# Dune Oil Corp.

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## Overview

Dune Oil Corp. is a Canadian-based oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Turkish energy assets through its subsidiaries. Its activities include oil and natural gas exploration, development, production interests, and related resource evaluation, with corporate operations based in Canada and field exposure primarily in Türkiye.

## Products & services

• Oil exploration and appraisal
• Natural gas exploration and production
• Oil and gas field development
• Production-sharing and farm-in interests
• Resource evaluation and petroleum operations

- **Oil exploration and development** (50%) — Exploration, appraisal, and potential development of crude oil resources in Türkiye.
- **Natural gas operations** (25%) — Natural gas exploration, field development, production interests, and related sales activities.
- **Oil and gas interests** (15%) — Farm-in, license, royalty, and other participation interests in petroleum projects.
- **Resource evaluation and technical services** (10%) — Subsurface assessment, reserve evaluation, and technical work supporting petroleum investments.

- Oil exploration and appraisal
- Natural gas exploration and production
- Oil and gas field development
- Production-sharing and farm-in interests
- Resource evaluation and petroleum operations

## Customers

Dune’s direct commercial counterparties are primarily purchasers of crude oil and natural gas produced from Turkish fields, with sales contracts generally covering a distinct product in variable quantities and prices linked to relevant indices. The company also interacts with field partners, license holders, state-linked energy entities, and contractors through exploration, farm-in, development, and production arrangements. Demand is ultimately linked to Turkish energy consumption and regional oil and gas markets.

- **Turkish energy buyers** (primary) — Purchase crude oil and natural gas produced from the company’s Turkish interests.
- **Oil and gas field partners** (primary) — Participate in farm-ins, license arrangements, and joint development of petroleum assets.
- **State-linked energy counterparties** (secondary) — Influence licensing, field access, infrastructure, and operating relationships in Türkiye.
- **Oilfield service contractors** (secondary) — Provide drilling, production, construction, and technical services required to operate fields.

- Turkish oil and gas buyers purchase produced hydrocarbons
- Energy counterparties buy indexed crude oil and natural gas volumes
- Field partners support exploration, development, and production projects
- State-linked entities influence Turkish license and operating activity
- Contractors provide drilling, field services, and technical support

## Geography

Dune’s corporate headquarters and registered office are in Canada, while its petroleum operations and asset exposure have been concentrated in Türkiye. Historical assets included the SASB natural gas field in the Black Sea and the Cendere oil field in Türkiye, while the company’s current strategic focus is an earn-in related to the M47 Oil Block. The Turkish concentration creates direct exposure to local regulation, infrastructure, currency, operating conditions, and energy-market dynamics.

- **Türkiye** (100%) — Represents the reported primary operating and petroleum-asset geography, not a disclosed revenue percentage.

- Canada hosts the corporate headquarters and registered office
- Türkiye is the principal country for petroleum assets and operations
- SASB was a Black Sea natural gas project in Türkiye
- Cendere was a Turkish low-decline oil field interest
- M47 is the company’s principal Turkish exploration focus

## Strategy

Dune is repositioning its portfolio around the M47 Oil Block in Türkiye through an earn-in arrangement, following the disposal of its SASB natural gas and Cendere oil interests. The strategy concentrates capital and management attention on a prospective oil asset while reducing exposure to the company’s former producing projects. Success depends on completing the earn-in, establishing commercial reserves, and securing the technical and financial resources required for exploration and development.

- **Advance the M47 Oil Block earn-in** (short-term) — The transaction is intended to create the company’s principal future petroleum platform.
- **Assess commercial oil potential** (medium-term) — Resource definition and well results determine whether the block can support economic development.
- **Build a focused Turkish exploration portfolio** (medium-term) — Portfolio concentration can improve strategic focus but increases dependence on one principal asset.

- Concentrate the portfolio on the M47 Oil Block
- Use the farm-in structure to obtain Turkish oil exposure
- Evaluate M47 exploration potential and commerciality
- Redeploy focus after disposing of SASB and Cendere
- Secure funding and technical capacity for development

## Risks

Dune’s concentrated Turkish asset base and dependence on the M47 earn-in expose it to exploration, permitting, financing, and execution risk. Hydrocarbon prices, production performance, field costs, and access to capital can materially affect the economics of an exploration-led model. Political, regulatory, currency, and counterparty risks in Türkiye may further affect asset values and the ability to commercialize discoveries.

- **Exploration and reserve risk** [critical] — The M47 strategy depends on geological results and commercial recoverability that have not been established in the provided materials.
- **Financing and going-concern risk** [critical] — Exploration-led operations require funding for earn-in commitments, drilling, and development, while the reports identify going-concern considerations.
- **Turkish regulatory and geopolitical risk** [high] — Licenses, field access, operating conditions, and asset economics depend on the Turkish regulatory and political environment.
- **Commodity-price risk** [high] — Indexed oil and natural gas sales expose potential production economics and asset valuations to changes in hydrocarbon prices.
- **Counterparty and partner risk** [medium] — Farm-in, production, sales, and field-service arrangements depend on counterparties performing contractual and operational obligations.

- M47 may fail to deliver commercially recoverable oil
- Exploration and development require substantial external funding
- Turkish regulation and permits can delay project execution
- Oil and gas prices drive project economics and cash generation
- Portfolio concentration increases dependence on one main asset
- Currency and geopolitical exposure can affect Turkish operations

## Accounting

Revenue from oil and natural gas contracts is recognized when control transfers to the customer, with consideration linked to indexed product prices and variable volumes. Dune also has significant valuation sensitivity from petroleum properties, exploration outcomes, and related estimates, while a hybrid financing liability is measured at fair value through profit or loss using Level 3 assumptions. Asset disposals and discontinued operations can materially change period-to-period comparability between historical producing activities and the focused exploration portfolio.

- **IFRS 15 revenue recognition** — Revenue timing and reported sales values
- **Oil and gas asset valuation** — Impairment, depletion, and asset carrying values
- **IFRS 9 hybrid financing liability** — Profit-or-loss volatility and liability remeasurement
- **Level 3 fair value measurement** — Valuation uncertainty and earnings sensitivity
- **Discontinued operations and asset disposals** — Period comparability and presentation of operating results

- IFRS 15 timing depends on transfer of oil and gas control
- Indexed prices and variable volumes affect reported revenue
- Petroleum assets require estimates of recoverability and value
- Hybrid financing liability uses Level 3 fair value inputs
- Disposals and discontinued operations affect comparability
- Equity awards create judgment around vesting and expense

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*Last updated: 2026-09-08T05:51:32.738753+00:00*