interesting post from other BB23 Apr 2019 17:12
edgein: Egg, The new country entry has been described as low cost and LK said he didn't want to dilute shareholders. The SWP well is to cost $500k for the sidetrack, not a significant amount of even the free cash given that's next Q. Now that WTI is now mid sixties again rather than $50 ish you could see LK upping the workovers again a little, from 1 rig to perhaps 2-4 again. So imo the cash is there for both SWP and new country entry at present. For example the fields in Suriname are at around 300m, so low cost. Goudron wells are from 300-1500m from memory, also shallow but they range in cost from $150-500k approx for new drills. The fields in Suriname are towards the lower end of that, if the discovery on CERP's potentially new PSC is commercial it could be developed quickly and at low cost. The company changing material deal on the other hand is likely to be a mix of equity and debt financing based on the existing 2P at the time and likely 2P and production of the new asset. Fingers crossed given the low cost and speed of shallow drilling the new country entry should be making an impact by then. Don't under-estimate the current new country entry, only around 1bn bbls discovered to date with around 13bn bbls potential in that basin. CERP only has to find 17mmbbls+ to make a material difference to the company as it stands now. Considering what's been discovered so far in Suriname that's pretty modest. Regards, Ed.
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