Canacol Energy is an E&P company with operations across 23 blocks and 2.5m net acres across Colombia and Ecuador. Management expects to increase Colombian, Caribbean Coast gas market share from 5% today to c 32% by the end of the decade. Long-term gas contracts, and low operating costs at US$0.3/mcf drive peer-leading netbacks of a reported US$4.54/mcf. Management focus remains on growth and cash generation, with capital being directed towards a diverse mix of portfolio opportunities, including expanding the company’s contracted gas base, growing contingent gas inventory (organic and inorganic), monetisation of light oil reserves as oil prices rise, and early-stage exploration of prospective shale acreage. According to management, Canacol Energy currently trades at 0.33x consensus RENAV and 0.78x consensus core NAV (based on net 2P reserves of 79mmboe).
