RE: Commercial value, after Tanzania Taxes6 Feb 2024 18:40
Surin - the initial commercialisation proposal was to develop a cluster of wells with distribution pipe work, feeding a purification and liquification plant that will ship one tanker a day to port. That was estimated at around half a million dollars revenue a day (or $150m a year) at approx $80m capex and $1m opex. On that basis, capital would be paid for in less than 12 months. Incorporating the hydrogen and thermal energy may require a revised costing, but add profit. I don’t have figures for production licensing or tax, but I think we can safely assume it’s massive on a forward pricing basis. Then there’s the balance sheet value now added to all their other licenced areas in Rukwa through derisking from a discovery at Itumbula or Tai.