PAO NOVATEK today released its audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards.
Profit attributable to shareholders of PAO NOVATEK increased to RR 163.7 billion (RR 54.33 per share), or by 4.7%, as compared to 2017.
The Company’s total revenues amounted to RR 831.8 billion and Normalized EBITDA, including our share in EBITDA of joint ventures, totaled RR 415.3 billion, representing year-on-year increases of 42.6% and 61.9%, respectively.
“The increases in total revenues and Normalized EBITDA were largely due to production launch at the first three LNG trains at Yamal LNG and a favourable macro-economic environment with increases in average realized liquids and natural gas prices», says the statement.
PAO NOVATEK is one of the largest independent natural gas producers in Russia, and in 2017, entered the global gas market by successfully launching the Yamal LNG project. Founded in 1994, the Company is engaged in the exploration, production, processing and marketing of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons. The Company’s upstream activities are concentrated mainly in the prolific Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region, which is the world’s largest natural gas producing area and accounts for approximately 80% of Russia’s natural gas production and approximately 15% of the world’s gas production. NOVATEK is a public joint stock company established under the laws of the Russian Federation. The Company’s shares are listed in Russia on Moscow Exchange (MOEX) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE) under the ticker symbol “NVTK”.