RE: CB Presentation23 May 2025 12:14
bloody hell johno, that's a very high average. sorry to say it but there's no way we are getting back to that level in the next 18 months unless there's a t/o, which i would estimate at being around that number. obviously an opportunity to average down but you've got over £500k in here. i'd fly out to trin and break roach's legs for doing that to me.
as for the presentation, the issue i have is listening to paul roach and not thinking of every time he has said these things and it not happening. the man is either completely full of ****, or a combination of incompetent and full of ****. couple of things stood out, namely the extra 2 central wells were stuck down as the 'next 18 months' i.e. it's not going to happen in the first 12 months like some are saying. now if this wasn't txp talking i'd think that's horrendous timing, but given their inability to tie a shoelace in a reasonable amount of time, i'd say this it is mind bogglingly delayed. the 4 x workovers they have at 'initial 12 months'. so we need to wait 12 months before there's an extra what, maybe couple of hundred boepd net to us...? and then we get the 2 x new wells...? on this slide it did show the upside of being able to process coho gas via central, but that's relatively small and not for 18 months after the pricing contract lapses. so what the f@ck are they doing with wells being drilled in the next 12 months - is it just 2 x casc...? is that all the $20m capital raise will get us? balance sheet must have looked like an absolute disaster to our 'friendly bankers'. no wonder they wouldn't loan us the full amount, especially with this mgt team's track record.
bottom line, this isn't getting back to 30p for another at least 12 months. and that will require more than 2 x casc wells being successfully drilled. we also have considerable debt for a company of our size and mgt team with a track record of other level incompetence. and there's no exploration upside as all money will be very slowly used in a 'drill to fill program'.
i'm in two minds as to whether i average down further. if i buy another 100k i can get to 900k at 22.65p. reckon i'll get my money back in 6 months, and maybe a bit of profit if they execute everything on forecast. it will be at least 6 months before we get any news on casc wells, and i'm not even holding my breath on this.
as for the guidance and reserves update, where the f@ck is this? and let's not pretend they shouldn't have had this ready the second central dropped. unless of course they've just started working on it, which would mean another 3 months if we're lucky. what the f@ck does this bloated mgt team do all day??? roach and his team of clowns shouldn't be in jobs. sadly his connections in trin mean we need to put up with him. holding and hoping is the only way here.