Today PJSC Gazprom issued its unaudited consolidated interim condensed financial information prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34 Interim Financial Reporting (IAS 34) for the three months ended March 31, 2016.
Total sales (net of excise tax, VAT and customs duties) increased by RUB 89,111 million, or 5%, to RUB 1,737,364 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 compared to the same period of the prior year. The increase in sales is mainly driven by the increase in sales of gas to Europe and Other countries.
Net sales of gas increased by RUB 71,245 million, or 7%, to RUB 1,072,854 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 compared to the same period of the prior year.
Net sales of gas to Europe and Other countries increased by RUB 120,183 million, or 22%, to RUB 663,176 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 compared to the same period of the prior year. This was mainly driven by the increase in volumes of gas sold by 49%, or 19.0 bcm, which was partially compensated by the decrease in average Russian Ruble prices (including excise tax and customs duties) by 22%.
Net sales of gas to Former Soviet Union countries decreased by RUB 38,703 million, or 25%, to RUB 116,935 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 compared to the same period of the prior year. The change was due to the decrease in volumes of gas sold by 16%, or 2.0 bcm, and the decrease in average Russian Ruble prices (including customs duties) by 13%.
Net sales of gas in the Russian Federation increased by RUB 5,297 million, or 2%, to RUB 291,850 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 compared to the same period of the prior year. This is primarily explained by the increase in average prices by 9%, that was partially compensated by the decrease in volumes of gas sold by 6%, or 4.9 bcm.
Operating expenses increased by RUB 282,314 million, or 24%, to RUB 1,453,899 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 compared to the same period of the prior year.
The increase in operating expenses is explained by an increase in a number of items such as:
“Purchased gas and oil” – an increase by RUB 138,804 million due to an increase in expenses for gas as a result of the change in the scope of consolidation related to the completion of the Swap Agreement between PJSC Gazprom and Wintershall Holding GmbH on 30 September 2015;
“Transit of gas, oil and refined products” – an increase by RUB 41,306 million, or 33%.
Moreover, the change in foreign currency exchange rates in the reporting period resulted in an increase in expense disclosed in the line item “Foreign exchange rate differences on operating items” by RUB 25,211 million, or 145%.
Profit attributable to the owners of PJSC Gazprom for the three months ended March 31, 2016 totaled RUB 362,309 million which is RUB 19,803 million, or 5% less than for the same period of the prior year.
Net debt balance (defined as the sum of short-term borrowings, current portion of long-term borrowings, short-term promissory notes payable, long-term borrowings, long-term promissory notes payable, net of cash and cash equivalents and balances of cash and cash equivalents restricted as to withdrawal under the terms of certain borrowings and other contractual obligations) decreased by RUB 300,102 million, or 14%, from RUB 2,083,120 million as of December 31, 2015 to RUB 1,783,018 million as of March 31, 2016. This decrease resulted from an increase in cash and cash equivalents and change in foreign currency exchange rates (depreciation of US Dollar and Euro).
Source: Gazprom.com
