PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WORKING-INTEREST INTRODUCES AUTOMATED AND OBJECTIVE DUE DILIGENCE AND MAX-BID VALUE™ INSIDE THE VIRTUAL AUCTION™ MARKETPLACE
Chicago, IL — April 7, 2026 — https://www.working-interest.com (Working-Interest) today announced how the company’s Virtual Auction™ Marketplace integrates its proprietary Max-Bid Value™ (MBV) methodology with its GAAP compliant Cash Flow Model (CFM) to create a transparent, rules based framework for evaluating and participating in U.S. oil and gas assets.
The Virtual Auction™ Marketplace is built on the principle that participants must be able to qualify assets quickly, determine objective bid ceilings, and complete due diligence within the compressed timelines common in oil and gas transactions, and adopt a risk management protocol before engaging in any transaction. Traditional negotiated deals often allow only 30 to 45 days to close, and participants frequently face unexpected all cash competitors, making disciplined pre LOI evaluation essential. The Virtual Auction™ Marketplace addresses these realities by embedding a standardized due diligence protocol directly into its workflow.
After E-Sign 1 (the Acquisition Agreement) is signed by the buyer, and before E-Sign 3 (the LOI) is presented to the asset seller, the Virtual Auction™ Marketplace releases Form D to the buyer, which offers participants the necessary diligence overview of the subject asset including the Max-Bid Value™ (MBV). The MBV is generated through a proprietary algorithm that prioritizes existing cash flow, production decline, oil gravity, well redundancy, and other critical asset criteria. The resulting MBV becomes an objective bid ceiling that participants can choose to adopt, or not, inside the Virtual Auction™ Marketplace, helping provide guidance through a risk management tool useful for disciplined capital allocation and mitigating emotional or reactive bidding behavior. This service is status blind, and available to every subscriber. This creates a transparent, rules based environment where every bid is anchored to objective valuation rather than subjective enthusiasm.
The analysis that contributes to and populates Form D is produced, in part, from the Cash Flow Model (CFM) — an objective tool that centralizes all assumptions, integrates production decline analysis, incorporates reserve evaluations, and models operating performance under unlimited what if scenarios. By integrating Max-Bid Value™ (MBV) and the Cash Flow Model (CFM) into the Virtual Auction™ Marketplace, Working-Interest delivers a unified valuation architecture that supports both rapid asset screening and objective financial analysis. This framework has been refined through decades of direct transaction experience and now serves as the backbone of the Virtual Auction™ Marketplace’s transparent, compliant, and valuation driven participation and acquisition process.
Founder Statement
“The Virtual Auction™ Marketplace is designed to eliminate guesswork and emotion from oil and gas transactions. By embedding Max-Bid Value™ (MBV) and the Cash Flow Model (CFM) directly into the Virtual Auction™ Marketplace workflow, we give participants a transparent, objective, and disciplined framework for evaluating assets and completing transactions efficiently. This unified system reflects everything we’ve learned from decades of real world acquisitions.” — Ronald Achs, Founder & Chief Executive
About Working-Interest
PRODUITS DE L’ÉQUIPE LLC (dba: Working-Interest) is the creator of the Virtual Auction™ Marketplace, a transparent, rules based platform for participating in U.S. oil and gas assets, including working interests, non-operated positions, mineral interests, leaseholds, and development opportunities. The company’s proprietary Max-Bid Value™ (MBV) algorithm and Cash Flow Model (CFM) provide objective valuation, disciplined participation, and institutional level due diligence for participants across the energy sector.
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