RE: Cenkos note20 Jul 2021 08:48
At A Significant Discount – Comparing Falcon to its Beetaloo focussed peers it is easy
to see why we believe that the value of Falcon’s Beetaloo assets is unrecognised
within the Company’s current market capitalisation. Having assigned 1.46Tcf of net
contingent resource around the Amungee NW-1H discovery in 2016, Falcon’s
acreage is further advanced than its peers and unlike both Empire Energy and
Tamboran Resources, Falcon’s 22.5% working interest is fully carried for its 2021
work programme.
Table 1: Beetaloo Peer Comparison
Company EV
(US$m)
EV/2C
(US$/boe)
EV/Prospective Resources
(US$/boe)
Falcon Oil & Gas 70.2 0.3 0.02
Empire Energy 96.1 3.4 0.02
Tamboran
Resources
166.1 N/A 0.09
Source: Cenkos Securities
At Tamboran’s current market cap (US$175m), the “look through” valuation for
Falcon would be 12.7p per share, c2.1x the current share price.
? A Significant Year for the Beetaloo – As we have previously highlighted, in addition
to Origin/Falcon’s comprehensive 2021 work programme, activity is accelerating
throughout the Beetaloo Basin:
? In EP 161, Santos and Tamboran Resources have completed the drilling of the
Tanumbirini-2H well to a depth of 4,800m, including a 1,000m horizontal section
within the Middle Velkerri B shale. The rig will now commence drilling of the
Tanumbirini-3H well to a similar TD, prior to fracture stimulating both wells with
10-20 stages and an expected 180-day flow test. Preliminary flow test results
from both the 2H and 3H wells are anticipated in Q4/21.
EP 161 lies adjacent to EP 76, where the Falcon/Origin JV will drill the Velkerri 76
vertical pilot well in 2021. However, unlike the Velkerri 76 well which will be
targeting the potentially more lucrative Velkerri shale liquids rich gas play, both
the Tanumbirini-2H and Tanumbirini-3H wells will be targeting the Velkerri shale
dry gas play – a play in which Falcon/Origin have already discovered 6.6Tcf of 2C
gross contingent resources through the Amungee NW-1H well, drilled in
2015/2016. The 6.6Tcf of 2C resources only covers an area of 1,968km2,
immediately surrounding the Amungee NW-1H well, with any success by
Santos/Tamboran likely to extend the Velkerri shale dry gas play fairway c100km
to the east. Santos have previously reported excellent testing results from the
Tanumbirini-1 vertical well, delivering an IP rate of >10mmscf/d with an average
rate of 1.1mmscf/d over 19 days.
On completion of the Tanumbirini-2H and Tanumbirini-3H wells, Santos and
Tamboran anticipate drilling two additional horizontal wells on EP 161 during
2022 (Inacumba 1H and 2H) to further delineate any additional resources,
capturing key data and informing future development activity.
? In EP 187, Empire Energy has executed a four-stage fracture stimulation at the
Carpentaria-1 vertical well. Over an initial 72-hour test period, the well achieved
a peak flow rate of 0.5MMscf/d, with an average flow rate of 0.365MMscf/d. As