RE: Uruguay27 May 2022 22:26
Zag - take a wild guess why NO ONE not even THE BIG BOYS bidded for the licence back in May 2020? The Pandemic in full swing? Oil prices around $20-$30? Oil out of favour toward Renewables?
And where are we now? Eh?
Demand stronger than ever, Oil prices above $110, majors shifting their focus back to Oil, huge supply squeeze (already evident before the Ukraine conflict but amplified even more since), therefore much more focus on the need for more domestic reserves and independence on Oil, you get the drift (that was an answer to your stupid post by the way. Your welcome.
Now. Onto the Area OFF-1 licence in Uruguay formally signed off for CEG. I think further developments with this very very attractive licence will be expedited such is the interest by majors. Even if a 70/30 or even 80/20 farm in happened, for CEG to get a 20-30% stake in what could be well in excess of 1BN barrels being funded, developed and produced by a major would be absolutely mind boggling for CEG and I expect this to happen fairly quickly in light of the RNS -
"The AREA OFF-1 play system is directly analogous to the recent prolific, conjugate margin discoveries made offshore Namibia by Total (the Venus well) and Shell (the Graff well)"......
......"The AREA OFF-1 licence exhibits the same Aptian play source rock and petroleum systems being present.".....
......"The Company has received multiple indications of interest in relation to potential partnerships for the AREA OFF-1 licence. The Company intends to explore such possibilities, with a view to potentially expediting a 3D seismic acquisition into the first licence exploration period.".....
......"Even more significantly, very recent mega-discoveries from the South Atlantic conjugate margin to Uruguay, offshore Namibia, from two wells drilled by majors in the past few months, have calibrated and confirmed the play source rock and petroleum systems evident on seismic in OFF-1."
The simple fact is the value of the licence as it is right now has probably increased in value and appeal by nearly Ten fold since 2020. So recent TR1 holders including the billionaire Mr Carnegie and us recent holders in at around 0.09-0.10 stand to see our investment potentially bag over and over again. Eventually even those still in at the 2-3p mark may turn a profit....