RE: Platypuss26 Jan 2021 17:23
Interesting. Market not convinced it is a good thing or not, but this is what IC said in November:
...."Secondly, even though the move towards renewable energy is clearly gathering momentum, the fact is that the UK will be reliant on gas for decades to come while green energy supply is ramped up and the requisite infrastructure is put in place. Parkmead is well placed to benefit on two fronts as it has a 15 per cent working interest in the Platypus gas field in the UK Southern North Sea, located 10 miles north-west of the West Sole gas field, which is targeting project sanction in 2021. Dana Petroleum, CalEnergy and Zennor Petroleum are its heavyweightindustry partners. Importantly, Parkmead’s cash pile of £25.7m (24p a share) is more than sufficient to fund its estimated $21m (£15.7m) share of development costs
based on a two-well sub-sea tie-back to route gas through a 23km pipeline to Perenco’s Cleeton platform and onwards to the Dimlington gas terminal for processing. Analysts estimate Parkmead’s 15 per cent stake has an unrisked net present value (NPV) of $10m (7.4p a share) based on a long-term UK gas price of 45p per therm and a 10 per cent discount rate. Increase the gas price to 55p per therm and lower the discount rate to 8 per cent and NPV doubles to 14.2p, or half Parkmead’s share price."
Implies total project development cost of £105m and NPV $67m at 45p/therm, $128m at 55p/therm...
At first glance it seems quite a good thing to fall into their lap.