$50m needed?23 Apr 2016 13:42
The investors still expecting "high rates" from Otakikpo-02 by when?! The well is suspended and the lower zone (where most of the reserves) are have been damaged according to some sources close to regulators. The well has to be sidetracked with a new rig..... No production from Otakikpo till at least December and a new infusion of cash (like $50MM) since Lekoil has wasted all funds on endless fishing ops on Otakikpo-02 IMO.
How did this happen? WellSmart belongs to their friend (Century); Sowsco (the cement company that messed the well up) belongs to Samuel Adegboyega (Lekan's uncle, who is also the non-executive chairman of Lekoil) Do your own research and be very careful.
I can say that the biggest risks to any lucky/successful company are a) jealousy by others in the City, b) the (big) financial community, c) the press and how they collude with a&b, and then of course incompetent management. Political/macro risk is also a factor or course, but if any combination of abc decide that they want to make money regardless, they will do - and those risks will be sidelined.
There is a modus operandi, it is about stealing retail investors and taking control of assets on the cheap...It's a sick world when the financial institutions behave like that with 'real' businesses.
OPL 310 and Lekoil a good example. Be very careful.