Musing......Company Q&A23 Sep 2014 00:48
"Proactive Investors: Can you explain why the extra funds were needed?
DW: The TAO-1 well is scheduled to start in mid-to-late June, and was recently confirmed by the operator, Galp Energia, to have a budget of costs of US$75m.
Now, Tangiers is free-carried for the first US$33m of that well, but then contributes a third of the costs above that, meaning that if the well does cost US$75, our share of that is likely to be in the order of US$14m.
This is roughly equivalent to our funding capability, prior to raising any money. So I guess that explains why we needed to raise some money.
Now that the raise has been completed, we're fully funded for the planned costs, and protected, to a large extent, in the event that there is any overrun.
We believe an overrun is unlikely, due to the shallow water that we're drilling in - only 105 metres - and we're using a jackup rig, and due to the substantial well control in the region, which means that the sub-surface drilling conditions are very well defined.
We're confident, based on the planning to date, that Galp will deliver a high quality operational outcome for us on TAO-1."
I guess Galp did deliver a high quality operational outcome! lol Dyor Gl all :)