Post by
good40 on Feb 11, 2011 9:26am
Taxdemicco/Maysteeler
Contingent resource is considered non-commercial. Estimates are based on known accumulations
but are guessed at. You'll see that the low estimate for contingent resource is only 1 million barrels, while
the median estimate, which they call the best estimate, is 60 million barrels.
Prospective Resource is completely undiscovered so why bother even mentioning ?
There is only a 10% chance or less, that this well leads to commercial development. If they beat
the odds, then the economics are not near as good as other Kurdistan plays. This one has
a 40% working interest plus a 40% royalty. Most others have a 10% royalty. The company agreed to an increase
from 10% to 40% in consideration for another 20% ownership.
My questiion has always been, why increase your royalty by 400% if they could have purchased for cash ?