The best performer for me in the last 6 weeks has been FOR. It has gone from 0.685 to 7.5p and shows no signs of abating! 800% since first mentioned on the Sunday Roast.
Check out EME.
Empyrean is a London AIM listed oil and gas explorer currently focused on three cornerstone assets, The Duyung PSC offshore Indonesia, Block 29/11 offshore China, and a multi project participating interest in the Sacramento Basin, California.
Mcap currently £32m, shares in issue 489m
Indonesia – EME have an 8.5% share of a gas find offshore Indonesia that has been drilled, proven and is now being prepared for development, Gas Sale Agreement is due to be signed off at any time. EME are expected to get a return of around $35m.
China - Block 29/11 is huge, EME is the operator with 100% exploration rights. In the event of a commercial discovery CNOOC will have a back in right of 51%.
As per 5th May RNS. After extensive review of offset wells in the vicinity Aker have finalised well design and planning for the drilling of the jade prospect, the first of 3 prospects targeting 1 bln bbls. Update due once the drilling rig has been confirmed, drilling campaign expected to commence in November.
What Could China Be Worth?
Cenkos released a broker note on 11th May giving a current valuation (oil in place) of 25.4p for the three prospects.
They give a fully unrisked valuation of £2.63 (on completion of extended well tests)
Valuations are calculated on an average between best (P10) and worst (P90) oil in place estimates, however all but one of the adjacent CNOOC discoveries are “filled to spill”, with in place volumes close to their P10 estimates. Cenkos state that there is a distinct possibility that the Empyrean prospects are in reality closer to the P10 volumes this increases the unrisked valuation to £4.98
Jade is not the largest prospect, however it's by far the easiest / least complex drill hence the reason it's the first target. Exploration by nature is high risk however Jade and Topaz's GCoS (geological chance of success) are amongst the highest of any current prospect globally at 41% and 35%.
The valuations consider CNOOC’s 51% back in right. The Jade drill is expected to cost around 15-20m, so funding will be required, this could be a JV with a big player or some dilution from a capital raise.
it's worth noting that Tom Kelly CEO holds 88m shares, his last purchase was £440k @9p last year pre covid, So it's obviously hugely in his interest to get the best deal possible.
News flow has already increased with more updates due once drill rig and funding are finalised, and the sale of Duyung. Tom has also scheduled some PR in the coming weeks so I'd guess he must have something interesting to say.
This is not an overnight multi-bagger, however the potential here is absolutely staggering even going with the most conservative valuations