yes done to full out all ammo was provide here after buying from yesterday n today at 0.18 now hold huge here avrge now at 0.18++ will hold a bit long..
Funding from a private equity (PE) fund has been secured, with Reach having approved the dea is looking to acquire the remaining 40% of the Emir-Oil Concession it does not own from its vendor, MIE Holdings Corp, for some US$40mil (RM168mil) at a valuation of US$1.13 per barrel, which, according to sources, is a lot cheaper than the US$154.9mil (RM651mil) or US$3.28 per barrel it had paid for its original 60% stake back in 2016.
Funding from a private equity (PE) fund has been secured, with Reach having approved the deal, added the sources. Reach has been in negotiations with MIE Holdings for awhile now to acquire the remaining 40%.
“Reach sees huge benefits of owning 100% in the Emir-Oil asset. For one, it will enjoy 100% production revenue, besides seeing an overall improvement in its net tangible asset, ” said the source.
A funding requirement of up to US$110mil has been secured from a PE fund for three things. First, some US$40mil will be used to acquire the 40% stake in Emir-Oil.
Second, some US$50mil will be used to pay the deferred and remaining consideration owed to MIE Holdings.
Recall that during the qualifying acquisition (QA), Reach had to pay off dissenting shareholders who had voted against the QA some US$175.9mil.
MIE Holdings had bridged that gap, and this is the balance still owed to it.
Third, some US$20mil will be used to finance the capital expenditure (capex) for the drilling of new wells and field development.
“With the funding and capex requirement in place, Reach’s production volumes can finally move up. All this while, it was the limitation of funding that was capping its production, ” said the sources.Production-wise, Reach’s average production in 2019 dropped to 2,400 barrels of oil per day (bpd), compared to 2,900 bpd in 2018.
With funding, Reach will be able to double this production in 2020, before reaching its peak production of 19,762 bpd in 2021-2022.
Reach’s share price is down some 66% on a year-to-date basis at its current price of 18 sen. At this price, it only has a market capitalisation of RM236.34mil. Over the last 52 weeks, the stock has traded between 52 sen and 17 sen.
With oil prices sliding, value is starting to emerge. Bigger oil and gas (O&G) companies are acquiring smaller ones at bargain prices in the hope of benefitting once the upcycle in the O&G industry resumes.
Thus, smaller companies like Reach are starting to look attractive from a merger and acquisition (M&A) angle. M&As in the region are starting to take place.
In March this year, London-listed Ophir Energy Plc agreed to be bought by Indonesian O&G group Medco for a sweetened cash bid of £408.4mil (RM2.1bil) after previously agreeing to a lower offer. Ophir explores and produces O&G in Asia and Africa. As part of its QA, Reach purchased a 60% stake in the Emir-Oil Concession block in Kazakhstan, via the purchase of equity in Palaeontol BV for US$154.9mil (RM638.2mil) on Nov 25,2016.
The vendor was Palaeontol’s parent company, Hong Kong-listed MIE Holdings, which kept the remaining 40%.
Reach has only one asset today, which is the Emir-Oil concession.
It is the assigned operator for this block, which also owns four producing oil blocks, along with two development fields and six prospects within the Emir-Oil Concession of over 850 sq km.
The Emir-Oil Concession has proven reserves of 89.4 million barrels of oil equivalent. Reach owns the exploration and production contracts up to 2036.
In its latest filing, Reach said the reserves assessor, Gaffney, Cline & Associates (GCA), had performed an assessment of the reserves of the Emir-Oil Concession Block as of Dec 31,2018. This follows a similar assessment made by GCA the previous year.
“The company’s probable (2P) reserves have increased from the previous year’s audit, as GCA has allocated 88 million barrels of oil equivalent of 2P O&G reserves as at end-2018. This represents a 9% increase from the previous year’s audit by GCA, ” said Reach.
For its second-quarter results to June 30, Reach fell into the red again with a net loss of RM11.39mil from a previous profit of RM11.23mil. Revenue also dropped to RM47.07mil from RM67.67mil in the same quarter of the previous year.
This decrease was attributed to lower production. The average production for the second quarter of 2019 was 2,400 bpd compared to 2,900 bpd for the second quarter of 2018. As a result of lower revenue with fixed overhead expenses, the group recorded net losses.
Thus, for the six-month period, its net loss widened to RM24.27mil from RM9.8mil prev
Reference is made to the article titled “Reach to buy remaining 40% in Emir-Oil Concession” which appeared in the Business News, The Star Online on 27 August 2019 (“the Article”), and to the Company’s announcements on 28 August 2019 and 29 August 2019.
Alleged acquisition of MIE Holdings Corporation’s 40% interest in Palaeontol B.V.
Whilst the Company is continuously exploring investment prospects, including potential corporate and asset acquisitions, the Board denies that, as at the date of this announcement, the Company has entered into any arrangements or negotiations with MIE Holdings Corporation (“MIE”) for the acquisition of MIE’s 40% interest in Palaeontol B.V. (“PBV”) which holds, via Emir-Oil LLP (“Emir-Oil”), the entire working interest in an approximately 850.3 square kilometres onshore contracted area located in the Mangystau Oblast in the southwestern region of the Republic of Kazakhstan (the “Emir-Oil Asset”).
Furthermore, the Company has not received any offer from MIE for any such acquisition of MIE’s interest in PBV, nor has any offer been made to MIE to acquire the same.
Untrue statement that funding of up to US$110million has been secured from a PE Fund
The Article also alleges that the Company has secured funding of up to US$110 million from a private equity fund.
The Board wishes to clarify that whilst the Company is actively exploring funding and financing options to facilitate the administration of its investment portfolio and managing its debt obligations, to-date no financing facility or arrangement with any private equity fund has been secured by the Company or otherwise approved by the Board.
The Board wishes to further clarify the following statements:
Original Acquisition Price: The Article reported that the Company had paid US$154.9 million (RM651million) or US$3.28 per barrel for its original 60% stake in PBV in 2016. The Board wishes to clarify that US$154.9 million was the purchase price prior to adjustments pursuant to the terms of the conditional sale and purchase agreement entered into between the Company and MIE. As was disclosed in page 17 of our Circular to Shareholders dated 13 October 2016, the final adjusted purchase consideration for the Company’s acquisition of its 60% interest in PBV and the Emir-Oil Asset in 2016 was US$175.9 million.
10% profit since friday is quite good. Even the company recorded no profit , we still have chance to make profit. Because we are trader. The investor should buy nestle, petronm, petdag or similar.
done sold back more 25% balance on hand at 0.225,0.22.. just secure more capital.. earn big some profit.. left only 10% balance share on hand avrrge at 0.18++
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"U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude dropped to $55.71 a barrel, down $1.58."
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