RE: MOU 518 Feb 2025 08:03
Why are Challenger so keen to get rid of T&T assets?
CEG last interims:
Our initial view in assuming ownership of these assets was that we would be able to generate organic growth in production from the existing fields. However, despite efforts ranging from application of efficient mature oilfield management practices and field improvements to enhanced oil recovery (EOR) initiatives, production growth as we had hoped for did not materialise, given the age and condition of the fields.
Therefore, during 2023, we switched our operational approach in Trinidad and Tobago - instead of seeking production growth, our focus became to achieve consistent and stable production and drive cost savings, with a simple objective: achieve at least cash-flow breakeven performance from those assets considered "core" (consisting of the Goudron and Inniss-Trinity fields in south-east Trinidad and the Icacos field in south-west Trinidad), whilst at the same time divesting or exiting from all those assets considered "non-core"