PTA's Fundamentals (pro forma PNA deal) & the BIG PICTURE A) Just because some posters here disappear when they are wrong, I have to post that the current Brent price proves PTA management correct. Be a man and admit your mistakes!
PTA did the right thing in H1 2015. We have to acknowledge this because some posters (including some PTA bulls) were blaming them for NOT drilling in the first half of 2015 although the other producers were drilling! So what ??
What did GTE manage to do although it was drilling new wells in the first half of 2015?
GTE spent its cash and has burned a ton of cash since Q4 2014 FOR NOTHING!
GTE is at C$2.89 today.
What about GPRK or PRE that also drill in Colombia? Same thing !
What did the other indebted companies in North America manage to do by drilling wells in the first half of 2015 IGNORING the low oil price and selling their black gold for pennies? NOTHING!!
See MHR, SD, HK, GDP, EOX, LEI, ZAZA, CRK, LINE, MCF, USEG, AXAS, SN and many many other producers. They just reached new lows last week. Go to see their charts. See and realize the BIG PICTURE.
B) PTA decided to NOT drill and spend money in the first half of 2015. Instead of spending money and fixing the failed pumps quickly, they exploited the downturn and their strong DEBT-FREE balance sheet and preserved cash and acquired financially distressed companies like PNA.
C) Now that we all try to pick the winners and dump the losers and the indebted companies to get the most out of the energy sector when BRENT starts to rise again, these are PTA's financials at C$0.80 after PNA acquisition:
3 Operatorships in 3 Blocks (PUT-2, PUT-7, Tinigua), so PTA now looks all the other producers straight into the eyes !!
Tinigua Block has 1000 ft net pay (see presentation below) and PTA is carried for 4 wells ! Again, this is 1000 ft net pay, and I have not seen anything close to it in South America! Show me something better if you can find any! No ramblings, no blah blah blah, show me facts!
https://www.petroamericaoilcorp.com/main/includes/media/pdf/2015-06-15%20PetroNova%20Acquisition%20-%20Finala.pdf
Tautaco-1 well will be drilled by September and PAREX pays the costs!
14.5 MMbbls of 2P reserves !
RLI jumped at 8 years more than PAREX which has RLI at 7 years !!
Market cap at C$0.80/share = US$66 million
DEBT-FREE (still !!)
US$20+ million in Cash (still!!)
Enterprise Value = US$46 million !!
trading at:
$11,000/bopd (assuming 4,000 bopd total production and including PNA's production of 300 bopd) !
$3.17/bbl of 2P Reserves (99% oil) !
only 1 times its adjusted EBITDA with Brent at US$55/bbl!
If you can be a forward thinker and can find another producer and Operator with lower key metrics, a DEBT-FREE balance sheet and CASH who can also exploit the rise in Brent during the next months, go buy it.