UKI5 Sep 2024 12:50
Falcon Oil & Gas – Major Change Of Focus Will Drive Investor’s Interest Ahead Of A US Listing, Broker Expecting Six-Fold Increase In Value
Mark Watson-Mitchell - 05/09/2024
For every 250 shares held in Falcon Oil & Gas (LON:FOG) investors will shortly receive just 1 new share in the re-named Beetaloo Resources Corp.
This share consolidation move could prove to mark a turning point in the fortunes of this British Columbia, Canada-incorporated business, which is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, while its technical team is based in Budapest, Hungary.
That international structure is stretched even further when it is realised that Beetaloo is situated in a Sub-basin in the Northern Territory of Australia.
The Business
Not only is the current FOG listed on AIM, but it has a Toronto Venture Exchange quote as well.
And in the early part of next year, the revitalised group will also be seeking a US stock exchange listing.
The tidying up of its share structure through the 250-for-1 consolidation is, obviously, a forerunner of the US quote process.
That new listing is expected to excite US investors into providing additional sources of capital in due course.
Falcon describes itself as an international oil and gas company, engaged in the exploration and development of unconventional oil and gas assets, with its current portfolio focused in Australia, South Africa and Hungary.
Its principal interests are located in two major under-explored basins in Australia and South Africa and further interests in Hungary, covering approximately 12.3m gross acres in total.
Those interests are in countries with a high regional demand for energy and, for Australia and Hungary, are close to existing infrastructure allowing for rapid delivery of oil and gas to market.
Its corporate strategy is to: explore unconventional oil and gas basins; then following successful exploration, to continue with appraisal programmes determining commercialisation options; leading on to monetising its assets prior to production.
The Beetaloo Sub-basin
At the end of August, the group announced the commencement of the 2024 drilling programme with the spudding of the Shenandoah South 2H horizontal well in exploration permit 98 in the Beetaloo Sub-basin, Northern Territory, with Falcon Oil & Gas Australia Limited’s joint venture partner, Tamboran (B2) Pty Limited.
The SS1H flow test indicated that future development wells with lateral lengths of 10,000 feet may be capable of delivering average rates of 17.8MMcf/d over the first 90 days of production.
The SS1H well has demonstrated steady gas flows and decline profiles in line with some of the most prolific regions of the Marcellus Shale in the US.
According to Falcon, the two-well programme will be the largest single campaign in the Beetaloo Sub-basin to date.
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