http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/deta...e&display=news
I see Bor has announced that they have spudded the Stebbing Prospect. 49 days or thereabouts...
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| 04-06-2012, 22:58 | #34 |
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Anyone watching Ithaca Energy (IAE)? Listed in London & Toronto.
The SP has fallen in recent weeks from $3.26 to a low today of $1.65. KNOC were in takeover talks with a reported offer in excess of $3.50 per share, but later pulled out. Other parties were also in talks, but due to various factors nothing materialised... "The Board has concluded that continuing the current process at this time was unlikely to produce a transaction with financial terms that properly reflect the value of the Company, particularly in light of the current volatility in global markets and the short term softening in Brent crude prices. In reaching this decision the Board of Directors has fully considered the Company's current value, its growth potential, the future value that can be delivered to shareholders and the responses of the third parties with whom discussions have been held." Current production is circa 5,000 bopd. The Athena field has just commenced, which is expected to increase production to 7,000- 8,000 bopd. Ithaca announced last week it has acquired a loan facility for $400m and has a cash balance of $110.. "The Facility is available to fund ongoing development activities and future asset acquisitions." "The Facility, combined with an existing cash balance of US$110.6 million (end Q1-2012) and the Company's projected cashflow from operations profile, means that Ithaca has the financial capacity to continue delivering material growth from both its existing asset portfolio and from new asset additions. More specifically, the enhanced size of the debt facility increases the Company's ability to build upon its track record for completing accretive asset acquisitions and creating long term shareholder value."... "The Company intends to continue to pursue attractive acquisitions and has the financial resources to invest up to US$250 million on suitable targets." "the Company forecasts cashflow from operations to increase from approximately US$150 million in 2012 to approximately US$575 million in 2014 in a US$100 barrel Brent crude price scenario." production from an average of approximately 7,000-8,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day ("boe/d") in the second half of 2012 to over 20,000 boe/d in 2014, following the anticipated start-up of production from the Greater Stella Area hub, with production over these years being predominantly oil. Ithaca has also hedged a large proportion of its oil production.. "Company has locked in a portion of 2012/13 oil production (over 1.million barrels) at a weighted average price of approx. US$118 per barrel, thereby securing approximately US$136 million of revenue." The company also has substantial tax allowances... "No tax payable in the medium term: the Company's existing tax allowances pool and projected capital investment programme means that zero tax will be levied on anticipated cashflows from operations in the medium term. Additionally, recent changes to the UK oil and gas taxation regime have returned considerable longer term value to the Company through material increases in the Supplementary Charge tax shelter applicable to all future developments within the current asset portfolio." 2P Reserves of 52 Mboe. I bought in today @ $1.65. Very reluctant to buy any stocks at present, but this looks great value. The company is half the value a major oil company was willing to pay for only a few weeks ago. Very possible this will drop lower, and it might even test major support of $1.40 short-term. Of course, if global markets crash, it's anyone's guess how low it might fall. Last edited by The Pontiac; 04-06-2012 at 23:16. |
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| 05-06-2012, 23:58 | #35 |
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Too much for people to read, especially when its got nothing to do with FOGL. So basically u've both into a company that can't present "financial terms that properly reflect the value of the Company"
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| 06-06-2012, 05:34 | #36 |
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Frank, one post about a company is too long for others to read?
I am not actually surprised to read this as it reflects the laziness of most private investors. Ollie, looks like you may have found another interesting company there! |
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| 11-06-2012, 21:17 | #38 |
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Ithaca Energy was a top pick on BNN tonight.
Market Call [06-11-12] The '1:55 PM segment'. Starts at 4:16 into video. Picked up some more @$1.71 at close. It wouldn't surprise me if another bid for Ithaca was made. A 20,000 bopd producer in a few years. Great entry point now if planning to hold long-term and assuming the whole eurozone doesn't go tits up. It's certainty my favorite less risky oiler (if that's possible in these crap markets). |
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| 26-06-2012, 08:24 | #41 |
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| 28-06-2012, 22:08 | #44 |
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Disappointing update from Ithaca a few days ago. Only 3 of the 4 wells from the new Athena field are producing and are waiting for a fix. Down to $1.50 now. Still great assets, but doesn't matter in these markets, release any bad news and expect a hefty drop.
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| 30-06-2012, 09:36 | #45 |
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BOR AGM notes from "TheFlyingMule".......
......Good evening all. Here is my ‘summary’ of the AGM today. It’s a bit in depth but I hope it’s of some use. I do have a recording of it, which I will try to upload when I get more time but these are my thoughts on the morning’s events. I’ve reproduced my notes as best I can, though I can’t guarantee the accuracy and there are others that are far more qualified than me to comment on the technical aspects but, again, I hope it provides at least a flavour of the meeting. An excellent day all told. I’d recommend going to the AGMs of these companies – the opportunity for access to the BOD of multi million pound companies doesn’t come along very often! I imagine there were around 50 shareholders there (I think last year’s was 15 or so?) as well as various analysts, PR people and the BOD of course. The meeting started at 10:00 and went on for nearly an hour and a half, which left just half an hour for further questions on the sidelines before everyone was ushered out before the next corporate do commenced. Harry Dobson (HD; Chairman) kicked things off with the resolutions and they were all duly passed unanimously with a show of hands, including amusing witterings from HD proposing himself (I’m not sure Mr. Kozel will get the same reception for the remuneration resolution at GKP’s AGM in a few weeks..!). That wrapped up swiftly and Howard Obee (HO; CEO) then launched into the AGM presentation. This wasn’t the same presentation as is now on the website – more on that later – but he talked us through it with questions from the floor as we went along. HD emphasised at the beginning that there would be no discussion about Stebbing. He initially said it was ‘tight’ – my first thought was ‘oh no, not another DESaster with their tight sands at Rachel’. Then I thought he meant time was tight, as in there have been delays and, finally, with a request for clarification from the floor later on, he confirmed that ‘tight’ meant there was essentially a communications blackout regarding Stebbing! Drilling continues… Anyway, on with the show. Darwin: - The numbers given were for Darwin East and West. Shallow marine environment in the lower cretaceous. - Condensate samples were shipped back to the UK. It isn’t permissible to fly the samples on commercial flights so they could either spend several hundred thousand dollars chartering an aircraft or they could sent it by ship, which they obviously have done and it took four weeks to arrive. - The geological results were extremely close to prognosis with the top of the reservoir predicted to within one metre – not bad for rank wildcat drilling eh?! [Over the 4,800 metres, that’s an error of 0.02%!!] - Condensate value depends on its content. They BOD would not be drawn on ‘possibilities’ but their overall enthusiasm would suggest they are confident. - Gas Initially In Place figures were given (Min 1.88TCF, Most Likely 2.44, Max 2.88). Liquids content is subject to on-going analysis. 10 weeks from 18th June. - The TD of the drill ended up in water bearing sands. They felt there is a possibility of more sands beneath the water but seeing as they already had a valuable condensate find, they were content to leave that for another day. [I suspect they were wary of any more cost overruns and opted for prudence] - Delays were caused by problems with the rig itself and also due to taking a long time to drill through some of the rock formations. Extra casing needed to be set to stabilise the hole. Rank wildcatting will always be a laborious process so not unexpected imo. - Part of the extra time to drill through the rock was due to using water based drilling mud rather than oil based mud. It’s more environmentally friendly to use water but doesn’t perform as well it seems! - Two thirds of the $40 million cost overruns were related to the other supply costs of hiring a rig. - We were treated to the logs of Darwin; this information, along with the seismic slides, is not in the presentation on the website. I would love to pore over them in more detail rather than craning my neck at the slides from a distance but I’m sure Gramacho (delighted to put a face to the name at last but disappointed about the lack of elbow pads!) will be able to provide some colour. Without giving too much away, HO seemed quietly confident when discussing the gas readings. - MDT gave the Gas-condensate gradient information, which told them of the condensate. - The source rock wasn’t penetrated. HO believes that is still below where they drilled Darwin. Geochemistry testing of the cuttings to come in the next few weeks which may help answer whether the condensate was a result of the quality of the original source rock or whether it was a function of the thermal and migration history of the hydrocarbons that were generated. That will then aid prediction of distribution of oil, gas and condensate in the region. Rig: - Excellent team on board the LE. Having a high spec rig is all good and well but if there aren’t the appropriate operators, it’s potential won’t be realised. Fortunately there are excellent crews on the rig! - The rig itself is performing very well. A few days ago there were 18/19m waves and it carried on drilling. - Environmental conditions are less harsh than expected. Originally, it was thought they would be similar to those west of the Shetlands. It seems conditions are more benign than there. This is in part due to the southern tip of South America essentially acting as a windbreak to the large weather systems that come in from the west from the Pacific and protects the Islands from the worst conditions as the fetch distance is greatly reduced. [nice to know Argentina still helping out, even if they don’t want to ] - BOR own the rig contract. When it was asked whether there would be a fifth well in this current campaign, HO said it was a possibility but it would depend on timings as it is due to go to Scandinavia after finishing in the Falklands. [my impression was they weren’t particularly keen on drilling another well; they have enough on their plate and they don’t want to be rushed into something just for the sake of it.] Future Campaigns: - Appraisal of Darwin should be relatively straightforward. - The next campaign will have “a lot more wells.” Exploration will take place alongside the appraisals and would be at least 5 wells. Rig availability the key issue. - Open acreage will be of interest to them eventually – hence the relatively hush-hush nature of their communications strategy. - 3D; both new and re-processing existing. They were absolutely delighted with the ‘superb’ data and that was what put Darwin on the map, so to speak. - Currently tendering for 3D seismic with the aim of shooting it in the southern hemisphere summer. Currently seems to be a good availability of seismic boats. Prospects: - Next 3D to be shot to the north of Darwin. - Covington is a tilted fault block to the north of Darwin but only on 2D. This is a priority. It looks uncannily similar to how Darwin did on 2D. They then got the 3D and the rest is history! HO optimistic Covington will look similar to Darwin with the 3D. - Deeper targets of Stokes and Sullivan. - All prospects are a similar age and, with the positive result of Darwin, reduces their risk profiles compared with six months ago. - Burgess and Bute fan systems ‘down the slope’ in the deeper marine environment. As a rough indication, Bute could be 1 billion barrels for that sized fan. - Prospect inventory with resource estimates to come when they re-evaluate, including other new leads. - Darwin smallest prospect in terms of area (with 2.5TCF of gas). Funding: - Lots of options, especially thanks to having 100% of their acreage. - HD was extremely confident of getting any $$$ that may be required. He was fairly tight lipped but felt with the masses of top quality data they have, they wouldn’t have any trouble getting funds when needed. Communication Strategy: - It was inferred the BOD weren’t working in the best interest of shareholders by being so averse to publishing detailed information. HD was reasonably unimpressed with this suggestion I think. Commercially sensitive information is the key; it’s an excellent bargaining chip and should stop a hostile takeover. - Bulletin boards were discussed. iii called HO and said the site had had 23,000 hits leading up to Darwin results. - HD didn’t like bulletin boards as he felt they encouraged rumours with ramping/de-ramping etc. [Though, of course, if they were to release more information, there would probably be less speculation...] - Concerning relations with the Falklands Government, HO said they had excellent relations with them and found them to be extremely helpful as and when they required. When asked if he thought FIG may improve royalty terms to encourage development of Darwin if the condensate results weren’t so promising, he thought it unlikely seeing as the terms are already extremely favourable. He was more concerned they may shift the royalty rates up now they’ve found something! My 2p Worth: BOD very much in this for the long term with HD stating this will see him out until the end of his days. They do have incentives, in the form of 60-70 million shares between them. Technically, I think they’ve done a fantastic job. Their prospect inventory looks very interesting and they are keen to tick all the boxes in a timely and appropriate fashion. They will not be coerced into publishing data just for the sake of it. [this largely related to a question regarding the condensate yield. Gramacho very kindly offered his prediction, which I’m sure he’ll come to later] HD believes the market doesn’t understand the significance of Darwin. On a personal note, I like to see a strong technical side to the company and I have to say I was very impressed with the technical story at BOR. They seem to be going about things in the right way, which, given time, will reward patient investors. I would say they could work on marketing the company better. Yes, they have a long term view but a higher share price doesn’t do anyone any harm! That’s all for now; a long but very worthwhile day. GLA, TFM............ |
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