Here’s my view on OEXs immediate 77H prospects and rationale’.
Status of original OEX investment case: remains unchanged:
No major change in either business operation or market conditions re sale of oil/gas
No basis to change investment other than personal discomfort at this stage of proceedings
Risk: reduction in major operational risk items eg drill, fracc, plug mill-out etc
Overall significant reduction in risk conditions – especially when compared to 76H
Though several major non-operational risks still remain – successful flow back & flow test results for commerciality
Any CR ann would severely dent SP going forward
Risk: positives include significant market announcements of 21 & 24/7 regarding initial flow back of ~40% of fracc fluids on good pressure
Better than expected oil shows at API 50, observation that 77H compares well with typical high performance wells
Reasonable current expectations based on news at hand:
Next ann expected sometime between 4/8 to 11/8 reporting back on matters flagged in initial post fracc announcement of 21/7 re “CAMBAY-77H – Flaring Gas and Light Oil Recovered in Clean-up”
o Strong clean-up hydrocarbon flow encountered following mill-out operations o Gas flaring operations have commenced to ensure well-site safety o Light oil/condensate flows to surface during flow-back and recovered for sale o Higher than expected light oil/condensate flows particularly encouraging o ~40% of the frac water has been recovered
“The well is currently cleaning up and Oilex will advise the market of a stabilized flow rate via a production test once frac fluid return and clean-up operations have been completed ….. Flowback started very strongly (on 7/4) and remains on track to take 2 to 3 weeks “
o next ann re stabilized flow rate expected sometime between 4/8 to 11/8 o this is not expected to be a final assessment of commerciality, which will come after completion of production testing in 1 to 2 months TBA o however, the stabilized flow rate will give a reasonable early indication of commerciality
Possible scenarios and risk for impending announcement/report on stabilised flow rates
News to include finalisation of clean-up, majority of fracc fluids recovered with further news on stabilised oil/gas flow rates & volumes as follows:
.High Case: initial good flow rates followed by increase instabilised flow rates pre production test
Excellent prospects for commerciality – time to crank up the printing press
Strong market response – possible SP ~ >40c +++ ???
Medium Case: initial good flow rates followed by continuing stabilised rates, no increase
Average to good prospects for commerciality – lower/minor risk
Average to good market response – possible SP ~ 20 to 30c+ ???
Indecisive Case: initial good flow rates followed by minor tomoderate decrease in stabilised rates pre production test; within ‘normal’ range
Average prospects for commerciality; some minor risk
Worst Case: initial good flow rates followed by significantly decreased stabilised rates pre production test
Minor to poor prospects of commerciality, highest risk
Possible panicky market response – possible SP crash to ~ <5c ???
My assessment, for what it’s worth, is that circumstances and risk have not materially changed since 21/7.
Based on 77H announcements to date and industry knowledge of comparable wells (not my personal knowledge mind you, but others' experiences aired on this and similar O&G threads), I’d rate our current prospects at:
>80% confidence of 3 or better
>50% confidence of 2 or better and
<20% confidence of 4.
We’ll all know soon enough.
My apologies about the formatting, it doesn't seem to like copying and pasting from word.
OEX Price at posting:
18.0¢ Sentiment: Buy Disclosure: Held