RE: JAPEX largest investor Japanese Government = owns 34%24 Jul 2023 23:15
$150 million available in total is it?.
For the right asset, which HH no doubt already has his eyes on and been reviewing, LBE could see exponential growth over the next 2-3 years. Ideal acquisition would be a late life asset (5 years from CoP) requiring capital investment to extend field life out to the mid 2030's. Producing in the region of 3-6 kboed, in a busy section of the NNS and slots available for tie backs. That would be game changing. But with 100+ million available, I really do feel LBE can pull it off. Remember, majors have infighting between assets, only the cheapest barrels get capital investment.
An old asset on the books of a major is a burden because, they're not competitive for capital which brings CoP closer but require massive capital if CoP is declared. That's why a lot of older assets are sold to smaller operators, because it would become our crown jewel and push out the majors commitment to Cop by maybe a decade.
That would fully cement LBE, base production. Exploration and production for discovery asset swaps! Should be a fun ride here.
Reminds me somewhat of when I bought into Serica at 10p and the message board had maybe 2 posts a week and the volume was a few 10'sk a day. GLA