OREANDA-NEWS. Today PJSC Gazprom issued its unaudited consolidated interim condensed financial information prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34 Interim Financial Reporting (IAS 34) for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

The table below presents the unaudited consolidated interim condensed statement of comprehensive income prepared in accordance with IFRS for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015. All amounts are presented in millions of the Russian Rubles.

 

Nine months ended September 30,
 

2016

2015

Sales

4,321,364

4,206,217

Net gain from trading activity

71,159

8,320

Operating expenses

(3,824,703)

(3,171,784)

Operating profit

567,820

1,042,753
     

Finance income

816,264

1,145,005

Finance expense

(499,487)

(1,421,168)

Share of net income of associates and joint ventures

55,258

93,181

Gain on disposal of available-for-sale financial assets

1,835

5,066

Profit before profit tax

941,690

864,837
     

Current profit tax expense

(134,515)

(130,177)

Deferred profit tax expense

(69,784)

(44,389)

Profit tax

(204,299)

(174,566)
     

Profit for the period

737,391

690,271
     

Other comprehensive income (loss):

    

Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss:

    

Remeasurements of post-employment benefit obligations

(92,446)

(84,204)

Total items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss

(92,446)

(84,204)
     

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss:

    

Gain arising from change in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets, net of tax

34,293

47,294

Share of other comprehensive (loss) income of associates and joint ventures

(7,756)

26,133

Translation differences

(201,260)

164,804

Gain (loss) from cash flow hedges, net of tax

41,277

(4,777)

Total items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss

(133,446)

233,454

Other comprehensive (loss) income for the period, net of tax

(225,892)

149,250

Total comprehensive income for the period

511,499

839,521
     

Profit for the period attributable to:

    

Owners of PJSC Gazprom

709,321

673,904

Non-controlling interest

28,070

16,367
 

737,391

690,271
     

Total comprehensive income for the period attributable to:

    

Owners of PJSC Gazprom

491,850

815,437

Non-controlling interest

19,649

24,084
 

511,499

839,521

Total sales (net of excise tax, VAT and customs duties) increased by RUB 115,147 million, or 3 %, to RUB 4,321,364 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the same period of the prior year. The increase in sales was mainly driven by the increase in sales of gas to Europe and Other countries.

More detailed information concerning the main items of the sales’ structure for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015 is presented in the table below.

(RUB million unless indicated otherwise)

Nine months ended September 30,
 

2016

2015

Sales of gas

    

Europe and Other countries

    

Net sales (net of excise tax and customs duties)

1,546,533

1,430,472

Volumes in bcm

160.9

125.3

Average price, RUB per mcm (including excise tax and customs duties)

11,993.7

15,033.7

Former Soviet Union countries

    

Net sales (net of customs duties)

214,446

292,002

Volumes in bcm

22.0

27.2

Average price, RUB per mcm (including customs duties)

10,618.3

11,875.3

Russian Federation

    

Net sales (net of VAT)

530,683

538,572

Volumes in bcm

139.7

150.6

Average price, RUB per mcm (net of VAT)

3,797.9

3,576.7

Total sales of gas

    

Retroactive gas price adjustments

33,757

12,074

Net sales (net of excise tax, VAT and customs duties)

2,325,419

2,273,120

Volumes in bcm

322.6

303.1
     

Net sales of refined products (net of excise tax, VAT and customs duties)

1,096,331

1,175,078

Electric and heat energy net sales (net of VAT)

322,708

291,603

Net sales of crude oil and gas condensate (net of VAT and customs duties)

271,545

184,636

Gas transportation net sales (net of VAT)

145,766

139,068

Other revenues (net of VAT)

159,595

142,712

Total sales (net of excise tax, VAT and customs duties)

4,321,364

4,206,217

Net sales of gas increased by RUB 52,299 million, or 2 %, to RUB 2,325,419 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the same period of the prior year.

Net sales of gas to Europe and Other countries increased by RUB 116,061 million, or 8 %, to RUB 1,546,533 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the same period of the prior year. This was mainly driven by the increase in volumes of gas sold by 28 %, or 35.6 bcm, which was partially compensated by the decrease in average Russian Ruble prices (including excise tax and customs duties) by 20 %.

Net sales of gas to Former Soviet Union countries decreased by RUB 77,556 million, or 27 %, to RUB 214,446 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the same period of the prior year. The change was due to the decrease in volumes of gas sold by 19 %, or 5.2 bcm, and the decrease in average Russian Ruble prices (including customs duties) by 11 %.

Net sales of gas in the Russian Federation decreased by RUB 7,889 million, or 1 %, to RUB 530,683 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the same period of the prior year. This is primarily explained by the decrease in volumes of gas sold by 7 %, or 10.9 bcm, that was partially compensated by the increase in average prices by 6 %.

Operating expenses increased by RUB 652,919 million, or 21 %, to RUB 3,824,703 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the same period of the prior year.

The increase in operating expenses is explained by an increase in a number of items such as:

  • “Purchased gas and oil” – an increase by RUB 290,280 million due to an increase in expenses for gas as a result of the change in the scope of consolidation related to the completion of the Swap Agreement between PJSC Gazprom and Wintershall Holding GmbH on 30 September 2015;
  • “Transit of gas, oil and refined products” – an increase by RUB 72,615 million, or 19 %. 

Profit attributable to the owners of PJSC Gazprom for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 totaled RUB 709,321 million which is RUB 35,417 million, or 5 %, more than for the same period of the prior year.