Another newcomer to the main market...anybody any idea what the production figures are ?

forced sales will be across the board, but given that HOIL has bucketsful(???) of proven gas and suddenly nuclear power is the black sheep (don't you love mixed metaphors), it becomes much more desirable

Went in myself first thing this morning, doing very well.

Hope you had protection on:))

Sprang out the traps, whats going on here then ?????

Reports today that they have turned down a written offer of over 400p.

You'll notice this so called "bid offer" is not dated in the media report and of course, HOIL are not available to comment it seems.

Was it before they hit "gas" ?

Sounds all a little bit fishy to me, the lack of any dates of this rumoured offer smells..........

Arbuthnot note yesterday:
"Heritage Oil

We note that Heritage Oil was off c.15% yesterday, presumably as the market wrongly thought that there was some connection to the Tullow announcement. We remind investors that Heritages ongoing tax dispute with the Ugandans is completely separate to this. Its outstanding tax bill is still due to go to arbitration in London at a date to be confirmed.

Heritage has had a difficult time following its Kurdistan update. We continue to feel that 320p/share is a fair valuation for the company. At its current price of c.285p we feel that the sell off is over done and represents a buying opportunity.

other than that HOIL rejected it and it was an informal offer

Heritage Oil has rejected an informal 1.2 billion pound takeover bid from a Middle Eastern company, the Financial Times said on Thursday.

The Abu Dhabi-based suitor, whose name is not known, recently sent Heritage management a letter offering to pay 425 pence per share, the FT said citing a source familiar with the situation.

The FTSE 250-listed company rejected the offer as too low, the paper added.

Heritage was not immediately reachable for comment.

(Reporting by Karolina Tagaris; Editing by Vinu Pilakkott)

http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A7x9Qbt0r4FNjmcAqlNLBQx.;_ylu=X3oDMTBsZ3ZhODNnBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2lyZAR2dGlkAw--/SIG=12p4kmnmd/EXP=1300366292/**http%3a//uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20110317/tbs-uk-heritage-oil-03c9bed.html

Yep, and when was it rejected ? 2010 ? Jan 2011 ? 2009 ?

does it actually matter?

Very much so, if it was before they found gas (and not oil) then the offer means nothing and is possibly just being used by someone to try and ramp the price up a bit.

Pump and dump ?

Pot and kettle??

clearly Mr P is gefruntzled that RKH refuses to climb

http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A7x9Qbt0r4FNjmcAqlNLBQx.;_ylu=X3oDMTBsZ3ZhODNnBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2lyZAR2dGlkAw--/SIG=12p4kmnmd/EXP=1300366292/**http%3a//uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20110317/tbs-uk-heritage-oil-03c9bed.html

Pros hope your not calling me a pump and dumper.

This good enough for you????? 17 mins ago.......

Heritage Oil rejects $1.9 billion approach - report
17 mins ago


Email StoryPrint StoryExploration company Heritage Oil has rejected a 1.2 billion pound takeover approach from a Middle Eastern company, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. The Abu Dhabi-based suitor, whose name was not known, recently sent Heritage a letter offering to pay 425 pence per share, the FT said, citing a source familiar with the situation.

Shares in Heritage, which declined to comment on the report, were up 6.9 percent at 309.8 pence at 9:45 a.m., topping the leaderboard of mid-sized companies .

Arbuthnot Securities analyst Dougie Youngson said the stock looked cheap following news on January 26 Heritage found gas but not oil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Heritage stock had been trading at 437 pence before the announcement.

"Heritage has had a pretty bad run since the announcement that the Miran West field is gas rather than oil," he said. "I think the sell-off is arguably overdone. Whenever a company has been hit to the extent that Heritage has been hit recently then the perception of cheapness makes them look attractive."

(Reporting by Karolina Tagaris and Paul Sandle; Editing by Dan Lalor)

GF, no not you.

Recently ? Last month ? 2 months ago ? year ago ? yesterday ?

Probably before the big "gas" find that upset the market as it was not oil.

Ahhhh right sorry mate Im with you. Got worked up with all this selling going off over last couple of weeks. Tends to get me stresfull after a while especially in a morning first hour.

Anyway I thought it was gas the Japs were calling for now ?.

Still think they are undervalued, but 425p ? who knows I dont.

Latest news........

MARKET REPORT: Heritage rises after bid snub
By Geoff Foster
Last updated at 9:22 PM on 17th March 2011
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1367369/MARKET-REPORT-Heritage-rises-bid-snub.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

When you are already worth a small fortune, there is obviously no way you are going to accept a bid which you think undervalues your company.

According to reports, the board of oil and gas explorer Heritage Oil has rejected an informal 1.2bn, or 425p per share, cash offer from a Middle East group. Chief executive and 29.7pc shareholder Tony Buckingham, who would trouser a mouthwatering 340m should he accept an offer at that price, apparently wants a lot more for his 80m shares.

Last August Buckingham banked 84.5m after announcing a 1-a-share special dividend following the sale of the groups 50pc stake in a series of oil exploration assets in Uganda to Tullow Oil. The speculation certainly got punters interested again as they chased the shares up to 317.5p before they closed 23.8p or 8pc better at 313.95p. On Tuesday the stock dropped to 277p as several heavyweight CFD (contract for difference) speculators had to respond to margin calls. In other words, cough up more cash or sell stock.



In January, Heritages shares crashed 126p in one crazy session after an oil prospect in Iraq turned out to contain gas. Heritage had previously hoped it would strike oil at the Miran West 2 well in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Elsewhere, Bank of England banknote printer De La Rue jumped 32p to 807.25p on rumours of another bid approach. The stock lost 15pc in January after French suitor Oberthur walked away from a bid. It had made its first offer of 905p a share, or 896m, in November and said then it was prepared to raise its offer to 935p a share, a level suitably below the 10 a share level that many dealers in the City believe would be required to coax agreement from De La Rues major shareholders.

Looking for another blue day.