Raise Production Inc. Announces Third Quarter Results and Provides Operations Update

November 21, 2019 9:52 PM EST | Source: Cleantek Industries Inc.

Calgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - November 21, 2019) - Raise Production Inc. (TSXV: RPC) ("Raise" or the "Company") has released its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019.

HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE QUARTER

  • The Company closed a $900,000 private placement of secured convertible debentures and acquired the shares of a private consulting company which held $300,000 in cash, for $1,400,000 in secured convertible debentures, resulting in a total of $1,200,000 in cash being injected into the Company on September 30, 2019. As part of the acquisition, Richard McHardy and Al Stark agreed to join the board of directors and to provide the Company with guidance, mentorship and strategic advice with respect to various business opportunities and strategic alternatives.
  • The Company continues to steadily grow its foot print with the HARPTM technology in Canada as its customer base and installs continue to expand,
  • The Generation 2 HARPTM installs in the USA continue to perform well and have driven incremental sales with new customers.
  • The REALTM system installed in a Cardium wellbore is undergoing testing.
  • Revenue earned on the sales of the Company's HARPTM increased 278% for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 160% for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to the same periods in the prior year.

PRESIDENT'S UPDATE

The Company is pleased to provide an update to its shareholders on its financial results and recent activities related to its operations.

The Company has three systems that can be used independently or in combination in horizontal wellbores:

  1. the High Angle Reciprocating Pump ("HARPTM");
  2. the Raise Efficient Artificial Lift ("REALTM"); and
  3. the Horizontal Artificial Recovery Technology ("HARTTM").

HARPTM (High Angle Reciprocating Pump)

Canada

HARPTM installs and sales continue to increase each quarter with 5 installs in the first quarter, 4 in the second quarter, 14 in the third quarter and 19 in the fourth quarter thus far with November 2019 being a record month for the Company. The increase in sales and the number of customers are the result of continued positive results being obtained over time with the installed HARP'sTM to date. The Company continues to see excellent results from its Generation 2 HARPTM.

As previously disclosed, the Company was chosen as the supplier of preference for a Northern Alberta operator in its new and existing well bores and it continues to leverage on this success with surrounding operators in the same area. Two additional operators are now installing the HARPTM technology in their Charlie Lake wells. The Company continues to focus and install HARP'sTM in Cardium and Glauconite formations. Recently installed "Hybrid HARP'sTM" have opened an opportunity for the Company into the conventional pump market where vertical pumping solutions are experiencing trouble.

In addition, the Company recently negotiated a distribution agreement with a private independent pump supply/service company based in SE Saskatchewan and Manitoba to provide timely and local service for its customers in that area. The Company will also be looking to set up a local storage and delivery facility to better serve its Northern Alberta customer base. The Company has also been continuing its focused sales approach with lunch and learns, shop tours and field seminars.

United States

The Company is in the process of re-negotiating a multi-year distribution agreement with Endurance Lift Solutions ("ELS"). The revised agreement will provide both parties with the ability to accelerate development of the large U.S market. ELS continues to install pumps and order HARPTM inventory parts while this negotiation is in progress.

REALTM (Raise Efficient Artificial Lift)

The Company's first REALTM system was installed during the third quarter of 2019 in a Cardium horizontal well without issue. Performance has been evaluated and the Company is currently working on some minor upgrades to better handle foamy oil/water emulsions. These revisions are expected to be completed by year-end. Numerous Raise customers have expressed interest in deploying the revised product during the first quarter of 2020.

HARTTM (Horizontal Artificial Recovery Technology)

As stated in the last quarterly press release, the Company continues to have discussions with potential partners to further develop and promote the HARTTM technology and will update shareholders when new developments occur.

Eric Laing, President & CEO, stated "Raise is excited about the increase in installations and expanding customer base. Customers benefit from lowering their artificial lift pumps, even with increased costs of working over the well bore. Raise is also eagerly anticipating the REALTM separation system's debut into the market."

Please use the link below to view the article on the Company's LinkedIn page:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/raise-production-inc/?viewAsMember=true

The Company would like to thank all its shareholders for their continued support and encouragement.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Statements of Loss and Comprehensive Loss

  Three months ended Sept 30
Nine months ended Sept 30
    2019
  2018
  2019
  2018
             
Revenue $ 310,034
$ 80,840
$ 753,613
$ 289,418
             
Cost of sales   193,959
  54,887
  494,734
  214,065
Gross margin   116,075
  25,953
  258,879
  75,353
     
   
   
   
Other income  
  10,947
  8,936
  16,688
     
   
   
   
Expenses:    
   
   
   
    General and administration   1,629,010
  549,976
  2,574,621
  1,358,831
    Depreciation and amortization   59,839
  20,062
  176,792
  60,185
    Stock-based compensation   64,603
  88,220
  143,884
  277,138
    Research expenses   49,746
  41,494
  129,401
  119,730
    Inventory impairment   44,576
 
  44,576
 
    Finance costs   8,637
  823
  29,066
  2,235
    1,856,411
  700,575
  3,098,340
  1,818,119
     
   
   
   
Net loss and comprehensive loss $ (1,740,336) $ (663,675) $ (2,830,525) $ (1,726,078)
     
   
   
   
Net loss per share – basic and diluted $ (0.02) $ (0.01) $ (0.02) $ (0.02)

 

About Raise Production Inc.

The Company is an innovative oilfield technology company that focuses its efforts on the production service sector, utilizing its proprietary products to enhance and increase ultimate production in both conventional and unconventional oil and gas wells.

For further information please contact:

Tom Kehoe, Investor Relations
E-mail: tkehoe@raiseproduction.com

Eric Laing, President and Chief Executive Officer
E-mail: elaing@raiseproduction.com

Susan Scullion, Chief Financial Officer
E-mail: sscullion@raiseproduction.com

Raise Production Inc.
2620-58th Avenue S.E.
Calgary, Alberta T2C 1G5
Tel: (403) 699-7675
Web site at: www.raiseproduction.com

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

Certain information included in this news release constitutes forward-looking statements under applicable securities legislation. Forward-looking statements or information typically contain or can be identified by statements that include words such as "anticipate", "assume", "based", "believe", "can", "continue", "depend", "estimate", "expect", "forecast", "if", "intend", "may", "plan", "project", "propose", "result", "upon", "will", "within" or similar words suggesting future outcomes or statements regarding an outlook. Such forward-looking statements or information are based on a number of assumptions that may prove to be incorrect. Assumptions have been made regarding, among other things: the ability to obtain financing to provide working capital to fund operations, the availability of credit, the ability to commercialize products and operations, the potential to increase recoverable reserves for customers by utilization of the HARPTM, REALTM and HARTTM systems, estimates regarding current and projected cash resources and cash flow anticipated sales, the ability to adequately protect proprietary information and technology from its competitors; the ability to obtain partnering opportunities; the ability to attract and retain key personnel and key collaborators; the availability of skilled labour, services and equipment, general economic and financial market conditions, the legislative and regulatory environment of the jurisdictions where the Company carries on business and the ability to successfully compete in targeted markets.

The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date hereof and the Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any of the included forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable Canadian securities law. Forward-looking statements are based upon the current opinions, estimates, projections, assumptions and expectations of management of the Company as at the effective date of such statements and, in some cases, information supplied by third parties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions and that information received from third parties is reliable, it can give no assurance that those expectations will prove to have been correct. By its nature, forward-looking information involves numerous assumptions, known and unknown risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, that contribute to the possibility that the predictions, forecasts, projections and other forward-looking statement will not occur. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: deployment and commercialization of the Company's products and regulatory changes. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance upon the forward-looking statements contained in this news release and such forward-looking statements should not be interpreted or regarded as guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. For more information on the Company, investors should review the Company's continuous disclosure filings that are available at www.sedar.com.

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