The biggest contributors to the S&P 500’s banner year have been the usual suspects, currently dubbed the Magnificent Seven, which are Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla. This group is up 75% in 2023, while the remaining 493 companies in the S&P 500 are about 12% higher.
Boss Energy is producing uranium, and therefore can take advantage of the current high price. Uranium prices have doubled in 2023 and are now trading at 15-year highs of US$87/lb.
Oil prices rose as tankers shun the Red Sea on the back of heightened attacks by Iran-backed Houthi militants which have disrupted international shipping routes.
Karoon Energy is a new entry in the ASX 200 Trade Table
Who Dat acquisition enables Karoon’s entry to US Gulf of Mexico (US GoM) & provides asset diversification. We factor in KAR’s acquisition at $720m equity raising (US$300m) and debt drawdown (US$274m). The acquisition now presents an opportunity for investors.
The Who Dat oil and gas field is located in Mississippi Canyon (MC) blocks 503 / 504 / 547 in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) in water depths of 945m. Who Dat was discovered in late 2007, and has been in production since 2011. Who Dat is made up of numerous stacked reservoirs of Pliocene & Miocene age. Producing reservoirs are located at depths of 10,000ft-17,000ft. Oil is sold into the Mars pipeline (operated by Shell), while gas is sold into the Canyon Chief pipeline (operated by Williams).