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CBM Partner Web site : http://www.molopo.com.au

IC Write Up : 21st Apr 2006 IC Write Up

Last Major News : 18th Apr 2006 Coal Bed Methane Project

Prelims : 27th Apr 2006 Prelim Results Link

Latest Broker Forecasts : Oriel 7th April 2006 BUY

Prelim Results and Further Updates due around 25th to 27th April 06

ABOUT FORTUNE OIL

For over a decade Fortune Oil PLC has focused on investments and operations in oil & gas infrastructure projects in China and remains one of the few overseas companies operating oil terminals and supplying natural gas in China, all in partnership with the countrys largest oil & gas companies
Fortune Oil PLC is incorporated in England and Wales and is subject to UK Listing Rules and compliance regulations. The largest shareholders are First Level Holdings Limited, Vitol and major Chinese state-owned corporations.

NATURAL GAS :




China will be the world's largest growth market for natural gas as supplies of this clean and economically attractive fuel become more accessible. Fortune Oil's investments in natural gas are principally through Fu Hua, a joint venture with a PetroChina affiliate, which on-sells gas from the pipelines supplying Beijing. In north China Fortune Oil controls and operates distribution pipelines and city gas reticulation systems as well as facilities to produce and transport Compressed Natural Gas (CNG).
Fortune Oil is now one of the leading providers of CNG in Beijing, providing clean fuel for buses, households and factories. In October 2004 Fortune Oil also became the first overseas company to supply LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) to users in China, delivering LNG by road to the ancient city of Qufu, the home of Chinese philosophy.

OIL TERMINALS :
Maoming SPM

Fortune Oil established the Maoming Single Point Mooring (SPM) in December 1994 to supply crude oil to Sinopecs Maoming refinery, the largest in southern China. The SPM now delivers 10% of Chinas crude oil imports. It allows VLCCs (Very Large Crude Carriers) of up to 280,000 tonnes to moor and deliver crude oil via a 15 km sub-sea pipeline. The SPM is owned and operated by a joint venture company, Maoming King Ming Petroleum Company Limited, and the other main shareholder is Sinopec Maoming Petrochemical Corporation.
The SPM buoy is commonly used throughout the world for loading and unloading liquids but the Maoming SPM remains the only buoy system in China used for importing crude oil. Fortune Oil believes that the SPM concept is a cost-effective solution for importing crude oil into China as many ports are shallow and will become more congested as demand increases. The only alternative to a buoy system in many ports is to dredge channels for large tankers. The SPM has provided significant cost savings to the Maoming refinery through its low operating costs and VLCC capability.

Products Terminals

The oil products market in China is in the process of deregulation and this will allow a larger role for foreign companies in the import and distribution of refined products. Fortune Oil remains one of the few foreign companies with interests in products terminals.
Fortune Oil and Vitol jointly developed the West Zhuhai Oil Products Terminal at the western entrance of the Pearl River Delta. These facilities came on stream in 1998 and comprise 240,000 cubic metres storage and jetties for receiving and distributing refined products. It is one of the few products terminals in south China able to handle 80,000 dwt ocean-going tankers. A controlling stake was sold to PetroChina which uses the terminal for supply of diesel to south China.
In addition Fortune Oil controls a LPG terminal and supply business (Fu Duo), which has 80,000 customers in Zhanjiang city, and owns storage facilities in Shantou. Prior to the restructuring of the China oil industry in the late 1990s, Fortune Oil was also a major participant in the gasoline retail market and in oil trading. We continue to operate two gasoline stations in Beijing but our trading activities are limited to low-risk domestic trading.

Blue Sky Aviation Oil

The South China Bluesky Aviation Oil Company owns and operates the refuelling infrastructure at 15 airports in south China. These include Wuhan, Guilin and the new Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. Fortune Oil and BP each hold 24.5% of the joint venture and Beijing-based China Aviation Oil Supply Corporation (CAOSC) holds 51%. The consumption of jet fuel in China is rising significantly, particularly at Guangzhou because of pent-up demand in the Pearl River Delta.
The new Guangzhou airport was opened in August 2004. The construction cost was US$2.3 billion and it is almost four times the size of the old airport in downtown Guangzhou. The new airport is capable of handling 25 million passengers and 1 million tonnes of cargo per year and ranks number three for aviation fuel sales in mainland China.

RNS, Another Directors buy. ;))

end of May

stepping up nicely this morning following RNS further evidence of growth and the massive potential here

ticking up nicely 9% + today

China looking at boosting private role in industry
China may encourage private investment in railways, other state-dominated industries

* On Tuesday May 26, 2009, 6:54 am EDT

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BEIJING (AP) -- China says it may encourage private investment in state-controlled industries such as railways, oil and power generation in an effort to boost the efficiency of the world's third-largest economy.

The announcement Monday by China's top planning agency comes as Beijing tries to boost growth and combat the impact of the global downturn. It would affect areas deemed strategically important and key to national security.

The government will "speed up research into encouraging private investment" in oil, power generation, telecommunications and other fields, the National Development and Reform Commission statement said.

The move is also aimed at countering monopolies or quasi monopolies in various industries, a legacy of decades of centralized planning.

Major state-owned companies, many of which are under direct Cabinet control, enjoy strong advantages in obtaining financing, share listings and contracts. Usually headed by Communist Party officials, they can also wield strong sway over setting industry policies.

While that may not change, the NDRC statement reiterated the leadership's concern over structural problems that have been aggravated by the global downturn and require fundamental reforms.

The statement gave no indication that foreign investment might be allowed in such fields or when a decision might be announced.

But the communist government's willingness even to consider such a change reflects urgency over reviving economic growth.

Beijing has been building up elite government-owned companies to dominate domestic industries such as oil, telecommunications and finance. But officials acknowledge such companies are so far much less competitive than their private counterparts elsewhere.

China has sharply reduced the government's role in the economy since the launch of reforms in 1979. But economists says it has to push ahead with more sweeping changes if it hopes to continue economic growth and boost incomes.

Acquisition +business development all good news.

yes cwmam all good news coming from fto but sp not supporting it reason why?

My two buys Monday and Tuesday have yet to appear as a buy or a sell?... Plenty of sells shown

My buy this morning did not appear??

Huge volume of trades today??

Some life in the S.P at last.

With the interims closeand a good recent rise in sp from a company that tends to bore the pants off its investors.
Has good news leaked this week?. I was lucky enough to get involved a few weeks back and have yet to be bored.

MUST SELL

Two days to the 2009 Interim Reportshould get a little clue with market activity over the next couple of daysI am still yet to be bored.

Fortune favours the bravethis keeps creeping up and increased institution holdings from early April to July amounts to 16,36 ml...all were within the 3% rns limit.
Barclays Global Investors Ltd (UK) 4.82mill.Tatos Securities Ltd 3.61mill.TD Asset Management Inc 3.07mill.J.M. Finn & Co Ltd 3.03mill.HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd 1.85mill.that was a coincidence?

Nice little 20% increasesounds like good news tomorrow

Blast ! missed this.....if I'm in : it does nothing if I'm out it rockets...done that for years.

I am still holding these interims today!!!!!!!

RNS Number : 0698Y
Fortune Oil PLC
27 August 2009




27 AUGUST 2009

FORTUNE OIL PLC

('Fortune Oil', 'the Company' or 'the Group')


Half Year Report for 6 months ended 30 June 2009


Fortune Oil invests in and manages oil and gas supply and infrastructure projects in China. Fortune Oil is quoted on the official list of the London Stock Exchange and has its headquarters in Hong Kong.


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS


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Strong increase in Group revenues of 27 per cent to 184 million (1H 2008: 145 million).
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Group operating profit improved 13 per cent to 7.3 million (1H 2008: 6.4 million).
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Group profit before tax increased 3 per cent to 5.6 million (1H 2008: 5.5 million).
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Profit attributable to shareholders down 35 per cent to 1.9 million (1H 2008: 2.9 million), largely due to Bluesky, whose profit contribution reduced by 1.9 million compared to 1H 2008.
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All of Fortune Oil's other operating businesses produced a higher net contribution in the period.
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Gas distribution operating profit increased 73 per cent to 4.0 million, now the largest contributor to the Company's profit.
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Net cash position of 3.0 million as at 30 June 2009 with Group cash balance of 52.9 million.


OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS


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Gas sales in 1H 2009 increased by 45 per cent to 225 million cubic metres.
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The Liulin CBM block has now produced sufficient gas to apply for reserves certification for the northern section, gas sales planned to commence in 2010 as a unique State Pilot Project.
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Volume sales of jet fuel at Bluesky rose 13 per cent to 1 million tonnes.
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Earnings from Bluesky were impacted by government pricing policy, which only stabilised in May; Bluesky's profit contribution is expected to increase significantly in the second half.
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Maoming SPM throughput increased by 8 per cent despite a one month shut down to renovate the buoy system.
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Recent appointment of Mr. Tee Kiam Poon as new business development director, previously responsible for instigating many of BP's projects in China.


Mr. Qian Benyuan, Chairman of Fortune Oil, commented:


'All of Fortune Oil's businesses produced a higher net contribution in the first six months compared to last year, apart from Bluesky. Bluesky continued to be impacted by domestic pricing policy in the first quarter, a situation that has now stabilised, providing the business with a more positive outlook.



'We are continuing to expand our integrated gas network, particularly in CNG and LNG, and we are developing further partnerships across the oil and gas industry. Fortune Oil will continue to be at the leading edge of developments in the supply of energy for China, which has emerged from the past year highly confident, both domestically and on the global stage.'

These price movements are beyond belief.