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BHP Billiton PLC
18 April 2018
Release Time IMMEDIATE Date 19 April 2018 Release Number 04/18
BHP OPERATIONAL REVIEW
FOR THE NINE MONTHSED 31 MARCH 2018
-- Full year production guidance remains unchanged for Petroleum, Metallurgical Coal and Energy Coal.
-- Total Copper production guidance narrowed to between 1,700 and 1,785 kt, however guidance for Olympic Dam reduced to approximately 135 kt following a slower than planned ramp-up after the major smelter maintenance campaign.
-- Iron Ore production guidance reduced to between 272 and 274 Mt (100% basis) reflecting car dumper reliability issues.
-- Group copper equivalent production is expected to increase by 6% in the 2018 financial year.
-- The exit process for Onshore US is progressing to plan, with bids expected by June 2018 and transactions potentially being announced in the first half of the 2019 financial year.
-- In Petroleum, we have increased our footprint in the northern extension of the Wildling prospect in the US Gulf of Mexico through the acquisition of 33.33% interest in the Samurai prospect. We have also secured an option to purchase an additional 10% interest in the Scarborough development.
-- All major projects under development are tracking to plan. Production Mar vs Mar March quarter commentary YTD18 YTD17 --------------- ------ ------ ---------------------------------- Natural field decline partially offset by improved well performance and positive Petroleum trial results in Onshore (MMboe) 143 (8%) US. Increased volumes at Escondida supported by the ramp-up of the Los Colorados Extension Copper (kt) 1,290 37% project. Record production at Jimblebar and Mining Area C partially offset by impacts from Cyclone Joyce in January Iron ore(1) 2018 and unplanned car (Mt) 175 2% dumper maintenance. Blackwater operations stabilised and expected to return to full capacity next quarter. Metallurgical Good progress made through coal(2) (Mt) 31 (2%) the fault zone at Broadmeadow. Unfavourable weather impacts and inventory build at New South Wales Energy Energy coal(2) Coal, and higher strip (Mt) 20 (4%) ratios at Cerrejón.
BHP Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Mackenzie, said: "BHP remains on track to achieve six per cent volume growth for the 2018 financial year. Strong performance in copper was underpinned by the Los Colorados Extension project at Escondida and higher utilisation rates at Pampa Norte. This more than offset the slower than expected ramp-up of Olympic Dam during the quarter following planned smelter maintenance. Incremental improvements across our operations from debottlenecking and increased throughput delivered record production in iron ore. Our exit from Onshore US is progressing to plan with bids expected by June 2018."
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Summary
Operational performance
Production and guidance are summarised in the table below.
Mar Mar Mar YTD18 Q18 Q18 vs vs vs Previous Current Mar Mar Mar Mar Dec FY18 FY18 Production YTD18 Q18 YTD17 Q17 Q17 guidance guidance ---------------- ------ ---- ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- Upper Petroleum end of (MMboe) 143 45 (8%) (12%) (8%) 180 -190 180 -190 range Upper Onshore US 61 - 61 - end of (MMboe) 52 17 (14%) (17%) (3%) 67 67 range Conventional 119 - 119 - (MMboe) 91 28 (5%) (8%) (10%) 123 123 Unchanged 1,655 1,700 Narrowed Copper (kt) 1,290 457 37% 101% 6% - 1,790 - 1,785 range Escondida 1,130 1,180 Narrowed (kt) 897 314 64% 232% 0% - 1,230 - 1,230 range Olympic Dam now 135 kt Antamina Other copper(i) 525 - 520 - now (kt) 393 143 0% 8% 25% 560 555 135 kt Lowered due to Iron ore(ii) 239 - 236 - car dumper (Mt) 175 58 2% 8% (6%) 243 238 reliability As above WAIO (100% 275 - 272 - for iron basis) (Mt) 203 67 2% 8% (6%) 280 274 ore Metallurgical coal(ii) 41 - 41 - (Mt) 31 10 (2%) 2% 7% 43 43 Unchanged Energy coal(ii) 29 - 29 - (Mt) 20 6 (4%) (18%) (16%) 30 30 Unchanged (i) Other copper comprises Pampa Norte, Olympic Dam and Antamina. (ii) Excludes production from Samarco, Haju (IndoMet Coal) and New Mexico Coal.
Major development projects
BHP has four major projects under development in Petroleum, Copper and Potash, with a combined budget of US$7.5 billion over the life of the projects. All projects remain on time and on budget.
Petroleum
Production
Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar YTD18 Q18 Q18 YTD18 Q18 vs vs vs Mar Mar Dec YTD17 Q17 Q17 ------ ---- ------ ----- ---- Crude oil, condensate and natural gas liquids (MMboe) 65 20 (11%) (19%) (9%) Natural gas (bcf) 472 147 (6%) (5%) (6%) Total petroleum production (MMboe) 143 45 (8%) (12%) (8%)
Petroleum - Total petroleum production for the nine months ended March 2018 decreased by eight per cent to 143 MMboe. Guidance for the 2018 financial year remains unchanged at between 180 and 190 MMboe, comprising Conventional volumes between 119 and 123 MMboe and Onshore US volumes between 61 and 67 MMboe. We expect total petroleum volumes to be towards the upper end of the guidance range, primarily due to enhanced well performance in our Onshore US fields.
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Production Mar YTD18 vs Mar breakdown YTD17 Crude oil, condensate and natural gas liquids (MMboe) Hurricanes Harvey and Nate in the Gulf of Mexico and natural Conventional 44 (7%) field decline. Hurricane Harvey and natural field decline, which more than offset improved recoveries and additional wells in the Black Hawk Onshore US 21 (20%) and Permian. Total 65 (11%) Natural gas (bcf) Maintenance at North West Shelf and Bass Conventional 286 (2%) Strait. Hurricane Harvey and natural field decline, partially offset by additional wells in the Eagle Ford, Permian Onshore US 186 (10%) and Haynesville. Total 472 (6%)
On 12 March 2018, BHP agreed to waive its right of pre-emption and provide consent to the sale by ExxonMobil of its 50 per cent interest in Scarborough to Woodside, resulting in Woodside and BHP holding 75 per cent and 25 per cent interests, respectively. BHP has an option to purchase an additional 10 per cent interest in Scarborough on equivalent consideration and terms to the transaction with ExxonMobil. This option may be exercised at any time prior to the earlier of 31 December 2019 and the date approval is given to commence the front-end engineering and design phase of the development of the Scarborough gas field.
Projects
Initial Project Capital production and expenditure target ownership (US$m) date Capacity Progress --------------------- ------------ ----------- ---------------- ---------------- North West 314 CY19 To maintain On schedule Shelf Greater LNG plant and budget. Western throughput The overall Flank-B from the North project is (Australia) West Shelf 80% complete. 16.67% operations. (non-operator) Mad Dog 2,154 CY22 New floating On schedule Phase 2 production and budget. (US Gulf facility with The overall of Mexico) the capacity project is 23.9% (non-operator) to produce 16% complete. up to 140,000 gross barrels of crude oil per day.
Petroleum capital expenditure guidance remains unchanged at approximately US$1.9 billion for the 2018 financial year. This includes Conventional capital expenditure of US$0.8 billion, focused on high-return infill drilling opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico, a life extension project at North West Shelf and investment in the Mad Dog Phase 2 project. Onshore US capital expenditure of US$1.1 billion reflects drilling and completion activities tailored to support value in the exit process and meet Hold by Production obligations.
Onshore US development activity
Onshore US drilling and development expenditure for the nine months ended March 2018 was US$648 million. Our operated rig count declined from nine to seven during the March 2018 quarter.
-- In the Permian, we continue to see strong results from larger completions. We expect rig count to remain unchanged through the June 2018 quarter as we focus on meeting Hold by Production obligations and progressing sub-surface trials.
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-- In the Eagle Ford, early trial results from wells with longer laterals in the Hawkville have exceeded expectations and early results in the Austin Chalk horizon have been positive. During April 2018, we reduced our rig count from three to two and this is expected to remain unchanged during the June 2018 quarter.
-- In the Haynesville, the incorporation of larger choke settings in all new wells has significantly increased volumes, and longer laterals and larger completions have also outperformed expectations. We expect to lower our rig count from two to one during the June 2018 quarter.
-- In the Fayetteville, we continue to assess the potential of the Moorefield horizon based on data from the new non-operated wells.
Liquids Gas focused March YTD18 focused areas areas Eagle Permian Haynesville Fayetteville Total (March YTD17) Ford Capital US$ billion 0.2 (0.2) 0.3 0.2 0.0 (0.0) 0.6 (0.4) expenditure(i) (0.2) (0.0) At period Rig allocation end 3 (1) 2 (1) 2 (1) 0 (0) 7 (3) Net wells drilled Period and completed(ii) total 14 (44) 13 (17) 2 (2) 0 (2) 29 (65) Net productive At period 150 387 1,042 2,524 wells end 945 (963) (124) (392) (1,045) (2,524)
(i) Includes land acquisition, site preparation, drilling, completions, well site facilities, mid-stream infrastructure and pipelines.
(ii) Can vary between periods based on changes in rig activity and the inventory of wells drilled but not yet completed at period end.
The exit process for our Onshore US assets is progressing to plan and the data rooms for all fields and mid-stream assets are now open. We expect to receive bids by June 2018 and proceed with negotiations to potentially announce one or several transactions in the first half of the 2019 financial year. In parallel, we continue to explore potential asset swap opportunities and exit via demerger or Initial Public Offering.
Petroleum exploration
Exploration and appraisal wells drilled during the March 2018 quarter are summarised below.
Total Well Location Target BHP Spud date Water well Status equity depth depth US Gulf of Mexico 1 October 1,289 9,386 Plugged Scimitar GC392 Oil 65% 2017 m m and abandoned US Gulf of Mexico 13 February 1,289 8,246 Plugged Scimitar-ST GC392 Oil 85% 2018 m m and abandoned
As reported in the December 2017 Results Announcement, no commercial hydrocarbons were encountered at Scimitar in the US Gulf of Mexico. The well was plugged and abandoned in February 2018. In the northern extension of the Wildling prospect, we recently increased our footprint through the acquisition of Samson's 33.33 per cent interest in the Samurai prospect in Green Canyon Blocks 432 and 476. Murphy Exploration & Production Co is the operator of Samurai and an exploration well was spud on 16 April 2018. This follows positive drilling results at Wildling in the first half of the 2018 financial year. Evaluation is ongoing to assess the scale of the discovery, with plans to continue drilling in the second half of the 2019 financial year. We were the apparent high bidder on three blocks, EB 914 and EB 699 in the western Gulf of Mexico and GC 823 to the west of the Mad Dog field, which we co-own with BP and Chevron.
Petroleum exploration expenditure for the nine months ended March 2018 was US$521 million, of which US$395 million was expensed. A US$715 million exploration program is being executed for the 2018 financial year. This program comprises the Wildling-2 side track, Scimitar and side track exploration well and the Samurai-2 well in the US Gulf of Mexico, one well in Trinidad and Tobago, with the second and third wells now expected to be drilled at the beginning of the 2019 financial year.
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Copper
Production
Mar YTD18 Mar Mar Q18 Mar Mar vs Q18 vs YTD18 Q18 Mar YTD17 vs Dec Mar Q17 Q17 Copper (kt) 1,290 457 37% 101% 6% Zinc (t) 83,817 25,562 43% 24% (12%) Uranium oxide concentrate (t) 2,241 1,118 (23%) 18% 360%
Copper - Total copper production for the nine months ended March 2018 increased by 37 per cent to 1,290 kt. Guidance for the 2018 financial year narrowed to between 1,700 and 1,785 kt from between 1,655 and 1,790 kt.
Escondida copper production for the nine months ended March 2018 increased by 64 per cent to 897 kt, supported by the start-up of the Los Colorados Extension project on 10 September 2017. Production guidance for the 2018 financial year has been narrowed to between 1,180 and 1,230 kt from between 1,130 and 1,230 kt. The Escondida Water Supply Extension (EWSE) was sanctioned by all joint venture partners in March 2018 and it comprises the expansion of the Escondida Water Supply conveyance system and desalination plant. EWSE is in execution phase and will deliver first water production in the 2020 financial year. EWSE will continue Escondida's sustainable reduction of groundwater usage and maximise concentrator throughput beyond the 2020 financial year. The existing agreement with Union Ndeg1 will expire on 1 August 2018 and early negotiations started in April 2018.
Pampa Norte copper production increased by six per cent to 193 kt due to record production at Spence mainly driven by higher utilisation of the solvent extraction and electrowinning plants. Pampa Norte production guidance for the 2018 financial year remains unchanged and is expected to be higher than the prior year. During the period, we successfully completed the accelerated negotiation with Spence Union Ndeg2 (supervisors and staff) with the new agreement effective from 1 April 2018 for 36 months.
Olympic Dam copper production decreased by 18 per cent to 95 kt as a result of the planned major smelter maintenance campaign in the first half of the financial year. Production guidance for the 2018 financial year has been reduced from 150 kt to approximately 135 kt due to a slower than planned ramp-up during the March 2018 quarter. A return to full capacity is now expected over the course of the June 2018 quarter. Development into the higher-grade Southern Mine Area continues with record underground development metres achieved in March 2018.
Antamina copper production increased by 10 per cent to 105 kt and zinc production increased 43 per cent to 84 kt due to higher head grades as mining continued through a zinc-rich ore zone consistent with the mine plan. Copper production guidance for the 2018 financial year has increased to approximately 135 kt from approximately 125 kt and zinc production guidance to approximately 110 kt from approximately 100 kt.
Projects
Initial Project Capital production and expenditure target ownership (US$m) date Capacity Progress Spence 2,460 FY21 New 95 ktpd On schedule Growth concentrator and budget. Option is expected The overall to increase project is Spence's payable 8% complete. copper in concentrate production by approximately 185 ktpa in the first 10 years of operation and extend the mining operations by more than 50 years. (Chile) 100%
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Iron Ore
Production
Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar YTD18 Q18 Q18 YTD18 Q18 vs vs vs Mar Mar Dec YTD17 Q17 Q17 Iron ore (kt) 174,835 57,691 2% 8% (6%)
Iron ore - Total iron ore production for the nine months ended March 2018 increased by two per cent to a record 175 Mt, or 203 Mt on a 100 per cent basis. Guidance for the 2018 financial year has been reduced to between 236 and 238 Mt, or between 272 and 274 Mt on a 100 per cent basis reflecting car dumper reliability issues as we push to record levels of production.
At WAIO, increased production was supported by record production at Jimblebar and Mining Area C, and improved rail reliability. This was partially offset by the impact of lower opening stockpile levels following the Mt Whaleback fire in June 2017, planned maintenance and port debottlenecking activities in the first half of the financial year. Volumes decreased by six per cent from the December 2017 quarter reflecting impacts from Cyclone Joyce and unplanned car dumper maintenance, despite improved rail reliability and an increase in peak performance in the number of rakes per day. With the system constraint now at the port, a program of work is underway to improve car dumper availability and performance.
On 16 February 2018, BHP received regulatory approval to increase capacity at its Port Hedland operations to 290 Mtpa (100 per cent basis) and expects to reach this run rate by the end of the 2019 financial year.
Mining and processing operations at Samarco remain suspended following the failure of the Fundão tailings dam and Santarém water dam on 5 November 2015.
Coal
Production
Mar YTD18 Mar Q18 Mar Q18 Mar Mar vs vs vs YTD18 Q18 Mar YTD17 Mar Dec Q17 Q17 Metallurgical coal (kt) 30,631 10,379 (2%) 2% 7% Energy coal (kt) 20,135 6,106 (4%) (18%) (16%)
Metallurgical coal - Metallurgical coal production for the nine months ended March 2018 decreased by two per cent to 31 Mt. Guidance for the 2018 financial year remains unchanged at between 41 and 43 Mt.
At Queensland Coal, production was lower due to challenging roof conditions at Broadmeadow and geotechnical issues triggered by wet weather at Blackwater. This was partially offset by record production at four mines, underpinned by improved stripping and truck performance, higher wash-plant throughput from debottlenecking activities and utilisation of latent dragline capacity at Caval Ridge. Mining operations at Blackwater stabilised in the current quarter and are expected to return to full capacity during the June 2018 quarter as inventory levels are rebuilt. At Broadmeadow, progression through the fault zone is expected to be completed during the June 2018 quarter.
In March 2018, we successfully reached agreement with employees on the BMA Enterprise Agreement 2018(2) (covering four producing BMA mines) and it is currently with the Fair Work Commission for approval. The Caval Ridge Southern Circuit project is progressing according to plan, with production expected to ramp-up early in the 2019 financial year.
Energy coal - Energy coal production for the nine months ended March 2018 decreased by four per cent to 20 Mt. Guidance for the 2018 financial year remains unchanged at 29 to 30 Mt.
New South Wales Energy Coal production was down one per cent as higher truck utilisation and additional bypass coal were offset by higher average strip ratios compared to the corresponding period. Volumes decreased by 16 per cent from the December 2017 quarter following unfavourable weather impacts and then a significant build in raw coal inventory late in the quarter. This inventory is expected to support an uplift in volumes in the June 2018 quarter.
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Cerrejón production declined seven per cent, due to unfavourable weather impacts on mine sequencing, equipment availability and higher strip ratio areas being mined.
Other
Nickel production
Mar YTD18 Mar Q18 Mar Q18 Mar Mar vs vs vs YTD18 Q18 Mar Mar Q17 Dec Q17 YTD17 Nickel (kt) 65.6 20.4 10% 7% (9%)
Nickel - Nickel West production for the nine months ended March 2018 increased by 10 per cent to 66 kt of nickel primarily due to increased production rates at Mt Keith and Leinster. Nickel production guidance for the 2018 financial year remains unchanged and is expected to be broadly in line with the 2017 financial year.
Potash project
Project and Investment ownership (US$m) Scope Progress Jansen 2,600 Investment to finish The project is Potash the excavation and 77% complete and lining of the production within the approved and service shafts, budget. Shaft and to continue excavation is the installation progressing. At of essential surface the end of March infrastructure and 2018 both shafts utilities. reached potash in the Upper Patience Lake Member at a depth of approximately 924m. (Canada) 100%
Minerals exploration
Minerals exploration expenditure for the nine months ended March 2018 was US$128 million, of which US$92 million was expensed. Greenfield minerals exploration is predominantly focused on advancing copper targets within Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Canada, South Australia and the South-West United States.
Variance analysis relates to the relative performance of BHP and/or its operations during the nine months ended March 2018 compared with the nine months ended March 2017, unless otherwise noted. Production volumes, sales volumes and capital and exploration expenditure from subsidiaries are reported on a 100 per cent basis; production and sales volumes from equity accounted investments and other operations are reported on a proportionate consolidation basis. Copper equivalent production based on 2017 financial year average realised prices.
The following footnotes apply to this Operational Review:
(1) Excludes production from Samarco, Haju (IndoMet Coal) and New Mexico Coal.
(2) The BMA Enterprise Agreement 2018 covers four producing mines (Blackwater, Goonyella, Peak Downs and Saraji) as well as three mines in care and maintenance (Crinum, Gregory and Norwich Park).
The following abbreviations may have been used throughout this report: barrels (bbl); billion cubic feet (bcf); cost and freight (CFR); cost, insurance and freight (CIF); dry metric tonne unit (dmtu); free on board (FOB); grams per tonne (g/t); kilograms per tonne (kg/t); kilometre (km); metre (m); million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe); million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d); million tonnes (Mt); million tonnes per annum (Mtpa); ounces (oz); pounds (lb); thousand barrels of oil equivalent (Mboe); thousand ounces (koz); thousand standard cubic feet (Mscf); thousand tonnes (kt); thousand tonnes per annum (ktpa); thousand tonnes per day (ktpd); tonnes (t); and wet metric tonnes (wmt).
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Production summary
Year to Quarter ended date ------------------------------------------- ------------------- BHP Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Mar Mar interest 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 2017 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --------- -------- Petroleum (1) Petroleum Crude oil, condensate and NGL (Mboe) Onshore US 9,439 8,501 7,079 7,423 6,256 20,758 25,870 Conventional 15,369 15,612 15,090 14,869 13,960 43,919 47,096 Total 24,808 24,113 22,169 22,292 20,216 64,677 72,966 Natural gas (bcf) Onshore US 66.1 67.2 61.4 60.5 64.1 186.0 207.8 Conventional 88.4 99.5 107.3 96.1 82.9 286.3 293.3 Total 154.5 166.7 168.7 156.6 147.0 472.3 501.1 Total petroleum production (MMboe) 50.6 51.9 50.3 48.4 44.7 143.4 156.5 Copper (2) Copper Payable metal in concentrate (kt) Escondida (3) 57.5% 67.6 162.4 196.3 238.5 244.9 679.7 377.2 Antamina 33.8% 29.2 38.5 35.9 33.8 35.2 104.9 95.3 Total 96.8 200.9 232.2 272.3 280.1 784.6 472.5 Cathode (kt) Escondida (3) 57.5% 27.2 62.8 71.9 76.1 69.4 217.4 169.2 Pampa Norte (4) 100% 66.1 72.3 58.0 68.4 66.8 193.2 182.0 Olympic Dam 100% 36.8 51.4 42.0 12.2 40.5 94.7 114.9 Total 130.1 186.5 171.9 156.7 176.7 505.3 466.1 Total copper (kt) 226.9 387.4 404.1 429.0 456.8 1,289.9 938.6 Lead Payable metal in concentrate (t) Antamina 33.8% 1,308 1,799 1,415 1,009 464 2,888 3,674 Total 1,308 1,799 1,415 1,009 464 2,888 3,674 Zinc Payable metal in concentrate (t) Antamina 33.8% 20,653 29,076 29,201 29,054 25,562 83,817 58,426 Total 20,653 29,076 29,201 29,054 25,562 83,817 58,426 Gold Payable metal in concentrate (troy oz) Escondida (3) 57.5% 11,572 33,941 50,525 50,279 59,953 160,757 76,917 Olympic Dam (refined gold) 100% 21,941 28,188 13,101 15,969 28,989 58,059 75,958 Total 33,513 62,129 63,626 66,248 88,942 218,816 152,875
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Year to Quarter ended date -------------------------------------- --------------- BHP Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Mar Mar interest 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 2017 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- ------ Silver Payable metal in concentrate (troy koz) Escondida (3) 57.5% 540 1,234 1,737 2,193 2,339 6,269 3,092 Antamina 33.8% 1,301 1,691 1,596 1,331 1,189 4,116 4,092 Olympic Dam (refined silver) 100% 174 243 131 135 248 514 525 Total 2,015 3,168 3,464 3,659 3,776 10,899 7,709 Uranium Payable metal in concentrate (t) Olympic Dam 100% 948 737 880 243 1,118 2,241 2,924 Total 948 737 880 243 1,118 2,241 2,924 Molybdenum Payable metal in concentrate (t) Antamina 33.8% 30 328 402 579 420 1,401 816 Total 30 328 402 579 420 1,401 816
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Production summary
Year to Quarter ended date ------------------------------------------- ------------------ BHP Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Mar Mar interest 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 2017 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- -------- Iron Ore Iron Ore Production (kt) (5) Newman 85% 16,283 16,241 13,842 18,317 16,412 48,571 52,042 Area C Joint Venture 85% 11,165 13,016 13,099 13,575 12,802 39,476 35,728 Yandi Joint Venture 85% 14,656 17,415 14,559 16,348 15,802 46,709 47,940 Jimblebar (6) 85% 4,824 5,891 6,283 4,583 4,669 15,535 16,059 Wheelarra 85% 6,647 7,578 7,804 8,734 8,006 24,544 19,442 Samarco 50% - - - - - - - Total 53,575 60,141 55,587 61,557 57,691 174,835 171,211 Coal Metallurgical coal Production (kt) (7) BMA 50% 7,996 6,394 8,296 7,394 7,983 23,673 25,064 BHP Mitsui Coal (8) 80% 2,138 2,100 2,271 2,291 2,396 6,958 6,212 Haju (9) 75% - - - - - - 129 Total 10,134 8,494 10,567 9,685 10,379 30,631 31,405 Energy coal Production (kt) USA 100% - - - - - - 451 Australia 100% 4,662 5,711 4,235 4,383 3,662 12,280 12,465 Colombia 33.3% 2,756 2,475 2,497 2,914 2,444 7,855 8,484 Total 7,418 8,186 6,732 7,297 6,106 20,135 21,400 Other Nickel Saleable production (kt) Nickel West 100% 19.0 25.2 22.8 22.4 20.4 65.6 59.9 Total 19.0 25.2 22.8 22.4 20.4 65.6 59.9
(1) LPG and ethane are reported as natural gas liquids (NGL). Product-specific conversions are made and NGL is reported in barrels of oil equivalent (boe). Total boe conversions are based on 6 bcf of natural gas equals 1 MMboe.
(2) Metal production is reported on the basis of payable metal. (3) Shown on a 100% basis. BHP interest in saleable production is 57.5%. (4) Includes Cerro Colorado and Spence. (5) Iron ore production is reported on a wet tonnes basis. (6) Shown on a 100% basis. BHP interest in saleable production is 85%.
(7) Metallurgical coal production is reported on the basis of saleable product. Production figures include some thermal coal.
(8) Shown on a 100% basis. BHP interest in saleable production is 80%. (9) Shown on a 100% basis. BHP interest in saleable production is 75%.
Throughout this report figures in italics indicate that this figure has been adjusted since it was previously reported.
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Production and sales report
Year to Quarter ended date --------------------------------------- ----------------- Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Mar Mar 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 2017 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- -------- ------- Petroleum (1) Bass Strait Crude oil and condensate (Mboe) 1,355 1,552 1,815 1,513 1,126 4,454 5,047 NGL (Mboe) 1,236 1,661 1,950 1,584 1,170 4,704 4,798 Natural gas (bcf) 28.7 37.4 42.6 32.9 20.5 96.0 101.9 Total petroleum products (MMboe) 7.4 9.4 10.9 8.6 5.7 25.2 26.8 North West Shelf Crude oil and condensate (Mboe) 1,239 1,314 1,474 1,442 1,377 4,293 4,193 NGL (Mboe) 200 209 227 200 210 637 755 Natural gas (bcf) 32.2 32.5 36.2 36.2 35.8 108.2 107.8 Total petroleum products (MMboe) 6.8 6.9 7.7 7.7 7.6 23.0 22.9 Pyrenees Crude oil and condensate (Mboe) 1,509 1,606 1,510 1,210 1,250 3,970 4,911 Total petroleum products (MMboe) 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.3 4.0 4.9 Other Australia (2) Crude oil and condensate (Mboe) 8 9 9 8 8 25 26 Natural gas (bcf) 15.2 16.3 16.1 13.3 13.4 42.8 49.8 Total petroleum products (MMboe) 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.2 2.2 7.2 8.3 Atlantis (3) Crude oil and condensate (Mboe) 3,881 3,637 3,022 3,377 3,459 9,858 10,198 NGL (Mboe) 295 213 218 195 248 661 710 Natural gas (bcf) 2.1 1.9 1.6 1.8 1.8 5.2 5.2 Total petroleum products (MMboe) 4.5 4.2 3.5 3.9 4.0 11.4 11.8 Mad Dog (3) Crude oil and condensate (Mboe) 1,185 1,167 1,020 1,231 1,140 3,391 3,305 NGL (Mboe) 59 68 44 72 55 171 147 Natural gas (bcf) 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 Total petroleum products (MMboe) 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.2 3.6 3.5 Shenzi (3) Crude oil and condensate (Mboe) 2,675 2,588 2,291 2,513 2,323 7,127 7,999 NGL (Mboe) 161 179 141 184 140 465 386 Natural gas (bcf) 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 1.3 1.5 Total petroleum products (MMboe) 2.9 2.9 2.5 2.8 2.5 7.8 8.6 Eagle Ford (4) Crude oil and condensate (Mboe) 5,451 4,278 3,457 3,720 2,838 10,015 13,330 NGL (Mboe) 2,354 2,240 1,856 2,100 1,555 5,511 6,781 Natural gas (bcf) 17.0 15.1 13.8 14.4 12.6 40.8 48.7 Total petroleum products (MMboe) 10.6 9.0 7.6 8.2 6.5 22.3 28.2
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Year to Quarter ended date --------------------------------------- --------------- Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Mar Mar 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 2017 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- ------- ------ Permian (4) Crude oil and condensate (Mboe) 1,202 1,336 1,179 1,142 1,398 3,719 3,995 NGL (Mboe) 428 646 587 460 465 1,512 1,742 Natural gas (bcf) 4.0 6.2 4.5 3.6 4.1 12.2 12.8 Total petroleum products (MMboe) 2.3 3.0 2.5 2.2 2.5 7.3 7.9 Haynesville (4) Crude oil and condensate (Mboe) 1 1 - 1 - 1 4 NGL (Mboe) 3 - - - - - 18 Natural gas (bcf) 22.0 21.4 21.5 22.0 28.7 72.2 74.2 Total petroleum products (MMboe) 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.7 4.8 12.0 12.4 Fayetteville (4) Natural gas (bcf) 23.1 24.5 21.6 20.5 18.7 60.8 72.1 Total petroleum products (MMboe) 3.9 4.1 3.6 3.4 3.1 10.1 12.0
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Year to Quarter ended date -------------------------------------------- ------------------- Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Mar Mar 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 2017 ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- -------- Petroleum (1) (continued) Trinidad/Tobago Crude oil and condensate (Mboe) 127 139 118 135 232 485 423 Natural gas (bcf) 8.4 9.4 9.7 10.5 10.0 30.2 23.2 Total petroleum products (MMboe) 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.9 5.5 4.3 Other Americas (3) (5) Crude oil and condensate (Mboe) 257 238 229 207 189 625 801 NGL (Mboe) 6 10 5 3 3 11 12 Natural gas (bcf) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 - 0.2 0.3 Total petroleum products (MMboe) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.9 UK Crude oil and condensate (Mboe) 72 64 40 22 43 105 204 NGL (Mboe) 32 16 39 13 18 70 103 Natural gas (bcf) 1.0 1.1 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.9 3.1 Total petroleum products (MMboe) 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.8 Algeria Crude oil and condensate (Mboe) 1,072 942 938 960 969 2,867 3,078 Total petroleum products (MMboe) 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 2.9 3.1 BHP Petroleum Crude oil and condensate Onshore US (Mboe) 6,654 5,615 4,636 4,863 4,236 13,735 17,329 Conventional (Mboe) 13,380 13,256 12,466 12,618 12,116 37,200 40,185 Total (Mboe) 20,034 18,871 17,102 17,481 16,352 50,935 57,514 NGL Onshore US (Mboe) 2,785 2,886 2,443 2,560 2,020 7,023 8,541 Conventional (Mboe) 1,989 2,356 2,624 2,251 1,844 6,719 6,911 Total (Mboe) 4,774 5,242 5,067 4,811 3,864 13,742 15,452 Natural gas Onshore US (bcf) 66.1 67.2 61.4 60.5 64.1 186.0 207.8 Conventional (bcf) 88.4 99.5 107.3 96.1 82.9 286.3 293.3 Total (bcf) 154.5 166.7 168.7 156.6 147.0 472.3 501.1 Total petroleum products Onshore US (Mboe) 20,456 19,701 17,312 17,506 16,939 51,758 60,503 Conventional (Mboe) 30,102 32,195 32,973 30,886 27,777 91,636 95,979 Total (Mboe) 50,558 51,896 50,286 48,392 44,716 143,394 156,483
(1) Total boe conversions are based on 6 bcf of natural gas equals 1 MMboe. Negative production figures represent
finalisation adjustments.
(2) Other Australia includes Minerva and Macedon. (3) Gulf of Mexico volumes are net of royalties. (4) Onshore US volumes are net of mineral holder royalties. (5) Other Americas includes Neptune, Genesis and Overriding Royalty Interest.
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Year to Quarter ended date ---------------------------------------------- ------------------ Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Mar Mar Copper 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 2017 ------- ------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Metals production is payable metal unless otherwise stated. Escondida, Chile (1) Material mined (kt) 26,045 93,389 104,867 101,371 103,385 309,623 223,412 Sulphide ore milled (kt) 8,054 18,777 24,080 30,260 32,203 86,543 48,707 Average copper grade (%) 1.01% 1.07% 1.06% 0.98% 0.96% 0.99% 0.95% Production ex mill (kt) 68.7 167.0 204.2 245.7 252.6 702.5 390.5 Production Payable copper (kt) 67.6 162.4 196.3 238.5 244.9 679.7 377.2 Copper cathode (EW) (kt) 27.2 62.8 71.9 76.1 69.4 217.4 169.2 - Oxide leach (kt) 8.9 20.3 22.4 27.4 24.5 74.3 60.1 - Sulphide leach (kt) 18.3 42.5 49.5 48.7 44.9 143.1 109.1 Total copper (kt) 94.8 225.2 268.2 314.6 314.3 897.1 546.4 Payable gold (troy concentrate oz) 11,572 33,941 50,525 50,279 59,953 160,757 76,917 Payable silver (troy concentrate koz) 540 1,234 1,737 2,193 2,339 6,269 3,092 Sales Payable copper (kt) 63.7 163.3 195.1 236.7 228.3 660.1 371.3 Copper cathode (EW) (kt) 39.4 56.0 61.6 84.1 61.7 207.4 176.8 Payable gold (troy concentrate oz) 11,572 33,941 50,525 50,279 59,953 160,757 76,917 Payable silver (troy concentrate koz) 540 1,234 1,737 2,193 2,339 6,269 3,092
(1) Shown on a 100% basis. BHP interest in saleable production is 57.5%.
Pampa Norte, Chile Cerro Colorado Material mined (kt) 15,178 15,760 21,381 20,191 17,766 59,338 42,475 Ore milled (kt) 4,179 4,411 3,951 4,611 4,905 13,467 10,762 Average copper grade (%) 0.57% 0.53% 0.62% 0.59% 0.58% 0.60% 0.63% Production Copper cathode (EW) (kt) 16.7 18.8 13.3 17.4 13.6 44.3 45.9 Sales Copper cathode (EW) (kt) 15.6 19.8 12.3 17.7 13.7 43.7 45.7 Spence Material mined (kt) 22,939 24,230 22,314 23,096 21,463 66,873 69,212 Ore milled (kt) 5,225 4,968 5,375 4,919 5,144 15,438 15,125 Average copper grade (%) 1.09% 1.13% 1.21% 1.18% 1.03% 1.14% 1.15% Production Copper cathode (EW) (kt) 49.4 53.5 44.7 51.0 53.2 148.9 136.1 Sales Copper cathode (EW) (kt) 49.0 55.7 43.0 52.2 49.8 145.0 131.7
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Year to Quarter ended date -------------------------------------------- ------------------- Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Mar Mar 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 2017 ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- -------- Copper (continued) Metals production is payable metal unless otherwise stated. Antamina, Peru Material mined (100%) (kt) 55,771 62,254 59,216 59,125 58,085 176,426 182,237 Sulphide ore milled (100%) (kt) 11,955 13,229 12,822 13,098 12,166 38,086 38,876 Average head grades - Copper (%) 0.88% 1.00% 0.94% 0.89% 1.01% 0.95% 0.85% - Zinc (%) 0.84% 0.95% 0.99% 0.93% 1.01% 0.98% 0.75% Production Payable copper (kt) 29.2 38.5 35.9 33.8 35.2 104.9 95.3 Payable zinc (t) 20,653 29,076 29,201 29,054 25,562 83,817 58,426 (troy Payable silver koz) 1,301 1,691 1,596 1,331 1,189 4,116 4,092 Payable lead (t) 1,308 1,799 1,415 1,009 464 2,888 3,674 Payable molybdenum (t) 30 328 402 579 420 1,401 816 Sales Payable copper (kt) 30.2 36.9 31.9 37.0 32.1 101.0 96.0 Payable zinc (t) 23,669 27,936 25,224 30,340 26,456 82,020 62,046 (troy Payable silver koz) 1,304 1,513 1,475 1,470 1,052 3,997 3,969 Payable lead (t) 1,475 1,493 1,624 972 859 3,455 3,342 Payable molybdenum (t) - - 168 693 500 1,361 1,124 Olympic Dam, Australia Material mined (1) (kt) 1,943 1,974 1,851 1,391 2,056 5,298 6,034 Ore milled (kt) 2,112 2,097 2,302 554 2,188 5,044 6,507 Average copper grade (%) 2.07% 2.30% 2.10% 2.22% 2.36% 2.23% 2.01% Average uranium grade (kg/t) 0.61 0.58 0.55 0.58 0.71 0.62 0.63 Production Copper cathode (ER and EW) (kt) 36.8 51.4 42.0 12.2 40.5 94.7 114.9 Uranium oxide concentrate (t) 948 737 880 243 1,118 2,241 2,924 (troy Refined gold oz) 21,941 28,188 13,101 15,969 28,989 58,059 75,958 (troy Refined silver koz) 174 243 131 135 248 514 525 Sales Copper cathode (ER and EW) (kt) 33.5 51.5 31.6 24.3 36.8 92.7 112.2 Uranium oxide concentrate (t) 839 1,298 680 338 509 1,527 2,807 (troy Refined gold oz) 22,333 24,726 22,435 17,999 20,715 61,149 72,468 (troy Refined silver koz) 108 251 219 118 202 539 495 (1) Material mined refers to run of mine ore mined and hoisted.
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Year to Quarter ended date -------------------------------------------- ------------------ Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Mar Mar Iron Ore 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 2017 ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- -------- -------- Iron ore production and sales are reported on a wet tonnes basis. Pilbara, Australia Production Newman (kt) 16,283 16,241 13,842 18,317 16,412 48,571 52,042 Area C Joint Venture (kt) 11,165 13,016 13,099 13,575 12,802 39,476 35,728 Yandi Joint Venture (kt) 14,656 17,415 14,559 16,348 15,802 46,709 47,940 Jimblebar (1) (kt) 4,824 5,891 6,283 4,583 4,669 15,535 16,059 Wheelarra (kt) 6,647 7,578 7,804 8,734 8,006 24,544 19,442 Total production (kt) 53,575 60,141 55,587 61,557 57,691 174,835 171,211 Total production (100%) (kt) 62,177 69,714 64,287 71,611 67,048 202,946 198,588 Sales Lump (kt) 12,804 15,104 13,896 15,145 13,993 43,034 41,087 Fines (kt) 41,043 46,249 40,733 45,769 44,332 130,834 128,768 Total (kt) 53,847 61,353 54,629 60,914 58,325 173,868 169,855 Total sales (100%) (kt) 62,513 71,149 63,322 70,733 67,799 201,854 197,077
(1) Shown on a 100% basis. BHP interest in saleable production is 85%.
Samarco, Brazil (1) Production (kt) - - - - - - - Sales (kt) 35 - - 14 25 39 47
(1) Mining and processing operations remain suspended following the failure of the Fundão tailings dam and Santarém water dam on 5 November 2015.
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Year to Quarter ended date ------------------------------------------ ----------------- Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Mar Mar 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 2017 ------- ------ ------- ------ -------- -------- ------- Coal Coal production is reported on the basis of saleable product. Queensland Coal Production (1) BMA Blackwater (kt) 1,694 1,766 1,985 1,470 1,384 4,839 5,530 Goonyella (kt) 1,871 1,157 1,639 1,369 2,314 5,322 6,198 Peak Downs (kt) 1,582 1,238 1,602 1,367 1,723 4,692 4,817 Saraji (kt) 1,276 913 1,414 1,198 1,240 3,852 3,821 Daunia (kt) 674 560 662 718 547 1,927 2,000 Caval Ridge (kt) 899 760 994 1,272 775 3,041 2,698 Total BMA (kt) 7,996 6,394 8,296 7,394 7,983 23,673 25,064 BHP Mitsui Coal (2) South Walker Creek (kt) 1,354 1,348 1,400 1,524 1,490 4,414 3,775 Poitrel (kt) 784 752 871 767 906 2,544 2,437 Total BHP Mitsui Coal (kt) 2,138 2,100 2,271 2,291 2,396 6,958 6,212 Total Queensland Coal (kt) 10,134 8,494 10,567 9,685 10,379 30,631 31,276 Sales Coking coal (kt) 7,133 5,496 7,934 6,341 7,177 21,452 22,031 Weak coking coal (kt) 2,761 2,502 3,150 2,816 2,598 8,564 8,219 Thermal coal (kt) 96 142 102 173 168 443 456 Total (kt) 9,990 8,140 11,186 9,330 9,943 30,459 30,706
(1) Production figures include some thermal coal.
(2) Shown on a 100% basis. BHP interest in saleable production is 80%.
Haju, Indonesia (1) Production (kt) - - - - - - 129 Sales - export (kt) - - - - - - 117
(1) Shown on 100% basis. BHP interest in saleable production is 75%. BHP completed the sale of IndoMet Coal on 14 October 2016.
New Mexico, USA Production Navajo Coal (1) (kt) - - - - - - 451 Total (kt) - - - - - - 451 Sales thermal coal - local utility - - - - - - 105
(1) The divestment of Navajo Coal was completed on 29 July 2016, with no further production reported by BHP.
Management of Navajo Coal was transferred to Navajo Transitional Energy Company on 31 December 2016.
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NSW Energy Coal, Australia Production (kt) 4,662 5,711 4,235 4,383 3,662 12,280 12,465 Sales Export thermal coal (kt) 4,407 4,913 3,622 4,048 3,181 10,851 11,586 Inland thermal coal (kt) 431 327 405 411 400 1,216 1,073 Total (kt) 4,838 5,240 4,027 4,459 3,581 12,067 12,659 Cerrejón, Colombia Production (kt) 2,756 2,475 2,497 2,914 2,444 7,855 8,484 Sales thermal coal - export (kt) 2,613 2,803 2,518 2,619 2,480 7,617 8,240 Year to Quarter ended date Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Mar Mar Other 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 2017 Nickel production is reported on the basis of saleable product Nickel West, Australia Production Nickel contained in concentrate (kt) 0.2 - - - - - 0.7 Nickel contained in finished matte (kt) 2.3 5.3 6.8 4.6 1.2 12.6 8.2 Nickel metal (kt) 16.5 19.9 16.0 17.8 19.2 53.0 51.0 Total nickel production (kt) 19.0 25.2 22.8 22.4 20.4 65.6 59.9 Sales Nickel contained in concentrate (kt) 0.2 - - - - - 0.7 Nickel contained in finished matte (kt) 2.2 4.9 4.6 6.4 2.1 13.1 8.1 Nickel metal (kt) 17.1 18.1 16.6 17.9 19.7 54.2 51.2 Total nickel sales (kt) 19.5 23.0 21.2 24.3 21.8 67.3 60.0
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