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• Transformative growth platform
~US$92.5m million cash
Debt free & fully funded
Consistent capital discipline
Proven E&P capability set
• Continued portfolio transition
Pro-actively managing exposure to
Chinguetti decommissioning & abandonment
Maturing C-10 prospect portfolio
Odewayne 2D operations Q4 2016
Working to unlock potential on Ntem block
Disciplined data-driven exit of C-3
Disciplined data-driven exit of Ambilobe
• Near term M&A focus
Transformative M&A with near term
execution
Leverage cost deflated landscape
Onshore / shallow water
2P/2C bias with low break evens
Disciplined Material Growth
Value driven, uniquely positioned for growth
Mauritania
Somaliland
Odewayne
Sterling 40%
Genel 50% Op.
Petrosoma 10% C-10
Sterling 13.5%
Tullow 76.5% Op
SMHPM 10%
PSC-B Chinguetti
Sterling ~ 8% E.I.
Petronas 47.38%
Op. Cameroon
Ntem
Sterling 100% Op.
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Mauritania – Block C-10
Large footprint in a proven re-emerging basin
• Joint venture
− Sterling 13.5%
− Tullow (Operator) 76.5%
− SMHPM 10.0%
(SMHPM carried by Sterling & Tullow during exploration phase)
• Large block in a proven basin
− Area 8,025 km2, water depth 50-2,400m
− Drill ready Neocomian carbonate prospect in water
depths of ~100m
− Re-emerging play focus (Cenomanian)
• Licence terms and commitments
− Phase 2: November 2014 – November 2017
− Drill 1 exploration well
− Phase 3: November 2017 – November 2020
− Drill 2 exploration wells
• Outlook
− Focused Cenomanian interpretation of legacy and
reprocessed 3D
− Develop and refine programme for drilling in 2017
C10 - Sterling Energy 13.5%
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Mauritania – Block C-10
Independent value adding subsurface evaluation
Four plays (& prospects) under evaluation:
1. Neocomian shelf carbonates (Lamina) refreshed
interpretation & volumes/risks
2. Kimmeridgian fringing carbonates (SAK) Material new
play
3. Late Cretaceous canyon clastics (Kibaro) refreshed
interpretation & volumes/risks
4. Cenomanian DW clastics (Bertha)
Basin Studies
• Regional framework
• Database building
Play description
• Failure & success analysis
• Common risk segment analysis
• Regional seismic mapping
• Play fairway mapping
Prospect description
• Detailed prospect mapping
• Volumetrics & Risking
• Economics
Ongoing Completed
Marsouin
Tortue
Chinguetti
Leads
Prospects
Gas Fields
Oil Fields
Kibaro
Crocodile
SAK
Bertha
Lamina
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• Comparable seismic character
• Similar scale channel systems to outboard discoveries
• Multiple structural and combination traps
• In proven oil generating mature source rock kitchen
Mauritania - Block C-10
Cenomanian play – analogous to Kosmos discoveries in Mauritania & Senegal
Latest gas discovery in by Kosmos. 31m net gas pay in good
quality Cenomanian reservoir sand channel system.
Teranga-1 Discovery, Senegal May-16
Lower Cenomanian
5 km
C-10 3D random line
C-10 Zoomed Cenomanian 3D stratal
slice- Reservoir characterisation
Kosmos Teranga Discovery Pmean ~ 5Tcf
Albian
Equivalent (updip) Cenomanian-Albian sequence / fairway to Teranga
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Mauritania – PSC B Chinguetti
Oil production funding and royalty income
• Chinguetti Field
− First commercial oil field discovered in 2001, 80kms offshore in
800m WD
− Q1 2016 gross field production averaged 3,888 bopd
− Petronas 47.38% (Op.), Tullow 22.26%, Premier 8.12%, Kufpec
10.24%, Société Mauritanienne Des Hydrocarbures et du
Patrimoine Minier (SMHPM) 12%
• Sterling position
− Established since 2004
− Company entitlement to economic interest ~ 8% (from inception
of working interest) via:
1. Funding Agreement (‘FA’) with SMHPM. 2015 net economic
interest to Sterling averaged 310 bopd
2. Royalty Agreement (‘RA’) with Premier Oil over 5.28% of
Premier’s share of production
− Working with Chinguetti oil field stakeholders on a safe, cost
effective and technically robust decommissioning and
abandonment plan for the Chinguetti field.
PSC B (Chinguetti)
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Somaliland – Odewayne
Large footprint in frontier exploration province
• Joint Venture
− Genel (Operator) 50%
− Sterling 40%
− Petrosoma 10%
• Onshore frontier exploration
− Large block of 22,840km², equivalent to +/- 100 UKCS Blocks
− High resolution Gravity and Aeromag & Fieldwork completed in
2013.
• Licence Terms and Commitments
− Sterling carried by Genel for all costs in Periods 3 & 4
− Period 3: May 2012 – November 2016 (2yr extension)
− Airborne gravity and magnetics survey - completed
− Acquire 500km 2D seismic data
− Period 4: November 2016 – May 2018
− Acquire 1,000km 2D seismic data
− Drill one exploration well
• Outlook
− JV supporting Government in setting up a trained and equipped
Oil Protection Unit (OPU)
− Operator expecting to commence 2D seismic acquisition late
2016 / early 2017 of ca. 500 line kms.
Odewayne - Sterling
Energy 40%
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Somaliland - Odewayne
Unexplored Mesozoic rift basin
Pre-rift configuration
• Petroleum System
− Frontier block with no seismic control and no
drilling to date
− Rift basin interpreted to be deep enough for
Jurassic source rocks to be mature (3.5km+),
possibly of Permo-Triassic Karoo age
− Active petroleum system confirmed by oil seeps
within the block
− Sub-surface basin structure identified by 2013
aero-magnetic survey; multiple 3-way fault-
controlled traps likely with sedimentary fill as key
unknown
• Regional Activity
− SW Energy (Ethiopia) partly de-risking with
planned well on Getachew-1 prospect (529 Mmbo
un risked resource, with four stacked targets,
3,510m TD) in the adjacent untested Jijiga (NE
Ogaden) basin
Basement pseudo depth map
Odewayne Basin
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Cameroon – Ntem
Long term West African producer
• Joint venture
− Sterling (Operator) 100%
• Large deep water block
− Additional potential on block (Tonga & Boabab
prospects)
− High quality 1,500km² 3D
− Favourable fiscal terms
• Licence terms and commitments
− Current phase work commitments met
− JV declared force majeure in May 2014 due to
conflicting maritime border claims between Cameroon
and Equatorial Guinea
− April 2015, Sterling received notice from SNH that
current period had expired
− December 2015, SNH list Ntem as an “open block”
• Outlook
− Assess plans for further exploration of the Ntem block
given Sterling’s declaration of FM and SNH’s
declaration of expiry of the current period/classification
of Ntem as an “open block”
− “Reserve our rights” status under review
Ntem - Sterling Energy
100%
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2016 2017 2018
Country Asset H1 H2 H1 H2 H1 H2
Mauritania
(Emerging)
C10 (13.5%) 2015 entry
Ground floor terms, 1 well
commitment
Somaliland
(Frontier)
Odewayne (40%) 2013 entry.
2D Seismic and well costs
fully carried
Cameroon
(Emerging)
Ntem (100%) Force Majeure
Reserve our rights
Growth / M&A projects
Activity Timeline
Executing and refreshing the asset base
Note: Company estimates
Force Majeure
Regional studies
Due diligence & execution
Drilling Interpret 3D & Rank portfolio
500 km 2D
Seismic
1,000 km 2D
Seismic
Decision
to Enter
Phase 4
Decision
to Enter
Phase 3
Drilling
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Sterling Energy
Uniquely positioned for growth
• Robust platform
− Refreshed board & supportive shareholders
− Debt free, cash of ~US$92.5 million
− 2016 & 2017 commitments fully funded
• Actively working the assets
− Working with SMHPM on Chinguetti end of field life
abandonment and decommissioning plan
− Mauritania: C-10 drilling (1 well obligation) by end
2017
− Somaliland: Odewayne 2D seismic 2016. Seismic
and 1 well obligation fully carried by Genel
− Cameroon: Force Majeure, no obligations
− Mauritania, Cameroon & Madagascar: Disciplined
exits of C3 and Ambilobe blocks
• Transformative M&A growth mandate
− Opportunity leverage
1. Strong balance sheet
2. Entry consideration (cost deflated market)
3. Technology & capability uplift
4. Oil price upside & running room
Mauritania
Somaliland
Cameroon
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Years
21 Years
Senior exploration, new ventures & management positions at Enterprise Oil, Shell, Marathon & Apache
(UK, US, Brazil and Australia)
Former Head of new ventures at Petrobras Oil & Gas BV (Africa focused Private Equity JV)
Eskil Jersing
CEO &
Interim Chairman
Michael Kroupeev
NED
Corporate information
1H 2016 Results, refreshed Board, strong drivers for growth
Sterling Energy plc - AIM listing 2002
Market capitalisation ~£36.3 million1
Shareholding
Shares in issue: 220.1 million1
LTIP (exercise 40p/43p) 4.3 million1
Fully diluted 224.4 million1
Significant Shareholders1
Waterford 29.90 %
Mistyvale Limited 15.66 %
YF Finance Limited 15.29 %
Denis O’Brien 7.16 %
Banque Heritage 6.78 %
Sub Total 74.79%
2.0% of issued share capital under option
Financial summary H1 2016
Cash $92.5 million net
Turnover $1.3 million
Economic Int. 214 bopd
Adj. EBITDAX $1.7 million loss
1) as at 19 July -16
Founding Director, Waterford Finance & Investments Ltd (Oil & Gas focussed investment vehicle with
shareholdings in companies with operations in Europe, Africa, North America and Australasia)
Previously Non-executive director of Sibir Energy Plc & Dana Petroleum Plc
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Sterling Management
Senior exploration, new ventures & management positions at Enterprise Oil, Shell, Marathon
& Apache (UK, US, Brazil and Australia)
Former Head of new ventures at Petrobras Oil & Gas BV (Africa focused PE JV)
Eskil Jersing
CEO &
Interim Chairman
Matthew Bowyer
Exploration Manager
Tony Hawkins
Comm./Legal Manager
& Company Secretary
Mary-Ann Page
HR/Office Manager
Broad legal and commercial experience at all stages of the E&P chain
Additional experience in LNG & Power
Previously at Centrica Plc
Broad management experience across various industries
Exploration management positions at Perenco and Melrose Resources (now Petroceltic)
focused on assets in Africa, Middle East and Australia
Also with wide ranging global new ventures and reserves audit experience
21 Years
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Years
21 Years
33 Years
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Sterling Energy
E&P evolution
2002
2004
2005
2006
2009
2010
2013
2014
2015
Listing on AIM
Acquisition of Fusion Oil & Gas plc
Chinguetti field, Mauritania, Funding & Royalty agreement
Farm out of Ambilobe & Ampasindava blocks in Madagascar
First production from Chinguetti oil field , Mauritania
2003
Share placing and Board changes following sale of US business
Sangaw North well drilled in Kurdistan (fully carried)
Two-stage Odewayne block, Somaliland farm-in, (carried in phase III & IV)
Ambilobe block, Madagascar farm out to Pura Vida
Bamboo well drilled in Ntem block Cameroon (fully carried)
C-3 block Mauritania farm-in with Tullow (ground floor)
Ambilobe block Madagascar Operated 3D survey (fully carried)
Ampasindava block Madagascar relinquishment (disciplined data driven decision) C-10 block Mauritania farm-in / entry with Tullow (ground floor)
2007 Acquisition of Whittier Energy corporation (USA)
2008 Themis Admiral Marin & Iris Charlie Marin wells drilled Gabon
2016 C-3 block Mauritania exit (post new 2D evaluation – disciplined data driven decision)
Ambilobe block Madagascar exit (post new 3D evaluation – disciplined data driven decision)
Transformative
M&A
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Mauritania – Country Overview
Stable Democracy - growing Oil & Gas province
• Government
− Islamic Republic of Mauritania (1,030,000 km2)
− President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz:
− Held office since 2009
− Elected for further 5 year term in June 2014
• Economy (2014)*
− GDP: $12.9 billion
− 6.8% real growth rate
− Population ~4 million
− Industry 49%, Agriculture 17%, Services 34%
− Currency Ouguiya (MRO)
• Oil & Gas*
− Oil production ~ 4,900 bopd (Chinguetti Q2 2016)
− Oil imports ~12,810 bopd
− Gas production 0 m3 per annum
− Proved gas reserves ~1 Tcf
− Recent world class gas discoveries by Kosmos,
operator Pmean resources ~17Tcf for the Greater
Tortue Complex
* Source CIA fact book
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Somaliland – Country Overview
Frontier opportunity
• Government
– Somaliland (637,000 km2) was a UK protectorate
from 1884 until 1960
– Declared independence from Somalia in 1991;
allowed development of a stable, democratic
government
– Not recognised as an independent nation but
favourable political contacts with a number (ca.
35) of countries including UK
• Economy (2014)*
− GDP: $1.4 billion (ca.$347 per capita)
− Population 4 million
• Oil & Gas
– Immature Exploration sector
– No production
* Source World Bank
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Cameroon – Country Overview
Established oil producer
• Government
- Republic of Cameroon (475,440km2)
- Multi-party presidential system
- President Paul Biya
− Held office since Nov 1982
− Elected for further 7 year term in Oct 2011
• Economy (2014)*
− GDP: $67.23 billion
− 5.1% real growth rate
− Population 23.1 million (2014)
− Services 52.5%, Industry 27.6%, Agriculture 19.9%
• Oil & Gas*
- Oil production ~63,000 bopd
- Gas production ~165 million m3 / per annum
- Proved oil reserves ~200 Mmbo
- Proved gas reserves ~5 Tcf
* Source: CIA fact book
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