Oil and Gas Investor16 Jun 2018 23:05
Oil and Gas Investor
Saturday, June 16, 2018 - 14:30am
Next week could be the week Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas (LON: ECO) ceases to be a penny stock share as the company releases the long awaited data on its recently acquired 3D seismic on the Company's Orinduik Block, offshore Guyana which should firm up the previously outlined targets as well as identify new additional, and potentially significant structures. On this point, a string of respectable oil and gas analysts suggest a possible 230% upside from the current share price of 33p.
According to research produced by Hannam & Partners, Eco could be worth significantly more than the current share price suggests.
“We see an attractive risk/reward ratio in Eco that could be unravelled in next week’s potentially game-changing report,” the analyst said in a flash note.
Serial oil analyst Malcolm Graham-Wood (Malcy), who is also the founding Partner of HydroCarbon Capital, which provides independent advisory services to the Oil and Gas sector, believes the company currently offers an ‘astonishing opportunity’.
“The Guyana-Suriname basin is currently the world’s most prospective and underexplored offshore basin, with an estimated 13.6 billion barrels of oil and 32 trillion cubic feet of natural gas yet to be discovered. Eco holds a 40% working interest in a material licence just 6000m from ExxonMobil’s world-class Liza oil discovery; the largest commercial find in South America with an estimated 3.2billion barrels of recoverable oil! Capped at £50m (33p), and with a total risked net asset value of circa 184m (120p) before the CPR (which we believe will be company-making), Eco offers an astonishing opportunity for the shrewd resource investor.”
“Remember, the existence of multiple exploration targets on the block will be very significant, not only in the resource numbers, but also in the economics of this shallow water play. In any case, the current share price is supported by the Africa Oil deal and Eco’s net cash position. To this end, we could see a significant uplift in the share price should the results meet or exceed market expectations. Aside from this, news on the drilling of a well adjacent to their Namibian acreage by Tullow Oil is expected alongside updates on its significant portfolio of acreage in the Walvis basin.”