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BRIEF-AGL Energy says upstream gas review results in asset impairments of about $435 mln after tax

Published 06/07/2015, 08:38 am
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July 6 (Reuters) - AGL Energy Ltd AGL.AX :

* Upstream gas review results in asset impairments of circa $435 million after tax

* FY 2015 underlying profit guidance unchanged

* Says it would focus on core gas projects and divest non-core and under-performing gas assets and activities

* NGSF is expected to generate a pre-tax loss of around $10 million in FY 2016 before generating a profit in the following year

* It would not proceed with the proposed Camden northern expansion project, which has been on hold since February 2013

* Camden gas project will continue its current operations focused on reducing production costs

* Sale of cooper oil is underway and expected to result in a loss on sale of approximately $7 million to be recognised in FY 2015 accounts

* Says assets to be divested include the hunter gas project assets (pel 4 and pel 267) and associated agriculture activities

* Expects to write down the value of the Gloucester gas project by approximately $193 million after tax

* Overall, the underlying profit contribution of moranbah in both FY 2015 and FY 2016 is expected to be similar

* Sale of Cooper oil is underway and expected to result in a loss on sale of approximately $7 million to be recognised as an impairment charge

* NQE business should be "valued separately"; this is expected to result in an impairment charge totalling approximately $237 million

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