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Interim Management Statement
15 November 2011
INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT
INCLUDING DATA FOR
THE THIRD QUARTER ENDING 30 SEPTEMBER 2011
Highlights
- Construction and commissioning of the Gas Processing Facility (GPF) at the Koshekhablskoye field in Russia is nearing completion. The project remains on-track for production start-up by year-end, with gas sales expected to commence in the first quarter 2012.
- Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) production and sales commenced on schedule and on budget in July at Poltava, Ukraine. LPG prices are yielding higher returns than expected.
- Good progress has been made in the preparations for the multi-stage frac operation at Rudenkovskoye field, Ukraine in spring 2012.
- Recent workover activity in Hungary indicates that production rates should be restored to around 1,300 boepd gross this month following the temporary shut-in of the field due to water influx.
- Interpretation of newly acquired seismic data in Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia continues with exploration drilling scheduled for late 2011 and early 2012 in Ukraine, Hungary and Slovakia.








