MOL Group announced its financial results for Q1 2019. In the first quarter MOL Group delivered over USD 500 million EBITDA in line with the full-year guidance.

Upstream EBITDA remained flat year-on-year in the first quarter at 283 million USD as production offset other negative drivers. Production further edged up in the first quarter to 116,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day to a 7-year high, driven by the strong performance of the UK assets.

Downstream posted a weaker first quarter delivering 138 million USD clean CCS EBITDA, which is 37 percent lower than in the same period of the previous year due to the deteriorating refining environment which was partly mitigated by strong internal performance.

The Gas Midstream segment reached 66 million USD EBITDA in the first quarter, down to 23 percent year-on-year.

Chairman-CEO Zsolt Hernádi commented the results: “We delivered over 500 million USD EBITDA and positive simplified free cash flows in first quarter, putting us on the right track to meet our 2019 guidance and to fund our transformational investments. Earnings declined from a high base as refinery margins were substantially weaker and this was only partly mitigated by our strong internal performance across all businesses. Consumer Services continued to deliver double-digit EBITDA growth as we celebrated the 700th Fresh Corner opening, while Upstream increased its production to the highest level since 2012.”