RE: RE: RE: RE: Somebody on BNN recommend Ithaca My questions would be, what happens if this 'debt line' gets cut in half by the UK banks? Can they do this? Or is it only based on 1P reserves?
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in general "No".
the credit line can usually be cut only on company breaking covenants (if there are any) and these are almost never expressed in terms of a market cap. they may be expressed in terms of free cash flow though - which will be lower with respect to expectations only a month ago.
this is one of the reasons i own IAE. because i believe the bankers did their due diligence. i would never own it based on e.g. management which is one of the worst in the north sea (especially in terms of self service)...