Dicko22 Mar 2023 08:00
Thanks for your calculations Dicko. However, It seems that you are making more optimistic assumptions than the company itself. We don't need to do that as the companies own numbers as given in the investor presentation give a robust economic model.
They are based on an initial production of 4 mmscfd with a decline rate of 40 %. It's not impossible that could be exceeded but lets assume that's the case.
It's true that once they connect to the high pressure line they will get $40 per mcf. However that is once total production exceeds 10 mmscfd. If you look at the graph in the presentation you can see that wont be until more than a year into the field development. So until then presumably it will stay around $8.57 per mcf.
So what can we expect from the first well?
At $8.57 per mcf and 4 mmscfd we get around $34,300 per day. From the numbers in the presentation that 4 mmscfd should give about 160 bopd, which at $80 per barrel is $12,800 per day. So that is a total of $47,000 per day or $1.4 million per month. Pretty impressive for one well.
Of course, once they do connect to the high pressure grid the numbers become much closer to your estimate.
$40 per mcf, gives $160,000 per day. With the condensate that's $173,000 per day or $5.2 million per month per well, initially.
The graph in the presentation shows that for 10 wells production peaks at 25 mmscfd and almost 1000 bopd after 3 years. Of course, If all goes well, more wells will start in that 3 years and those peaks should be much higher.
Let's hope the potential jv's grasp the opportunity and we get news soon. Atb. Gla.