12 Tips to Help Future-Proof Your Business in Today’s Uncertain World

12 Tips to Help Future-Proof Your Business in Today’s Uncertain World


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In organization, frequently the only matter that is specific is uncertainty. You never ever know if your solution will sell or if you are going to make ample dollars to final a further yr or if currently being an entrepreneur is genuinely your genuine calling.

Though no just one can predict what tomorrow will deliver, there are strategies you can assist to warranty your business will stay thriving no matter what the up coming day could deliver. Under, a panel of Rolling Stone Culture Council members offer you their best ideas for “future-proofing” your business and describe how these tips will aid make sure your organization is secure.

Create an Agile Organizational Style

“SurThrival” calls for adaptation and transformation. There is possibility in crisis. Just one critical is setting up an agile organizational style and design to best climate inescapable interruptions. Don’t wait around right until a crisis provides — or ends — to establish how to pivot and shift a company forward. Strategize advance motion for confronting new problems in get to arise from disruption more robust than before. – Merilee Kern, The Luxe List

Examine Outside of Your Sector

I examine outdoors business news and be a part of discussions that look to have almost nothing to do with my get the job done. I am generally shocked at the handy nuggets of information I extract to apply to my company or work ideas. The planet is so interconnected that safety, technological innovation, provide chain troubles and customer sentiment mirrored in a wholly diverse sector will tell how to maneuver in yours. Glimpse outward. – Dale Sky Jones, Oaksterdam College

Leverage Scenario Scheduling

I use circumstance scheduling, which is a business enterprise work out where you picture various possible macro-level futures and then strategize how your small business appears to be and features in each provided circumstance. By strategizing on doable macro tendencies in advance of they occur, you will have motion plans in place to set you up for success throughout probable scenarios. Business owners have to put together for all feasible results. – Jessica Billingsley, Akerna

Concentration on Dollars Circulation

Limit reliance on debt, and retain targeted on funds stream. There has only at any time been a person reason why companies have gone out of business, and it’s since they ran out of income. All other issues can be diminished down to “lack of cash.” So, know your burn level, build as significantly of a reserve as possible and produce contingency programs for when matters really do not go according to prepare — simply because they hardly ever do. – Kevin McGee, Anderson Valley Brewing Firm

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Listen to Your Clients

Continue to keep listening to your customers and their feedback. They assist make up your “secret sauce,” and, with their opinions, you can go on to make improvements to your solution, solutions and organization and keep them as lifelong customers as very well as acquire new types. – Vanessa Gabriel, Fall Delivery

Foster a Adaptable Mindset

Prophesying in regards to making sure your company is seem and extensive-lasting is a lost art. Nonetheless, a variable to take into account is keeping a nimble stance, permitting you to change your methods and strategies to the shifting terrain or natural environment. One factor of that is fostering a adaptable state of mind for your crew. They require to take in new facts, utilize it, permit it go and then allow for new suggestions to occur in. – Jahan Marcu, Marcu & Arora

Seek the services of the Best Probable Team

I imagine the only true way to “future-proof” is by employing and retaining the most effective probable staff. When the unforeseen takes place, when a business needs to pivot, when things seem doomed, your crew has to come alongside one another and do the job by way of the impossible. If you set the suitable crew together and construct have confidence in in the encounter of adversity, you can remedy your way by means of any crisis. – Danny Gold, ZolTrain

Construct Your Brand name Online

You require to be making your brand name on line. There are multiple means to do this, but the most critical is setting up up your Google lookup benefits with organic and natural posts and generating folks knowledgeable of your model on the internet. It is a will have to if you want to make it in the following era. – Christian Anderson (Trust’N), Misplaced Boy Enjoyment LLC

Bend With no Breaking

Be thorough when long run-proofing your business enterprise, as it is uncomplicated to get caught in the earlier. Time, technologies and trends will constantly alter to be a contender, you ought to do the identical. The magic formula to upcoming-proofing is to be adaptable as effectively as versatile, and bend, but under no circumstances crack. Really don’t be scared to adjust your procedures, approaches or processes, and fork out interest to variables that impact your surroundings. – David Castain, David Castain & Associates

Prioritize Diversity

Make confident that you have a diverse crew from distinctive generations and backgrounds and that your team feels snug speaking up to management. Every person will have a unique pulse on trends in their community, allowing for your business to superior foresee what may well be coming, for much better or for even worse. It also builds have faith in when group users at all stages sense they can add to these conversations. – Lisa Buffo, Cannabis Marketing and advertising Affiliation

Continue to be Informed About Traits

The ideal way to “future-proof” a enterprise is to keep forward of the level of competition by remaining educated about existing and approaching developments. In undertaking so, you will constantly have your fingers on what is occurring in society as very well as be in a position to forecast which way points may well go up coming. – Thomas Bresadola, Simplified Entertainment

Normally Invest in Your Manufacturers

Have an understanding of the evolving needs of your shoppers. Stay on top of the most current tendencies, hear to customers’ soreness details and present excellent products and companies that meet their desires. Finally, and most importantly, under no circumstances halt investing in your brands! Value will constantly be a essential order thought, but following that is belief and familiarity, which are the making blocks of makes. – Brad Canario, Auxly

IDC Forecasts Steady Growth Over the Next Five Years for the IT and Business Services Markets

IDC Forecasts Steady Growth Over the Next Five Years for the IT and Business Services Markets

NEEDHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Worldwide IT and business services revenue is expected to grow by 5.6{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} (in constant currency) in 2022, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Services Tracker. In nominal dollar denominated revenue based on today’s exchange rate, the market will grow by 4.2{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} year over year, due to FX fluctuation.

The 2022 market growth represents an increase of 160 basis points from IDC’s October 2021 forecast. The improved market view reflects robust 2021 bookings and pipelines by several large services providers, an improved economic outlook (compared to the previous forecast cycle), and inflationary impact on the services market, offset slightly by the negative impact of the Ukraine/Russia conflict.

IDC believes that the market will continue to expand throughout the next few years at a rate of 4-5{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}, representing an overall increase of 40 to 80 basis points each year, pushing the market’s long-term growth rate to 4.6{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}, up slightly from the previous forecast of 4.3{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}.

The Americas services market is forecast to grow by 5.3{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} in 2022, up 150 basis points from the October 2021 forecast (in constant currency.) This is attributed to a faster economic rebound and the impact of inflation. IDC believes that the trend will continue in the short-term: 2022 and 2023 growth rates were adjusted up by 150 and 100 basis points, or around 4{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} year-over-year growth for the next five years.

Our mid- to long-term growth prospects for Canada and Latin America improved marginally. Both regions will continue to see recovery well into 2022 and 2023. Latin America’s near-term growth outlook is further lifted by the commodity price rally since March.

The outlook for the U.S. market has also been also adjusted up by 160 and 80 basis points for 2022 and 2023, respectively. The adjustments were made across all markets. The improved economic outlook and vendors’ strong bookings and pipelines in the world’s largest services market partially drove this upward change, while the rest can be attributed to our inflation impact assumptions, especially in project-oriented markets. The long-term U.S. growth prospect remains largely unchanged.

Our 2022 growth forecast for EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) was raised by more than 220 basis points.

While Europe is the most impacted region by the ongoing Ukraine/Russia conflict, we remain sanguine on the region. IDC has reduced the Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) forecast significantly due to the conflict in the Ukraine. We expect the CEE services market to grow only by 5.5{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} and 7.3{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} in 2022 and 2023, respectively, down from our previous forecast of 9-10{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} growth. Russian and Ukraine markets will shrink significantly this year.

Western Europe’s near-term growth forecast has been adjusted up: IDC now forecasts the region to grow by more than 6{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} in 2022, up by 280 basis points from our last forecast. The improved outlook is largely due to the EU’s revised 2022 GDP outlook at the end of the end of 2021 (prior to the Ukraine/Russian crisis). IDC continues to see EU-funded investments driving services spending. Inflation also contributed to nominal growth, although to a smaller degree.

This was partially offset by the Ukraine/Russia conflict. Based on IDC’s March assumptions about the crisis, which assumed a more neutral scenario (limited military escalation and disruption to the global supply chain), IDC believes that the crisis will dampen Western Europe’s mid-term market growth but will be offset by other drivers. Of course, because the situation is ever evolving, its actual impact to the EU economy may be more severe than expected.

The Middle East & Africa’s (MEA) growth prospects for 2022 and 2023 have also been raised by 250 and 100 basis points, respectively. Due to a strong rebound from the pandemic and economic malaise, particularly in previously beleaguered markets such as Turkey, as well as rapid IT infrastructure spending, including hyperscaler buildouts, we are more bullish on the MEA market. We also believe that the negative impact of the Ukraine/Russia crisis on the region will be only marginal.

Asia/Pacific’s growth outlook improved by 0.9 percentage points in 2022, largely due to PRC (China) and other developed Asian markets (i.e., Australia, Japan, Singapore, Korea, etc.). Japan’s growth rate was lifted by 0.2 to 0.6 percentage points per year for the next five years while Australia, New Zealand, Korea, and Singapore all saw adjustments of 100+ basis points in 2022 and 2023 growth rates.

The forecast for China’s market growth has been adjusted up to 6.4{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} and 8{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} for 2022 and 2023. While China’s GDP growth is expected to cool down, IDC believes that digital transformation remains central to the country’s long-term “new infrastructure” initiatives, which will further drive services spending in both the public sector and strategic industries such as BFSI, manufacturing, and energy.

A graphic illustrating IDC’s forecast for IT and business services spending by region is available by viewing this press release on IDC.com.

Within the IT and business services markets and across all regions, cloud-related services spending has been the main growth accelerator since 2020. IDC forecasts it to continue to grow close to 20{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} year over year in 2022 and between 15{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} to 20{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} over the next three years.

IDC is also seeing more services providers crossing over from IT and business services to operational technology (OT) services, based on figures from IDC’s new Tracker for services spending on the OT side (also defined by IDC as Digital Engineering & Operational Technology Services (or DEOTS)). Even after accounting for the supply-side disruption caused by the Ukraine/Russia crisis, we still forecast the product engineering & operational technology engineering services and operational technology services markets to grow twice as fast as IT and business markets.

Overall, while inflation may artificially boost market size in the short-term, this is largely offset by demand instability and rising labor costs.

“In this forecast cycle, IDC services analysts have looked at short-term impacts, such as pent-up demand and the Ukraine/Russia conflict, as well as more structural ones, such as adoption of public cloud, the talent crunch, inflation, data security/residency/sovereignty, and more,” said Xiao-Fei Zhang, program director, IDC Worldwide Services Tracker program. “Based on our analysis, we adjusted our outlook accordingly at the market level.”

“However, at the individual vendor level, services providers will need to brace for more volatility,” Zhang continued. “On the heels of a global pandemic, enterprise buyers face another black swan event in 2022, which will accelerate large global trends, such as remaking the global supply chain and value chain and exacerbating the talent crunch by changing demographics. We should expect more of ‘the unexpected’ in the years to come. During the last two years, the services providers who succeeded were the ones who have proven to be resilient partners helping their clients thrive in change. This has always been the constant force to drive growth in the services market.”

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China Liberal Education Holdings Limited Reports Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2021

China Liberal Education Holdings Limited Reports Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2021

BEIJING, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — China Liberal Education Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: CLEU) (“China Liberal,” the “Company,” or “we”), a China-based company that provides smart campus solutions and other educational services, today announced its financial results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

Ms. Ngai Ngai Lam, Chairperson and CEO of China Liberal, commented, “In fiscal year 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic and related travel restrictions negatively impacted our operations and business expansion. Particularly, many Chinese universities and colleges held off on their ‘smart campus’ project plans due to the uncertainties associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, our revenue decreased by 22.2{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} year-over-year to $3.91 million from $5.02 million last fiscal year. We strive to drive our business forward despite these short-term challenges and remain optimistic on our business outlook for 2022 and beyond. We have taken actions to strengthen our market position and keep our financials resilient by acquiring Wanwang Investment Limited, which we believe will allow us to enhance our services and products and improve the quality of our programs.”

Ms. Ngai Ngai Lam continued, “We keep optimizing our growth strategies as market dynamics change and continue monitoring our customers’ preferences while focusing investments on our core growth initiatives with the clearest path to profitability. Growing demand for school-enterprise integrated education solutions continues to accelerate the growth of our integrated enterprises and vocational education (tailored job readiness training services). In addition, the acquisition of Wanwang Investment Limited allows us to become an operator of an independent three-year college and a four-year college in China with a total student enrollment of over 4,200, facilitating our strategic transformation and laying a solid new business foundation. I am proud of the team for what we have accomplished together and I am looking forward to building on our momentum.”

Fiscal Year 2021 Financial Highlights



For the Year Ended December 31,

($ millions, except per share data)


2021


2020


{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}Change

Revenue


3.91


5.02


-22.2{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}

Gross profit


2.76


2.87


-3.7{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}

Gross margin


70.6{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}


57.1{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}


13.5{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}

Income(loss) from operations


-1.17


1.44


NM

Net income(loss)


-1.25


1.21


NM

Basic and diluted earnings(loss) per share


-0.12


0.21


NM

Note: NM refers to “Not Meaningful”

  • Revenue decreased by 22.2{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} year-over-year to $3.91 million for fiscal year 2021 from $5.02 million for fiscal year 2020.
  • Gross profit decreased by 3.7{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} year-over-year to $2.76 million for fiscal year 2021 from $2.87 million for fiscal year 2020.
  • Gross margin increased to 70.6{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} for fiscal year 2021 from 57.1{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} for fiscal year 2020.
  • Loss from operations was $1.17 million for fiscal year 2021, compared to income from operations of $1.44 million for fiscal year 2020.
  • Net loss was $1.25 million for fiscal year 2021, compared to net income of $1.21 million for fiscal year 2020.
  • Basic and diluted loss per share were $0.12 for fiscal year 2021, compared to basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.21 for fiscal year 2020.  

Fiscal Year 2021 Financial Results

Revenue

Revenue decreased by 22.2{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} year-over-year to $3.91 million for fiscal year 2021 from $5.02 million for fiscal year 2020. The decrease in revenue was mainly attributable to decreased revenue from our technological consulting services for smart campus solutions in fiscal year 2021 as compared to fiscal year 2020, which was mainly caused by a decrease in the average contractual value of smart campus related projects by 70.5{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} as high value contracts with Fuzhou Melbourne Polytechnic (“FMP”) were mainly completed in 2020.



For the Year Ended December 31,

($ millions)


2021


2020

Revenue


Revenue

Cost of
Revenue

Gross
Margin

(Loss)


Revenue

Cost of
Revenue

Gross
Margin

Sino-foreign jointly managed academic
programs


2.68

0.36

86.4{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}


2.77

0.59

78.6{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}

Technological consulting services for
smart campus solutions


1.06

0.62

41.9{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}


1.99

1.40

29.7{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}

Overseas study consulting services


0.04

0.05

-43.0{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}


0.13

0.09

33.8{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}

Tailored job readiness training services


0.14

0.12

15.0{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}


0.08

0.06

15.0{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}

Textbook and course material sales


–

–

–


0.05

0.01

80.9{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}

Total


3.91

1.15

70.6{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}


5.02

2.15

57.1{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}

Revenue from Sino-foreign jointly managed academic programs decreased by $0.09 million, or 3.5{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}, to $2.68 million for fiscal year 2021, from $2.77 million for fiscal year 2020. This decrease was primarily attributed to a decrease in the number of students by 243, or 9.8{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}, from 2,731 students for the year ended December 31, 2020, to 2,488 students for the year ended December 31, 2021, which resulted in a decrease of $254,042 in revenue. The decrease was partially offset by an increase in average tuition fees collected from $1,015 per student in 2020 to $1,076 per student in 2021, which resulted in an increase of $157,510 in revenue. The increase in average tuition fee was mainly caused by an appreciation of Renminbi (“RMB”) against U.S. dollars while the average tuition fee per student in RMB decreased from RMB6,993 ($1,015) in 2020 to RMB6,931 ($1,076) in 2021.

Revenue from providing smart campus related technological consulting services and technical support services for other entities decreased by $0.93 million, or 46.9{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}, to $1.06 million for fiscal year 2021, from $1.99 million for fiscal year 2020. The decrease in revenue was mainly attributable to a decrease in the average project size from $143,000 per project in 2020 to $58,859 per project in 2021 as compared to 2020. In 2020, we executed three relatively large technological consulting service projects, including the hardware and software installation and digital classrooms for FMP’s experiment-based simulation center for its hotel management major with contract price of RMB5 million ($0.7 million), the digital classrooms for Beijing Institute of Graphic Communications with contract price of approximately RMB1.3 million ($0.2 million) and technical support services provided to a third party enterprise, Wuhan Wangjie Hengtong Information Technology Co., Ltd., with contract price of RMB4.2 million ($612,239). However, in 2021, the 18 projects we worked on were of smaller size and scope and accordingly, the service fees we charged to customers were also smaller. The overall decrease in our revenue from technological consulting services for smart campus solutions reflected the above combined reasons.

Revenue from overseas study consulting services decreased by $0.09 million, or 75.1{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}, to $0.04 million for fiscal year 2021, from $0.13 million for fiscal year 2020. During the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, under our service contracts with Beijing Foreign Studies University, we assisted 27 students and 11 students for Russian language training, and 27 students and 22 students for German language training, respectively. We recognized $36,174 in revenue when our performance obligations under the service contracts were satisfied during the fiscal year 2021. The decrease in revenue from overseas study consulting services was mainly attributed to the cancellation of visa applications to Russia and Germany by the students, which is mainly due to the international travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Revenue from tailored job readiness training services increased by $0.06 million, or 80.3{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}, to $0.14 million for fiscal year 2021, from $0.08 million for fiscal year 2020. The increase was mainly attributable to an increase in the number of students who received tailored job readiness training services from 147 in 2020 to 443 in 2021.

Revenue from textbooks and course material sales decreased by $0.05 million, or 100{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}, to nil for fiscal year 2021, from $0.05 million for fiscal year 2020. The decrease was mainly attributed to a delay in our publisher’s payment cycle due to small publication volume of our textbooks and course materials.

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenue decreased by $1.01 million, or 46.7{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}, to $1.15 million for fiscal year 2021, from $2.16 million for fiscal year 2020, primarily due to the reduced average size and scope of the 18 technological consulting service projects we worked on in 2021 compared to projects in 2020, and accordingly costs associated with hardware and components installation in technology consulting services for smart campus related projects decreased in 2021. In addition, our cost associated with Sino-foreign jointly managed academic programs decreased by $0.2 million, or 38.6{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}, in 2021 as compared to 2020, which was mainly attributable to a decrease in salary, welfare and insurance costs of foreigner teachers in Sino-foreign jointly managed academic programs. Due to travel bans or restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, some foreign teachers were unable to enter China and we engaged more Chinese teachers to provide teaching services to students in 2021.

Gross Profit

Gross profit decreased by $0.11 million, or 3.7{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}, to $2.76 million for fiscal year 2021, from $2.87 million for fiscal year 2020, while gross profit margin increased by 13.5{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}, to 70.6{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} for fiscal year 2021 from 57.1{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} for fiscal year 2020. The decrease in gross profit was primarily due to a decrease in gross profit contribution from smart campus related technological consulting services, which mainly resulted from the decrease in average project size and average gross profit per project in fiscal year 2021 compared to fiscal year 2020, as we executed more projects with software customization rather than hardware installation in fiscal year 2021. Also, gross profit contribution from overseas study consulting services decreased by 135.6{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} in fiscal year 2021 compared to fiscal year 2020 due to higher student recruitment costs in 2021. Additionally, gross profit contribution from textbook and course material sales decreased by 100{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} due to the decrease in publication volume.

Operating Expenses

Selling expenses decreased by $76,897, or 166.5{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}, to $152,759 for fiscal year 2021, from $229,656 for fiscal year 2020. The decrease in selling expenses was primarily attributable to a decrease in depreciation of $18,236 and a decrease in rental expenses by $16,018 when we relocated to a smaller office space due to streamlining of operations, a decrease in salary and employee welfare benefit expenses paid to sales and marketing personnel by $14,893, resulting from cutting down our sales and marketing force, and a decrease in office and other miscellaneous expenses.

General and administrative expenses increased by $2.58 million, or 214.9{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}, to $3.78 million for fiscal year 2021, from $1.20 million for fiscal year 2020, primarily due to an increase in share-based compensation to employees of $2.3 million, an increase in professional service fees of $72,229, an increase in audit fee of $67,300, an increase in investor relation expenses of $61,376, and an increase in director and officer insurance expenses of $34,127.

Interest Income

Interest income decreased by $7,062, or 7.0{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}, to $94,195 for fiscal year 2021, from $101,257 for fiscal year 2020. In connection with the technological consulting services for smart campus projects, we recognized financing component resulted from a timing difference between when control was transferred and when we collected cash consideration from the customer. For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, we recognized $87,589 and $94,271 in interest income in connection with the aforementioned financing component, respectively. In addition, we reported interest income of $6,606 and $6,986 from bank deposit balance in the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. These factors led to decreased interest income in fiscal year 2021, as compared to fiscal year 2020.

Other Income (Expense), Net

Other income was $126,648 for fiscal year 2021, as compared to other expense of $26,035 for fiscal year 2020. The increase in other income was primarily due to provision of other training services in fiscal year 2021.

Provision for Income Taxes

Provision for income taxes was $300,034 for fiscal year 2021, decreased from $303,246 for fiscal year 2020 due to lower taxable income.

Net Income (Loss)

Net loss was $1.25 million for fiscal year 2021, compared to net income of $1.21 million for fiscal year 2020. Basic and diluted loss per share were $0.12 for fiscal year 2021, compared to basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.21 for fiscal year 2020.

Financial Condition

As of December 31, 2021, the Company had cash of $32.68 million, compared to $5.01 million as of December 31, 2020.

Net cash used in operating activities was $1.41 million for fiscal year 2021, compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $0.64 million for fiscal year 2020.

Net cash used in investing activities was $7,543 for fiscal year 2021, compared to $1,396,125 for fiscal year 2020.

Net cash provided by financing activities was $29.06 million for fiscal year 2021, compared to $3.97 million for fiscal year 2020.

Impact of the COVID-19 on Performance and Financial Indicators

Our results of operations and financial conditions in 2021 were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and may continue to be affected by COVID-19 pandemic in 2022 and potentially beyond. COVID-19 has impact on China’s study abroad consulting and training services industry and the business operations of our Company. The extent to which COVID-19 impacts our results of operations in the future will depend on the future developments of the pandemic, including new information concerning the global severity of and actions taken to contain the pandemic, which are highly uncertain and unpredictable. In addition, our results of operations could be adversely affected to the extent that the pandemic harms the Chinese and global economy in general. We face risks related to natural disasters, extreme weather conditions, health epidemics including the COVID-19, and other catastrophic incidents, which could significantly disrupt our operations.

The pandemic and related travel restrictions have affected and may continue to adversely affect our business and results of operations, including the demand for our services and the ability of partner schools to pay back accounts receivable on a timely basis. We will pay close attention to the future development of COVID-19 pandemic and perform further assessment of its impact and take relevant measures to minimize the impact. Uncertainties associated with COVID-19 pandemic may cause the Company’s revenue and cash flows to underperform in the next 12 months.

About China Liberal Education Holdings Limited

China Liberal, headquartered in Beijing, is an educational service provider in China. It provides a wide range of services, including those under sino-foreign jointly managed academic programs; overseas study consulting services; technological consulting services for Chinese universities to improve their campus information and data management system and to optimize their teaching, operating and management environment, creating a “smart campus”; and tailored job readiness training to graduating students. For more information, please visit the Company’s website at ir.chinaliberal.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This document contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on the Company’s expectations and projections about future events, which the Company derives from the information currently available to the Company. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or our future performance, including: our financial performance and projections; our growth in revenue and earnings; and our business prospects and opportunities. You can identify forward-looking statements by those that are not historical in nature, particularly those that use terminology such as “may,” “should,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “contemplates,” “estimates,” “believes,” “plans,” “projected,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “hopes” or the negative of these or similar terms. In evaluating these forward-looking statements, you should consider various factors, including: our ability to change the direction of the Company; our ability to keep pace with new technology and changing market needs; and the competitive environment of our business. These and other factors may cause our actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement. Forward-looking statements are only predictions. The forward-looking events discussed in this press release and other statements made from time to time by us or our representatives, may not occur, and actual events and results may differ materially and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that such expectations will turn out to be correct, and the Company cautions investors that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results and encourages investors to review risk factors that may affect its future results in the Company’s registration statement and in its other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Investor Relations Contact

China Liberal Education Holdings Limited
Email: [email protected]

Ascent Investor Relations LLC
Ms. Tina Xiao
Email: [email protected] 
Tel: +1 917 609 0333

CHINA LIBERAL EDUCATION HOLDINGS LIMITED

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS





 As of December 31,




2021



2020


ASSETS


CURRENT ASSETS







Cash and cash equivalents


$

32,678,421



$

5,007,449


Account receivables



2,462,550




915,618


Contract assets,



2,014,146




4,448,946


Advance to suppliers



4,525,794




94,648


Prepayment to acquire a subsidiary



1,492,772




–


Due from a related party



–




1,439,080


Inventories



201,091




196,326


Prepaid expenses and other current assets



175,956




223,387


TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS


$

43,550,730



$

12,325,454


NON-CURRENT ASSETS









Plant and equipment



35,384




49,148


Right-of-use asset



47,617




136,695


Contract assets



–




262,617


TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS


$

83,001



$

448,460











TOTAL ASSETS


$

43,633,731



$

12,773,914











LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

CURRENT LIABILITIES









Account payables


$

169,137



$

125,223


Contract liabilities



291,833




154,927


Taxes payable



740,966




633,651


Due to related parties



23,557




–


Lease liability



47,617




90,253


Accrued expenses and other liabilities



402,233




105,829


TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES


$

1,675,343



$

1,109,883


NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES









Lease liability



–




23,102


TOTAL LIABILITIES


$

1,675,343



$

1,132,985











COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES



–




–











SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY









Ordinary shares, $0.001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 13,848,333 and
6,333,333 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2021 and December 31,
2020, respectively


$

13,848



$

6,333


Additional paid-in capital



40,686,311




9,358,487


Statutory reserve



719,804




551,146


Retained earnings



147,278




1,565,817


Accumulated other comprehensive income



391,147




159,146


Total shareholders’ equity


$

41,958,388



$

11,640,929











TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY


$

43,633,731



$

12,773,914


CHINA LIBERAL EDUCATION HOLDINGS LIMITED

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)





For the years ended December 31




2021



2020



2019












REVENUE


$

3,909,546



$

5,023,099



$

5,255,810


COST OF REVENUE



(1,149,148)




(2,157,033)




(3,360,694)


GROSS PROFIT



2,760,398




2,866,066




1,895,116















OPERATING EXPENSES













Selling expenses



(152,759)




(229,656)




(593,215)


General and administrative expenses



(3,778,329)




(1,199,690)




(783,241)


Total operating expenses



(3,931,088)




(1,429,346)




(1,376,456)















(LOSS) INCOME FROM OPERATIONS



(1,170,690)




1,436,720




518,660















OTHER INCOME













Interest income



94,195




101,257




6,120


Other income (expenses), net



126,648




(26,035)




69,162


Total other income, net



220,843




75,222




75,282















(LOSS) INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES



(949,847)




1,511,942




593,942


INCOME TAX EXPENSE



(300,034)




(303,246)




(156,038)















NET (LOSS) INCOME


$

(1,249,881)



$

1,208,696



$

437,904















COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME













Total currency translation differences arising from consolidation



232,001




471,554




(78,171)


TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)


$

(1,017,880)



$

1,680,250



$

359,733















(LOSS) EARNINGS PER SHARE













Basic and diluted


$

(0.12)



$

0.21



$

0.09















WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING













Basic and diluted



10,368,563




5,852,459




5,000,000


CHINA LIBERAL EDUCATION HOLDINGS LIMITED

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS





For the years ended December 31,




2021



2020



2019












Cash flows from operating activities










 Net (loss) income


$

(1,249,881)



$

1,208,696



$

437,904


 Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash (used in)
provided by operating activities:













 Depreciation and amortization



18,652




15,891




40,038


 Non-cash lease expenses



91,386




41,524




2,533


 Loss on disposal of property and equipment



607




37,468




–


 Share-based compensation



2,288,251




–




–


 Changes in operating assets and liabilities:













 Account receivables



(1,504,828)




(343,165)




306,781


 Contract assets



2,781,603




(719,615)




(176,968)


 Advance to suppliers



(4,355,926)




756,846




(824,141)


 Deferred initial public offering costs



–




–




(650,092)


 Due from a related party



–




–




72,371


 Inventories



199




(185,985)




–


 Prepaid expenses and other current assets



33,653




128,658




(57,406)


 Account payables



40,239




66,961




(69,500)


 Contract liabilities



462,253




(421,834)




417,987


 Taxes payable



90,150




191,373




164,879


 Lease liability



(67,754)




(60,907)




(5,252)


 Accrued expenses and other liabilities



(40,842)




(80,097)




2,434


Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities



(1,412,238)




635,814




(338,432)















Cash flows from investing activities













 Purchase of plant and equipment



(4,439)




(21,230)




(17,738)


 Acquisition of 8.8228{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} non-controlling interest in China Liberal
Beijing



–




–




(453,669)


 Advance to a related party



–




(1,374,895)




–


 Prepayment to acquire a subsidiary



(1,474,217)




–




–


 Repayment of advance to a related party



1,471,113




–




–


Net cash used in investing activities



(7,543)




(1,396,125)




(471,407)















Cash flows from financing activities













 Proceeds from related party borrowings



9,415




–




439,193


 Repayment of due to a related party



–




(1,439,799)




–


Net proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares



29,047,088




5,405,451




–


Net cash provided by financing activities



29,056,503




3,965,652




439,193















Effect of changes of foreign exchange rates on cash



34,250




99,829




(4,241)


Net increase (decrease) in cash



27,670,972




3,305,170




(374,887)


Cash, beginning of year



5,007,449




1,702,279




2,077,166


Cash, end of year


$

32,678,421



$

5,007,449



$

1,702,279















Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:













 Cash paid for interest expense


$

40,555



$

2,697




–


 Cash paid for income tax



–



$

20,775



$

18,657


Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities













 Transfer of non-controlling interest



–




–



$

87,238


 Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease
obligations



–



$

180,528



$

21,062


SOURCE China Liberal Education Holdings Limited

China Liberal Education Holdings Limited Reports Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2021

Elon Musk Makes Offer to Buy Twitter: Live Updates

Elon Musk Makes Offer to Buy Twitter: Live Updates
Credit score…Laura Morton for The New York Situations

Twitter’s board is thinking about a defensive transfer recognised as a poison tablet that would severely restrict Elon Musk’s skill to obtain the social media big, two folks with information of the situation reported.

The board achieved on Thursday to examine Mr. Musk’s give to acquire the enterprise, according to a single of the folks, who wasn’t licensed to speak publicly. The administrators are weighing no matter if to go forward with the poison tablet — formally referred to as a shareholder rights prepare — that would limit the skill of a solitary shareholder, like Mr. Musk, to get a critical mass of shares in the open up market and drive the organization into a sale.

The poison tablet protection is a widespread tactic utilised by providers that want to fend off unwelcome takeover presents. It primarily allows the business flood the current market with new shares or allow for present shareholders other than the likely acquirer to invest in shares at a low cost. This dilutes the bidder’s stake and would make shopping for shares far more highly-priced.

The Wall Avenue Journal previously described that Twitter was weighing a poison capsule.

If Twitter’s board rejects Mr. Musk’s bid, he could put his offer specifically to shareholders, rather than the board, by launching a so-termed tender present. If Twitter’s other shareholders like Mr. Musk’s offer you, which is now at $54.20 a share, they could promote their inventory straight to the billionaire, allowing for him to acquire management of the company.

“It would be completely indefensible not to place this provide to a shareholder vote,” Mr. Musk mentioned in a Twitter post on Thursday. “They personal the company, not the board of administrators.”

But Twitter’s investors on Thursday appeared underwhelmed with Mr. Musk’s bid, probably more than considerations as to how he would finance it. Whilst share of firms ordinarily increase when there is takeover speculation, Twitter’s were being down practically 2 per cent on Thursday.

Prince Al Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia, who described himself as one of Twitter’s most significant and most extensive-time period shareholders, claimed that Twitter ought to reject Mr. Musk’s due to the fact the offer you was not high more than enough to replicate “intrinsic benefit” of the enterprise.

Twitter’s other best shareholders, according to FactSet, include things like The Vanguard Group, the company’s greatest shareholder, with a 10.3 {ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} stake Morgan Stanley Investment Management, with a 8 {ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} stake and BlackRock Fund Advisors, with a 4.6 p.c stake. Vanguard and Morgan Stanley Investment Management declined to comment on Mr. Musk’s bid. BlackRock did not quickly answer to requests for comment.

Mr. Musk turned down a seat on Twitter’s board over the weekend, leaving directors who experienced a short while ago welcomed him to their ranks to weigh a proposal in which Mr. Musk stated he had no confidence in their administration of the firm.

The board is manufactured up of Twitter insiders, like Jack Dorsey, a co-founder, and its chief government, Parag Agrawal, in addition to independent directors.

Bret Taylor, the co-chief govt of the business enterprise engineering company Salesforce, chairs the board. Mr. Musk texted Mr. Taylor on Wednesday night, creating his intent to purchase Twitter identified, according to a regulatory submitting. “After the past a number of days of pondering this about, I have made a decision I want to purchase the company and choose it personal,” Mr. Musk wrote.

Salesforce considered paying for Twitter in 2016, but the offer hardly ever materialized. Mr. Taylor, who has been on Twitter’s board due to the fact 2016, joined Salesforce a calendar year later on just after it acquired his possess firm, Quip.

A different key participant on the board is Egon Durban, the co-chief of Silver Lake, a personal investment company. Mr. Durban joined Twitter’s board in 2020 as element of a deal the firm struck with a different activist trader who wished to shake up Twitter’s administration.

At the time, Silver Lake invested in Twitter and helped regular its administration, stopping the quick ouster of Mr. Dorsey. Since Silver Lake has assisted Twitter out of a hard condition in the earlier, Mr. Durban could deal with inquiries about irrespective of whether his company can double down and support fend off Mr. Musk.

Mr. Dorsey could also impact the selection. He is pleasant with Mr. Musk and to begin with celebrated Mr. Musk’s financial investment in the enterprise and final decision to sign up for the board. But Mr. Dorsey has typically delegated key conclusions to his team, preferring to count on their experience. And Mr. Dorsey is also set to go away the Twitter board upcoming month, which could give him an additional explanation to recuse himself.

His allies on the board are Mr. Agrawal, who was named as his successor late very last yr, and Patrick Pichette, a typical companion at the enterprise funds company Inovia Cash and the former main fiscal officer at Google.

Mr. Agrawal and Mr. Dorsey have been carefully aligned on a eyesight to make Twitter’s technological know-how far more decentralized, and Mr. Pichette has been a shut confidant of Mr. Dorsey in discussions about the extended-phrase approach for Twitter. Mr. Pichette may well also have expertise negotiating with Mr. Musk — he was at Google in 2013 when it considered buying Tesla.

Mike Isaac contributed reporting.

Helen Johnson-Leipold shares business tips for success at Marquette speaker series

Helen Johnson-Leipold shares business tips for success at Marquette speaker series
Helen Johnson-Leipold speaks at the Girls Enterprise Leaders Speaker Series.

1 of Wisconsin’s 8 billionaires spoke Tuesday afternoon at Marquette College to share her thoughts on running a successful household business.

Helen Johnson-Leipold was Tuesday night’s keynote speaker through Marquette University’s 2022 June and Herman Loebl Girls Business enterprise Leaders Speaker Series. Johnson-Leipold is the chairman and CEO of Racine-centered Johnson Outside Inc., chairman of Johnson Economic Team, and chairman of The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread.

Johnson-Leipold is the fantastic terrific granddaughter of Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr., the founder of Racine-primarily based S.C. Johnson, a manufacturer of household cleansing supplies and other shopper chemical merchandise. S.C. Johnson was started in 1886. The organization remains privately held and is nevertheless owned by the Johnson loved ones. Johnson-Leipold’s brother, H. Fisk Johnson, is the company’s CEO, the fifth technology of the loved ones to direct the small business. Johnson-Leipold is a member of S.C. Johnson’s board of directors.

Johnson-Leipold mentioned that within her loved ones, getting a main established of unwavering values and a determination to serving the neighborhood have served them continue being thriving.

“Our goal is to keep our enterprise wholesome and flourishing so we can continue to have a beneficial affect on the lives of much more people in a lot more communities for generations to occur,” she explained. “Our objective usually takes us past ‘What’s in it for me right now?’ to ‘How do we assure benefit development and positive impression that builds in excess of time?’”

This goal has served as the inspiration and direction for all generations of Johnson-Leipold’s loved ones, she stated. Acquiring a business that is established for prolonged time period good results is already a tough endeavor without having adding in the drive to transfer that enterprise on to the following generation. Thirteen members of the following generation are involved in one of the Johnson family’s organizations in some potential.

Johnson-Leipold stated her relatives has been so thriving at generational transfers simply because just about every incoming technology is predicted to deliver anything new to the business to propel it forward. Change is a provided in their loved ones and inclusion and respect for all is anticipated.

“When you think of loved ones organizations, we’re not just one of the household corporations that receives caught in custom. Each individual generation was anticipated to deliver new thinking…to recognize our marketplaces and consumers intimately as they adjust with the situations,” Johnson-Leipold mentioned.

Who’s managing the loved ones enterprises is not the only matter that has altered above the several years. Johnson-Leipold stated her relatives has also experienced to tackle modern-day difficulties including distant get the job done and the differing ideologies of up-and-coming generations.

“Millennials are really serious when they say having a everyday living is much more significant than a task,” Johnson-Leipold reported. “Things need to adjust. We have lived and breathed our work opportunities no make any difference what and that was a generational issue.”

To address the need of the modern workforce to proceed remote get the job done, Johnson-Leipold suggests she has taken on a hybrid solution. For the foreseeable long term, she’s been supplying employees a two-working day a week remote selection. Nonetheless, she continue to believes in the electrical power of getting an “in particular person culture.”

Johnson-Leipold explained she has witnessed a shift in philosophy getting area in excess of the earlier numerous many years in conditions of what it suggests to be a great enterprise leader and run a robust company. Even in the very last ten years, concentrating on price and reason-based philosophies have been not deemed “hardcore” business techniques. In point, quite a few organization leaders thought they could harm the bottom line.

Reason and values have now turn out to be some of the most reviewed subjects among organization leaders. Johnson-Leipold characteristics this adjust to the subsequent generation of the workforce.

“The young technology has referred to as us out about how we imagine about factors and asking for modify,” she stated.

Maha Energy AB awards Drilling Contract to Global Business Services in Oman for a six well drilling campaign

Maha Energy AB awards Drilling Contract to Global Business Services in Oman for a six well drilling campaign
Maha Energy AB

Maha Electrical power AB

Maha Electricity AB (publ) is pleased to announce the signing of a Letter of Award (“LOA”) with Global Organization Solutions (“GBS”) in Muscat, Oman for the drilling of a bare minimum of six wells, on Block 70, onshore Oman.

The LOA is binding and precedes a Drilling Contract which is envisioned to be finalized in the around future. The Drilling Rig, GBS-1 (previously OGI-4) is a 1,000 hp super one top drive rig, crafted in 2010 and is at the moment found in Muscat, Oman.

The rig will be organized for the campaign and envisioned mobilization is in June, 2022. The drilling plan will consist of two appraisal wells followed by 4 horizontal pilot generation wells on the Mafraq construction.

Jonas Lindvall, CEO at Maha reviews: “We are very excited about working with GBS on this venture. The GBS-1 rig is an ideal drilling rig for this undertaking due to the fact it can transfer incredibly immediately concerning very well sites. We are also pretty excited about breaking floor on the Mafraq field and appear ahead with anticipation to the preliminary results of the pilot very well tests.”

Instant designs for the Mafraq oilfield contain obtaining essential reservoir information and facts to help in producing a total Area Development Approach. Information that will be obtained in the very first two appraisal wells consists of, but is not limited to, the Oil Water Speak to (OWC), petrophysical homes, cores and identification of feasible h2o disposal zones. Right after the two appraisal wells are drilled and finished, 4 horizontal pilot production wells will be drilled. These 4 wells will be completed with point out-of-the-art PCP pumps from Canada and then put on an prolonged effectively check to further confirm oil productiveness.

About the Mafraq industry
Maha was prosperous in securing Block 70, which consists of the Mafraq significant oil discovery, in a 2019 – 2020 bid round. The Mafraq construction is a delineated hefty oil subject that was thoroughly tested by Petroleum Advancement Oman (PDO) in 1988 and 1991. The subject examined 15,700 barrels of 13° API oil more than a period of 24 days making use of a Progressive Cavity Pump (PCP) from a one nicely. The test perfectly, MF-5, tested 100{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} oil for considerably less than a working day soon after which h2o encroachment stabilized at a 25 – 28{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} watercut. It is unidentified why PDO did not develop the industry at the time, but it is probable that prevailing commodity selling prices (US$ 18 – US$ 20 for every bbl) and accessibility to other lessen value alternatives precluded Mafraq as a advancement solution at the time.

According to the independent reserve auditor, Chapman Petroleum Engineering Ltd. of Calgary, Canada, the Mafraq subject may maintain around 35 million barrels of recoverable oil (2C + 2P as at 31 December 2021). The OWC has not been penetrated yet which renders doable more upside to these volumes. The Mafraq composition is an East-West fault bounded anticline with the productive interval becoming at +/- 430 meters down below the floor amount. The oil flows freely in the reservoir at 51° C and is envisioned to cold flow to floor in commercial portions.

Miscellaneous
The info was submitted for publication, through the company of the speak to human being established out beneath, 15:00 CET on 14 April, 2022.

For more info, make sure you call:
Jonas Lindvall (CEO)
Tel: +1 403 454 7560
E-mail: jonas@mahaenergy.ca

Victoria Berg (Trader Relations)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11
Email: victoria@mahaenergy.ca

About Maha
Maha Energy AB (publ) is a outlined, international upstream oil and fuel enterprise whose organization routines include exploration, advancement and production of crude oil and purely natural gas. The method is to concentrate on and create underperforming hydrocarbon belongings on global basis. Maha operates four oil fields: Tartaruga and Tie in Brazil, Powder River (LAK Ranch) and Illinois Basin in the United States. The shares are outlined on Nasdaq Stockholm (MAHA-A). The head business is in Stockholm, Sweden with a technical place of work in Calgary, Canada, as perfectly as functions offices in Grayville, Illinois, Usa and Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. For much more facts, be sure to go to our web page www.mahaenergy.ca

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