NVS: ANother Viking Year

LUC MAGEAU, Raymond James (02/04/2011)
"Novus released its 2011 capital program and production guidance yesterday. The initial $60M 2011 program includes 48 net Viking horizontal wells. Novus has established a sizeable Viking land base in Saskatchewan with a strong Viking well inventory that is expected to provide good production growth over the next several years. We are maintaining our Outperform rating and increasing our target price to $1.50. Analysis Novus has outlined a 100% oil-focused $60 mln 2011 capital program, the bulk of which will be spent on drilling 48 net horizontal Viking wells in west central Saskatchewan. Additionally, the company plans to drill 1 net Cardium well, 1 net Halfway oil well at Wembley, and 8 (7 net) wells which could include vertical test wells as well as some Bakken oil wells in southeast Saskatchewan. Novus expects this program will bring its average 2011 production to 2,400 boe/d and 2011 exit production to 3,000 boe/d, which they estimate will have an oil weighting of ~85%, up from its 2010 weighting of 62%. Novus currently has an undrawn credit facility of $28M and no net debt."

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