Crescent Point / Kayboob22 Jan 2023 09:44
Parge,
So I said I would get back to you on the Crescent Point / Kaybob Deal. In doing a bit of digging I came across this recently announced Deal (Saturn Oil / Ridgeback). Bought on much better metrics for the acquirer than Crescent Point and not as clear whether it indicates that i3e to be significantly cheaper based on the Headline Metrics. So not easy to make any straight-line projections and come up with an estimate for what these transactions say about i3e’s valuation.
What the Crescent Point Deal does indicate is that there is quite a bit of value in undeveloped acreage and Companies are now willing to pay for the right assets. When I looked at the Ridgeback Corporate Presentation – it talked about its Kaybob assets (Kaybob is about 80km from Simonette). The wells are cheap and very productive with IRR’s of 500% (650 bbl/day plus). Our Simonette Wells are as productive or even more so but are a fair bit more expensive and so do not appear to have quite as high IRR. Bottom line is that it appears to be location, location, location. Our Simonette and Clearwater Acreage is relatively unexplored – that’s why the next production update (including Simonette wells) and reserves update could be quite important in demonstrating the value of i3e’s assets to the market.
Doc Jones’s research piece on i3e from a couple of years ago – it talks about i3e’e acreage and in particular Clearwater with reference to Tier 1, 2, 3 etc – well worth a re-read.
https://boereport.com/2023/01/20/saturn-oil-gas-inc-announces-acquisition-of-ridgeback-resources-inc-expanding-production-to-approximately-30000-boe-d-and-bought-deal-financing-including-strategic-lead-orders-from-gmt-capital-co/
Saturn Oil / Ridgeback – 17,000 boepd (71% Liquids), 425k net Acres, 700 drilling locations, Purchase Price CAD 525m
https://www.crescentpointenergy.com/sites/default/files/news/crescent_point_acquires_kaybob_duvernay_assets_and_increases_base_dividend.pdf.
Cresent Point / Kaybob deal - 4000 boepd(50% liquids), 65k net Acres, 130 Net drilling Locations, Purchase price CAD 375m
i3 Energy - 22,000 boepd (50% Liquids) , 675k net Acres, 850 drilling locations (350 booked, 500 unbooked), Market Cap = CAD 430m.
So i3e is cheap, very cheap on many metrics but does not mean we have the very best acreage in all locations. I do think that we are significantly better that the average Canadian Oiler and that alone should mean that we should be trading on a significantly higher multiple. Probably no the answer you were looking for but its the best I could come up with.