upstreamonline15 Aug 2019 10:18
Holzman added: “The well is cased already... If the appraisal is successful, what I hear from Tullow is that they can definitely consider it as a standalone commercial development. It could be fast-tracked, but this kind of decision will be taken later.”
BMO Capital Markets analyst David Round revised the volumes the bank sees at Jethro to around 200 million barrels from 111 million.
“We value a standalone development at $631 million... assuming a $8 per barrel of oil equivalent and around $15 per boe operating expenditure, based on recent analogues,” the bank said.
“Using lower cost assumptions and 250 million barrels, we estimate a de-risked upside valuation of up to $1 billion, around 60% of which we would expect to be priced at this stage.”
RBC Europe analyst Al Stanton said: “Management appears keen to fast-track the Jethro appraisal and development — the combination of oil in a simple (massive) sand, good fiscal terms (75% cost oil) and current low offshore construction costs lends itself to a phased development
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