Hawkey47-Mexico Blocks Key& Why x6 Feb 2019 20:46
We have prime access to blocks, 2,7 .30 11, 13. This is frontier E & P and superb counter- cyclical jnvestment by the BOD. I think this Mexico Compunded block will take our debt out in the next 12-15 months Why? I hear the screaming crowd. 1. Ex-BP boss Lord Browne and Russian billionaire Friedman plot £23bn oil floatFormer BP boss Lord John Browne and Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman are poised to kick-start a £23bn float of a new energy giant that will go toe-to-toe with some of the world’s top oil explorers.
A merger of the oil and gas business of their holding company LetterOne with that of German industrial powerhouse BASF is in the final stages, paving the way for the enlarged operation to immediately begin preparations for a blockbuster stock market listing. Analysts say it could fetch a valuation of as much as $30bn (£23bn), making it one of the biggest floats Europe has seen in years. 2 DISPARITY IN SIZE !! DEA & WINTERSHALL, DEA NEED FRONTIER GAINS OF RESERVES. Quote Wintershall-DEA: The anatomy of a merger
The Wintershall-DEA deal brings together businesses that in 2017 had combined sales of €4.7bn
At the end of September, almost a year on from the announcement that Wintershall and DEA had agreed in principle to merge, their respective owners—Germany chemicals company BASF and LetterOne, the Luxembourg-based investment fund co-founded by the Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman in 2013—signed a "definitive transaction agreement". Assuming the merger is approved by the relevant authorities, the transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2019. It will bring together businesses that in 2017 had combined sales of €4.7bn, and oil and gas production of 575,000 boe/d."Wintershall DEA is the largest E&P merger in Europe for over a decade, and will have a diverse portfolio of outstanding growth prospects, with the scale needed to access important new opportunities," says former BP chief executive John Browne, who now heads LetterOne's energy investment arm, L1 Energy.
Browne believes that the merged entity will be capable of playing alongside Shell, Total and his former company, BP. "We expect the company to evolve rapidly into a world-class and globally competitive organisation with an international portfolio."
The disparity in the size of the two companies is reflected in the merger agreement. Initially LetterOne will own a third of the combined company, while BASF will own the remaining two-thirds, "reflecting the value of the respective exploration and production businesses". Lord Browne & Ray F are true deal makers and the largest IPO in Euro zone in a decade needs a deal M & A pathway. Zama is just the tip, I mean a big tip of PMO 's exposure to Mexico - Prime for a buy out. PMO in 12 months could just sell Mexico interests for +$600m allowing for tax easy. HNY