UPL & BOIL, Wick and Sarawak Twins?12 Mar 2018 11:32
I�ve noticed an interesting similarity between UPL and BOIL. Both of them have interests in Wick, UPL 40% and BOIL 15%, and both of them are eyeing potential assets in SE Asia with help from local expertise. I�m wondering whether BOIL is also looking at assets in Sarawak.
BOIL has previously stated that the project in focus is a gas appraisal project somewhere in SE Asia and we know that Sarawak is full of un-appraised discoveries. The asset was chosen by their JV with Sundagas, a Singapore based company named after Sunda Land, a geographical region of SE Asia which includes Sarawak.
BOIL has been expecting to announce this investment for some time and perhaps the delay has been due to the legislative changes in Sarawak, as appears to be the case with UPL.
I'm also wondering if there are any other ties between UPL and BOIL. Both look very interesting. BOIL has a market cap of only �5.5M with almost �4M in the bank and no debt. They have 3 wells lined up for 2018, Wick, Colter and El Barco-3X in Peru targeting P50 20 MMBOE net recoverable to BOIL.
Any news on the SE Asian deals, will merely add to what already look like extremely good stock picks.