RE: Baron28 Jan 2020 12:44
Alcira , understand and appreciate your view, sorry to hear that you got caught at 70p, you raise some good points.
You could argue that now though is a prime time to invest as the 75M, 5 years for Otakikpo to reach production has been done, so now producing circa 2300 bopd 7M revenue for the company based on one month January 2020,
With the increased production and joint venture now planning 8000 bopd for Lek so multiplying the output and potential revenue x 3, this could be ‘transformational’ for Lek for a 68M investment required for the JV sounds in principle a reasonable investment.
Understand your views on bringing into production, you mention 310 and the costs, time, Lek have paid for the license in Nov for 3 years , also paid 13M for Afren share 22% being worked on on the farm in, potential as you know 232million barrels of oil P50 to Lek
They would not lose the asset but reduce the stake or sell in completion , the question is , if that happened what price would someone pay for the 232mmb p50 which is Lek 17 % (plus the additional disputed 22%) , would that affect the share price ?
325 is a monster 5067 million barrels of oil, potential, clearly as you stated takes many years of investment and collaboration, Lek have 62% stake, although not in production but identified, clearly there is value in having a 62% in such an asset, again you take a guess at the value someone may pay.
So I would always suggest to new investors to do their own research , take a 360 view and opinions , never invest more than you can afford to lose and if the above looks attractive then invest on their terms.
The debt was 19M, with 7M due soon , another 7m due in 4-6 weeks you can see why Otakikpo is a solid foundation for Lek , if they secure the 68M which produces 7M in one month and potential 20M if you used the same metrics on the new JV
So not ramping just my view, all depends if they can secure finance , with two new non execs and a new cfo.
Who knows but it is exciting ..
GL