HUGE PROSPECT ON D1 OILS

D1 was originally established in 2002 to focus on the development of a portable refinery technology to produce biodiesel for the UK transport industry. During this period, it was concluded that the high cost of rape seed oil, the main feedstock for biodiesel production in Europe, renders its use commercially unattractive. As a result, D1 explored the economics, suitability and yields of a variety of specific energy crops. During 2003, jatropha curcas was identified as its feedstock of choice and the focus turned to securing output from jatropha plantations.

Jatropha was selected as D1's primary energy crop due to it's high productivity, durability and longevity. Jatropha trees can be grown on marginalised land and are durable to the elements. Furthermore, jatropha can grow in areas of minimal rainfall, although it grows better in areas of higher annual rainfall. Jatropha trees produce nuts, which contain oil, for an average of thirty years and generally have their first harvest within two years of planting. Biodiesel refined from jatropha oil complies with EN 14214, the current European standard for biodiesel. Biodiesel meeting EN 14121 specification is an approved blend when mixed with petroleum diesel.

D1 is now commercialising its D1 20 refinery able to produce eight million litres of biodiesel per annum and will utilise jatropha oil as its main feedstock. D1 believes it can maintain low production costs and produce consistent, high volume quality output through sourcing existing feedstock supplies, cultivating new yields of jatropha on existing plantations and setting up D1 20 refineries regionally. D1 is working with highly regarded agronomy and biotechnology research and development facilities in India and South East Asia and is participating in the establishment of nurseries in a variety of locations in the Asia Pacific region. These nurseries will test imported jatropha seeds against indigenous varieties to determine which will grow best under a region's climatic conditions. In addition, D1 has recently acquired the rights to a proprietary growing media which targets the specific nutritional requirements of jatropha.

The global market demand for biodiesel is growing. International energy and environmental policies have helped to create a demand for biodiesel which is estimated to reach at least 10.5 billion litres by 2010 in the European Union alone. Based on current capacity, feedstock availability and positioning in the market, the global production of biodiesel is expected to reach approximately
3 billion litres by 2010, less than one third of the projected demand in the European Union.

D1 Oils aims to become a global, sustainable, low cost producer of biodiesel and supplier of crude vegetable oil used in the production of biodiesel. To reach this objective, D1 will manage its operations regionally, securing plantation rights and establishing refinery operations in each region, thus controlling aspects of the supply chain from seed selection through to the sale of biodiesel to end customers.

To this end, D1 has established four regional operations:
UK (Teesside and London) South Africa (Johannesburg) Asia Pacific (Manila, the Philippines) and India (New Delhi).

in the (very) short term, DOO could fall to about 155 where it hits what ought to be strong support where 25 and 50 dma are running in tandem on a pretty steeply rising track ...... in the longer term, i still reckon DOO will be a survivor and crude, while its price will inevitably fluctuate, is increasingly unlikely to fall below $60 and will must surely steadily rise as reserves are used up.

hlye98 --Crude oil long term cheaper??????????? fyi: IPE may 07 Brent currently at $66.72 p/bbl vs June 08 Brent of $69.83 p/bbl. In other words hlye either you are a genius or the rest of the Oiltrading fraternity are idiots which "I do not think so"!!!

Also jatropha cost not dependent on spot mkt movements so feedstock cost known whilst crude/ or gasoil can be hedged at higher than current oil mkt lvls

exactly so robin; have mentioned that issue several times both here and on GTL site

....even the guy who is/was doing the hedging for BFC can work that out!!!! (then again probably he can't)

hyleo - oil is staying at these levels for the forseeable future.
as for jathropa the prospects are very good indeed - but cynic D1 is a very small business and its fuel isnt going to replace ethanol in the next 5 years so in my opinion GTL are still worth holding. Admittedly though D1 should do well as an individual business though(well i wouldnt be a shareholder if i didnt)

DOO and GTL are not in competition with each other ..... it's just that i do not feel that ethanol from feedstock is workable in the long term or certainly not if it is meant to be ecologically sound and economic without giant subisidies.

FANTASTIC

Please, if you would, post daily graphs on every share i hold because they are exponentially important. (Especially without comment or refernce)

hyleo, ps. change name to ho, you, imo of course, are a joker.

o/t....take a look at TZG...

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THE INSIDE LEG - Tanzania Gold
Posted by: The Insider, in Market whispers

Details on this are a little hazy, but bear with us here. The company we are told has begun sounding out prospective backers for a transformational gold deal in Asia. In will more than double the size of the firm and will have to receive special sign off from Aim as it counts as a reverse takeover. The prospect is a very lucrative one in a country that has only just opened its borders to outside prospectors.
Now I know this is a little bit Mystic Meg, but people are talking about this one flying up to around three quid a share. My source says one-fifty is more like it.

time to bring back the chart ..... lots of sp activity in last week or so ...... interesting times ahead? ...... we shall see ..... if sp can break 200 dma that could lead to some significant gain though rsi gettinmg a bit heady



green = 25 dma
red = 50 dma
black = 200 dma

the longer term chart below indicates that if 200 dma broken, then next real resistance is at 220

hubs came home tonite and said someone at work had said that it was in the paper that
an American co wanted to buy Doo...he didnt take much notice as he thought i would already know....i assume it was in the Journal....anyone else heard anyhing???

it has long been known that DOO is working on a JV with someone like BP and it is not impossible that that is at last coming to fruition.

know all about the jv and assumed that was the reason for the sp movement...just hadnt heard anything about an American Co wanting to buy Doo...

I thought we had confirmation a while back that the parties interested in buying D1 had dropped out - but a few still remained wanting a stake or in creating a JV, not a takeover.

keep an eye on next move .... sp currently stalled at 200 dma

Quiet on here considering UBS just increased their holding to nearly 18%.....confidence or what.....not long now....;o)