EXECUTION
Operator diligence
Review operating history, well economics, completion performance, ownership arrangements and reporting practices.
Energy · Real assets
Energy cash flows. Real-world risks.
Oil and gas working interests can offer unusual economic and tax features, but only when the reservoir, operator, contract and liability structure make sense.
The challenge
A tax narrative is not an investment thesis.
Energy opportunities are often marketed around deductions or production projections. A complete review also examines geology, decline curves, drilling costs, commodity sensitivity, financing, operating expenses, abandonment obligations and sponsor track record.
Research agenda
The work behind the headline
STRUCTURE
Working-interest mechanics
Understand non-operated economics, cash calls, indemnities, liabilities and limits of control.
TAX
Tax treatment
Distinguish intangible drilling costs, depletion and passive-activity provisions; individual results require tax counsel or a CPA.
How opportunities are assessed
Four filters
Asset and basin
Is historical and projected performance supported by credible technical evidence?
Operator and alignment
Who manages the wells, who is paid first and who bears overruns?
Vehicle and liability
How does the proposed ownership structure affect rights and exposure?
Independent verification
Reconcile filings, production data, financials, legal documents and tax opinions.
Our operating principle
Understand the asset, then the structure.
Investment economics, ownership, liability, tax treatment and reporting deserve separate scrutiny. A favourable tax treatment cannot repair an unfavourable business.
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