RE: Clarification soon31 Jul 2019 12:19
jrlomax
The rns states that block has a 100% economic interest in the contractor share of the revenue from west rustavi - that is quite an important piece, as it doesn't mean they get 100% of all revenue - the key words there, are contractor share.
the psc on west rustavi is in two phases 50/50 split, then 60/40 split with the govt of georgia taking 60%.
Block can take the first 50% of revenue (that is important, as it is not the profit oil only) and recover all up front capital costs, and recovery costs, which includes the historic cost recovery pool of about $6m. The remaining 50% is then shared with the government. This effectively means that, initially block should be able to collect about 75% of the total revenue for themselves.
After all the upfront capital costs and historic recovery pool have been recovered, then only ongoing operating costs will be subtracted from the revenue, then the govt takes 60% and block gets 40%
If we ignore the initial 50/50 phase and model on the 60/40 only, then you would expect to see the following...
700bopd produced. $30 overall costs per barrel. (example cost, not actual) - operating cost would be $21000 for the day.
revenue at $65 a barrel is $45500 a day. Subtract the $21000 from $45500 and we get $24500 profit oil. Blocks profit per day would be $9880, which is 40% of the $24500.
In GBP This would be about £3m pa or £238k per month on 700bopd
please remember, my figures are for illustration only and the actual costs/profit oil may be different.