Annual Report 2015

ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND
ENVIROMENTAL PERFORMANCE

Annual
Report 2015

ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND
ENVIROMENTAL PERFORMANCE

 

Financial highlights

  • MOL delivered USD 2.5bn (HUF 692bn) Clean CCS EBITDA in 2015, 13% higher than in 2014, and significantly outperforming its USD 2.2bn target
  • Net operating cash flow (USD 2.11bn) exceeded organic CAPEX (USD 1.26bn) by USD 850m, implying very strong free-cash flow generation and leading to an even more robust balance sheet (Net debt/EBITDA at a mere 0.7x) in 2015
  • MOL booked sizeable impairment charges of HUF 504bn (USD 1.7bn), mostly driven by the low oil price environment
  • Downstream was the earnings engine of the group in 2015 with its best performance of USD 1.65bn Clean CCS EBITDA

Operating highlights

  • Upstream production grew by 7% in 2015 to 104 mboepd
  • Hungarian and Croatian crude output rose by 5% and 20% year-on-year, respectively
  • Next Downstream Program delivery was ahead of plans (USD 210mn EBITDA contribution in 2015)
  • New butadiene plant launched commercial production in Hungary
  • Captive retail market continued to expand further with the acquisition of the ENI networks in Hungary and Slovenia
  • Strong motor fuel demand growth (5%) in the core CEE market was a tailwind in 2015
  • A substantial year-on-year decrease (-23%) in injury rate (TRIR) for own staff in 2015
  • RobecoSAM Sustainability Yearbook inclusion means MOL is now top 15% in global oil & gas industry based on its sustainability performance

Outlook

  • To maintain a strong balance sheet and ample liquidity
  • Resilient integrated business model to absorb external shocks, generate strong cash flows
  • To generate at least USD 2.0bn group CCS EBITDA in 2016 even under a USD 35-50/bbl oil price scenario (and at USD 4.0-5.0/bbl Group Refinery margin and at EUR 400-500/t Integrated Petchem margin)
  • Organic capex plan for 2016 cut to up to USD 1.3bn from „up to USD 1.5bn” (at USD 35-50/bbl oil price)
  • Sustainable free cash flow generation; its operating cash flows should continue to be able to cover both investments and dividends to shareholders
  • Upstream: aiming for self-funding operations at USD 35/bbl after substantial cost-side adjustment
  • Downstream: continue to be boosted internally through efficiency and growth; Next Downstream Program to partly offset potential macro normalization
  • Cautious, opportunistic view on M&A
  • To continue to increase distribution to shareholders, aiming for simpler shareholder structure
  • To implement „Sustainability Plan 2020”