My chat with i3 Energy18 Mar 2021 18:35
Just has an hour long talk with the Graham, the CFO and founder. Keep in mind he can't tell anything that would be considered inside info. 1) Clearwater: It's clearly a focus, they are working Clearwater currently, mapping structures, etc, etc, they have been conservative in their estimation of resource, other operators are modelling 28% ultimate-recovery of oil in place using the same % our ground could hold up to 300 million barrels, interestingly enough when Toscana was marketing itself for a sale their Clearwater Acre wasn't known it was in the Toscana Portfolio. Toscana hadn't done much work up there over the last few year due to lack of capital. They are working it, some news in q2. 2) They will grow production this year (based on prices) Gain's portfolio has a lot of easy wins for cheap and quick production gains, the in fracture is already built up to 30k BOE/Day, so drill, complete, tie-in, cashflow, lots of work-overs, shut in wells, In field drilling locations, especially oil weighted that were shut during oil price collapse last year. Plus Noel well proves up that area and will add to overall production. 3) New website, promo material that highlights each asset area, etc is coming, they have been focusing as they should on integrating 3 companies into 1 4) they are in a black out for 4-6 for doing media appearances, dividend coming and q1 closing 5) They will consider hedging a % of production in future to lock in cashflow now that oil market has strengthened and basin differentials have compressed (smart move when you are paying a dividend) 6) Increases production will drive down unit cost, increasing margins. 7) no reserve split in the card 8) OTC listing after 100million MC us, so later in year most likely DOC's THOUGHTS: Being a new company nd a new dividend payer, I suspect as I have said before that the initial dividend will be conservative so they have room to increase it in 2H 2021 and beyond and to see what happens with prices/demand as we exit Covid restrictions. I think they'll come in at 5% yield though they could pay a lot more. On a Marco Level, If you have been following the rise of 10 yr interest rate, we are getting closer to intervention (suppression ) on the curve, meaning the FED will force rates down along with the US dollar index, this will cause energy prices to rise quickly along with the summer demand season, I see WTI hitting 75$ by mid summer, this will be very positive for the energy sector, especially Canadian producers whose fix cost are in Canadian $. There is lots to do and I3 is doing it. The infrastructure in place to support 30k/BOE/d on Gains portfolio in amazing, drill, tie-in, cashflow repeat until the company grows 3x in production, no long lags to build out infrastructure. They can achieve this just with the booked locations in field. Best of luck DOC