MPLE This is how I see the assets..19 Oct 2014 02:56
The operation is the biggest of its kind in Peru, with state of the art facilities, which are 2 years old.
35m gallons distillery capacity from the integrated ethanol plant which remains, ethanol price $2.09 paid a gallon currently by MITSUI in the offake agreement.
30,000,000 gallons x $1.75 = $52,500,000 annual revenue (£33m)
Self sufficient in electricity as the integrated Gasification plant, which remains, feeds the power station which provides a little income from the surplus fed into the grid, maybe £2m extra income in a good year..
Various other infrastructure, including the dedicated storage facility at the port, 2 pump-stations at the river & various plant, trucks etc.which all remain.
This is what MPLE owns 24.1% of with cash injection of $48m (£30m) to execute the deal..
The oil & gas side of the business is gone, including the refinery which I mistook for the distillery at first glance..
The debt will be the main issue, the ii's may ask for more assets or less dilution..who knows what will happen Monday but will probably go down due to uncertainty..
If they can get it to turn a profit of say £10m are made which is not unreasonable to think in say 3 or 4 years then a dividend of 1.5p would be attainable allowing for dilution..that's if you believe the management can deliver..
30,000,000 gallons = 715,000 barrels which wholesale net to MCL at $73 a barrel = $52.5m (£32m)
2000bopd outfit of which MPLE owns 24.1% of. The ethanol is not subject to depletion as it is a sustainable project but bad harvests do happen on occasion..