andy p2 Aug 2015 11:56
"No action group will have any influence over the administrators I'm afraid"
The Administrator is going to have to be careful under the circumstances that they get fair market value for all of the assets and that is what we need to ensure. In order to do this we may have to canvass all those who either are or should be interested in the assets. Obviously, where the producing assets are involved, the partners with Afren should be the first choice since they know well what the producing properties are worth; then there is the General and Sapetro as well as Seplat, KKR, Fosun, etc. There may be a long list of prospective buyers apart from the Directors, Bondholders, banks, etc. The banks (Zenith and Access) may be our allies since they have not been overly cooperative with the bondholders.
The Administrator can only determine the value of the Kurdish assets and the E&E assets thru a technical evaluation of these properties. We need to ensure that happens and we should hold the Administrator's feet to the fire and we could start by sending a letter to the Administrator that we will protest any sale of such assets w/o such evaluation. Then there is OPL 310. Again we need an appraisal of the value of this property to be sure that it is not sold for less than it is worth. I still believe this is the "crown Jewel" of the Afren assets. I think we should try to reach all parties who might be interested in these assets and somewhere in there we might find a group willing to partner up to make a bid.