RE: News16 Dec 2020 14:04
13:39 The "old" Great Bear Petroleum were always extremely bullish and Bob Rosenthal is still there in a key role, started as a shale play and then changed to conventional.
After the money ran out (SOA tax credit scheme) and in the interim between the 2015 Alkaid flood & PANR take over they did very little it seems, despite the modern 3D, drill data and the relatively low cost of a flow test they could not tempt anyone even their JV partner Otto Energy to finance it seems.
Could be Nabors lien issue on Alkaid leases put some off initially and to clarify the Alkaid leases were excluded from the Otto JV. eg. lease 391704
Rumour was that Ryan Moynagh ex. FD invited OSH to take a look (RM is ex. OSH so could be some foundation) before OSH did the Armstrong deal, how true I am unsure.
As Rabito has says their presentation is light on key P & P data etc so comparisons to 88E may be difficult to confirm.
Like us they have divested them selves of none key leases this month as the rent deferral scheme ran out, probably not a bad idea to cut cash burn - not sure if that has been subject of an RNS over there yet.
So do your research and decide whether is worth a punt in the run up to the drill or longer term.
If things work out at Talitha has to be good for us and just remember GBP project now +11 years on from the start :-)