RE: Epiroc Predator Drill Rig8 Feb 2023 18:23
gaslady,
"can be arranged"?
Why do you think they would be arranging it just 4-8 weeks from the spud date?
"On 25 November 2022, at the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation ("TPDC") headquarters in Dar es Salaam, the parties to the Ruvuma PSA signed an addendum to the PSA ("PSA Addendum"). The Ruvuma PSA, as with all other PSAs in Tanzania, contained profit share, royalty, and taxation rates only for oil production. The PSA Addendum sets out the relevant terms for gas production.
At the event, the Tanzanian Minister of Energy and Managing Director of TPDC outlined the Government's strong commitment to:
· Develop additional gas resources as soon as possible;
· Accelerate Ruvuma's production, which will play a vital role in achieving the country's short to medium-term gas needs; and
· Construct a 30 km pipeline to tie the Ntorya gasfield into the existing Madimba processing and pumping station in the next six to nine months."
"six to nine months" from that date is end of May to end of August. Do you think that ARA would sit there signing the PSA whilst making out to the Government that they had a rig and would drill in March as planned, whilst the Government promised to do their bit without delay, if ARA had no rig booked and would still be looking for one in February?
"Aminex has been advised that the expected spud date for CH-1 has now slipped to March 2023 due to rig availability."
Do you not think that this statement of "has now slipped to March 2023 due to rig availability" indicates that ARA booked a rig, and the earliest it could book it for was March 2023?