GOLD OIL, the London-based oil exploration company focused on the South American and Caribbean region, announces that in late December 2005, the Company received an Operator Certificate from PeruPetro that allows the Company to carry out seismic, drilling and development operations in Northwest Peru.
The Promotion Licence signed with PeruPetro on October 15, 2004 with PeruPetro for Block XI (now renamed Block XXI) onshore Sechura Basin has been converted to an Exploration and Production Licence. The Licence now goes to the Ministry of Energy and Mines for approval, which could be forthcoming anytime between February and May of this year 2006.
The terms of the E&P Licence commit the Company to either shoot 120 km of 2D seismic or drill a well in the first period of five over a seven year term. The remaining four periods require the Company to either drill a well or drop the acreage. The Licence is for a term of 30 years for oil and 40 years for gas, with a minimum royalty of 5% on wellhead production for the first 5000bopd (30 MMscfd for gas) rising to 20% if and when production reaches 100,000 bopd (600 MMscfd for gas).

Times Article:
Gold Oil is valued in the market at about �15m. That is so small that almost any good news must have a big impact on the share price.
What are the chances of that happening? Run by a former Burmah Oil director, Mike Burchell, Gold Oil will drill the first in a series of wells in the Sechura Basin in April. There will be surprise if it does not find gas, as another company, Olympic, has done just that in a similar formation nearby.
The secondary target, later in the year, will be oil, I gather. A couple of months ago, Petro Tech made a big oil find offshore in the Sechura Basin. The theory is the oil may have migrated up into Gold Oil�s block. Don�t ask me to explain the geology because I don�t speak Palaeozoic. But a decent oil find here would be a company-maker.
Gold Oil has enough cash to fund this year�s drilling programme. And it already has a deal in place to sell its gas to Mann Ferrostaal, a German company that is building an ammonia plant nearby. Getting all that for �15m seemed a bargain to me. But Gold Oil still has to find its gas.

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Lizard

As Gold Oil have 815M shares in issue (let's call that a billion) the the NPV of $2.6B would imply $2.6 per share. Of course this could be degraded if there was any debt but as far as I can see there isn't any.

There is of course the matter of interest rates which will affect the NPV. As interest rates might increase (that can't fall by much as they are bottom dwelling already) that will drag the NPV down. Let's assume the interest rates will double over the meaningful life of the NPV then that will halve the return. So now we are looking at $1.3 per share.

Let's halve that again to be prudent. We then get 65c per share which is about 40p.

Now the purchaser wants to make a buck or two so let's halve it again. We then get 20p.

So my calc (guestimate) comes out at something less than 20p whereas your value is something north of 7p. So is it sensible to say that a middling figue of 13.5p would be reasonable.

I now await the flood of opinions which beg to differ.

A lot depends on the farmin'.....what percentages....might go up to 10p...and also depends on how long investors have to wait to get a rig....

SC- I didn't put any value I am just quoting the CPR value of $2.6bn and i still believe this block has much more upside to come as they have only completed 800 sq km of 3D seismic over an area the equivalent size of 17 North Sea blocks
to come to a P50 of over 2 billion barrels.

Agree with rf a lot depends on the percentages etc but have read the recent Broker reports who taking into the account recent upgrades in P50 a two well deal would give a value of 16.24p per share and three well 23.38p per share, they also have forecast a cash investment to redeem previous development costs.

BPZ have just completed a farmout deal for an offshore block north of Z-34 with Pacific Rubiales for $335m with $150m of that in cash for a 49% stake.

I think someone might want to buy Gold Oil as they hold 100% of a very significant asset. Addionally the company has some other very good interests in Colombia and Peru.

The company are also due to start drilling in Colombia anytime now, if not already.

Brave man for getting back in Mr C! I remember trading these way back in 2006/7 until lots of promises never quite came true. I'm not really one for dragging up the past as lots of things can change in the meantime, but just as a reminder of this little gem (heavy sarcasm) your post from 2007 just about covers it:
"cynic - 26 Jan 2007 17:42 - 2812 of 4515
i hold quite enough crap E&P companies in my portfolio (GOO, CHP, VOG) ....."
and am not sure that very much has changed! I seem to remember GOO were about to get licences to drill in Cuba, but that never came to pass either.
Good luck to lizard who seems to have stayed faithful to the cause ever since the start, way back in........... pre Ifraj Parvisi days?

I'm hoping the management have the cojones to run with what might be a successful company rather than selling out. I would dearly love the price to hit £1. I'll keep dreaming.

SC - I suggest increasing the medication to numb the senses! ;o)

i still don't think it's much of a company as the share price has shown over the last 4/5 years ..... why the present excitement i really do not know, but i was more than happy to make a modesty turn ... i am still undecided whether or not to try to repeat the trick

Any possibility of changing the heavy print here......I can read this from 2 yards away !.

RNS Number : 8220C
Gold Oil PLC
08 May 2012



For Immediate Release
8 May 2012


GOLD OIL PLC



("Gold Oil" or the "Company")



Peru Block Z34 - Farm Out Update





Gold Oil, the AIM-listed oil and gas exploration and production company, (AIM: GOO), with a primary focus on opportunities in Latin America, is pleased to provide the following update to its plans to seek a farm out partner(s), for its interest in Block Z34, offshore Peru.

Gold Oil has received expressions of interest from a number of potential farminees following the planned date for receiving bids for acquiring equity in the block. The Company will now progress discussions with interested parties with a view to firming up proposals and deciding on the next steps

For further information on the Company, visit www.goldoilplc.com or contact:

Gold Oil Plc:



Richard Mew - CEO
Tel: +44 (0) 203 427 5089






Seymour Pierce Ltd (Nomad and Joint Broker):



Jonathan Wright / Stewart Dickson (Corporate Finance)
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7107 8000

Richard Redmayne / David Banks (Corporate Broking)








FirstEnergy Capital LLP (Joint Broker):



Hugh Sanderson / Travis Inlow
Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7448 0200






Buchanan (Financial PR)



Tim Thompson/Ben Romney/Helen Chan
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000









This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

the lemmings now all abandon ship .... clearly many misread farm-out as buyout .... the rocket and stick syndrome prevalent with this stock strikes yet again

AGREE!!!!! I thought a FarmOut was a neutral position. Why the selling, it seems rather overdone. Maybe a buying oportunity.

why a buying opportunity? ..... misguided lemmings clearly fooled themselves into thinking a t/o was imminent .... this is and always has been rubbish company so no reason to buy especially in the current market climate

Cynic

I take your point but I am confused. If what you say is true why has Iraj Parvizi continued increasing his shareholding. Also why has he sold out and now Mrs Parvizi holds the shares.

i have no idea, but i do know he is a very wealthy professional poker player and held these shares for a number of years ..... i dare say switching the shares to his wife's name is a tax move of some kind

For Immediate Release
16 May 2012






GOLD OIL PLC



("Gold Oil" or the "Company")



Colombia: Spud of La Vega Este -1 well in the Azar Block





Gold Oil, the AIM-listed oil and gas exploration and production company, (AIM: GOO), with a primary focus on opportunities in Latin America, is pleased to announce the following update regarding its operations in Colombia.

Gran Tierra Energy, the operator of the Azar Block located in the Putumayo Basin, Colombia has informed Gold Oil that the drilling of the La Vega Este -1 well on the block has commenced with the well spudded on 14th May. The La Vega Este -1 well will be drilled to a depth of 11,485 feet (Measured Depth) and will target primarily the Villeta formation with the Caballos as a secondary objective. Gold Oil is currently producing from the Villeta formation in its Nancy Burdine fields. The operator believes the well has a 34% chance of finding oil and could flow at initial rates of between 1,500 and 2,000 bopd if all objectives are oil bearing (300 to 400 bopd net to Gold Oil before royalty payments).

The well is expected to take 35 days to drill. If during drilling the well indicates oil potential it is intended that the well will be completed and tested using a less expensive work over rig.

Gold Oil has a 20% interest in the block (subject to ANH approval) and under a prior commercial agreement will only contribute 10% to the costs of the well.



For further information on the Company, visit www.goldoilplc.com or contact:

Gold Oil Plc:

Richard Mew - CEO Tel: +44 (0) 20 3427 5089



Seymour Pierce Ltd (Nomad and Joint Broker):

Jonathan Wright / Stewart Dickson (Corporate Finance) Tel: +44 (0) 20 7107 8000

Richard Redmayne / David Banks (Corporate Broking)



FirstEnergy Capital LLP (Joint Broker):

Hugh Sanderson / Travis Inlow Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7448 0200



Buchanan (Financial PR):

Tim Thompson/Ben Romney/Helen Chan Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7466 5000

Broker Note taken form another site.

Gold Oil 3,5 (BUY) - Spud of La Vega Este -1 well
GOO.L (5p, Target price 8p), Market cap £45m

Gold Oil has announced that its partner Gran Tierra Energy has spudded the La Vega Este -1 well on the Azar Block in Colombia. The well will be drilled to a depth of 11,485ft and will target primarily the Villeta formation with the Caballos as a secondary objective.
Gold has a 20% interest in the Block with Gran Tierra estimating a 34% CoS of finding oil, which they believe could flow at initial rates of between 1,500 and 2,000bopd if all objectives are oil bearing (300 - 400bopd net to Gold before royalty payments). This is further supported by the fact that Gold is currently producing from the Villeta formation at its NBM field.
This is encouraging news for Gold as they look to build further production from their Colombian acreage. The company’s share price has drifted somewhat from the highs of last week as negotiations continue on the potential farm down of Block Z34 in Peru. We feel a resolution to this issue will be the key share price driver in the near term. We reiterate our BUY and 8p target price.

Gold Oil (LON:GOO) surged 42% to 5.82p during afternoon trading on huge volume as the market looks to be positioning itself prior to the farm out update on the Z34 block in Peru. It would appear the market is expecting an update imminently by the way they chased this one higher today

perhaps consider seriously selling on or before the news

Gold Oil Looks To Have Struck It Big In Peru At Block Z34

Colombia and Peru focused Gold Oil has enjoyed a strong start to the year on the back of some good figures in the Competent Persons Report (CPR) on Block Z34, offshore Peru. The company’s share price has been a major benefactor of this news, almost trebling from its 2.5p level at the turn of the year, before falling back to its current level above 5p. Elsewhere in the portfolio, consistent production continues in Colombia, and with drilling of a new well nearby soon to commence, Gold Oil will hope to add to this output shortly.

As was flagged in our last Gold Oil article in February with regards to Block Z34, the shooting of 3D seismic and subsequent CPR thereon would prompt the tendering for farm-in partners to assist with the natural successor to this work – drilling. This tender process formally started in early February with the opening of a data room, and given the substantial amount of interest received, the bid deadline was extended to early May. An announcement on May 8 confirmed that the company had received a number of expressions of interest on the potential farm in to Block Z34, and discussions will now be sought with the interested parties to flesh out any firm proposals before deciding on the next steps. Given the financial and operational requirements of the licence, interest has favoured ‘significant’ oil and gas companies. The strong technical element to expected operations has also favoured these particular suitors, but will also extend the requisite due diligence, and thus the time period to finalise a partner/partners for a 50-70 per cent stake.

Such interest is the culmination of 10 months worth of work which commenced in July and August last year with the acquisition of 808 square kilometres of 3D seismic in two areas of Block Z34. CGGVeritas completed processing of the data before year end and its interpretation and independent assessment was handled by DeGolyer and MacNaughton (D&M) who, after identifying twelve key prospects, produced the CPR. The CPR was limited to these twelve key prospects, but even so, estimated a combined mean prospective resource of 2.02 billion barrels of oil with a mean potential net present value (NPV) of US$2.6 billion. These figures were surrounded by low, best and high resource estimates of 1.3 billion barrels (US$1.8 billion NPV), 1.9 billion barrels (US$2.5 billion NPV) and 2.8 billion barrels (US$3.5 billion NPV) respectively, in addition to a risked mean prospective resource of 414 million barrels of oil (no NPV calculated). Each of the twelve key prospects was allocated a geological chance of success by D&M which ranged in value from 16.2 per cent to 32.4 per cent.

As if the figures mentioned in D&M’s CPR weren’t enough, there is further potential within Block Z34 with those prospects identified by the recent 3D data, but not included as one of the ‘key twelve’ and thus excluded from the CPR, providing future investigative value. In addition, numerous other leads identified by Gold Oil from earlier 2D seismic data exist but now find themselves in the unfortunate position of descending the priority list.

While the company’s Peruvian licences were acquired for their high impact exploration value, the objective of the Colombian licences was always to provide a stable production and development platform for the AIM junior. This strategy still holds as Gold Oil enjoys production from the Villetta formation on its 58.05 per cent held Nancy Burdine field. Gross production fluctuates between 550 and 600 bopd, which after royalties and taxes sees the company’s net take home production reduced to about 27 per cent, or c.150 bopd; while receiving a price based on the more favourable Brent.

Targeting the same Villetta formation, as well as the deeper Caballos, is the La Vega Este-1 well which spudded on May 14 on the company’s 20 per cent owned Azar Block. Azar is located in the same Putumayo Basin as Nancy, and operator Gran Tierra Energy believes the well will take 35 days to drill to a measured depth of 11,485 feet, plus extra for testing and completion. Gran Tierra has estimated that there is a 34 per cent chance of finding oil capable of initially producing 1,500 – 2,000 bopd (300-400 bopd net to Gold Oil before royalties), and if successful, will be completed and tested using a cheaper work over rig.

With so much other activity, Block XXI onshore Peru, has been relegated to a footnote. However, with the Brazilian mining giant Vale on board as a 70 per cent earn in partner, Gold Oil already has the ‘significant’ partner as required elsewhere in Peru, and this all before the shooting of seismic. Some licences have all the luck!

no wonder all you pure collectors have been keeping quiet ..... have just read that fascinating article in yesterday's telegraph about the singularly savoury MrP and other internal shenanigans

the rocket and stick allusion has been most apposite