Tenth Avenue Petroleum announces 2022 year-end results and reserves

CALGARY, AB – Avenue Petroleum Corp. (“TPC” or the “Company”) (TSXV:TPC) is pleased to announce its financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2022, as well as highlights of the Company’s year-end reserves evaluation.

Financial and operational information set out below should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and related managements’ discussion and analysis (“MD&A”) for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021. This information is filed on www.sedar.com and on the Company’s website at www.tenthavenuepetroleum.com. Highlights reported in this press release include certain non-GAAP financial measures and ratios which have been identified using capital letters. The reader is cautioned that these measures may not be directly comparable to other issuers: refer to additional information under the heading “Readers Advisories – Non-GAAP Measures and Ratios”.

Q4 2022 FINANCIAL AND OPERATING HIGHLIGHTS

• Achieved a 12% production growth to 134 boe/d (73% Oil/NGLs) in Q4/22, compared to 120 boe/d (92% Oil/NGLs) in Q3/22.
• Oil and gas sales revenue fell by 28% to $690,671 in Q4/22, compared to $956,331 in Q3/22 due to wider heavy oil differentials and lower natural gas prices contributing to lower realized prices ($86.35/boe compared to $56.19/boe).
• Cash provided from operating activities in Q4/22 was $213,496, compared to $270,889 in Q3/22.
• Adjusted Funds Flow deficit of $59,429 was realized in Q4/22, compared to a deficit of $5,314 in Q3/22. AFF was adversely affected by bad debts of $81,539 relating to processing income from prior period adjustments.
• During the fourth quarter the Company spent $517,718 in exploration and development capital in connection with 2.3 km pipeline, wellsite pad preparation and tie-in of the 102/6-11 well. The 102/6-11 well was subsequently tied-in and commenced production on January 30, 2023, with average IP30 rates of 60 boe/d (51 boe/d net).

2022 YEAR-END FINANCIAL AND OPERATING HIGHLIGHTS

• Achieved 205% in production growth to 134 boe/d (73% Oil/NGLs) in Q4/22 compared to 44 boe/d (93% Oil/NGLs) in Q4/21.
• Achieved total revenue of $3,899,389 in 2022, compared to $343,813 in 2021 driven by the Company’s production growth from two acquisitions and higher realized sales oil & gas prices ($92.42/boe compared to $86.75/boe).
• Adjusted Funds Flow increased to $653,036 in 2022 compared to $51,640 in 2021.
• Recorded a net loss of $2,412,275 ($0.07 loss per share basic and diluted) during the year ended December 31, 2022, compared to net income of $384,463 ($0.03 per share basic and diluted) in the same period in 2021.
• Successfully completed two acquisitions for a total consideration of $3.6 million, including adjustments. Acquired lower-decline production at an average of $28,571 per flowing boe (based on the 2022 average production rates) and added TPP reserves at $10.08/per Boe.
• Exited 2023 with a working capital surplus of $447,950.
• Completed a variety of capital initiatives in 2022 including facility upgrades at Murray Lake which allowed the Company to increase water injection supporting it’s EOR project, pump upgrades to enhance productivity and began to tie-in construction for the Vulcan 102/6-11 well.
• The Company currently has over $22.0 million in tax pools including $16.5 million in non-capital losses.

The table below summaries the Company’s financial and operating results for the years ended December 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021:

1. Capital Management Measure; See “Non-IFRS Financial Measures, Non-IFRS Financial Ratios and Capital Management Measures” Section of this MD&A.
2. Non-IFRS Financial Ratio; See “Non-IFRS Financial Measures, Non-IFRS Financial Ratios and Capital Management Measures” Section of this MD&A.

2022 RESERVES INFORMATION

The Company is pleased to provide below select highlights from the results of its year end independent oil and gas reserves evaluation as of December 31, 2022 (the “Trimble Report”), as prepared by its independent qualified reserves evaluator, Trimble Engineering Associates Ltd. (“Trimble”). The evaluation of Spartan’s properties was prepared in accordance with the definitions, standards and procedures contained in the most recent publication of the Canadian Oil and Gas Evaluation Handbook (“COGEH”) and National Instrument 51-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities (“NI 51-101”).

• TPC proved developed producing (“PDP”) reserves of 237.5 MBOE, total proved (“TP”) reserves 303.8 MBOE, and total proved plus probable (“TPP”) reserves of 451 MBOE at December 31, 2022.
• The before-tax net present value (“NPV”) of reserves, discounted at 10%, was approximately $3.3 million on a PDP basis, $4.2 million on a TP basis, and $5.9 million on a TPP basis.

The TP reserves at Murray Lake have been booked assuming the existing production doesn’t benefit from the current water injection. Since water began being injected at Murray Lake in 2008 the pool production decline has been approximately 3%. The Company began to increase water injection mid-2022, after upgrading the facilities and pumping equipment. Now that production history has been established with increased water injection rates, the Company will commission an Enhanced Oil Recovery (“EOR”) study to further support the belief that production is benefiting from water injection, as early indications show. The lower Mannville A Sunburst pool at Murray Lake is estimated to contain OOIP of ~8.8 MMboe, and currently only 855 Mboe has been recovered to date representing a ~9.7% Recovery Factor. Similar pools in the Mannville A Sunburst that have EOR analogues have recovered upwards of 20-30%.

Additional reserves information as required under NI 51-101 for the year ended December 31, 2022, which will be filed on or before May 1, 2023, on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The numbers in the tables below may not add due to rounding.

Despite the impact of recent weakening to commodity prices, the Company will look to invest its working capital surplus at December 31, 2022, of approximately $0.4 million as well as future cash flow from operating activities, to develop it’s proven non-producing reserves and pursue internally generated organic opportunities.

An updated corporate presentation can be found at www.tenthavenuepetroleum.com