I came across this It's a month old now I did nto see it before now
https://business.financialpost.com/2012/05/28/pan-orient-deal-highlights-value-in-bankers-petroleum/
Pan Orient deal highlights value in Bankers Petroleum
Jonathan RatnerMay 28, 2012 – 7:55 AM ET | Last Updated: May 25, 2012 1:13 PM ET
Pan Orient Energy Corp.’s deal to sell its interest in three producing assets in Thailand for US$162-million not only caused shares in the Calgary-based energy producer to spike last week, but it also prompted discussion about how companies in the sector are valued.
Transactions such as this are common in the oil patch, but what Raymond James analyst Rafi Khouri found interesting was the fact that the sale price reflected a roughly 50% premium to Pan Orient’s enterprise value (EV) before the announcement.
He noted that Pan Orient will still hold interests in five blocks (1 in Thailand and 4 in Indonesia), yet the stock continues to trade at a negative EV.
“We view this transaction as a typical example of a disconnect that can come to exist between capital markets valuations and oil company valuations on certain assets,” Mr. Khouri said in a note to clients.
The analyst considers the net present value (NPV) calculation the best tool to determine the fundamental value of assets. So he ran a NPV screen on production-stage international oil and gas companies.
This produced a handful companies that are currently trading below core net asset value (NAV) – ArPetrol Ltd., Bankers Petroleum Ltd., Gran Tierra Energy Inc., Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp., PetroAmerica Oil Corp., PetroMagdalena Energy Corp. and Suroco Energy Inc.
While Mr. Khouri doesn’t suggest that potential takeover values should be the only reason to invest in these companies, he does point out that stocks trading below core NAV should theoretically be less risky investments than those trading above core NAV.
The analyst is unaware of any planned asset transactions for these names, which could include anything from outright sales to joint ventures. However, he highlighted Bankers Petroleum as the most interesting.
Mr. Khouri calculates a core NAV of $2.92 per share for the company’s proved reserves and $4.33 for its proven and probable reserves.
“This alone – in our view – could create an opportunistic acquisition opportunity at the current share price of C$1.95/share,” he said. “The reason we are running this scenario is to showcase that there is a lot of room for some type of accretive joint venture/farm-out agreement to be done with this asset given the ~$11.50/share spread between current share price and our theoretical ultimate possible NPV.”
Given the analyst’s confidence that management will ultimately produce value for shareholders despite recent production challenges, he won’t rule out a joint venture for Bankers’ Albanian assets.