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KOS Kosmos Energy Ltd

130.00
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Last Updated: 09:29:49
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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Kosmos Energy Ltd LSE:KOS London Ordinary Share COM SHS USD0.01 (DI)
  Price Change % Change Share Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  -4.00 -2.99% 130.00 2,556 09:29:49
Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price
126.00 132.00 132.00 130.00 132.00
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Crude Petroleum & Natural Gs USD 1.68B USD 189.85M USD 0.3973 4.33 640.39M
Last Trade Time Trade Type Trade Size Trade Price Currency
09:25:41 AT 626 130.00 GBX

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Posted at 28/4/2025 09:20 by Kosmos Energy Daily Update
Kosmos Energy Ltd is listed in the Crude Petroleum & Natural Gs sector of the London Stock Exchange with ticker KOS. The last closing price for Kosmos Energy was 134p.
Kosmos Energy currently has 477,904,652 shares in issue. The market capitalisation of Kosmos Energy is £821,996,001.
Kosmos Energy has a price to earnings ratio (PE ratio) of 4.33.
This morning KOS shares opened at 132p
Posted at 26/4/2025 08:40 by wellbutpoor
Some operational info in here - from US definitive proxy statement,apologies for the poor format,the full doc resides at:



The KPIs for the 2024 performance year, as assessed by the Compensation Committee, are set forth in the table below. Within each sub-category, the supporting KPIs are equally weighted for performance determinations. Financial KPIs (EBITDAX and free cash flow) are set at $75/barrel Brent oil price and actual performance is adjusted to reflect the referenced $75/barrel Brent oil price.


2024 Key Performance Indicators

Building a Sustainable Business – ESG Goals
(Total Weighting 20%)

Zero anticorruption violations

Achieved


Zero anticorruption violations and continued proactive compliance diligence and training.

Deliver Health, Safety, Environment and Sustainability (“HSES”) plan targets

Achieved


Delivered all five HSES plan targets, with zero lost time injuries and total recordable injuries.


Further establish Kosmos credentials as a leader in sustainability through enhanced transparency and clear targets

Operated and Non-Operated Scope 1 and 2 emissions

Further extend Operated Scope 1 and 2 neutrality through ongoing operational improvements and high-quality offsets.

Disclosure and assurance of equity emissions for our non-operated activities.

Ensure we remain on track to meet our absolute reduction and intensity targets, including by eliminating routine flaring in Ghana and Equatorial Guinea by 2026.

Manage an increased social investment and engagement campaign in Saint Louis in Senegal.

Disclose and assure emissions from the end use of our sold products (Scope 3 Category 11) in 2023 Sustainability Report

Achieved


Further extended Operated Scope 1 and 2 neutrality through continued evaluation of operational improvements, in addition to offsets from clean cookstoves provided to families in Ghana.
2023 equity emissions disclosed and assured in the 2023 Sustainability Report (published in May 2024).

Continued reducing average daily flaring volumes at the TEN FPSO, offshore Ghana in 2024.

Established new Kosmos Innovation Center programs in Saint Louis, Senegal.

Disclosed assured emissions from the end use of our sold products (Scope 3 Category 11) in 2023 Sustainability Report.


Enhance the engagement of our staff and training opportunities (as measured through the Work Force survey)

Achieved


Improved the engagement and training opportunities for our staff as evidenced by the improvement in our annual Work Force survey scores for these areas.

Result 20%


Deliver Operational Milestones
(Total Weighting 55%)


Ghana Business Unit

Deliver Jubilee gross production > 103 Mbopd through infill drilling program and voidage replacement

Not
Achieved


Gross production of ~87 Mbopd due to underperformance of J69 well and intermittent challenges with voidage replacement due to FPSO power management issues.

Optimize TEN development, with a focus on maximizing value of asset via lower operating costs and high-graded incremental investment

Achieved

FPSO lease rate reduction and discounted FPSO purchase options matured.


Gulf of America
Business Unit


Ensure Winterfell development remains on-time and on-budget to deliver first production around end 1Q 2024

Not Achieved


Winterfell 1 well and Winterfell 2 well initial production commenced in July 2024; Winterfell 3 well initial production commenced in October 2024, but production curtailed shortly thereafter due to sand production; remediation options for Winterfell 3 are currently being evaluated


Successfully complete Kodiak 3 well workover and improve production

Achieved


Successfully executed workover with significant improvement in productivity index and production rate.


Deliver Odd Job Subsea Pump on-time and on-budget in mid-2024

Achieved


Production began in July 2024; gross field rate increased to 20 Mboepd from 10 Mboepd.


Advance Tiberius appraisal/development to deliver fast-tracked, low-cost project

Achieved


Development plan progressed; discussions with our partner regarding final investment decision timing ongoing.


Equatorial
Guinea
Business Unit


Ensure Okume and Ceiba infill drilling program is rescheduled for H2 2024/ Early 2025

Achieved


Drilling campaign completed in H2 2024, with the first infill well (C-45) online October 2024 and second infill well (OF-19) online November 2024.

Complete preparations to drill Akeng Deep exploration well safely and on-budget

Achieved


Akeng Deep exploration well was drilled safely and on budget in November 2024.

Mauritania/Senegal
Business Unit

Ensure Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) Phase 1 remains on time to deliver first LNG cargo by 4Q 2024

Not
Achieved

First gas achieved in December 2024, with first LNG cargo delivered in April 2025.


Finalize Yakaar|Teranga concept selection, partnership, financing strategy, and secure license extension

Achieved


Secured two-year license extension of Yakaar|Teranga, concept selection finalized and partnership selection / financing strategy progressing.

  
Deliver 2024 Corporate Targets and Maintain Long Term Financial Liquidity
(Total Weighting 20%)


Deliver production target of 73-77 Mboepd(1) and corresponding EBITDAX(2) of $1,300 – 1,400 million(1) at $75/bbl Brent
  
Not
Achieved


Delivered 2024 production of 65 Mboepd(1) and EBITDAX(2) of $1,070 million(1).

Firm Project Capital Expenditure (“CapEx”) of $700-750 million

Not
Achieved


Total CapEx of $829 million, largely due to higher cost infill drilling program in Equatorial Guinea and GTA development costs.

Deliver positive free cash flow (“FCF”)(3) at ~$80/bbl Brent

Not
Achieved

Did not deliver positive FCF primarily due to Jubilee production shortfall, GTA project timing slippage/CapEx increase and Equatorial Guinea CapEx overspend.


Maintain long-term financial strength through refinancing of RBL facility, replacing RCF liquidity and identifying a lower cost Tortue FPSO financing solution

Achieved


Completed $900 million in aggregate bond issuances and $1.35 billion RBL Facility refinancing.


Accelerate Strategic Delivery
(Total Weighting 5%)

Mature M&A&D opportunities that enhance financial resilience

Achieved


M&A opportunities that enhance financial resilience high-graded.


Result 5%


TOTAL: 68.4%
Posted at 21/4/2025 13:19 by wellbutpoor
pepe

Financials from 24th Feb:

*Net cash provided by operating activities of approximately $176 million and free cash flow of approximately $14 million in the fourth quarter

*$2.8 billion of total long-term debt

*Available liquidity of approximately $535 million

*Near-term debt maturities of $250 million in 2026, funded from free cash flow

*In 2025 CAPEX is expected to be $400 million or below, 50% lower than 2024

*Cost reduction in annual overheads of around $25 million by year-end 2025

Current market cap of £600m looks pretty cheap, there are some great assets to be optimised and while there is debt, it looks to be well under control

With the KOS/BP GTA LNG project finally operational, debt could be dealt with fairly quickly

KOS is well backed by institutional investors who must see value here.

I've been buying on recent weakness and believe this is a strong recovery prospect
Posted at 28/2/2025 13:26 by xxnjr
KOS have been somewhat shafted by severe delays and cost overruns on BP operated GTA. Ditto in Ghana by Tullow operated Jubilee/TEN although it's not yet clear is Ghana is operator issues or actual shortcomings of the fields themselves. As a result

"Kosmos exited the fourth quarter of 2024 with approximately $2.8 billion of total long-term debt and approximately $2.7 billion of net debt"

which is a lot of debt. OTOH annual CAPEX going forwards is reducing by 50% from $800 to $400m (assuming GTA facilities work ok!) so with a bit (actually quite a lot) of luck the debt should reduce going forwards. One +VE if you could call it that is that interest on the bonds is nowhere near the crippling levels Tullow have been paying (from Memory). Even so - will KOS need to sell some assets to reduce debt? Not on the radar now, but you never know!
Posted at 26/2/2025 22:01 by xxnjr
They aren't on the same page!
GTA ph1 BP 56% net w/int = >50K mboepd
KOS 27% net w/int = >24K mboepd
Gross Production = >90K mboepd, or 540,000 mmscfd
So there's some de-bottlenecking assumed by BP over KOS 400 mmscfd?


GTA ph 2+ is described as a "Potential Future Major Project".
Not exactly top of the pile but same size as ph1
Posted at 19/2/2025 15:51 by fraserdean
Well that's quite specific then.

Share price finally moved a little bit, be good if they could give us some insight as to their strategy for the future at the results.
Posted at 18/12/2024 17:13 by xxnjr
The sometimes wide share price spread in the PLC shares often masks the ups and downs.
Given the limited UK trading volumes I'm struggling to see what KOS gain from their dual UK listing?
Posted at 18/12/2024 13:19 by fraserdean
Cool thanks. Interesting times indeed.

The revival of the Kosmos share price has been a bit more muted here in the UK, might be a bit of room for a catchup.

Hope you haven't got too much Tullow, can't see anything getting better there bar the unforeseen on oil prices.
Posted at 15/12/2024 11:29 by xxnjr
ohisay - as you've probably gathered I've never been a fan of Dhir to say the least. The problem he had was the incredible volume of share options (he's stupidly been awarded under TLW's [at least from my perspective] ill conceived incentive plans) were underwater, with little prospect of future buoyancy, given Jubilee underperformance and refinancing concerns with the 2026 bonds. So, either

(i) Dhir threw in the towel as he could no longer face standing in front of shareholders facing difficult questions about his performance and the non-delivery of the multiple upsides he had told shareholders about.

or

(ii) There was a board meeting after the last Trading Update and Dhir effectively was fired.

Either way Dhir is exiting. But shareholders need not worry. As according to the RNS

"Rahul will stay in his role until a date to be determined to ensure a smooth transition."

What an incredibly generous and unselfish human act by our CEO despite having that issue with his underwater options.

A mere few days after that, rumours "emerge" that some sort of discussions are taking place with Kosmos. TLW then issue an RNS

"Tullow notes the recent "media speculation" and confirms that it is in preliminary discussions with Kosmos Energy".

Kosmos, perhaps taken aback, respond with

"Kosmos notes today’s announcement by Tullow Oil plc (“Tullow”;) (LSE: TLW) regarding a potential transaction involving Tullow and Kosmos and confirms that it is in very preliminary discussions with Tullow.

It's not a great look. Is it?
Posted at 14/12/2024 13:06 by xxnjr
thx to ctc1 on the tlw board

"Upstream
Kosmos Energy has been described as the “natural acquirer” of Tullow Oil, analysts told Upstream, after the companies released statements notifying the market about a potential takeover being discussed.

The two companies issued press statements on Thursday, confirming that discussions are underway. Kosmos described the interaction so far as “very preliminary discussions.”

Analysts reacting to the news suggested the US-based player is arguably best placed to weigh the value of such a transaction, given its experience in the regions where Tullow is present and its understanding of the underlying assets.

“Given that Kosmos know the assets very well, they're the natural acquirer of Tullow if they did want to do it,” Daniel Slater, research director at Zeus Capital, told Upstream.

Tullow is the operator of the Jubilee and Twenboa-Enyenra-Ntomme (TEN) fields offshore Ghana, where Kosmos is a partner.

London-based Tullow’s other assets include operatorship of the long-stalled Lokichar oil project in Kenya as well as holdings in Ivory Coast, Gabon and Argentina.

On a financial level, Slater said the company is “still relatively highly levered, but they've brought that leverage down quite a bit over the last few years”, making the prospect of a deal more attractive.

He believed a transaction would likely be a cash and stock deal.

On the deal's actual value, he said: “It's a question of, given the value of the debt, whether they can come to a price for the equity that is low enough for it to be attractive to Kosmos and high enough for it to be attractive to investors.”

Tullow has been facing challenges on a number of fronts, recently reporting production issues at Jubilee.

The company saw its share price plunge to a four-year low in late November, following a downgrade of its cash flow guidance for the year.

About a week later, Tullow announced its chief executive, Rahul Dhir, would be leaving next year, triggering another sharp drop.

The Tullow stock was down over 10% on Friday morning, following the news of the potential Kosmos merger.

“Having lost its touch in prospecting for hydrocarbons, seen sentiment towards its sector sour, and fallen into financial difficulties, Tullow’s life as a public company could soon come to an end in reduced circumstances,”; said Dan Coatsworth, investment analyst at AJ Bell.

Coatsworth noted that the stock had been gaining ground throughout this week, as media speculation suggested a deal may be on the cards. Today’s fall is a reaction to that earlier trend, he said.

Kosmos stock was also down 3% on Friday and, according to Zeus’ Slater, this may indicate investors are of getting more involved with assets that have had historical issues

“What the [share] price [movement] is telling you is they don't want more exposure to those assets,” he said.

If Kosmos does acquire Tullow, share price Angel analyst David Mirzai estimated their combined production would be north of 150,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, some 60% generated by Kosmos based an 2024 figures.

“The proposed consolidation reflects the growing trend in the E&P sector to add scale and provide operational, financial and fiscal synergies that could unlock future growth by boosting liquidity and access to capital,” said Mirzai.

However, Mirzai argued that the negative share price reaction of both stocks to the deal "suggests that creating a $2-billion market cap E&P with over $4 billion of net debt may be too much for investors to swallow, despite the obvious operational synergies."

Total net debt of the two players is currently about $4.1 billion, some 65% of which is on Kosmos' books.

An oil executive familiar with Tullow well told Upstream that he can “see the logic” of the deal, pointing out there would be “a lot” of general and administrative cost savings, and would expect Tullow’s office in west London to close.

Both companies, said Mirzai, have focused on the delivery of a free cash flow inflection point in 2024 on the back of rising production and revenues against lower capital expenditures, with a 2025 strategy dedicated to debt reduction.

However, missed production targets have weighed on both share prices this year and, with significant debt still on the balance sheet, he said: “We think there is limited room for surprises compared to peers given the outlined capital allocation policy.”

Mirzai also expects other groups “to take an interest in Tullow’s operated portfolio.”

One name he highlighted is privately-owned Trident Energy, a London-based player focused on offshore operations — not exploration — in Africa, with its key asset being the producing Oveng-Okume-Ceiba oil complex offshore Equatorial Guinea, where Kosmos is a partner.

Mirzai also name-checked Carlyle Group, a private equity player that is backing up an E&P business led by former BP chief executive Tony Hayward that recently acquired the bulk of Energean's East Mediterranean portfolio.

Hayward met top Egyptian officials in London last week to discuss the company's investment plans, particularly for the Abu Qir gas complex."
Posted at 13/12/2024 08:00 by adrian j boris
Kosmos Energy Limited Statement re Possible Offer
13/12/2024 7:00am
RNS Regulatory News

RNS Number : 9456P
Kosmos Energy Limited
13 December 2024


NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION.



THIS IS NOT AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF A FIRM INTENTION TO MAKE AN OFFER UNDER RULE 2.7 OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS (THE "CODE") AND THERE CAN BE NO CERTAINTY THAT AN OFFER WILL BE MADE, NOR AS TO THE TERMS ON WHICH ANY OFFER MIGHT BE MADE.



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



12 December 2024



Statement regarding a possible all-share offer for

Tullow Oil plc by Kosmos Energy Ltd.



Kosmos Energy Ltd. ("Kosmos" or the "Company") (NYSE: KOS) notes today's announcement by Tullow Oil plc ("Tullow") (LSE: TLW) regarding a potential transaction involving Tullow and Kosmos and confirms that it is in very preliminary discussions with Tullow regarding a possible all-share offer by Kosmos for Tullow.

There can be no certainty that any offer will be made, nor as to the terms on which any offer might be made. Pursuant to Rule 2.5 of the Code, Kosmos reserves the right to vary the form and/or mix of the offer consideration and vary the transaction structure. A further announcement will be made as and when appropriate.

As stated in today's announcement by Tullow, in accordance with Rule 2.6(a) of the Code, Kosmos is required, by not later than 5.00 p.m. on 9 January 2025, to either announce a firm intention to make an offer for Tullow in accordance with Rule 2.7 of the Code or announce that it does not intend to make an offer, in which case the announcement will be treated as a statement to which Rule 2.8 of the Code applies. This deadline can be extended with the consent of the Takeover Panel in accordance with Rule 2.6(c) of the Code.
Kosmos Energy share price data is direct from the London Stock Exchange

Kosmos Energy Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What is the current Kosmos Energy share price?
The current share price of Kosmos Energy is 130.00p
How many Kosmos Energy shares are in issue?
Kosmos Energy has 477,904,652 shares in issue
What is the market cap of Kosmos Energy?
The market capitalisation of Kosmos Energy is GBP 640.39M
What is the 1 year trading range for Kosmos Energy share price?
Kosmos Energy has traded in the range of 115.00p to 512.50p during the past year
What is the PE ratio of Kosmos Energy?
The price to earnings ratio of Kosmos Energy is 4.33
What is the cash to sales ratio of Kosmos Energy?
The cash to sales ratio of Kosmos Energy is 0.49
What is the reporting currency for Kosmos Energy?
Kosmos Energy reports financial results in USD
What is the latest annual turnover for Kosmos Energy?
The latest annual turnover of Kosmos Energy is USD 1.68B
What is the latest annual profit for Kosmos Energy?
The latest annual profit of Kosmos Energy is USD 189.85M
What is the registered address of Kosmos Energy?
The registered address for Kosmos Energy is CORPORATION TRUST CENTER 1209 ORANGE ST, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 19801
What is the Kosmos Energy website address?
The website address for Kosmos Energy is www.kosmosenergy.com
Which industry sector does Kosmos Energy operate in?
Kosmos Energy operates in the CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GS sector

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