RE: Vote on the Scheme of Arrangement9 Dec 2022 15:17
That document is quite illuminating: especially the
Reasoning:
"2. WHY IS THE COMPANY PROPOSING THE SCHEME?:(1) The identification and exploration of oil and natural gas fields, primarily in North-West Europe, through acquisition or exploration; (2) the drilling of appraisal wells to assess the viability of oil and natural gas discoveries, and the development of infrastructure and assets needed for viable commercial production; (3) the progression of development assets into oil and gas production from our operated licences in a safe, responsible and sustainable manner; and (4)........... "
Points 1, 2 and 3 set the future intentions for Kistos in that there looks to be, due to the lack of working assets for sale, a lot more drilling /exploration. Now this is a step change to the old rock rose and new Kistos team previous ethos.
As we know with previous poor drilling results from Q11-B, poor pre drilling appraisal and geotechnical survey data interpretation can be VERY expensive. So AA has hopefully recruited a better data analyst team than he used for the last project.
It's just got a bit more "intresting", and now we know where some of the cash headed, still need some for the TotalEnergies-operated Glendronach development, if that gets sactioned.
Exploration drilling
Wonder if he has a block in mind, will it be virgin, post 2d or 3d survey or partnering with another operator to develop a hub?
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