Farm in talk14 Jun 2022 10:17
“Capex plans for 2022 are relatively light in the context of Serica’s production base,” says Daniel Slater, oil and gas research director at brokerage Arden Partners, while acknowledging that additional activities are being assessed. “Unless the company alters its capex plans, it is fair to expect it to have a material windfall tax liability, while nevertheless generating material cash,” he warns.
“The incentive to recycle UK production cash flows into new UK capex should provide a boost to companies looking for farm-out partners for development projects,” says Slater, which could boost pre-production UKCS players such as Jersey Oil & Gas (JOG), Orcadian Energy, Parkmead Group and Deltic Energy. Existing producers looking for capex spending opportunities outside their own portfolios may now find farm-in opportunities to projects such as Orcadian’s 79mn bl polymer flood Pilot or Parkmead’s sour oil Greater Perth Area developments more attractive, in Slater’s view.