RE: Malcy17 Sep 2019 15:14
Block has announced that they have appointed William McAvock as CFO and importantly a member of the board. He has plenty of experience and enjoyed senior positions at Gulf Keystone which would give anyone the experience for Georgia. Appointing an experienced CFO to what is a good quality board is a wise move and hopefully he will be able to add much in the important coming months.
I met with Block CEO last week as I hadn’t seen him for a while and like others had been confused by some of the recent announcements. The 16a well at West Rustavi in Georgia came in with exceptional test rates earlier in the year and was shut-in due to a shortage of storage locally which has since been sorted by leasing at a facility owned by the GOGC. As I understand it the well will prudently ramped up whilst enjoying excellent net backs of some $35 pb at $65 Brent and whilst achieving production rates such as were found on the exceptional test is unlikely, time will tell on the correct rate.
More recently the company announced that a rig had been mobilised to the site of the well 38Z still on the West Rustavi field where a horizontal sidetrack is planned. This well is updip to the 16a well but both are targeting the Middle Eocene formation and will be followed by three other wells across the field. As previously announced the company are in the process of acquiring a 3D seismic survey to accurately establish the optimal locations for production.
It would be fair to say that recent communications with shareholders and potential investors has been somewhat patchy and the company are determined to get back any lost ground. Today’s RNS starts that process and it is worth noting a new IR comp on the ticket, other plans such as hiring high quality industry specialist consultants is also in progress. Finally, Wi th it’s placing above the current price the company are determined to do anything necessary to regain confidence in the company the share price, I will give it the benefit of the doubt due to its high quality assets.