RE: The 2024 AGM Recap Part 229 Jun 2024 00:15
the 2024 agm recap part 1
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yes, i did attend the agm and felt most assured that everything being actioned at present is in the best interest of shareholders. some interesting titbits regarding the *****tone flags gas prospect which is expected to return £2,000,000 net to union jack per month. this is expected to be concluded during 2025. this information was met with some exclamations of surprise and a request for that to be repeated. it was subsequently reaffirmed. wressle is the darling of the uk assets and expectations are high for the future. there was a noted air of despondency on west newton and biscathorpe due to the uncertainty of the energy profit levy with a labour government which would have an even more detrimental effect on the cost of the drilling, development and production, added to the potential 'down stream' requirements from the ruling in the finch case. my opinion was that the board could potentially mothball biscathorpe.
keddington is apparently undergoing some major upgrades and is presently shut in. chatting with other attendees i got the feeling the company would prefer to spend$3,000,000 on 6-8 wells in the usa than west newton, although not many questions were asked on the outlook for this asset. those i spoke with later felt this was more about reabold and rathlin dragging their feet a bit and it felt as though there was a sense of frustration on this.
we had a very interesting 30 minutes with miles newman who explained in depth the ease of obtaining land to drill, the seismic which they did themselves as they had all their own equipment and how mineral rights were dealt with. quite interestingly, you can literally drill wherever you like in oklahoma even if the farmer doesn't want you to drill on his land. he gets a payment for his inconvenience, a further payment is made to mineral rights owners who they can trace and cash paid into an escrow for any they cant, in case they come out of the woodwork later. equipment is incredibly easy to obtain, for most it is a case of literally 'going to the store' and it's delivered later that day or the next. miles was very animated with this new relationship with union jack and came across very well. interestingly, he said he felt 5-6 wells could be drilled on the andrews site and he said this was an exceptional formation. as for the flow rates, until they get the gas piped in, which is seemingly quite active, they can't stabilise the oil. there was no suggestion anywhere that they were disappointed in this first well and expect to announce the spudding of the next one very soon.
on the mineral rights, he just confirmed the potential of the returns and explained the opportunities in the permian basin and how much oil was left there, hence some companies union jack holds rights in are still planning on multi-well activities. it was also mentioned approximate revenues to date were just over $50,000 per month.