Broker note22 Mar 2022 11:13
Sums up the upside nicely….
Filled to Spill All four adjacent CNOOC discoveries are “filled to spill”, meaning that their recoverable resources are close to the P1/P10 oil in place volumes. An oil migration study, completed by Empyrean in 2018, identified that the Jade and Topaz prospects are situated on the same migration pathway as these CNOOC light oil discoveries, suggesting that both Jade and Topaz would be similarly “filled to spill”. Assuming a P10 oil in place volume, on unrisked valuation of Jade increase to 193.3p (mean resources 112.4p).
? Negotiating A Gas Sales Agreement At A Time Of Record Gas Prices Providing downside protection to Empyrean’s high impact oil exploration programme is the Company’s 8.5% interest in the Mako gas field. At 495Bcf, the field is the largest undeveloped gas discovery in the prolific West Natuna basin, and is strategically located in close proximity to the ‘gas hungry’ markets of Singapore and Indonesia. The current focus at Mako is the securing of a gas sales agreement – essential for the commercialisation of the project and for Empyrean to realise value. The timing couldn’t be better, with South East Asian gas prices increasing 61 percent since start of 2022