Financial discussions3 May 2019 08:33
A financing package of such nature will take time to complete. There are multiple options on the table and additional work streams already in play which have seen reductions in capex requirement based on the work for which Costain has recently been appointed.
Debt offers tabled from two banks as well as well as from the two potential equity partners one of which only completed DD in recent months. Those who assume a deal can be struck overnight for a potential 40 year term whilst also considering the number of options and the best possible format need to wake up.
The updates are continually positive, the CEO has more riding on this than most given his purchased of over £350k on market. All will now be in a closed period due to the nature of the discussions.
Manage expectations, Rome wasn’t built in a day - that said if and when a deal is announced and any further offtake confirmations the potential for a significant gap up can not be ignored. Company is sat at just £9.5m valuation, the work completed to date equates to much more including the completion of FEED aka feasibility study.
The project is expected to exceed the original projections of commercialisation and given the closure of Rough is at a significant time to move forward. Ignore the bias of those enviros who oppose, there isn’t an O&G project on the planet that don’t have the usual hypocrites with their banners trying to block it, all of which drive/fly to their gatherings sitting in centrally heated rooms and making their snacks all from the commodities of which they oppose.