RE: Anticlimax Part 28 Jan 2019 12:04
Dunnock,
I do recall a paper you wrote looking at costs and benefits of buoy/sift at variable prices.
The costs you mention are somewhat sobering and need consideration.
Qith project costs of 1280 a traditional development on a non developed field doesnt work.
With the reduced sift costs at 480 then 280 it is very marginal, though certainty of 2 fields would be plausible but pretty high risk to cost.
So, it seems that any new greenfield type development would have to have significant higher projected recoverables to be viable.
The remaining usability must therefore lie in the redevelopment of existing fields in order to be viable.
With TM for example, the projected spend is approx 80m in order to extract the additional 5m or so that GCA anticipate.
Of course a small return on a big number can become very attractive.