The tiny Irish stock on the brink of landing 'the first' post-sanction oil deal in Iraq. Ref 'Fleet Street Letter' 12-04-04..

Sorry should have edited that post unless we have some JKX holders like me, i rate the poster as he is a top man at a city broker.

aldwickk - very interesting post I've added JKX to my watchlist, perhaps something to research & look at after PET.

Interesting story on ABC news about Interim government imposing marital law in an effort to quell the insurgents, perhaps peace may come a little quicker now.

Tokyo

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=233204

Iraqi Interim Government Declares Martial Law
Reuters

Nov 7, 2004 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's interim government declared a state of emergency for 60 days on Sunday to quell violence gripping the country ahead of January elections.

The state of emergency, equivalent to martial law, would apply throughout Iraq except the Kurdish north, a spokesman for interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said.

"We have decided to declare a state of emergency in all areas of Iraq, with the exception of the region of Kurdistan for a period of 60 days," spokesman Thaer al-Naqib told reporters.

He said the decision was intended to crush insurgents behind relentless bombings, killings and kidnappings ahead of elections scheduled for the end of January but threatened by the violence.


The announcement came ahead of a widely expected U.S. offensive against the Sunni Muslim cities of Falluja and Ramadi, which the government says are nerve centers of an insurgency they say is led by foreign militants and Saddam Hussein loyalists.

Naqib did not say how the law would be applied, but said the government would not allow rebels to derail the political process.

"The prime minister will give details in a news conference tomorrow," he said.

Iraq passed the National Safety Law giving the government the power to impose a state of emergency in early July but it was not immediately implemented.

It was one of the first pieces of legislation passed by the interim government after it took over sovereignty from the U.S.-led occupation authority at the end of June.

Emergency laws have been in place in neighboring Syria for more than 40 years and in Egypt since 1981, drawing criticism from human rights groups who say the region's leaders have abused the legislation to curb freedoms.

Iraq's law gives the government the right to impose curfews, set up checkpoints, and search and detain subjects, provided they have a valid reason and present suspects before a judge within 24 hours.

The period of martial law can be extended with the written approval of Allawi and a presidential council at 30-day intervals, but would automatically expire if not extended.

aldwick, ty for that, enthusiasm bubbling there methinks!
Its also posted at advfn

This may be of interest. off US gov. site

Shows how big this oilfield is in Kirkuk. Termed 'supergiant' with 5 Billion Barrels in reserve! Relevant? I hope!

Sorry guys this is the link for above!!!!!!!

He is a very busy man, John Teeling.

I reckon he will pull this off, sooner rather than later.

May be buy in time looking at the price.

SP down 6.50 today, does anyone know why????

The SP has taken a beating today, as a few panic sells have driven down the price, but it looks like it is again more a case of the MM's taking advantage of the situation as Sells do not heavily out weigh the buys. Check out PET's website and you will see that the slides 2004, have been updated for some reason, check out slide 6

The Iraqi Ministry of Oil (Projects Division or SCOP) pre-qualified and encouraged Petrel to tender for its three oil field development projects under cash contract-
Each oil field will produce over 100,000 barrels production daily and over 60mmcfd of gas
KHURMALA Dome and the HAMRIN Field Development are effectively Green Field sites with pre-drilled wells.No existing production or infrastructure in these fields.
Subba / Luhais development is reconstruction of a badly damaged oil field.
Petrel is finalising negotiations on KHURMALA and HAMRIN.
Ideally Petrel would convert to a risk-sharing arrangement as soon as legally possible. Deeper targets offer scope for greatly increased reserves.
Full project financing for crude oil uplifts offered by international conglomerate.


then check out slides 11 & 12

Tenders submitted April June 2004
SCOP has ranked and has evaluated proposals (July August 2004)
Detailed discussions now addressing inconsistencies and trade-offs
Typical Schedules for supply only 14 months
Construction and production schedule dependant on SCOP progress / budgets for Construction Tenders

Contracts expected to be awarded by end November


Iraqi Ministry of Oil offered nine blocks for exploration. Block 6 covers 10,000 sq kms
These Western Desert blocks are world class potential - though riskier than existing fields
Mesozoic (middle) & Paleozoic (deeper) targets
Detailed technical review of available data led to a work programme covering seismic re-interpretation, new seismic and drilling
We are re-interpreting existing seismic & will acquire new seismic and drill wells as soon as equipment & crews are available and the security situation permits


This updated slide show praises the Iraqi oil ministry and is very encouraging, Why bother to update this, if they weren't expecting the tenders to be announced soon?

This just posted on another board, but related to Geoff Foster, haven't had a reply to my e-mail but perhaps if some one could call him to confirm this, it could be great news for all of us, again not my info so can't confirm it, if someone could I'll be bright eyed and bushy looking for an RNS tomorrow morning(certainly could explain why PET updated their website today)

All

Just spoken to Geoff Foster at the Daily Mail with regards last weeks item in the Mail about the signing of contracts this week. he would obviously not divulge his source but it was not direct from PET. The article was based on the fact that his source said that the contract was to be signed and an announcement made on 9th November. he said that he may even get a call later this afternoon to again confirm this as that date is tomorrow.

Anyway thats where they stand on that..

With all this info. i would suggest that the MM's are attempting to get some very cheap shares from those with a weaker heart to sell on, when, not if, we get the fabled RNS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tokyo,

At this price I can almost envisage you taking an old telly and a broken umbrella to the local car boot to get a few more PETs in the pot. May have a new temporary job till chrimbo, then onto a PhD, so may just be sorted, and in that case, I can sit a bit tighter on my holding!

Good to see everyone is still positive and still posting.

JJ

107606 - Congrats on getting the part-time job,I hope you get to do your Phd with a bank account full of cash (care of PET), I did my 2nd degree up in Leeds after I had worked for 3 years, it was so great just to be able to study(there may have been a little partying as well) without having to worry about cash.

Anyone who wishes to ring Geoff Foster to confirm the info, his number is 020 79386000

Good luck all
Tokyo

p.s. nice to see alot of buying there near the end

Thankfully the PhD is funded (and thats tax free remember) but a little extra would not go amiss!! Do you think there is any weight behind the tomorrow claim?

Across the road they have just verified with Geoff Foster that his contact/source said tomorrow, really depends on how reliable the contact is I suppose. I have as much knowledge as you on that, but I'll be hoping that it is indeed true, and we shall all be alot richer tomorrow, if not, then the wait goes on...........only 16 possible RNS days left in November!!!!

No sign of the RNS today. Usually about 7.30 from PET, as per prev posts. Still only 15 days left in Nov now ha ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!! got to have a sense of humour on this one, only if it keeps me sane!

Some RNS's in the past have been released at 5.30pm, so we still have the rest of the day as well as the rest of the month, so hold tight guys!!!!!!

Tokyo, I'm still feeling confident that things haven't fallen away to the 80p level, so any thoughts on that line.

watcher.

Waiting for an RNS from PET is more exciting than waiting for x-mas. PET should have has their own advent calendar designed, so that we could have opened a window everyday, until the day of the announcement!!!!

good to be in now, cause if that RNS comes in close the Sp will open a lot higher in the morning! cant help feeling excited at the prospect!!!!!!

Tokyo, I see SCP is ramping away but not entirely surprised that theres sweet ba in the Mail today.
Have doubts about credibility there.
Can you vouch pls?