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Operational Update for May/June 2021

Operational Update20 July 2021CHIEnergy

21 July 2021 NZX Announcement
Operational Update for May/June 2021









COMMENTARY

Refining NZ’s excellent personal health and safety performance continued with no recordable injuries. The

Company reported an environmental non-compliance that occurred on nine occasions and acted promptly

to prevent further reoccurrence.

RAP throughputs at 2.5 Mbbls were higher than the same period last year and c.75% compared to the same

period in 2019, due to the lower jet fuel demand at Auckland International Airport. Jet fuel volumes still

remain low at c.40% of pre-COVID levels since the Australia/New Zealand travel bubble was opened in mid-

April. Combined petrol and diesel RAP throughput for May/June was similar to the comparable period in

2019.

The May/June GRM was US$4.07/bbl, generating processing fee revenue of NZ$20.6 million, prior to Fee

Floor top ups of NZ$2.9 million. Singapore Dubai complex margins for the May/June period averaged negative

US$2.62/bbl impacted by on-going COVID-19 demand destruction. Refining NZ’s GRM uplift over the

Singapore margin was US$6.69/bbl driven primarily by lower prices for crudes processed relative to Dubai

crude and the low fuel-oil make.

June’s net debt closed at NZ$230.2 million

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reflecting cash neutral operations at the Fee Floor. The Company

remains on track to deliver cash neutral operations across the full year.



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Cash neutral excludes Strategic Review restructuring and implementation costs.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Excellent personal health and safety performance continued with no recordable injuries.

• RAP volumes were similar to March/April, with a slight recovery in jet volumes since the Australia/New

Zealand travel bubble was opened in mid-April.

• Processing Fee revenue was NZ$23.5 million, including Fee Floor payments of NZ$2.9 million.

• June’s net debt closed at NZ$230.2 million, reflecting the simplified refinery’s cash neutral operations at

the Fee Floor.

• A Special Meeting of Refining NZ shareholders will be held on 6 August 2021 for shareholders to

consider and vote on the Import Terminal Proposal.

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A Special Meeting of Refining NZ shareholders will be held on 6 August 2021 for shareholders to consider

and vote on the Import Terminal Proposal, following Refining NZ reaching in principle agreement with bp

and Z Energy earlier this year on key commercial terms, including price. Negotiations with Mobil are

ongoing on the basis of those terms. A copy of the Notice of Special Meeting, Explanatory Booklet and

Independent Appraisal Report in connection with the Import Terminal Proposal are available on the

Company’s website www.refiningnz.com.


Authorised by:

Chris Bougen

General Counsel and Company Secretary


For further information:

Laura Malcolm

Communications Advisor

communications@refiningnz.com

+64 (0)21 0236 3297


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OPERATIONAL DATA






Appendix I 2021May/JunMay/JunFYFY

2021202020212020

Health, Safety & Environment

LTI

#

0000

LTIF

#/200,000hrs

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TRC

#

0000

TRCF

#/200,000hrs

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Tier I Process Safety Events

#

0020

Tier II Process Safety Events

#

0000

Releases outside of consent

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9195

Refining

Brent Crude Oil Price

US$/bbl

70.934.564.941.7

Exchange Rate

US$/NZ$

0.720.630.720.65

Operational availability

%

99.899.092.398.2

Unplanned process downtime

%

0.034.00.023.2

Refining throughput

Mbbl

5.173.8713.0529.88

Gross Refining Margin

US$/bbl

4.074.593.191.63

Gross Refining Margin

US$M

24.020.971.3131.6

(including Fee Floor/Margin Cap)

Processing Fee (including Fee Floor/Margin Cap)

US$M

16.814.649.992.1

Processing fee (including Fee Floor/Margin Cap)

NZ$M

23.523.369.6141.6

Distribution

RAP throughput

Mbbl

2.52.07.114.7

Note s :

1) The i nforma ti on provi de d i n thi s a nnounce me nt e xcl ude s Re ve nue from othe r a cti vi ti e s .

2) The Proce s s i ng Fe e re s ul ts re porte d i n thi s a nnounce me nt a re s ubje ct to cha nge due to pos t a nnounce me nt pri ce

upda tes a nd i ndependent a udi t.

3) A fi ve -ye a r hi s tory of Throughput, Ma rgi ns a nd Proce s s i ng Fe e s i s a tta che d be l ow.

4) Re fe r to the e xpl a na tory note s /gl os s a ry for a de fi ni ti on of te rms .

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HISTORICAL INFORMATION - REFINING



Appendix II 2021

20172018201920202021

Ja n/Fe bBa rre l s 000's7,1607,0116,9636,9094,429

RNZ USD GRM pe r ba rre l

1)

6.587.544.881.043.48

Si nga pore Duba i Compl e x GRM3.423.37-0.32-1.58-1.56

Upl i ft vs . Si nga pore Duba i Compl e x

3)

3.164.175.202.625.04

NZD Proce s s i ng Fe e (mi l l i on)

2)

45.950.834.923.022.6

Ma r/AprBa rre l s 000's5,1406,9587,3124,6563,451

RNZ USD GRM pe r ba rre l

1)

9.356.826.630.671.50

Si nga pore Duba i Compl e x GRM3.023.750.750.19-1.99

Upl i ft vs . Si nga pore Duba i Compl e x

3)

6.333.075.880.483.50

NZD Proce s s i ng Fe e (mi l l i on)

2)

48.145.850.123.723.5

Ma y/JunBa rre l s 000's7,7553,9106,9453,8675,171

RNZ USD GRM pe r ba rre l

1)

7.630.184.364.594.07

Si nga pore Duba i Compl e x GRM2.902.020.17-3.78-2.62

Upl i ft vs . Si nga pore Duba i Compl e x

3)

4.73-1.844.198.376.68

NZD Proce s s i ng Fe e (mi l l i on)

2)

58.40.732.223.323.5

Jul /AugBa rre l s 000's7,5117,6157,4191,766

RNZ USD GRM pe r ba rre l

1)

8.876.867.10-4.18

Si nga pore Duba i Compl e x GRM4.702.573.23-2.46

Upl i ft vs . Si nga pore Duba i Compl e x

3)

4.174.293.87-1.73

NZD Proce s s i ng Fe e (mi l l i on)

2)

63.654.356.223.7

Se pt/OctBa rre l s 000's6,8167,6397,2456,219

RNZ USD GRM pe r ba rre l

1)

9.317.096.161.15

Si nga pore Duba i Compl e x GRM4.732.473.55-1.64

Upl i ft vs . Si nga pore Duba i Compl e x

3)

4.584.622.612.79

NZD Proce s s i ng Fe e (mi l l i on)

2)

62.257.849.323.3

Nov/De cBa rre l s 000's7,3427,3076,8036,459

RNZ USD GRM pe r ba rre l

1)

6.836.532.623.24

Si nga pore Duba i Compl e x GRM3.671.80-1.55-1.54

Upl i ft vs . Si nga pore Duba i Compl e x

3)

3.164.734.164.78

NZD Proce s s i ng Fe e (mi l l i on)

2)

50.749.219.224.6

TotalBarrels 000's41,72440,44042,68729,87613,052

USD GRM per barrel

1)

8.026.315.341.633.19

NZD Processing Fee (million)

2)

328.9258.7242.0141.669.6

1) Excl ude s Fe e Fl oor/Ca p a djus tme nt

2) I ncl ude s Fe e Fl oor/Ca p a djus tme nt

3) RNZ upl i ft vs . Si nga pore Duba i Compl e x GRM i s i n USD pe r ba rre l

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EXPLANATORY NOTES/GLOSSARY

Gross Refining Margin (excluding Fee Floor/Margin Cap)

The Gross Refining Margin is calculated in USD as the difference between the value of products and

the cost of feedstock for each refining customer. The value of products use Singapore quoted prices

adjusted for New Zealand quality and the cost of importing those products to New Zealand.

Feedstocks are valued using the notional market values adjusted for the cost of getting the feedstock

to the refinery. The Gross Refining Margin incorporates the cost of hydrocarbon used as fuel and

incurred as process losses.

Typically, Refining NZ has an uplift over the Singapore complex margins of around USD 3.00 to 4.00

per barrel. The value of the uplift varies due to fluctuations in freight rates, product quality

premium, crude market premium and operational performance. Product quality premium are the

cost differentials between products made to New Zealand quality and products made to the quality

that applies to quoted prices in Singapore. Crude market premium are the cost differences between

the crude types actually processed at Refining NZ and Dubai (used as basis for the Singapore

complex margins). Refining NZ’s crude diet comprises of crudes that price off Dubai as well as crudes

that price off different markers such as Brent. The fluctuations of these price markers relative to

each other impact the uplift.

Margin Cap/Fee Floor Adjustment

The processing agreements with our customers contain both Floor and Margin Cap clauses, both

effective over a full calendar year.

The Fee Floor is the minimum Processing Fee due, for a calendar year, up to a current maximum of

NZD140.5 million. If the year-to-date Processing Fee is below the pro-rata Fee Floor, then an interim

pro-rata Fee Floor payment is made by the Customers. Should the Processing Fee exceed the Fee

Floor in future months any pro-rata Fee Floor payments that have been made are repaid to the

Customers.

The Margin Cap limits the Gross Refining Margin for each customer to a maximum of USD9.00 per

barrel over the calendar year. Should the Gross Refining Margin fall below the Cap in future months

any pro-rata Cap reductions that have been made are repaid by the Customers.

The Cap and the Floor are subject to year-to-date adjustments.

Any balance remaining at the end of the year cannot be carried over to the next year.

Processing Fee (after Fee Floor/Margin Cap)

The Processing Fee is 70% of the Gross Refining Margin after any adjustment for the Margin Cap or

Fee Floor. The Processing Fee is paid by our customers in NZD.

RAP throughput

RAP throughput is the volume of refined products, comprising gasoline, jet fuel, and diesel that are

delivered via the Refinery to Auckland Pipeline (RAP) to the Wiri oil terminal.

Refining throughput

Refining throughput is the volume of feedstock intake, comprising crude oil, residues, natural gas

and blendstock, measured in barrels. One barrel equates to approximately 159 litres.

Turnaround

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A scheduled outage of one or more process units, planned well in advance and typically occurring in

cycles of 2 years or more, for the purpose of significant mechanical inspection and repair


EXPLANATORY NOTES/GLOSSARY (continued)

LTI (Lost time injuries) and LTIF (Lost time injury frequency)

Lost time injuries refer to fatalities, permanent disabilities or time lost from work.

Lost time injury frequency refers to the number of lost time injuries over a rolling 12-month period,

per 200,000 hours worked.

TRC (Total recordable cases) and TRCF (Total recordable case frequency)

Total recordable cases refer to lost time injuries, medical treatment, and restricted work cases.

Total recordable case frequency refers to the number of recordable injuries over a rolling 12-month

period, per 200,000 hours worked.

Tier 1 Process Safety Event (API 754)

A tier 1 Process Safety Event (PSE) is an unplanned or uncontrolled release of any material, including

non-toxic and non-flammable, from a process which results in one or more of the following: A LTI

and/or fatality; a fire or explosion resulting in greater than or equal to $100,000 of direct cost to the

company; a release of material greater than the threshold quantities given in Table 1 of API 754 in

any one-hour period; an officially declared community evacuation or community shelter-in-place.

Tier 2 Process Safety Event (API 754)

A tier 2 Process Safety Event (PSE) is an unplanned or uncontrolled release of any material, including

non-toxic and non-flammable, from a process which results in one or more of the following: A

recordable injury; a fire or explosion resulting in greater than or equal to $2,500 of direct cost to the

company; a release of material greater than the threshold quantities given in Table 2 of API 754 in

any one-hour period.

Operational availability

Operational availability is the percent of time available for manufacturing after subtracting

maintenance and regulatory/process downtimes.

Unplanned process downtime

A unit downtime is “planned” if the refinery is aware of and has scheduled that unit outage in the

previous year. Unplanned process downtime is the weighted average of unplanned downtime

across all process units.

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