Climate Change Data

CanAsia Energy Corp.

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022-05 to 2023-09, 2022-05-27 to 2022-12-31, 2023, 2023-05 to 2023-06, May 27, 2022 to September 30, 2022)

Reporting Period: 2022-05 to 2023-09

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)

Climate Goals & Targets

Short-term Goals:
  • Resolution of Sawn Lake partner matters by end of Q2 2024.

Environmental Challenges

  • Economic uncertainty due to geopolitical events (Ukraine invasion, Israel-Hamas conflict), leading to volatile commodity prices, exchange rates, and inflation.
  • Need to raise capital for Sawn Lake development and potential international concessions.
  • Compliance with evolving ESG policies and climate change measures (costs not yet quantified).
Mitigation Strategies
  • Bought out Andora's minority shareholders for 100% ownership.
  • Addressing issues with defaulting partner in Sawn Lake project (anticipated resolution by Q2 2024).
  • Negotiating a joint bid and study agreement for potential onshore Thailand oil and gas licensing round.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Period: 2022-05-27 to 2022-12-31

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Direct or indirect costs of compliance with greenhouse gas-related regulations and ESG directives may have an adverse effect on the Company's and its customers’ businesses, financial condition, results of operations and prospects; however, at this time these costs have not yet been quantified.
  • Events such as the Covid-19 pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces have resulted in a significant increase in economic uncertainty, with more volatile commodity prices, currency exchange rates and interest rates, and increasing rates of inflation.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: IFRS

Third-party Assurance: KPMG LLP

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

Climate Goals & Targets

Short-term Goals:
  • Resolve issues with joint venture interest holders at Sawn Lake heavy oil project by mid-May 2024.

Environmental Challenges

  • Limited operational history and the risks associated with early-stage companies (undercapitalization, cash shortages, lack of revenue, limited resources).
  • Substantial capital requirements for acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas reserves and resources.
  • Reliance on operators and key employees without key man insurance policies.
  • Potential conflicts of interest among directors and officers involved in other oil and gas companies.
  • Potential for increased debt levels above industry standards through acquisitions.
  • Exposure to third-party credit risk through contractual arrangements.
  • Economic uncertainty due to geopolitical events (e.g., the invasion of Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas conflict), leading to volatile commodity prices, currency exchange rates, interest rates, and inflation.
  • Evolving climate change and ESG policies and the potential costs of compliance with greenhouse gas-related regulations and ESG directives.
Mitigation Strategies
  • The company raised capital in 2023 to address near-to-medium-term liquidity requirements.
  • Successful court rulings related to enforcement actions against joint venture interest holders at the Sawn Lake heavy oil project.
  • Plans to focus on near-term shareholder value at Sawn Lake after resolving issues with joint venture partners (anticipated by mid-May 2024).
  • Withdrawal from activities in Indonesia and working to finalize abandonment and reclamation activities and settle all remaining obligations.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Period: 2023-05 to 2023-06

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Participation in onshore Thailand bid round.
Short-term Goals:
  • Enforcement actions against Sawn Lake partners; plans to farm out or sell the asset.

Environmental Challenges

  • Economic uncertainty due to geopolitical events (e.g., war in Ukraine), leading to volatile commodity prices, exchange rates, and inflation.
  • Compliance with evolving climate change and ESG regulations.
  • Need for additional capital to fund commercial development of Sawn Lake property and future international concessions.
  • Onerous natural gas pipeline tariff agreement.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Enforcement actions against Sawn Lake partners; plans to farm out or sell the asset.
  • Participation in onshore Thailand bid round.
  • Management considers potential impacts of economic and geopolitical events in estimates.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Period: May 27, 2022 to September 30, 2022

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Compliance with greenhouse gas-related regulations and ESG directives may have an adverse effect on the Company's and its customers’ businesses, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
  • Significant estimates and judgment currently made by management which could be significantly impacted by climate and climate-related matters include: Useful life of assets; Cost and ability to develop the Company’s existing oil and gas properties or its ability to acquire and develop additional concessions and; Amounts recorded for decommissioning provision.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: IFRS