PG - No one believes you have any assets worth buying24 Jan 2025 15:08
finally watched the presenatation and q&a.
predictably arrogant and not the least contrite after all his failings. this was his opportunity to put his hands up and say we took our eyes off the ball and we should have flow tested previous well to give us better understanding of the mineralogy encountered when testing mou3 before drilling it and mou4.
the lack of information on mou1,mou2, and mou4 as if they didn't happen.
what makes him believe that he has any credibility in the industry at all now when his right hand man has jumped ship and even managed to **** off promoters like malcy. it is laughable that he is going on about divesting assets, unless he actually means giving it away for free then yeh sure, it's on course for 2025. but for any viable assets, he needs to prove that it flows! no one will pay cash for a gas asset that doesn't flow! if anyone is in doubt, go check what happened to iog and beacon last year.
he is not committed to carrying out the well test on mou5 straight after if it's a success. this to me is mind boggling as no one will buy an asset if it doesn't flow!! he is not even committed to buying explosives in advance or the very least as the drilling is ongoing to minimise delays. he will need it for mou3 the very least so why not get it in so that you can move onto "testing" mou3 again.
there is such lack of common sense here that it is mind boggling and the fact that people are ready to lap it is even more puzzling. he is predictably getting all the excuses ready for a lengthy delay in operations once mou5 drilling is complete. as i said before, there is nothing to flow at mou1-4 and he knows that too. hence the reluctance to clean up and test again, supposedly only few days work.
trinidad is a complete wast of time, it's used by minnow companies to create an investment profile by talking up these clapped out oil fields. the decline rates are so horrendous for these nodding donkeys that you will be forever drilling and spending money on workovers just to keep up the production rate. you are basically doing a deal with trinidad to use their name and provide jobs to locals with raising money from investors elsewhere. all good for the company and trinidad but a very bad deal for investors.
just let this sink in... for a company that works with no urgency and supposedly a "skeleton" board and staff, plc costs are almost £1m per year.