Yes an engineer but lets call it a TECH Engineer. Compressed air technology is its main business, develops industrial air compressors and Gas seals and whats more it provides them for the OIL and GAS industry.
Very close to commercialisation now with its compressors and seals and todays deal ( see below ) should bring that very close.

Charges upfront payments, continuing royalties and development contracts so revenues are not lumpy.

It as a market cap circa off the top of my head 20 million(hope my calculator is now working) and as circa of 5 million cash on the books, very nice.

Some very big names as customers.

Heres todays announcement...........

Corac Group Plc
26 May 2004


For Immediate Release 26 May 2004


Corac Group plc ('Corac')

Joint Industry Programme for Downhole Gas Compression

Corac, the intellectual property and licensing company specialising in
compressor technology, is pleased to announce the signature today of a Joint
Industry Programme ('JIP') for the development of its unique, patented downhole
gas compression technology.

Following the recent successful completion of a Shell funded feasibility study
which evaluated both the technical and economic viability of the technology,
considerable industry interest has been generated, culminating in the addition
of a further four major international oil and gas operators to the project.

The participants of the JIP comprise ConocoPhillips, ENI, Husky Energy,
Repsol-YPF as well as Shell, all of whom have gas assets worldwide which they
believe could benefit from this game changing technology. As well as covering
the development costs for the next phase, the participants will also make
substantial resource available to ensure the final product specification meets
the requirements of the industry.

Corac's downhole gas compression concept involves the coupling together of a
number of axial compressor modules in a single compression train for
installation in the well bore in close proximity to a gas reservoir. In this
location, a modest uplift in pressure results in a very significant increase in
gas production compared with conventional methods using surface compression,
thereby accelerating gas production and cash flow from a producing asset.
Potential production rate enhancement of up to 40% has been demonstrated through
the application of downhole gas compression during a number of gas field case
studies carried out over recent months.

Placing the compressor downhole could also have the effect of being able to
lower the reservoir abandonment pressure which in turn would materially increase
the ultimate recovery from a gas field, thereby further enhancing the economic
benefit from the installation of this novel application of existing technology.

Phase 1 of the JIP is scheduled for completion by the end of 2004, with further
engineering and development work leading to the manufacture and testing of a
prototype downhole in a producing gas well within the following two years.

Commenting on the JIP, Professor Gerry Musgrave, Chairman, said:

'The support from such eminent oil and gas companies vindicates Corac's
development to date of the downhole gas compression project and gives the Group
another product line to bring to the market using its core technologies. It is
the start of a major business development opportunity which is expected to have
significant international ramifications throughout the upstream natural gas
industry.'ENDS.

Although loss making at the moment it shouldnt be very long before this one turns the corner.

Outlook

The Company has a loyal, talented workforce dedicated to the innovation and
exploitation of the technology. Successful trials have demonstrated the
commercial performance in Corac's industrial air compressor and its seals. The
Board is striving to deliver the right manufacturing and sales licences which
will yield the best returns in the long term.

We are confident that a number of deals, which have been subject to recent
intensive negotiation, will be successfully concluded in the near term.

Short to medium term investment, and anyone interested should DYOR and please remember you are responsible for the timing of your buying and selling actions.

cheers GF.

moving up again, last chance sub 60p, by the looks of it

60p+ buys now showing
break-out is gathering momentum.

59.5p mid, just ready to break through 60p now, going very nicely, next stop 1

there we go, 60p breached, onwards and upwards!

well, the "onwards and upwards" comment certainly put the kybosh on it.... !

learn to keep my big mouth shut in future!!!!

But if theres one thing I've learnt over the years, is its always nice to have a slight pull-back before plunging in again!!!!!

glad you said 'plunging in again'.... I initialy thought you'd said 'before plunges again' ....
anyway over medium term then the odd few p up or down should be insignificant if (as looks increasingly likely) the technology becomes economically and technically viable.

yes, survived87, a few pence wil not make any real difference when these are sitting at 5 .

Up a tad as we speak, and set to go very much higher over the balance of this year,imo.

KBC pushing up the bid again.

presently 60p mid-price..... wonder what it'll be via Xmas...

90p ;-)

think we should be looking at around a 1+

Couldnt agree more. NICE.

article in the well respected magazine Investing for Growth at the week-end
lengthy and well-researched article.
They reckon Corac could be a ten bagger!!!!

ticking up again.

yep NICE.

AXA Framlington announced today as another institutional shareholder

On the move again, *damn*! i was going to top up @56p couple days ago, and thought it might drift lower, will cost me a tad more now...!

well got my top up, within a hare's whisker this morning, not sure about the markets in general, but will use any weakness to build a larger than my usual stake in this company...

Money where mouth is, bought more this morning @45.75p, a showing of my confidence in this company...