RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Odd tradingA dividend raise cannot and will not be implemented.
The reason is pretty simple as banks are looking to cut bank lines in November in semi-annual review to better reflect oil price risk and Redwater ruling on decommissioning liabilities.
BNE has its bank line at $340 million capacity while they had $324 million in net debt (including working capital deficit) at June 30. Moreover, NPV of ARO's is $154 million and now considered ahead of bank debt in a banruptcy scenario or Redwater ruling.
So it is tight and they will be required to keep on reducing debt as banks don't want them to fail and be forced to sell assets at $20,000 per flowing which would not cover their loan.