Gulf Keystone Petroleum Share Discussion Threads

[paul4742] 16/1/2019 07:03

16 January 2019

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (LSE: GKP)
("Gulf Keystone", "GKP" or "the Company")

Operational Update
55,000 bopd investment programme underway

Gulf Keystone Petroleum, a leading independent operator and producer in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq ("Kurdistan" or "Kurdistan Region"), is pleased to provide an operational and corporate update.


Operational

· Production operations, underpinned by strong performance of the Shaikan Jurassic reservoir, continue in line with expectations. Average gross production of 31,563 barrels of oil per day ("bopd") was achieved in 2018, at the upper end of the 27,000 - 32,000 bopd guidance.
· The plant debottlenecking programme required to expand gross production capacity to 55,000 bopd from PF-1 and PF-2 remains on schedule for completion towards the end of 2019.
· GKP has signed an agreement with Independent Oil Tools to use 'Rig 1' during the Company's workover programme to replace tubing on SH-1 and SH-3 wells and install downhole pumps ("ESPs") on three other existing wells. The rig has been mobilised and is currently performing a workover on the SH-1 well to install larger bore tubing to increase productivity.
· GKP has also signed an agreement with the rig operator, DQE, to use 'Rig 40' for its upcoming drilling campaign, due to start in March 2019, with the first four wells (needed for the 55,000 bopd target) expected to be completed in Q1 2020.
· Since July 2018, all production from PF-2 has been exported via the Atrush export pipeline which connects to the main Kurdish export pipeline. Additional pumps along with a temporary unloading facility have now been installed at PF-2 which allows the majority of production from PF-1 to be trucked to PF-2 and exported via pipeline. Today, only ca.3,000 bopd are exported by truck via Fishkhabour which lowers HSSE exposure.
· Further progress has been made, including delivery of all 16" pipeline to the field, on the installation by KAR Group of the pipeline also connecting PF-1 to the Atrush export pipeline. This remains on schedule to be brought into service mid-2019, at which point the residual trucking of crude oil will be eliminated.
· GKP and its partner MOL have agreed on a staged investment programme to increase gross production up to 110,000 bopd by 2024. The revised Field Development Plan was submitted for approval to the Ministry of Natural Resources in October 2018. The current expansion to 55,000 bopd is already underway.

Corporate

· GKP has continued to receive regular oil payments from the Kurdistan Regional Government, with cash receipts of $225 million net to GKP during 2018.
· Cash balance of $294 million as at 15 January 2019. The Company remains fully funded to complete the expansion to 55,000 bopd.
· Gross capital expenditure guidance for the total 55,000 bopd project phase remains unchanged at $200 million to $230 million.
· Of the 2018 approved gross budget of $91 million, ca.$40 million has been transferred to early 2019 which was primarily driven by delays in delivery of drilling and well completion equipment.

Outlook

· Given the active 2019 investment programme, particularly in new wells and workovers, the Company anticipates improved production levels this year and expects gross average production guidance to be in the range of 32,000 - 38,000 bopd.
· The above guidance takes account the latest drilling and project schedules, but also the temporary plant shut-downs required in 2019 for the tie-in of new facilities and wells being offline while workovers are taking place.
· 55,000 bopd production target moved to early 2020 due to delays in the delivery of equipment, affecting the start date of the drilling campaign, originally January, now March 2019.
· The Company intends to host a Capital Markets Day in the first quarter of 2019. Further details will be announced at a later date.

Commenting, Jón Ferrier, CEO, said:

"Having successfully laid the foundations for our expansion plans in 2018, we are very pleased to have now initiated our new investment programme at Shaikan. We continue to make considerable operational headway as we look to safely increase production to 55,000 bopd, in line with our strategy. 2019 is set to be another important year for Gulf Keystone and we look forward to keeping our stakeholders updated on our ongoing progress."

[officerdigby] 15/1/2019 23:21

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[nestoframpers] 15/1/2019 22:26

mcfly1 = OM63

Why keep changing your moniker ? obvious who it is.

[bj476] 15/1/2019 19:48

Where did you spring from! Blooming heck.

Please tell Mr OM, that Miss TM, aka, TheresaMan has now failed in HOP. Please tell the Boss man to go back, and table another vote, for his MRS. LoL.


Well done mr, and mrs M. Totally useless for the UK, totally useless, for the people of your countries. Britain, Kurdistan, and Manchester.


Both should now relinquish power-share/s-ing!!!

[davr0s] 15/1/2019 18:50

Crikey I wouldn't have figured out a take over was imminent from this board. But hang on, some person/people have been posting this for weeks if not months. Guys this continual ramping has no credibility

[asherspoodles] 15/1/2019 17:34

Western Zagros sold their puddle next door to Gulf last year at $22 bucks per 2pThat would be AT LEAST £ 75 per SHARE for GKP 😊NO WONDER THEIR ARE SO Many BLOG headcases TRYING TO MUG RETAIL OUTTAKEOVER IMMINENTLY ANNOUNCED===============================T/O VALUE PER SHARE £ 40 minGKP have used Citigroup their investment bankers to buy back stock to retire it:BUYING BACK IN say 25% CONCENTRATES HOLDERS profits,at T/O, BY 33%This what FD SAMI means by "OPTIMISING CAPITAL STRUCTURE "Gulf subject too Bermudan M + A law, agree a conditional SALE over a year ago .NO RNS REQ UNTIL FORMAL COMPLETION."IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT " standard legal format ithis jurisdiction, exclusivity to buyer whilst they did OVER 18 MONTHS TECHNICAL due diligence on ShaikanGkp placed the company into a "holding pattern" hence no material changes in operations:SOME OF SHAIKAN Chinese technical DD can be seen here:vcddggg

[asherspoodles] 15/1/2019 17:32

Western Zagros sold their puddle next door to Gulf last year at $22 bucks per 2pThat would be AT LEAST £ 75 per SHARE for GKP 😊NO WONDER THEIR ARE SO Many BLOG headcases TRYING TO MUG RETAIL OUTTAKEOVER IMMINENTLY ANNOUNCED===============================T/O VALUE PER SHARE £ 40 minGKP have used Citigroup their investment bankers to buy back stock to retire it:BUYING BACK IN say 25% CONCENTRATES HOLDERS profits,at T/O, BY 33%This what FD SAMI means by "OPTIMISING CAPITAL STRUCTURE "Gulf subject too Bermudan M + A law, agree a conditional SALE over a year ago .NO RNS REQ UNTIL FORMAL COMPLETION."IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT " standard legal format ithis jurisdiction, exclusivity to buyer whilst they did OVER 18 MONTHS TECHNICAL due diligence on ShaikanGkp placed the company into a "holding pattern" hence no material changes in operations:SOME OF SHAIKAN Chinese technical DD can be seen here:hcdsse

[asherspoodles] 15/1/2019 17:32

Western Zagros sold their puddle next door to Gulf last year at $22 bucks per 2pThat would be AT LEAST £ 75 per SHARE for GKP 😊NO WONDER THEIR ARE SO Many BLOG headcases TRYING TO MUG RETAIL OUTTAKEOVER IMMINENTLY ANNOUNCED===============================T/O VALUE PER SHARE £ 40 minGKP have used Citigroup their investment bankers to buy back stock to retire it:BUYING BACK IN say 25% CONCENTRATES HOLDERS profits,at T/O, BY 33%This what FD SAMI means by "OPTIMISING CAPITAL STRUCTURE "Gulf subject too Bermudan M + A law, agree a conditional SALE over a year ago .NO RNS REQ UNTIL FORMAL COMPLETION."IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT " standard legal format ithis jurisdiction, exclusivity to buyer whilst they did OVER 18 MONTHS TECHNICAL due diligence on ShaikanGkp placed the company into a "holding pattern" hence no material changes in operations:SOME OF SHAIKAN Chinese technical DD can be seen here:Western Zagros sold their puddle next door to Gulf last year at $22 bucks per 2pThat would be AT LEAST £ 75 per SHARE for GKP 😊NO WONDER THEIR ARE SO Many BLOG headcases TRYING TO MUG RETAIL OUTTAKEOVER IMMINENTLY ANNOUNCED===============================T/O VALUE PER SHARE £ 40 minGKP have used Citigroup their investment bankers to buy back stock to retire it:BUYING BACK IN say 25% CONCENTRATES HOLDERS profits,at T/O, BY 33%This what FD SAMI means by "OPTIMISING CAPITAL STRUCTURE "Gulf subject too Bermudan M + A law, agree a conditional SALE over a year ago .NO RNS REQ UNTIL FORMAL COMPLETION."IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT " standard legal format ithis jurisdiction, exclusivity to buyer whilst they did OVER 18 MONTHS TECHNICAL due diligence on ShaikanGkp placed the company into a "holding pattern" hence no material changes in operations:SOME OF SHAIKAN Chinese technical DD can be seen here:Western Zagros sold their puddle next door to Gulf last year at $22 bucks per 2pThat would be AT LEAST £ 75 per SHARE for GKP 😊NO WONDER THEIR ARE SO Many BLOG headcases TRYING TO MUG RETAIL OUTTAKEOVER IMMINENTLY ANNOUNCED===============================T/O VALUE PER SHARE £ 40 minGKP have used Citigroup their investment bankers to buy back stock to retire it:BUYING BACK IN say 25% CONCENTRATES HOLDERS profits,at T/O, BY 33%This what FD SAMI means by "OPTIMISING CAPITAL STRUCTURE "Gulf subject too Bermudan M + A law, agree a conditional SALE over a year ago .NO RNS REQ UNTIL FORMAL COMPLETION."IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT " standard legal format ithis jurisdiction, exclusivity to buyer whilst they did OVER 18 MONTHS TECHNICAL due diligence on ShaikanGkp placed the company into a "holding pattern" hence no material changes in operations:SOME OF SHAIKAN Chinese technical DD can be seen here:

[bigdog5] 15/1/2019 17:32

Just how was it possible for rovershyte to overlook classics like this when re posting some of mine. Does rovershyte not appreciate who this poster is? Sort out the bonds, hilarious.

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"Don't forget: GKP are due to receive WELL IN EXCESS OF HALF A BILLION DOLLARS from the KRG under the PSC Cost Recovery Terms, in addition to the sum outstanding for pre-2015 Shaikan production. And there is another unspecified payment expected shortly from the KRG.

All looking good to me...just needs Jon Ferrier, Sami Zouari and Nadhim Zahawi to successfully implement the plan. Sort out the bonds, put the new management etc. in place (there were two sackings yesterday, as I said), get the first three ESPs installed, get the add-on surface production module installed at PF-2, get some professional IR and PR in place, issue a new CPR which properly reflects the gas-driven world-class Shaikan oilfield (GKP 58%, operator), connect the output to the KRG's 36-inch feeder pipeline which will run the 10 miles from near PF-2 to Kurdistan Pumping Station 2 on the Kirkuk-Ceyhan export pipeline, and move ahead!

All to play for"

[asherspoodles] 15/1/2019 17:29

Western Zagros sold their puddle next door to Gulf last year at $22 bucks per 2pThat would be AT LEAST £ 75 per SHARE for GKP 😊NO WONDER THEIR ARE SO Many BLOG headcases TRYING TO MUG RETAIL OUTTAKEOVER IMMINENTLY ANNOUNCED===============================T/O VALUE PER SHARE £ 40 minGKP have used Citigroup their investment bankers to buy back stock to retire it:BUYING BACK IN say 25% CONCENTRATES HOLDERS profits,at T/O, BY 33%This what FD SAMI means by "OPTIMISING CAPITAL STRUCTURE "Gulf subject too Bermudan M + A law, agree a conditional SALE over a year ago .NO RNS REQ UNTIL FORMAL COMPLETION."IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT " standard legal format ithis jurisdiction, exclusivity to buyer whilst they did OVER 18 MONTHS TECHNICAL due diligence on ShaikanGkp placed the company into a "holding pattern" hence no material changes in operations:SOME OF SHAIKAN Chinese technical DD can be seen here: