanent, with operating costs of about US$80,000 per day. Sale of the Masirah crude started in
April 2020 in the second quarter, when Brent oil price was at unprecedented lows due to the Covid-
19 pandemic. The oil price per barrel for sales between April and June was about half of the current
August 2020 price of US$45 a barrel. We are going into the rest of 2020 with improved contributing
factors, with Brent oil price at a more stable a range of about US$45 per barrel. We remain in a good
financial position and will now book recurrent income from production in the Yumna field in Oman.
This will enable us to develop Block 50 according to the Field Development Plan approved by the
Ministry of Oil and Gas in Oman. Within January 2021, the Yumna 2 well will be drilled and during
2021, there will be an exploration well from one of our already identified prospects.”
The Group recorded revenue of US$14.57 million in 1H FY2020, compared to nil revenue generated
by the Group in 1H FY2019, mainly due to oil sales in Oman in April, May and June 2020. The Group
recorded total loss after tax of US$23.03 million in 1H FY2020, as compared to total profit after tax of
US$25.23 million in 1H FY2019, due to high start-up costs, low realised oil prices and the depletion of
oil and gas properties.
As at 30 June 2020, the Group’s cash and cash equivalents and quoted investments totalled US$39.24
million (31 December 2019: US$61.93 million), with cash and cash equivalents at US$14.21 million
(31 December 2019: US$21.93 million); and quoted investments at US$25.03 million (31 December
2019: US$40.00 million). The Group remains long-term debt-free.
On 17 July 2020, Rex announced that the Ministry of Oil and Gas in Oman has on 12 July 2020
approved the Field Development Plan for the Yumna Field and awarded Declaration of Commerciality
(“DOC”), enabling Rex’s 86.37 per cent subsidiary Masirah Oil Ltd (“Masirah Oil”) to fully develop the
Yumna Field while continuing to explore the rest of Block 50 Oman. The Yumna 1 well has at that
time, produced more than one million barrels of oil and is currently producing over 8,000 barrels of
oil per day through a 1 inch choke with 440 psig flowing tubing-head pressure.
Rex’s 90 per cent subsidiary in Norway, Lime Petroleum AS (“Lime”), will participate (with 20 per cent
interest**) in the drilling of the Appolonia prospect in the PL263 D/E licence, now expected in late
August / early September 2020. The licence is located in the prolific Halten Terrace area, near existing
infrastructure. Operated by Equinor, the well targets conventional Jurassic sand prospects. A
successful well will pave the way for an expedient field development.
Rex’s development plans for the Shrek discovery of 6.4 mmboe* (Lime’s 30 per cent working interest)
in PL838 is proceeding according to plan. Besides doing active exploration work in licences in which
Lime has interests, Lime is also joining strong application groups for the bid submission for the 2020
Awards in Pre-defined Areas (APA) round and is actively looking for opportunities to farm into wells
scheduled for near-term drilling.
