2012 November

Max Petroleum – From Russia with Love

Good news for MXP shareholders – the company lives to fight another day thanks to some russian support. Nothing’s cheap these days in terms of debt refinancing – but as seen with the likes of Comet and Woolworths etc – it’s easy to disappear off the planet in a few weeks when the admin teams …

2012 Hotlist Results – Week 47

Week 47 of 2012 As mentioned last week – the sell off in European and US equities seemed a tad odd against the strong performances in the far east/Asia. The NIKKEI 225 closed at 9367 and is at 6 months highs – the last time it tested these ranges, it went on to break the 10k level. …

Baghdad, Kurds and Kilts

Neighbourly disputes are never pleasant. Domestic violence is high on the Police priority list as it seems we are apparently more likely to beat the living daylights out of our nearest and dearest than some complete stranger. That’s certainly not the case for many of us, but where Neighbours are concerns, all out war can …

Antrim Energy – Double Whammy

It’s been a busy time for Antrim lately with 5 meaningful RNS’s in the last 4 weeks. One month ago – Antrim announced an Oil Discovery at the Contender Well in the Northern North Sea. Tests were needed to be done before the discovery could be deemed commercial. Flow rates have not been published as …

Gulf Keystone Court Case – hotting up

For the past 5 weeks, the court has largely been preoccupied with the cross examination of the key witness statements with the Wempen brothers (Excalibur) taking the stand first. The press were there on the first day ready with pens/daggers (both very much the same) out and ready to conjure up a headline story. After …

WesternZagros Exceeds Expectations from First Cased Hole Test in Kurdamir-2 Oligocene

Terrific news for WZR shareholders. This was supposed to be the poorest quality of all zones targeted and yet it has provided a significant increase in volumes and flow rates based on previous expectations. The high quality api (38) is also a surprise. This certainly bodes well for the 2 remaining tests which WZR have …

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