Independent Oil & Gas (LON:IOG)
Independent Oil & Gas has announced a revised CPR on the Harvey license. The Harvey license lies between the Blythe and Vulcan Satellite Hubs; it is intended, pending appraisal, that gas from the Harvey field is exported via the Thames Pipeline as with the other sites.
The CPR demonstrates unrisked prospective gas resources for Harvey of 114 BCF in line with management estimates. The range for resources is 45-286BCF and most likely 90BCF on the license owned 100% by IOG. IOG have committed to drilling an appraisal well which will test the up dip potential of the structure and this will be carried out by December 20th 2019, subject to acceptance and a license extension by OGA. Given the proximity of the field to the Thames pipeline we believe that this will have a significant positive impact on the economics of Harvey and further strengthens the rationale of the hub strategy particularly given that even at the most likely level of gas resources, this would be IOG’s largest field.
We reiterate our Buy recommendation.