Malcy's Blog7 Apr 2020 16:33
Cost cutting at Block means a 40% reduction of cash expenditure, currently they have $3.4m and crude stocks worth $470,000 depending what time it is but it's not for sale now. The company are shutting in WR-16aZ and WR38Z to conserve gas reserves, again a wise move. Abandoning WR-51Z would have been a difficult call but there is nothing like this sort of market to sort the wheat from the chaff.
Overall Block is doing the right things, it is effectively going to a care and maintenance basis in Georgia but still continuing to "work tirelessly" on the acquisition from Schlumberger which, should it complete will make significant growth for the future of Block. Along with the substantial reduction in its operating and administration base the company seems to have taken the hard decisions on behalf of shareholders.