Rosneft Oil Co. has reported RUB 10.14 trillion ($120.68 billion) in income for 2024, up 10.7 p.c from 2023 on larger Urals costs.
It produced 3.74 million a day of liquid hydrocarbons final 12 months, stored inside Russia’s compliance with caps by the Group of the Petroleum Exporting International locations Plus alliance, Rosneft stated in an internet assertion. Gasoline output averaged 1.46 million barrels of oil equal per day.
The bulk state-owned built-in oil and fuel firm’s contribution to Russia’s price range additionally rose to a file. Rosneft, Russia’s greatest taxpayer, remitted over RUB 6.1 trillion to the federal government, the very best ever by a Russian taxpayer, chair and chief govt Igor Sechin stated in feedback for Rosneft’s annual outcomes.
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The rise in costs comes regardless of a cap imposed by the Group of Seven, together with the European Union, and Australia since December 2022 as a part of efforts to deprive Russia of funds that it might use within the conflict in Ukraine.
Sechin had performed down the influence of Western stress on Russia’s financial system.
“[T]he West initially overestimated the effectiveness of its stress on the robust potential of our nations’ economies”, Sechin informed the Russia-China Power Enterprise Discussion board final 12 months, as quoted in a Rosneft press launch July 23, 2024. “Final 12 months, for instance, the IMF raised its forecast for Russia’s GDP development 4 instances. Russia’s GDP development on the finish of the 12 months exceeded preliminary expectations by virtually 6 proportion factors”.
Rosneft’s internet revenue for 2024, nonetheless, fell 14.4 p.c year-on-year to RUB 1.08 trillion, with Sechin ruing about excessive tax charges and tight financial coverage.
“The web revenue attributable to the Firm’s shareholders is decrease as in comparison with the earlier 12 months as a result of influence of non-cash elements, the primary one being the revaluation of tax liabilities as a result of revenue tax charge enhance to 25 p.c from 2025”, Sechin stated. “In accordance with IFRS [International Financial Reporting Standards] necessities, this resulted in a restatement of deferred tax with a destructive revenue impact of RUB 0.24 trillion.
“Nonetheless, environment friendly execution and improved improvement parameters of plenty of our key initiatives afforded a chance to dramatically cut back the destructive impact of those adjustments.
“The sizable key charge enhance exerted further stress on the web revenue. Specifically, the Firm’s curiosity bills on loans and borrowings elevated 1.5 instances in 2024. I ought to observe that the Financial institution of Russia maintains a really excessive actual rate of interest within the financial system: within the final two years, it has been the highest on the earth”.
Earnings earlier than curiosity, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) got here at RUB 3.03 trillion for 2024 with an EBITDA margin of 29.7 p.c. Capital expenditure rose 11.2 p.c year-over-year to RUB 1.44 trillion. Free money circulate landed at RUB 1.3 trillion.
“The web debt / EBITDA ratio on the finish of 2024 remained unchanged compared with the tip of Q3 2024 [third quarter], amounting to 1.2x, regardless of new destructive macroeconomic elements”, Rosneft stated.
It paid an interim dividend of RUB 36.47 per share final month. “The dividend base has remained unchanged because the 2011 dividend, which ensures transparency and predictability of the dividend quantity”, Sechin stated. “I’m happy to notice that within the final 12 months alone the variety of our shareholders elevated by virtually a 3rd and reached 1.5 million individuals”.
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