RE: ROSE30 Jun 2020 12:02
The DJ Basin is a world-class, liquids-rich resource play with over 4,000 horizontal wells drilled to date. There is significant infrastructure in place with available capacity and ready access to service providers and contractors. The Group's management team, together with that of our operating partner, has significant experience delivering production from horizontal development in close proximity to the McCoy project. The McCoy project is a low-risk development opportunity and the Board believes that it would complement and balance the Paradox project in the Group's portfolio. Although commodity prices in the spring of 2020 did not support the development of the McCoy project as originally envisaged, rapidly falling capex costs combined with a stabilised oil price will prove beneficial to the development of the project. We believe Great Western Petroleum, the operator of the project, will elect to move forward with drilling in the coming months, and the Group will likely seek to maximise its participation in the project if the economics are supportive and appropriate funding can be secured.
In addition, the Board believes the current market turmoil should deliver multiple attractive investment opportunities within our area of focus, and we are working with both industry and financial partners to identify high value targets which might be added to our portfolio.