RE: Panoro12 Oct 2017 18:49
Philpott, no idea. But as our market cap is built on aje/oml alone I shouldn't think it would be pretty.
.. My take is that panoro lost interest in oml a long time back. They are concentrating on other assets and although they claim to have been able to meet the cash calls I doubt they would have been able to meet other commitments if they did stump up. I think they have a bigger fish to fry, perhaps hoping for oml to be self sufficient by now or certainly much higher income.... Reality is that they answer to shareholders too. They can't run down the investment considering they have contributed I think around 20-30m usd. They also had to impair this in last accounts and that wouldn't please the investors. They need a return for the investors. Whether that be a sale or getting this back on track I have no idea, lots of talk of sale on the Norwegian board. We're all guessing at what is going on behind the scenes, no communication from So whatsoever.... I get the feeling that this may be the catalyst for other news. Hoping it's gas. Correctly managed oml can become a major cash cow for us. Particularly if we get a decent rise in oil price, with a low cost of production for us. Saving grace is we are a minority partner. SO doesn't steer the oml ship (he can cause us other damage though).