Malcy's blog today11 Oct 2018 11:24
Savannah Petroleum
An update from Savannah this morning in which the company announces that it is extremely close to obtaining Ministerial Consent in relation to the approval of the Seven Energy transaction.
The company has submitted the the revised terms as announced on 20th September to the DPR and has been informed that the ministry has completed its due diligence in relation to, and is fully satisfied with the transaction. Indeed, the application is being processed and will imminently be with the Minister for final approval.
There are no added comments from the company, as one might expect, as whilst the deal is not yet rubber stamped it would be premature to celebrate early but they are surely nearly over the line. This has taken a lot of hard graft and more time than the market and investors had expected but it will undoubtedly bear significant fruit over pretty much any timescale. On a day when markets around the world are falling rapidly and the oil price has had a bad couple of days I am not surprised at the muted response but expect a significant rise before long.