Financing begins with the development case
An upstream funding structure can only be as credible as the production, cost, schedule and fiscal assumptions that support it. Funding capacity should be tested against the cash-flow profile under both planned and disrupted execution.
Focus on timing and control
Headline leverage can distract from the more important questions: when funds are required, who controls drawdowns, how overruns are managed and what happens when production or approvals are delayed.
Align incentives before closing
Distribution waterfalls, shareholder funding, security arrangements and decision rights should reinforce the agreed commercial bargain. Ambiguity at this stage often reappears later as governance or liquidity pressure.
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