A good result overall, but I am disappointed that the PEL 101 drilling campaign has been pushed back or total off the cards for the foreseeable future. The gas is in the fields, just a matter of testing them (would hopefully have added a large amount of gas/wet gas reserves).
Also a little disappointing to see the full year production guidance 'tightened' or reduced. Clearly BPT/DLS are slowing things down on the Western Flank in regards to the tying in of wells. It will still happen, but they seem comfortable to let things slow a little.
The big change for me, is the massive reduction in work planned next FY (although I am hopeful this is more to do with development and not actual exploration). Of course, things could change with a higher oil price, but with the second half of YF2015 only having 1 high impact well, DLS will be a bit quieter than it has been for 3/4 years.
Hmph. I guess I was just hoping DLS large cash generation could better protect it from the lowering its work commitments.
Interesting to see how the market views all this. I think its the right approach and with their net debt still neutral they are still a very safe stock (IMHO).
DLS Price at posting:
98.0¢ Sentiment: Buy Disclosure: Held