New Deal Announced

[Stavros]

My suspicion is that PM is NOT DONE with legal filings, especially now that GLJ miraculously reduced it's very long-standing resource evaluation to justify the slightly revised offer.

[johnwgrant]

They (IOC) seem to be in an unseemly haste to sell (out?) the company.

Why not wait for the results of A7?

Surely a few months would not matter to the cash flow that much !!!

Is there some "hidden hand" (PNG gov't) that is threatening them ? Bankers ???

[Relker]

They (IOC) seem to be in an unseemly haste to sell (out?) the company. Why not wait for the results of A7? Surely a few months would not matter to the cash flow that much !!! Is there some "hidden hand" (PNG gov't) that is threatening them ? Bankers ???

XOM can penalize IOC for doing things which obstruct the deal. So, they must be careful and team up with XOM to proceed with the deal without "troubling" the shareholders.

[oliver.gump]

They (IOC) seem to be in an unseemly haste to sell (out?) the company. Why not wait for the results of A7? Surely a few months would not matter to the cash flow that much !!! Is there some "hidden hand" (PNG gov't) that is threatening them ? Bankers ???

XOM can penalize IOC for doing things which obstruct the deal. So, they must be careful and team up with XOM to proceed with the deal without "troubling" the shareholders.

Relker, agreed, however that is a position to which our BOD willingly submitted. They didnt have to put IOC at risk, there was no cliff-hanging imperitive, rather, it was economically expedient for the CEO and his crony's and so IOC was leveraged for their personal gain.

[jft310]

Ollie -The big difference is Phil used roadshows and raised money mostly with equity before drilling. This management had a better way spend all the cash and borrow money. Who had the better strategy.??? Raising money after the Total deal was announced with a roadshow was the proper action to take as the news was fresh. Or right before drilling but not these guys no they had a better way.
Spend all the money !!thats falls intothe "BRILLIANT " category.LOL.

[Getitrt2]

Per the PR disclosure: "Disclosure of Oil and Gas Information Trillion cubic feet equivalent (tcfe) may be misleading, particularly if used in isolation. A tcfe conversion ratio of one barrel of oil to six thousand cubic feet of gas is based on an energy equivalency conversion method primarily applicable at the burner tip and does not represent a value equivalency at the wellhead. Well test results should be considered as preliminary. Well log interpretations indicating gas accumulations are not necessarily indicative of future production or ultimate recovery. This press release contains estimates of Contingent Resources in the Elk-Antelope fields covered by the Petroleum Retention Licence (PRL) 15 in Papua New Guinea. Contingent Resources are not, and should not be confused with, gas reserves. InterOil owns a 36.5375% interest in the PRL 15 license (post-government back-in right). Estimates of the Contingent Resources in this press release are based upon a report effective November 30, 2016 prepared by GLJ, an independent qualified reserves evaluator. The report was prepared in accordance with the Canadian Oil and Gas Evaluation Handbook (the “COGE Handbook&rdquo. The Contingent Resources referred to in this press release have been classified as conventional natural gas and natural gas liquids. Contingent Resources are those quantities of natural gas and condensate estimated, as of a given date, to be potentially recoverable from known accumulations using established technology or technology under development, but which are not currently considered to be commercially recoverable due to one or more contingencies. The economic status of the resources is undetermined and there is no certainty that it will be commercially viable to produce any portion of the resources. There is no certainty that the Contingent Resources in the Elk- Antelope fields will be commercially viable to produce any portion of the resources and it should be noted that it is not certain that all fields / accumulations set herein will progress to reserves. Criteria other than economics may require that the Contingent Resources in the Elk-Antelope fields be classified as Contingent Resources rather than reserves. Contingencies affecting the classification as reserves versus Contingent Resources relate to the following issues as detailed in the COGE Handbook: ownership considerations, drilling requirements, testing requirements, regulatory considerations, infrastructure and market considerations, timing of production and development, and economic requirements. The following classification of Contingent Resources are used in this press release:  Low Estimate (or 1C) means there is at least a 90 percent probability (P90) that the quantities actually recovered will equal or exceed the low estimate.  Best Estimate (or 2C) means there is at least a 50 percent probability (P50) that the quantities actually recovered will equal or exceed the best estimate.  High Estimate (or 3C) means there is at least a 10 percent probability (P10) that the quantities actually recovered will equal or exceed the high estimate. The estimates of Contingent Resources provided in this press release are estimates only and there is no guarantee that the estimated Contingent Resources will be recovered. Actual Contingent Resources may be greater than or less than the estimates provided in this in this press release and the differences may be material. There is no assurance that the forecast price and cost assumptions applied by GLJ in evaluating the Contingent Resources in Elk-Antelope fields will be attained and variances could be material. There is also uncertainty that it will be commercially viable to produce any part of the Contingent Resources. For a discussion of the project evaluation scenario, economics status and maturity subclass as well as the chance and development of Contingent Resources evaluated pursuant to GLJ’s report on the Elk-Antelope fields see Schedule A to InterOil’s Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2015 which is available on www.interoil.com or from the SEC at www.sec.gov or on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Although the report of GLJ that is attached to Schedule A of InterOil’s Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2015 is different than the report of GLJ referred to in this press release, there have been no material changes to the project evaluation scenario, economics status and maturity subclass, or the chance and development of Contingent Resources in the Elk-Antelope gas fields. The operator of the joint venture project in the Elk-Antelope gas fields, Total S.A., estimates that the timeline for development of a liquefied natural gas project in the Elk-Antelope gas fields would include final investment decision in relation to the project in 2019 and first production in 2023 (assuming the project proceeds)." Anything of interest here Pet?

This is of course just to keep the SEC and the Canadian Regulator off of their back.

There is an interesting comment:   "Although the report of GLJ that is attached to Schedule A of InterOil’s Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2015 is different than the report of GLJ referred to in this press release, there have been no material changes to the project evaluation scenario"

How can they make  this statement when the same company (GLJ) has just reduced their December 31,2015 estimate of reserves by 25%. They did this for "no material changes"? I don't think so!

The phrase "no material changes" refers NOT to the estimate changes by GLJ, but to "the project evaluation scenario, economics status and maturity subclass, or the chance and development of Contingent Resources in the Elk-Antelope gas fields", or projected time frames.  In other words, those things were and are not dependent upon a 10 tcfe estimate.

As usual, InterOil has issued news or limited information that SCREAMS for further explanation.  Did the new data from Antelope-6 cause GLJ to reduce their estimates, and if so, why?  If not, what did?  If that is correct or if they have confidence in that, why the continued need for a cap on the CRP?  If Exxon gets more gas and more payment from Total, why shouldn't the shareholders/owners of InterOil, not to even mention any additional payment from final estimates with production?

I wonder what Mulacek makes of the new estimates.  Or "our" management and BOD, for that matter.

[oliver.gump]

Ollie -The big difference is Phil used roadshows and raised money mostly with equity before drilling. This management had a better way spend all the cash and borrow money. Who had the better strategy.??? Raising money after the Total deal was announced with a roadshow was the proper action to take as the news was fresh. Or right before drilling but not these guys no they had a better way. Spend all the money !!thats falls intothe "BRILLIANT " category.LOL.

What did you expect? A look at Hessions track record on the Browse project with Woodside would have explained quite clearly his modis opperandi. He just kept spending money until they cashiered his ass and sent him into the waiting arms of Roger Lewis and Gaylen Byker. The fix was in before Phil was gone. 

The shareholders were the suckers that were asked to guess which cup had the peanut, when in fact the peanut had been eaten by the guy with the cups.