markymar
- 03 Dec 2003 11:36
cynic
- 11 Sep 2009 08:08
- 3181 of 6492
as has been pointed out before .....
Mr Phipps said ...... "....... if they were to discover oil in February, it would not be extracted for four or five years."
Councillor Summers said: If oil is produced, and thats still a long way off ...... but I must stress that is still a long way off. We dont yet know if there are commercial accumulations of oil."
surely common sense says take profits now - and quickly
marni
- 11 Sep 2009 10:03
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yes but u have to put money in 1st to get profits......something that u dont seem to do cynic so i dont know why u post on so many threads.......u apparently have a job but i dont know how u do it as u seem to be on this website so much
cynic
- 11 Sep 2009 10:11
- 3183 of 6492
so are you saying i don't buy shares then?
or
are you saying that i rarely buy "blue sky" and frequently throw some cold water of reality into the pot - e.g. here?
marni
- 11 Sep 2009 10:27
- 3184 of 6492
i'm saying you "hardly" put money on more speculative shares.....i dont consider them blue sky as such.
i just dont know why u need to post on these threads unless its to post some caution as u do about taking profits......as i find u dont know much on certain companies on some of these threads from what i read...........hey, look at rpt it just keeps on going up, lol
greekman
- 11 Sep 2009 10:29
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Yet more movement from one of the Falkland Oil Crew Companies.
Rockhopper Exploration, the North Falkland Basin oil and gas explorer, is pleased to announce that it has agreed terms with a third party energy company for a farm-in to one of the Company's licences, through a contribution, at a promote, to the costs of drilling one well on the licence and to certain back costs. A Letter of Intent to farm in has been signed and discussions continue to progress the agreement this into a fully binding joint venture.
Now I wonder if this will end up like the bus stop syndrome. You seem to wait for ages for one to come along, then what happens, three or more come at once.
As for cynic. He is has been a serial de-ramper for years, who I squelched long ago, so can only assume by other posters that he is still at it. Why o why doesn't everyone squelch him, as even if he does presumably have something relevant to say it is lost in the massive volume of dross.
cynic
- 11 Sep 2009 10:43
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you need to know bugger all about a company to know when sp has got miles ahead of itself and even the official line is one of great caution - as here.
isn't it strange that the perjorative term deramper is bandied about as soon as someone like myself throws some reality into a thread.
i don't suppose you would therefore class yourself as a ramper then?
merely a cool and hard-headed gambler - sorry, investor perhaps?
==========
there is speculation and damn-foolery
pretty much any share is speculative to a greater or lesser extent, and certainly my portfolio is full of 2nd and 3rd liners (or lower!)
do i currently hold any stinkers?
no
have i made some good buys?
of late, not half!
AFR will do as a good example - invested (gambled!) 3600 in june/july - current (paper!) clear profit 4000
or
TLW - invested (gambled) 1650 in july - current (paper!) clear profit 3100
marni
- 11 Sep 2009 11:20
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not much of a gambler or investor then......1650........doesnt even pay my council tax for the year!
cynic
- 11 Sep 2009 11:30
- 3188 of 6492
nor mine ..... but where is 1650 mentioned as a profit? ..... for someone who loves quoting % gains, you don't seem to be very good at recognising them
wish i could double (could argue that should read triple) my investment (sorry gambling) values every 2/3 months .... and yes, i do bank profits regularly
marni
- 11 Sep 2009 11:59
- 3189 of 6492
you always mention profits.....is that 50 or 100 quid here and there.....zzzzz
no wonder u are glued to this all day every day.....u seriously need to get a life
cynic
- 11 Sep 2009 12:08
- 3190 of 6492
which bit do you choose not to read?
3600 invested in june/july now reads 7600 = 4000 clear (paper) profit
1650 invested in july now reads 4750 = 3100 clear (paper) profit
as to what i do all day, it really is none of your biz ..... though i am glad to say that our own "proper" biz continues to run very profitably even in these tough times, albeit not as good as last year's record result
cynic
- 11 Sep 2009 15:35
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inter alia, because i choose to
marni
- 11 Sep 2009 15:53
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u r a very sad lonely man cynic......i fel sorry for you being glued to screen all day. i'm just glad i dont have shares in company u work for as it certainly cant be getting its moneys worth out of your performance (or non-performance)
cynic
- 11 Sep 2009 16:33
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and you clearly enjoy being a bitter little queen, but then i guess you choose that role ...... it happens that my job entails the computer being on, so no hardship to watch my investments - sorry, gambles - performing and, as it happens for the last few months, very successfully indeed, despite the inevitable odd blip
markymar
- 11 Sep 2009 22:10
- 3195 of 6492
http://www.fleetstreetinvest.co.uk/oil/oil-outlook/oilo-britain-falklands-84477.html
Is Britain About to Become the New Kuwait?
Date 11/09/2009
The Right Side | By Frank Hemsley
greekman
- 12 Sep 2009 10:24
- 3196 of 6492
As reiterated in todays press, the oil majors such as Shell, BP, Exxon and the like are still desperate to boost their inventories, mainly due to the fact of low oil reserves on their books, but also due to intentionally over estimating for the last fews years in order to enhance their share prices.
As the Falkland field possiblefinds are being talked about in the same volume category as the BP and Chevron recent finds in Mexico how long will it be before the minnows such as Des/Fogl/Rock and the like are taken over.
IMHO the question won't be so much if as when. Will they wait till oil is pumping in sufficient quantities and risk loosing out to a competitor that jumps first or chance getting in on the ground, IE now.
Both strategy are a risk but which once will they take.
cynic
- 12 Sep 2009 12:46
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i won't post this 3 times, but this company seems to be the main driving force.
1) there is little doubt that there is oil in the falklands basin, probably in significant amounts
2) as yet, no one has proved the above nor the ease or otherwise with which it can be extracted - as and when found
3) no one (except perhaps here) believes that (eventual) find to flow will or can be less than at least 5 years
3) even if there are substantial quantities of oil to be found, it would be surpremely stupid to suppose that every well drilled will be a success ..... and dusters for minnows have a disproportionate effect on their sp
4) for sure the major oilies need to boost their reserves, and it is equally true that buying known reserves and/or production is much better and cheaper than doing their own exploration
5) but to buy on the premise that the majors are just waiting in the wings to pounce before anyone has even started drilling, is worse than foolish - it's actually a bad policy in any investment; it needs to stand on its own
6) despite the (strong) possibilities of ultimate drilling success, i still maintain my view that sp here and in associated companies has got way ahead of the game ...... now is not the time to buy, or if a holder, taking at least partial profits would be more than prudent to allow a war-chest to re-purchase if desired at a more opportune moment - that will assuredly arise
required field
- 12 Sep 2009 12:50
- 3198 of 6492
I bet EK will short some of them soon : he'll jump in at the top.
robstuff
- 15 Sep 2009 14:35
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A good opportunity now for anyone not in these to jump aboard whilst it's settled back as i expect it to rise steadily from here. The research and analysis these days is far far more accurate than it was 10yrs ago and it's just a matter of time getting the rig out there - they know exactly where the oil sits and where to drill now, and I believe oil will be flowing next yr in the Falklands and DES sp to top 10
cynic
- 15 Sep 2009 16:43
- 3200 of 6492
get a life! ...... next year? ...... more likely Next Year in Marienbad