JV news16 Mar 2023 11:30
I will repeat again. SYN are in the process of a JV farm with potential partners following their CEO’s trip to India this month. Due diligence is underway, along with data sharing and commercial discussions. I asked this week was due diligence still underway, ‘yes’ it is was the reply I received. I also sought to clarify any thoughts on timings the other week, as I suspected we could be looking at 2-3 months. This was at the end of February. The reply I received was “sooner than that.”
Now you can take what I say with a pinch of salt, call me all the names you like, but I know what I’ve been told. And in that respect it gives my own due diligence reassurance that matters are progressing to a conclusion.
We all know SYN need funding to develop not only the field but for day to day working capital. The company don’t hide behind that fact. The JV, I’m told, will deliver both for them. When it does, the net asset value and its enterprise value, has to change. Why? Because a value of 50% will have been put against the JV farm in value.
Will this be $20m, $30m, $50m - who knows? But with a certified NPV of $725m and a 30 well field development programme, the market capital won’t be £10m at todays share price.