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Kosmos Energy records massive loss for second year running

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This would be the second year running, that Kosmos Energy is recording a loss, after 2014’s loss of $75.2 million.

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Andrew G. Inglis, Chief Executive Officer of Kosmos Energy, says the company is currently at a turning point in its existence where production is being increased at the detriment of capital requirements.

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“Kosmos is well positioned to deliver value from both our discovered gas resource offshore Mauritania and Senegal, as well as from new high-graded opportunities our team has identified.”

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Second quarter 2016 oil revenues were $46 million, a drastic reduction on the $119 million recorded in the same quarter of 2015.

Realized oil revenue, including the impact of the company’s hedging programme, was $95.61 per barrel of oil sold in the second quarter of 2016 compared to $82.96 per barrel of oil sold in the year-ago quarter.

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