Hillcrest Petroleum Ltd., headquartered in Houston Texas, is a publicly traded independent oil and gas production company. Hillcrest announced a partnership with a private Alberta company on February 21, 2017 whereby Hillcrest will earn a minimum 50% Working Interest and become the Operator of record in two petroleum assets located in Western Canada. Hillcrest and their joint venture partner will work together to restore the fields to their immediate production capacity estimated to be over 400 barrels of oil per day. Technical review of the fields indicates they may and should be able to produce multiples of the immediate amount through further work over and development of the acreages. Hillcrest also is a working interest partner in 4 oil and gas wells in Newton County Texas. Hillcrest Petroleum Ltd. is focused on adding, creating and increasing value through the acquisition, development and production of conventional oil and gas assets in the United States and Canada. The Company’s business plan in any acquisition or asset development is to be the operator of the asset or to hold a majority working interest where available. Hillcrest Petroleum Ltd. shares are publicly traded on the TSX.V under the symbol HRH and in the USA under the symbol HLRTF.
2. Forward Looking Statements
Certain information regarding the Company contained herein may constitute forward-
looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking
statements may include estimates, plans, expectations, opinions, forecasts, projections,
guidance or other statements that are not statements of fact. Although the Company
believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are
reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been
correct. The Company cautions that actual performance will be affected by a number of
factors, many of which are beyond the Company's control, and that future events and
results may vary substantially from what the Company currently foresees.
Discussion of the various factors that may affect future results is contained in the
Company's Annual Report which is available at www.sedar.com. The Company's forward-
looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.
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4. Portfolio Rationalization - Positioned for Growth
• Aggressively pursuing production and development acquisition opportunities onshore Texas, Louisiana and in
Western Canada
• Captured assets in Western Canada, with production expected to commence mid 2017
• Divested main producing asset offshore Gulf of Mexico, placed Hillcrest GOM Inc. into voluntary liquidation
• Removes almost all Asset Retirement Obligation (ARO) from consolidated balance sheet
• Eliminates further exposure to expected changes in offshore regulatory environment
• Divested declining producing asset at Hartburg (Texas)
• Proceeds used to retire debt
• Retained high potential exploration acreage
• Deferred Northern Louisiana drilling project due to assessed risk profile of specific project
• remain keenly interested in overall area
Net impacts of portfolio rationalization were to clean up balance sheet, retain high potential
projects only, and allocate capital to new projects with significant growth potential
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Alberta Asset
Located in East Central Alberta
- 2 wells, ~ 1100m well depth
- Conventional reservoir, 27% porosity
- Light oil, attracts Edmonton light pricing
- 3 additional development locations already defined with 3D seismic
- Artificial lift, separators, storage tanks already in place
- Existing wells require quality/safety inspection, followed by modest
facility upgrades and production re-start
- Short distance flow-line to adjacent facility will decrease ongoing
operating expense (trucking) and extend field life
A Hillcrest subsidiary will earn a 75% working interest (WI) and become the
designated operator for the asset by providing the capital required to re-start
production. The earned WI will revert to 50% upon project payout.
Expected Initial Oil Production 125 bbl/d
Gross Production Revenue* C$ 245,000/month
Operating Cost C$ 8.00/bbl
Costs to restore Production:
Wells, Facility upgrades, flow line, other C$ 330,000
LLR bond (refundable) C$ 600,000
Total Cost C$ 930,000
* (Edmonton Light Sweet @ WTI $US50/bbl equivalent)
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Saskatchewan Asset
Located in Western Saskatchewan, near Alberta Border
-4 SI producing oil wells, 1 suspended well, 1 water injector
- ~ 800m well depth
- Multiple conventional reservoirs, >20% porosity
- Behind pipe re-completion potential
- Heavy oil (12 to 16 API), WCS pricing
- 5 additional development locations defined based on subsurface
mapping, may consider 3D seismic prior to drilling
- Artificial lift, separators, storage tanks already in place
- Existing wells require quality/safety inspection, followed by modest
facility upgrades and production re-start
- Potential to reduce operating expense, increase production and extend
field life by optimizing the production system
A Hillcrest subsidiary will earn a 75% working interest (WI) and become the
designated operator for the asset by providing the capital required to re-start
production. The earned WI will revert to 50% upon project payout.
Expected Initial Oil Production 200 bbl/d to 350 bbl/d
Gross Production Revenue* C$ 290,000 to C$ 500,000 /month
Operating Cost C$ 9.50/bbl
Costs to restore Production:
Wells, Facility upgrades, other C$ 535,000
LLR bond (refundable) C$ 740,000
Total C$ 1,275,000
* (WCS @ WTI $US50/bbl equivalent)
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Alberta/Saskatchewan Value Metrics
Alberta Saskatchewan Total
Expected initial oil production 125 bbl/d 200 bbl/d to 350 bbl/d 325 bbl/d to 475 bbl/d
Gross Monthly Revenue $260,000/mo $290,000 to $500,000 $550,000 to $760,000
(@ WTI $US 50/bbl equivalent)
Operating cost $8.00/bbl $9.50/bbl opex less than $10/bbl
Cost to Restore Production:
wells, facilities, other $330,000 $535,000 $865,000
LLR Bonds (refundable) $600,000 $740,000 $1,340,000
Total $930,000 $1,275,000 $2,205,000
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• Transitioned from predominantly non-operating, offshore producing entity
to dominantly operating and onshore focused entity.
• Exited offshore Gulf of Mexico
• Divesting low value Hartburg producing assets and concentrating on
potentially higher value exploration/appraisal assets
• Western Canada entry achieved on attractive terms, leveraging
management expertise and value creation history
• Abundant growth opportunities available in core areas of interest
• Company costs reduced in line with exit from offshore enterprise
Positioned for production, cash flow, and earnings growth, with ability to take
advantage of cyclically low supply and services costs and purchased asset
valuations
Company Outlook
16. • Hillcrest GOM Inc.
• Company acquisition provided entry into potential growth area at minimal initial cost
• Forward obligations underpinned by Proved (1P) asset value, including producing
(PDP), behind pipe (PDNP) and Proved Undeveloped (PUD) reserve classes
• Cyclical low in product price environment during 2015-2016 forced curtailment of capital
spending on planned production enhancements
• Production declined more rapidly than expected
• Operating expenses did not keep pace with reductions in realized product prices
• Proposed changes in regulatory framework further diminished business conditions for
small, non-operating entities with offshore interests
• It was deemed appropriate to place Hillcrest GOM Inc. into voluntary liquidation. This
liquidation has the effect of removing substantial forward asset retirement obligations
(ARO) from the consolidated balance sheet
• Hartburg
• Production from one producing well, with three additional wells shut in
• Decision to divest of producing assets in order to retire remaining debt
• Adjacent, and high potential, exploration acreage (85% WI) is retained and will be further
evaluated with 3D Seismic. Drill, farm-out or drop decision expected in late 2017
Extract Maximum Value from Existing Assets
17. What makes Hillcrest Petroleum attractive?
Management Team and Board of Directors
• Experienced management team with proven track records building small oil companies
• Aligned and committed Board and Management owning approximately 34% of the outstanding
Company shares.
• Demonstrated ability to manage difficult circumstances - managed Company through extended
low oil prices, while increasing share price and positioning for compelling growth, in a business
environment where many peer oil companies simply failed or are barely surviving (“zombies”)
Delivering maximum value from current assets while positioning for the next
phase of Company development
• Divesting current producing assets to improve Company balance sheet
• Implementing development plans on newly acquired assets
Executing a clearly defined Company Growth Strategy
• Established operating position in chosen area with near term production potential
• Actively pursuing addtional acquisitions in area to expand and consolidate operated position for
rapid and substantial value growth
• Communicate traction on Company Growth strategy to increase Hillcrest’s market profile
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18. Management Team
Michael Krzus, Executive Chairman
(BSc Petroleum Engineering, Tulsa University)
Company Director, former CEO and Senior Executive, with 32 years oil and gas industry experience in the US,
Australia, The Netherlands and Canada, including unconventional and conventional oil and gas, large
integrated offshore developments including LNG projects, M&A and business dealings.
• Founding CEO and Director of New York Stock Exchange listed Emerald Oil Inc, (NYSE: EOX). Founded EOX in
July 2012 through the merger of a US subsidiary of Emerald Oil and Gas NL and a NYSE listed company with
large non-operated acreage holdings in Bakken shale oil play in the Williston Basin. On retirement from Emerald in
December 2013 (17 months after listing) EOX had drilled 15 Bakken wells, was operating 2 rigs with plans to add a
third, was producing 2,630 BOE per day of operated production with several more wells awaiting completion, and
had a market cap of approximately US$500M.
§ CEO and Managing Director of Australian listed Emerald Oil and Gas NL (ASX: EMR), an oil and gas
exploration/production company with onshore assets in the USA and offshore exploration permits in NW Australia
2009 to 2012. Transitioned Emerald's business from disparate, small exploration ventures in the USA and Australia
to substantial acreage positions in an emerging unconventional oil plays and proved Bakken shale oil plays in the
USA, and then divested US shale oil assets to effect a reverse merger with a NYSE listed company.
§ Various technical, managerial and executive positions over a 22 year career (1986 to 2007) at Woodside Petroleum
Ltd (Australia’s largest oil and gas company).
§ Managed integrated oil and gas field appraisal, production forecasting and development planning for the
North West Shelf Project, Australia’s largest LNG and domestic gas development
§ Field development planning for other, non-LNG related offshore oil and gas with development capex
ranging between $200 million to $1 billion.
§ Company-wide responsibility for subsurface (geoscience and petroleum engineering) development
capability, technology/IP plans, technical assurance and capital gating processes oil and gas
developments.
§ Various Joint Venture and Company level business dealings.
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19. Management Team
Don Currie, Chief Executive Officer
Company Director and founder with 30 years experience building and financing both private
and public companies in Canada and the US. Primary focus has been the oil and gas industry
from 1993 to the present.
§ Founding CEO, Chairman and Director of Hillcrest Petroleum Ltd (TSX.V: HRH US Symbol HLRTF). Founded
Hillcrest Petroleum Ltd. (formerly Hillcrest Resources Ltd) in 2010 and completed the IPO in March of 2011. The
Company has drilled and completed 4 conventional wells in Newton County Texas and has identified multiple
additional targets within the lease area. Further expansion into the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico was
completed by way of the purchase of a US subsidiary of an international oil company in December 2014.
§ Director, VP and officer of Enhanced Oil Resources Inc. (TSX.V: EOR) from 1993 to 2014. Enhanced Oil
Resources found the 2nd largest CO2 field in the US located in Apache County Arizona. The field had reserves in
excess of 6 trillion cubic feet of CO2 and over one billion cubic feet of helium. Directly responsible for the raising
of over $100,000,000 through the tenure with the Company with investment contributed from the US, Canada,
Britain and Europe. Market cap grew from modest levels to peak at approximately $200,000,000.
§ Director and management of various other listed and private entities involved in the oil and gas and other resource
industries.
§ Funds raised to date, either directly or indirectly in excess of $125,000,000
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20. Management Team
Jason P. Oden, Chief Operating Officer
(BSc Geophysics, University of Alberta)
Former Company Director and Senior Executive with over 25 years of progressive technical
and management experience in domestic and international oil & gas exploration, appraisal
and development projects.
§ Vice President Exploration of Gulfsands Petroleum plc. Successful projects include discovery, appraisal and
development of two onshore fields with total reserves in excess of 100 million barrels. Multiple discoveries in the
shallow water/shelf region of the Gulf of Mexico.
§ Exploration Manager with BHP Billiton Petroleum. Successful projects include exploration for, appraisal and
development of two significant offshore discoveries with total reserves of approximately 200 million barrels.
Primary areas of focus were Latin America and Australia/Asia.
§ Principal Geophysicist with BHP Petroleum. Successful projects include exploration and appraisal of multiple
discoveries in the deep water and ultra-deep water regions of the Gulf of Mexico. Responsible for other
development projects in the Atlantic margins of Africa and South America as well as multiple basins located
offshore Australia and Southeast Asia.
§ Progressive technical roles with Suncor Inc., primarily responsible for exploration and development projects in the
Western Canada sedimentary basin.
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21. Management Team
Susan L. Weber, V.P. - Land & Contracts
(BBA – Finance, Texas A&M University)
Over 30 years of land management and contract negotiations experience in domestic and
international oil and gas exploration and development.
§ Vice President, Land with Gulfsands Petroleum USA, Inc., providing for the management of a variety of corporate
functions vital to the successful achievement of the company’s goals in the US Gulf Coast region, including land
management, regulatory compliance, contract negotiation, risk management and acquisitions and divestments.
Successfully negotiated, documented and closed several key divestments of Gulf of Mexico assets.
§ Progressed through a number of staff and management roles including those with TransAtlantic Petroleum, El Paso
Production Company and BHP Petroleum (later BHP Billiton Petroleum). Provided a complete range of land
management and contract negotiation expertise in support of the exploration and development of oil and gas assets in
the shallow and deep water areas of the Gulf of Mexico while also gaining experience in lease/license acquisition and
contract negotiation in the domestic onshore and international arenas.
Sean McGrath, Chief Financial Officer
(BComm (Hons) from Memorial University of Newfoundland)
A senior executive with more than 18 years of accounting/finance experience with publicly traded
petroleum and mineral resource companies.
§ Designated Chartered Professional Accountant in Canada and a Certified Public Accountant in the United States of
America.
§ He has held director and officer positions in a number of TSX and AIM listed companies including; General Manager of
Finance for Minera IRL Ltd, an AIM and TSX listed gold producer based in Lima, Peru, from 2011 to 2013. Chief
Financial Officer of Columbus Gold Corp. from initial public offering through to the acquisition of the 5M oz Paul Isnard
gold deposit in French Guiana.
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