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North European Oil Royalty Trust Announces The Net Income For The Fourth Quarter Of Fiscal 2019


RED BANK, N.J., Nov. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- North European Oil Royalty Trust (NYSE-NRT) reported the net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019 which appears below compared with the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018. Total royalty income includes adjustments made by the operating companies based upon their corrected royalty calculations for prior periods.


  4th Fiscal Quarter

  Ended 10/31/2019

  4th Fiscal Quarter

  Ended 10/31/2018

Percentage

Change

Total Royalty Income

$1,660,135

$1,474,191

+ 12.61%

Net Income

$1,516,063

$1,324,902

+ 14.43%

Distributions per Unit

$0.16

$0.15

+   6.67%

 

The Trust receives nearly all of its royalties under two royalty agreements.  The Mobil Agreement, the higher royalty rate agreement, covers gas sales from the western half of the Oldenburg concession.  The OEG Agreement, the lower royalty rate agreement, covers gas sales from the entire Oldenburg concession.  The factors determining the amount of gas royalties payable under the two agreements from the preceding calendar quarter are shown in the table below comparing the third calendar quarters of 2019 and 2018.  Further details will be available in the Trust's annual report on Form 10-K which will be available through the SEC or on the Trust's website, www.neort.com, on or about December 30, 2019.    


Quarterly Gas Data Providing Basis for Fiscal Quarter Royalties

 

Mobil Agreement

  3rd Calendar Quarter

  Ended 9/30/2019

  3rd Calendar Quarter

  Ended 9/30/2018

Percentage

Change

Gas Sales (Bcf1)

4.882

4.495

+   8.61%

Gas Prices2 (Ecents/Kwh3)

1.4612

1.9231

-  24.02%

Average Exchange Rate4

1.1004

1.1541

-    4.65%

Gas Royalties

$ 901,077

$ 1,144,969

-  21.30%





OEG Agreement




Gas Sales (Bcf)

16.205

14.029

+  15.51%

Gas Prices (Ecents/Kwh)

1.4901

1.9612

-  24.02%

Average Exchange Rate

1.0989

1.1530

-    4.69%

Gas Royalties

$ 369,501

$ 459,162

-  19.53%

1Billion cubic feet 

2Gas prices derived from May-July period

3Euro cents per kilowatt hour

4Based on average Euro/dollar exchange rates of cumulative royalty transfers

 

Total royalty income received for fiscal 2019 increased in comparison to fiscal 2018 primarily due to higher gas sales resulting from the uninterrupted operation of the Grossenkneten desulfurization plant during fiscal 2019.  The Trust received positive adjustments in fiscal 2019 which increased royalty income by $225,450, whereas in fiscal 2018 the Trust received positive adjustments which increased royalty income by $189,529.  Under the Mobil Agreement for fiscal 2019, gas sales, gas prices and average exchange rates showed percentage changes of + 8.30%, + 3.84% and - 5.77%, respectively, in comparison to fiscal 2018.  Under the OEG Agreement for fiscal 2019, gas sales, gas prices and average exchange rates showed percentage changes of + 11.03%, + 3.71% and - 5.92%, respectively, in comparison to fiscal 2018.  The comparison of the relevant periods is shown below.


  Fiscal Year

  Ended 10/31/2019    

  Fiscal Year

  Ended 10/31/2018

Percentage

Change

Total Royalty Income

$ 8,344,712

$ 7,198,534

+ 15.92%

Net Income

$ 7,578,065

$ 6,407,955

+ 18.26%

Distributions per Unit

$0.82

$0.70

+ 17.14%

The 2019 Annual Meeting is scheduled to begin at 10:00 A.M. on February 19, 2020.  Further details will be provided in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Unit Owners which is being mailed in early January.

The previously declared distribution of 16 cents per unit will be paid on November 27, 2019 to owners of record as of November 15, 2019.  For further information contact John R. Van Kirk, Managing Director, at (732) 741-4008 or via e-mail at [email protected].  The Trust's press releases, along with other pertinent information, are available on the Trust's website: www.neort.com.

SOURCE North European Oil Royalty Trust


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