RE: West Newton12 Dec 2024 07:56
To answer your question: Due to the current government and crazy Ed's net zero insanity, there is no point in drilling anything or even attempting to get anything into production due to the punitive taxes involved.
All Rathlin are proposing is a propant squeeze to stimulate the well and ascertain whether it will flow at commercial rates after the well bore was clogged with the wrong kind of drilling mud.
Note the timeline suggests 2026 and 2027 to re-enter the wells, with a field development plan to be in place by the end of June 2027. There is no timeline advised for the propant squeeze. Just an application to do so.
RBD buying another £700k of Rathlin is about keeping Rathlin afloat for another year, considering they posted a loss of £850k. In effect kicking the can of WN further down the road.
The only positive I can see in this is that RBD now have C. 70% of WN and if / when push comes to shove, they will have the lion's share of any profit from the fire sale of WN. Probably to the government under the GB energy banner (nationalisation).
That's my take on it anyway.