5 Reasons This Abandoned Sector Creates a $435 Billion “Election-Proof” Profit Path for Investors

Right place, right time? This under-the-radar company’s approach to a $435 billion market stands to win no matter what happens in November … and early investors could reap windfall profits.

Reason #1: Abandoned oil and gas wells represent a $435 billion addressable market 

The EPA estimates that there are 5 million orphaned and abandoned wells in the U.S. alone.

Based on current cost estimates for plugging these wells, it’s a $435 billion problem, one that current efforts are hardly making a dent on.

To give you an idea of the scope of the problem, consider the natural gas storage well that erupted on Equitrans Midstream Corp in late 2022. The western Pennsylvania well ruptured with a deafening roar heard up to four miles away.

The well went on to spew 1.29 billion cubic feet of methane into the atmosphere in just 13 days.

That was enough methane to offset the carbon dioxide savings of putting 400,000 electric vehicles on the road for one year.

The urgency around this issue is driven by three factors:

• The estimated five million orphaned and abandoned wells
• The fact that oil companies are spending hundreds of millions to get ahead of the issue, both to avoid huge fines and mitigate legal liability
• Biden’s $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) includes billions of dollars targeted at these disasters-waiting-to-happen.

Companies like Zefiro Methane (OTC: ZEFIF; CBOE: ZEFI) who are focused on fixing this problem have the potential to be richly rewarded, and to make money regardless of a recession or a market downturn.

Reason #2: $4.7 billion in federal funding will definitely be in place if Harris wins to fund the oil and gas remediation market for Zefiro Methane

A key reason the abandoned and orphaned well issue is looking like a big payday for Zefiro is the $4.7 billion earmarked in the IIJA for the identification, triaging, plugging, remediation and reclamation of these wells on state and federal lands.

Each state has its own funding programs for orphaned wells, but these programs have been woefully underfunded. The IIJA money will fill that gap.

The federal money is in the process of being doled out to the states, and Zefiro is downstream of a good chunk of this money, thanks to its presence in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York and West Virginia.

The company began working in these states as a consultant for private well remediation companies, but now is dealing directly with the states.

This money will likely keep Zefiro busy, but it represents only a start on the $435 billion problem. Other sources of funding will be needed, and they are likely to come from the oil and gas industry itself.

Reason #3: Big oil has huge liabilities on its books that provide incentive to fix millions of abandoned wells, and should Trump win and turbo-charge the oil and gas market, it will likely have more money to do so

While many abandoned wells are wards of the state, many others remain on the books of major oil companies.

These wells are subject to steadily increasing fines put into Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act of 2021.

Owners of leaking wells will be fined a methane emissions charge, with penalties starting at $900 per metric ton of methane emitted in 2024 and rising to $1,500 by 2026.

If Trump wins, these fines may go away, but there are larger issues at play that will make plugging those wells a priority for the oil and gas sector.

You see, many of these wells are also on “big oil’s” balance sheets as legal obligations to pay for their retirement.

These obligations are known as Asset Retirement Obligations, or AROs. Rystad Energy projects the cost to retire these assets is $42 billion.

But even more potentially damaging are the environmental and social liabilities these wells create.

For example, in 2015, a major leak occurred at Southern California Gas Company’s Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility.

The leak lasted for 111 days and people in neighboring communities fled their homes, complaining of a range of health problems.

The company eventually agreed to pay up to $1.8 billion to settle the resulting lawsuits.

That’s the kind of liability that even the oil and gas industry’s giants will pay handsomely to avoid and, thanks to Trump’s support of the industry, it will have the revenues to apply to eliminating those liabilities.

Reason #4: Zefiro Methane’s business model addresses two major needs in both the public and private sectors

Zefiro addresses the needs of both the oil industry and state and federal governments with two key services.

First, it offers environmental monitoring and data mapping.

These services help those responsible for orphaned and abandoned wells to identify the location of these wells and, more importantly, to get a rough idea of how severely, if at all, those wells are leaking.

Zefiro can prioritize which wells are in the worst condition and which need monitoring.

The company’s work in the field over the past year has shown that 30% to 40% of the wells they’ve encountered have been leaking a significant amount of methane.

Using proprietary technology and its own field teams, Zefiro is putting its finger on the pulse of this issue.

All these potential environmental hazards then have to be remediated, and that’s where Zefiro’s second major service comes in.

The company also has the capacity to conduct what the industry calls the plugging and abandonment, or P&A, process.

Only 25,000 wells were plugged in 2022, which means that the backlog spans more than 140 years. Zefiro will have work as far as the eye can see.

To scale up its efforts, Zefiro is focused on a “roll up” strategy that will see it acquire multiple smaller companies.

It’s already started this process by acquiring Plants & Goodwin, a third-generation family business in Pennsylvania that’s been plugging wells for over 50 years.

Plants & Goodwin is the leading plugging specialist in the northeast, with a territory the primarily covers Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and West Virginia.

In a highly fragmented industry with a lot of “mom and pop” shops, Zefiro’s roll-up strategy offers operators better access to capital, better valuations and a professional growth path.

It also offers them access to the stellar management team that drives Zefiro.

Uniquely, Zefiro is currently the only operator I could discover in the space engaging in this strategy, which could position them for explosive growth in the near future. 

Reason #5: Over 100 years of combined experience in energy trading gives Zefiro a wealth of insider industry contacts 

The team at Zefiro has a wealth of connections in the oil and gas industry, thanks to a collective resume that includes 100 years of combined experience.

Key players on the team have worked for the “big four” financial powerhouses — JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America.

In those roles, they have worked with highly placed executives in the oil and gas industry, and they have helped oil and gas companies execute billions in transactions.

Companies they have worked with include Exxon, Chevron, BP, Shell, Marathon and ConocoPhillips.

These contacts should come in handy as Zefiro looks to grow its business.

Zefiro Methane Checks All My Boxes

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