When a company changes direction it is sensible to question the reasons for change. In the past year or so Linc has moved like an octopus - grabbing onto new projects around the world with gay abanden none of which produce any significant income. There does not appear to be any overall plan involved but rather a grab for assets which might prove useful later on. The company's focus has moved from coal and UCG /GTL to oil and EOR. This change of direction looks like costing the company close to $400M this year ( AFC and Powerhouse $20M, Ranger $20M++, extra Admin and wages $40M++, the latest purchase $300M, oil and gas leases and drilling in Alaska and SA $20M+) Some progress is being made building gasifier 6 in Wyoming but this is to produce gas and CO2 for EOR ( not for power or GTL ) Is Linc trying to do too much with too little? On a different tack: Linc has not announced what it is going to do with the gas produced by gassifier 6. I believe Linc may be hoping to pump syngas direct into old oil wells (rather than separating out the CO2). This would be a lot cheaper and assuming the CO2 separates out and displaces the oil you could get out oil and syngas minus the CO2. If it works - WHAMMO!
LNC Price at posting:
$3.05 Sentiment: Hold Disclosure: Held