Open Goal, trip, broken leg, living on benefits and the Moron discount19 Mar 2026 08:29
I'll preface this post by stating in my opinion what is going on in the Middle East right now and for decades at a human level by a xenophobic war mongering nation is an absolutely tragedy, and ultimately a forever lasting damnation and stain upon global institutions that many of us grew up falsely thinking were able to in any way prevent such aggression and situations.
That being said, global gas prices and the forward outlook for natgas / LNG supply has rarely looked more fabvourable for producers of gas and those that own gas in the ground owing to the ME war raging right now. The management team here seem completely unable to score in front of an open goal. Zero market interest, zero statements, zero cash flow, zero revenue, zero SH value created. SOU have other assets, Sidi Moktar (anyone remember that old chestnut) that supposedly is a great opportunity for exploration - close to market, favourable geology etc, you'd think an opportune time to get that project dusted off and a farm-out deal agreed. But no.....I mean honestly, if they can't leverage the situation now, when can they? This company is led by hangers-on, John Argent still in a job objectively doing f-all 10yrs after the last well was drilled. Graham, gorging on SH cash and I suspect looking out of his window day dreaming about how to spend the 700k is was completely unjustifiably paid (living on benefits) last year (by the way - in terms of CEO payout vs sp performance, SH value added, profit, mcap - any metric you like, you will see he is being paid 10-100x more than the most famous and high performing CEOs in the world....how is that possible other than due to a corrupt BoD and remuneration committee?).
I am looking ahead to Graham not only missing the open goal, but no doubt metaphorically tripping and breaking his leg at the same time. No wonder the market is clearly applying, and has for many years applied, such a large Moron discount (reflecting the clear belief, and clearly based on past experience here, this management team are completely ill-equipped / out of their depth to deliver or execute on strategy or generate SH return) to this share.