RE: GBP22 Aug 2019 03:04
I guess there are many ways to look at it. It was certainly under the radar all round other than some investor interest around the drilling of Cormorant.
Since Brupadda proving the Aptian/Albian extends from Angola to South Africa, the inclusion to NAMPOA and GBP suddenly inclusive in others presentations I think with the oily's we are now without doubt now on the radar.
With investors though, we are completely under it. I don't think many get the significance of the proven play by Tullow and the pulling out of PEL 30/Osprey, our read across which extends into our licence and which the likes of ECO, Africa Energy and Pancontintal have pointed out there prospects now have an additional risk being thief channels, conduits and migration distance. Combine that with with the rooted gas chimneys in the Aptian on the Welwitschia structure, the drill bit yet to penetrate the Aptian on either of our licences, the unassigned oil slick mentioned by ECO, the repeating oil seeps on the faulted flanks of Gemsbok, the signifant fact our traps are mainly structural traps where recent drills failed on strataphic traps requiring top and bottom seal, the large shallow build up of gas along a fault, well 1911/15/1 just to the North of PEL 94 found 3 source rocks recovering oil from Albian carbonates. Exxon acquiring 4 licences to our north adjoining PEL 29... it is an unloved share still in the doldrums with bags and bags of potential.
Late night mumblings over.. :-)