Talisman Energy Upgraded to Neutral - Analyst Blog
19 Gennaio 2012 - 4:30PM
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We have upgraded Canadian energy explorer Talisman
Energy Inc. (TLM) to Neutral from Underperform, reflecting
the company’s portfolio repositioning initiatives.
Calgary, Alberta-based Talisman is a major independent oil and
gas exploration and production (E&P) company, with operations
in North America (primarily Canada) and several international
regions.
The company conducts operations in five principal geographic
segments: North America (Canada/U.S.), the U.K. (U.K. and the
Netherlands), Scandinavia (Norway and Denmark), Southeast Asia
(Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Australia), and Other (North
Africa and Trinidad and Tobago).
We like Talisman Energy for its solid base business in Western
Canada and in the U.K. North Sea, while offering exposure to some
of the most prospective unconventional plays in North America and
high-impact exploration prospects worldwide. The company’s major
position in the prolific Marcellus Shale play in western
Pennsylvania and the nascent Montney formation in northeastern
British Columbia and northwestern Alberta provides a highly visible
and cost-effective production-growth profile.
Taking a cautious view of gas prices, Talisman’s capital program
specifically focuses on the promising North American liquids-rich
areas, which is a major shift away from dry natural gas
development. The company plans to trim its current year capital
expenditure by 11% from 2011 levels, while still managing an up to
5% improvement in its production.
Talisman has lately signed two transactions with South African
petrochemicals group Sasol Ltd. (SSL) to sell its
natural gas interests in North American shale assets, as the
company looks to concentrate on more oily shale plays.
While subscribing to management’s outlook, we believe the
realignment of Talisman will take some time to bear results.
Questions about the company’s sustainable operational efficiency
and execution abilities also remain a key problem area, in our
view. In particular, with core operations in the North Sea,
Talisman has been adversely affected by last year’s tax hike in the
region, along with maintenance/production issues that have created
investor concerns.
As such, we expect Talisman’s growth potential to be restrained
with little room for meaningful upside from current levels.
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