RE: 2 Farm Out RNSs?13 Mar 2026 11:11
I disagree Hamm. The right farm-out would be great but we can walk away and go it alone if necessary. We have cash now, money likely to come in from Sunsteppe, POO likely elevated for a lengthy period. Would we have enough to bring H2 and Gobi onstream, de-wax H1, plus drill a Gazelle 2, a Heron 3 etc. Moreover at what level of stabilised flow and income would we pass a stress test with a bank for RBL? Buck himself said we could go it alone if we had to, but similarly he said that Farm-out is absolutely the preferred route. Full disclosure, I've said before that I'm not against another raise for accretive reasons ie to bring another well onstream. All ifs and buts but this is AIM and predicting the future is the game. The new oil price and our lack of debt are potential game-changers. I think it is important to counterbalance the doomsday scenarios peddled on here that the company is finished without a farm-out. A lack of a farm-out changes the timeline not the destination in my view.