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Surge Energy Inc (Alberta) T.SGY

Alternate Symbol(s):  ZPTAF | T.SGY.DB.B

Surge Energy Inc. is a Canada-based oil focused exploration and production (E&P) company. The Company's business consists of the exploration, development and production of oil and gas from properties in Western Canada. It holds focused and operated light and medium gravity crude oil properties in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, characterized by large oil in place crude oil reservoirs with low recovery factors. It offers exposure to two of the five conventional oil growth plays in Canada: the Sparky and SE Saskatchewan. It holds a dominant land position and is drilling a mix of horizontal multi-frac and horizontal multi-lateral wells in the Sparky area. Sparky is a large, well established oil producing fairway in Western Canada. SE Saskatchewan is a focused operated asset base with light oil operating netbacks. SE Saskatchewan operates low-cost wells with short payouts and offers potential for continued area consolidation.


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Post by RetailRubeon Sep 19, 2020 1:43pm
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Going-Concern Clause

Going-Concern ClauseI can't decide whether to buy more shares or give up and sell everything.

So I pulled out the 2Q-2020 financial statements to calculate the WTI price they needed to break-even on a cash basis without the assistance of hedging gains.  (It seems to work out to about C$24/boe.  Anything above that is available for drilling or paying down the debt.  WTI Sep-30 contract is quoted on Reuters at US$40.98, which is C$54.12 translated at 0.7572 C$/U$.  This is promising.)

But I was surprised to discover a Going Concern Clause at the bottom of the Balance Sheet.  It says see Note 2 to the Financial Statements.  It says they are required to repay the C$167.5m non-revolving term loan on March 31, 2021.  And of course, they can't.

I got lazy at the end of 2Q and only read their earnings press release, which does not mention a going concern clause.  After that, I read their Aug-2020 Corporate Presentation.  It also does not contain a Going Concern warning.  In my experience with Going Concern disclosures, they normally are mentioned in the Press Release.  So now I'm nervous about trusting what I read.

I also found in the Aug 2020 Corporate Presentation a graph on page 4 of their hedging program.  It looked great!  Hedged WTI at $55 in 4Q-2020.  With WTI at US$41 that would be a nice hedging profit in 4Q.  Except the graph is in Cdn$.  Which means they are actually hedged at US$41 in 4Q ... which means no hedging gains.  Who expresses WTI in Cdn$?  Even WCS is expressed in US$.

Poof.  There goes my trust in management.  So should I stay or should I go?
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