RE: From The Oak Bloke17 Oct 2025 11:25
Jim800
"This fund is $70mn over 20 years - numerous funds are expected to grow to over $650mn of protection - not this fund, total protection for WV."
Read the RNS, it states
"Key details of the AGREEMENT include:
$70 million investment from Diversified across the initial 20-year period, which is expected to grow over time to $650 million of financial protection to West Virginia."
The agreement is for this fund, not numerous funds which are not mentioned, that is clear as there are no other funds or agreements in the RNS.
"Diversified agrees to retire at least 1,500 wells in the first 20 years as the Mountain State Plugging Fund is established, increasing to a goal of 250 wells annually."
$70m is nowhere near enough for all DECs ARO obligations in WV, $70m will at best plug 2,800 at $25,000 a well, which is a low figure and perhaps why it is $70m for 1500 wells or perhaps DEC will retire more as it states “at least”. No matter how you look at it way below DECs wells in WV.
250 wells annually is $6.25m (at $25,000 a well not taking into account 20 years of inflation) where is this cash coming from if not from DEC as the $70m will already have been spent. This liability is on DECs books and I would expect DEC to have to have put more cash into this fund to cover these obligations.
I suspect the $650m figure is the estimate of the total cost to plug all of Decs wells in WV and probably includes inflation.
Wake up and smell the coffee, do some simple maths instead obsessing about everything I say and trying to put one over on me, just like GG.