EXXI Stands on its Own

DUANE GRUBERT, Susquehanna Financial Group (01/14/2011)
"We see EXXI as an offshore oil producer with right-sized exposure to low-cost, medium-term gas reserve additions. We opine on a plausible merger of MMR, EXXI and PXP. Energy XXI's $1.1 billion acquisition from ExxonMobil right-sizes its exploration partnership with McMoRan as less important to its overall investment thesis. An improved project inventory and natural consolidator role in the Gulf of Mexico make the MMR partnership a secondary appeal of the shares. We remain Positive on EXXI with a $35 target attracted to oil leverage, project outlook, and the MMR partnership. . .albeit less important now. Incremental well results from McMoRan-operated Blackbeard East and Davy Jones wells are likely to be revealed by MMR with its Q410 earnings release."

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