-Polly well is commercial; reserves are in the range of 1 to 3 million BOE and it will be connected relatively cheaply
by pipeline to the rest of the Beatrice infrastructure.
-Beatrice deal will be finalized shortly, some time in August.
-Beatrice production will increase to 2500 BOD after new pipeline is completed.
-Initial production from Jacky (starting in late/end 2008) will be 10000 BOD declining to 7500 by year end.
-Well 14/18b-18 will be tested July 20-21. So far things look good.
-Stella offers substantial reserve upside
-Average valuation for exploration/development co in NS is $12/BOE. IAE valuation around $7.
-Average valuation for producing co in NS is $22/BOE. IAE valuation is near a major turnaround point as production
status is near.
-IAE financing is very innovative in that CFO S. Turner became a virtual banking syndicate leader.
-CFO Steve Turner took the podium to talk about the financing deal.
-Financing can be automatically extended to Stella as dept is repaid with Jacky and Athena cash flow
-Equity financing and/or asset sale of between 60 to100 $million will be needed to complete the Athena development. There is no urgency to issue shares now. This can wait after potential divestitures contemplated are executed. Any remaining equity needs, could wait for a better market valuation context, once Jacky is put in production.