Desire Petroleum

<>Desire Petroleum plc (Desire) is a UK company listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) dedicated to exploring for oil and gas in the North Falkland Basin.

Desire has recently completed a 6 well exploration programme. The Liz well encountered dry gas and gas condensate at 2 separate levels while other wells recorded shows.
Together with the Rockhopper Exploration Sea Lion oil discovery in the licence to the north, these wells have provided significant encouragement for the potential of the North Falkland Basin. The oil at Sea Lion is of particular interest as this has demonstrated that oil is trapped in potentially significant quantities in a fan sandstone on the east flank of the basin. It is believed that over 50% of this east flank play fairway is on Desire operated acreage.

Desire has now completed new 3D seismic acquisition which provides coverage over the east flank play, Ann, Pam and Helen prospects. The results from fast-track processing of priority areas are provided in the 2011 CPR. A farm-out to Rockhopper has been announced. The revised equities are shown on the licence map (subject to regulatory approval and completion of the farm-in well). Desire Petroleum

Rockhopper Exploration

British Geological Survey

Argos Resources



Latest Press Realeses from Desire

Just a hunch Harry....what price target do you have marky..?

Mitzy

At the moment no oil in commercial quantities has been found so at the moment all desires prospects are valued at very little but when Desire do resume drilling and they are successful in discovering commercial quantities of oil then every other prospect will get a value even though it may not of been drilled.

When a oil rig gets to the Falklands and before the drill bit goes in am sure you will see a share price of between 2 to 5 and if they hit oil it will go ballistic.

marky with availability of rigs easing and rates coming down don't you think FOGL with the resources of BHP/BLT behind them will be the first to drill?

Halifax

Who knows, I know there is a operators meeting to be held over in the Falklands in the near future where all operators of all oil companies and partners will be across there.

Who ever drills first will have a knock on affect on all other oil companies share price but once that EIA report is passed Desire are drill ready on all targets they wish to drill.

FOGL still need to pass the hat around to secure more money to fund a drilling campaign and there is still a lot more work to be done in the background

My money is still on Desire to drill first with Rockhopper and I think it will be this year.

Marky why do you say FOGL would have to pass the hat round when BHP/BLT are going to foot thr drilling costs?

Halifax,

BHP said they would pay the costs of a 2 well program and to drill in FOGL acreage you will need anchored semi-submersible or drillship for exploration drilling and some how to send a ship over there for just 2 holes to be drilled I can not see as a drillship would cost $500,000 a day so I would expect FOGL to raise a lot of cash so they could drill a couple of holes of there own

To drill just 2 holes is a wasted opportunity hence I see the hat passed round and more dilution in the shares

I think I remember you saying DES would drill in 2008 marky...and 07,06...and so forth...one day they may drill and we can all make a few bob!

marky isn't it likely when bhp/blt moblise a rig they may offer it to others when they have completed two holes? The cost of moving a rig to the Falklands is the main stumbling block.

Chav , your totally correct as back in 2005 Desire raised 25.15 million that would allow the company to proceed more rapidly to commission a rig and drilling would take place in 2005 and 4 years later am still sitting here waiting for news of a rig been secured.

Prices of rigs went through the roof and to drill a 3 well campaign look very unlikely but now the price of oil has dropped oil companies are re evaluating there programs and are not drilling and the rig market has freed up and the prices are falling quiet quickly and Desire are talking of a 4 well program, Several discussions are ongoing

Halifax,

BHP could be one of the several they are in discussions with but FOGL they need a high spec rig or a drillship as the water depth are so much deeper than in the NFB.
Desire and RKH dont need a high spec rig as so much shallower so its a lot cheaper the day rate.

Despite market malaise DES is advancing to 30p.

High volume pre 9am.

http://www.offshore247.com/news/art.aspx?Id=12984

"Rig contractor Pride International has confirmed the trend towards more sub-letting of drilling units in mature exploration regions including the UK North Sea.

Reporting fourth quarter and full year results for 2008, Pride said the drilling sector was started to feel the pinch from the economic downturn as more rigs were left without work as clients seek to cut capital spending.

Some idle capacity among the industry's 112 midwater units has begun to surface in various locations around the world, especially in more geologically mature regions, Pride commented in its results statement.

With the average remaining contract duration on midwater rigs at approximately two years, customers in some regions, such as the UK North Sea, and others with limited capital resources, are increasingly subletting rig time in an effort to reduce capital spending during 2009, contributing to a more challenging near- to intermediate-term pricing environment.

However Pride said that currently, 97% of its midwater rig days are committed to contracts this year, and 70% are committed in 2010."

Bollinger Bands

DES.L has closed above bottom band by 34.0%. Bollinger Bands are 40.7% narrower than normal. The narrow width of the bands suggests low volatility as compared to DES.L's normal range. The bands have been in this narrow range for 0 bars. This is a sign that the market may be about to initiate a new trend.

From Jac on iii

Just spoken to Ben at Buchannans and asked how the ongoing discussions were progressing.
He said he he wasn`t privy to that info but as far as he was aware they are still talking.
I asked why,after the lessons from 2005, they didn`t just pay up and drill.
He said the directors were acutely aware of shareholders feelings but also if they could negotiate something that made the drilling of another 1 or 2 wells possible, then they had to pursue this.
I reiterated the fact that we missed out last time through them trying to be too clever and he agreed that the board were aware they "had to enter the market soon before oil and rig rates shoot up again."
He stated that he would press the board into giving shareholders the full state of play in the results due in April but at this moment in time was not aware of any times or dates for other announcements.
Finally he and the board were well aware of shareholder disapproval but in his personal opinion we will have a rig this year.
Not a lot I know but just thought I`d post something to do with Desire(scary to think that you could be on trial for a murder you hadn`t committed and that some of these posters could be on the jury)!

Oil cos rising against a falling market today.

Things are moving ahead apparently.

RNS Number : 2574O
Desire Petroleum PLC
04 March 2009






For immediate release
4 March 2009









Desire Petroleum plc




('Desire' or 'the Company')




EIA Submission




Desire Petroleum plc (AIM:DES) the exploration company focusing on the North Falkland Basin, is pleased to announce that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) prepared by RPS Energy has now been submitted to the Falkland Islands Government.




This EIA covers the Desire operated licences PL 006, 007 and 034.




Approval is expected in July 2009.




For further information please contact:




Desire Petroleum plc



Stephen Phipps, Chairman

Ian Duncan, Chief Executive Officer
020 7436 0423






Seymour Pierce Limited

Jonathan Wright

Richard Redmayne
020 7107 8000






Buchanan Communications
020 7466 5000

Ben Willey

Ben Romney








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From Westmount Energy today half year results

Desire Petroleum Plc (Desire)

We hold 5.2 million ordinary shares in Desire. On the 10 February 2009 they reported that they have not yet contracted for a rig to drill the Falklands licence area but that the global rig market is beginning to ease both in terms of availability and cost. The Board of Desire are of the opinion that the fundamentals of Desire's project remain unchanged notwithstanding the current oil price and that they are hopeful of resolving the rig position in the near future. They reaffirm that the project remains unchanged with any discoveries offering very exciting prospects. We await further news regarding progress on this project.

Bollinger Bands

DES.L has closed below upper band by 25.3%. Bollinger Bands are 73.4% narrower than normal. The narrow width of the bands suggests low volatility as compared to DES.L's normal range. The bands have been in this narrow range for 4 bars. This is a sign that the market may be about to initiate a new trend.

Desire issues Falklands EIA

Offshore staff

PORT STANLEY, Falkland Islands -- London-based Desire Petroleum has submitted an environmental impact assessment (EIA) to the Falkland Islands government.

RPS Energy prepared the EIA, which covers offshore licenses PL 006, 007, and 034 in the North Falkland basin. The submission was behind schedule, due to a delay in receiving the results of the analysis of benthic samples acquired last year.

PL034 is a recently awarded exploration license, following a farm-out agreement with Arcadia Petroleum. Desire has identified a new gas play in the area, which extends into this license.

Under the terms of farm-out accord, Arcadia agreed to drill and test the Alpha gas prospect, located on PL034 and Desire's existing licenses in Tranches I and L. Alpha is a large structural closure, with unrisked, mid-estimate potential recoverable reserves of 7.8 tcf.

Arcadia also agreed to drill and fund 85% of the costs of a well on the Ann oil prospect in a sub-area of Tranche C, which Desire estimates has unrisked potential reserves of 202 MMbbl.

The company is one of the more proactive in the Falklands sector, with plans and cash for a four-well program on its various prospects. Recently, however, it has been thwarted by rig availability constraints, heightened by the remoteness of the island's location in the southern Atlantic.

3/4/2009