malcy16 May 2018 13:24
From 10th May (latest i can find from Malcy ...but only 6 days ago ).A good brief summary of where we are now. For holders...buyers ...and irrational sellers..
''Trinity Exploration & Production
Finals from Trinity which prove what a game changing year last year was for the company. I normally disregard figures as they are historic and the market should be concentrating on the here and now but for Trinity they are a perfect illustration of how the turnaround has gone and just how good the company looks now. Operating earnings are up 77% to $11m (6.2m) and operating margins are 24.3% (17.6%) which is mighty impressive even for a strong margin player like Trinity.Total 2P reserves are up from 21.25 mmstb to 23.21 mmstb whilst 2C numbers are better, rising 14% to 23.98 mmstb.
All this had a positive effect on the company�s cash and debt position, y/e net cash was $0.1m ( (38.6m) ) strongly building the balance sheet despite accelerated payments to both the BIR and the MEEI with only $5.9m of debt balances at the year end. All this was done with a massive increase of operational delivery, 37 RCP�s (0) and 97 workovers (63) were done and included reactivating idle wells and the resumption of swabbing activities. This meant that 2H production was up by 10% against the first half of the year.
Having said all that the company has moved fast since the year end and production is up again, at the end of the 1st quarter it was 2,721 b/d with full year guidance of 2,800-3,000 b/d. The company has recommenced onshore drilling with two new infill wells in Q1 which should come onto production in Q2 and the plan is to continue to deliver faster production growth over � a largely fixed operating cost base�. This has the twin advantages of getting higher netbacks with �robust� cash conversion and delivers up a near perfect combination of growing production with higher operating margins.
Trinity is being run enormously efficiently and with all these operational successes driving the profit, cash flow and margins, the scope for finishing the debt programme way ahead of schedule is extremely likely. At which stage management will have more funds to invest in what is one of the most efficient operating models in the industry, quite a thought given how well the company has done whilst times were hard�''