The tiny Irish stock on the brink of landing 'the first' post-sanction oil deal in Iraq. Ref 'Fleet Street Letter' 12-04-04..

dexter01 - Japanese want nothing to do with the war in Iraq.

"Everything is going well and the Ministry officials are helping us out to minimise personal risks etc. They are excellent professionals. Our Nominated Advisor says not to comment on dates until we can notify all shareholders simultaneaously. Regards and thanks for your support!"
David Horgan MD Petrel

The above is an e-mail posted last Thursday on the ample thread, I wanted to see if it was true, so I of course sent PET an e-mail, to see if DH was still of to Iraq this weekend, as previously stated on this thread

Just received an e-mail from Dr. Teeling -"No comments are being made at this time.", This would seem to support the e-mail above. Looks like we will just have to wait for news, expect continuing tree shakes & nervous investors selling until then, PET are being very secretive now all e-mail enquires are being answered with we are unable to comment at this time, which says to me that they are in the final stages of the contract negoitations and can not say anything until an offical rns is released. All IMHO, but the facts seem to point that way too.

Tokyo

p.s.

Cheers Tokyo. Looks that way, they have clammed up in the last few days. Lets hope its because they are looking for more pens as their old ones keep running out with all the signatures going on pieces of Iraqi paper!

Quite a heavy tree shake by the looks of it!!!!!!!

I thought 120 would be a suport level , this is not what i want like to see, especially as they appear to have put strict controls on any out flow of information.Without which there isnt much to push the price up

There will be... Just keeping quiet to prevent any leaks and premature excitement... But I have to say I thought 120p would support it too.

I also thought 120p would be the support as this is where it jumped to after the interim results. Still, if it drops much more I shall be in for some more. I see they have had to rescale the graph it has dropped so fast!

big end of day drops

Tokyo

To say that the Japanese do not want anything to do with the 'War' in Iraq may be true for the general population, but believe me that was not the case for the Government. I don't think this affects the SP of PET in any way, but trust me on this one.

Regards

PTH

Anyway guys, if Mr DH does'nt hurry up and make some kind of an announcement soon They'll be nothing left of this so called SP for Pet!!!!

Iraq sacks oil security company - as reported by AOL News


The Iraqi border patrol has taken over responsibility for protecting southern oil installations after claiming that a private US security firm on a million dollars (556,000) a day had failed.

At least 200 officers were deployed along a 100 mile stretch between the southern Iraqi cities of Nasiriyah and Basra, said Brigadier Ali al-Moussawi, commander of Iraq's southern borders.

He said his men took over responsibility from a US based security firm which had employed Iraqi, British and American guards to protect southern oil installations since the end of US-led military operations in Iraq last year.

"The American firm has failed to provide adequate protection to oil installations and pipelines, especially in southern Iraq," al-Moussawi said. "Therefore, we took over responsibility today as assigned by the Ministry of Oil."

He said 26 patrols will monitor the area and nine police stations have been established and provided with light weapons, night-vision goggles and vehicles

Hi Toyko,

Did you send the e-mail addressed to Dr Teeling? Just wondering why he answered it? If DH was off to Iraq, would he want to make it public because of the security situation? I know I wouldnt if I was him. Maybe (IMO) he is out there now? The Iraqi officials in Ireland are here for training I understand, maybe (IMO) to do with block 6.

Just my thoughts. If I am talking crap please say.

Regards,

wilbs

Hi Wilbs - No, the e-mail was sent directly to Dr. Teeling, DH is still in Ireland it was reported earlier that he would be going to Iraq this weekend, lets hope it is true as after today we need some great news to give the SP a much needed boost, nothing has changed in respects to the chances of getting the tenders, except that PET has gone quiet on the investor relations front, so this drop is nothing to worry about, even though I'm sure all our hearts sink to see the SP drop, I have a funny feeling we shall all be smiling in a couple of weeks

Tokyo

Thanks Toyko.

It was just a thought. Im not worried about the sp, im in this till the end!!
I think we may see sum more drops if no more news. I guess we will all just have to wait and see.

Better get off to work now unfortunately.

Cheers Toyko.

wilbs

My post on Iraqi Oil security (501), was really to support the view that the Iraqi's are starting to take on responsibility for their own affairs. That must be a good thing and suggests that they can start to take independent positions on other issues - such as the award of Oil contracts....hopefully the first will be with PET!! As long as PET can put forward a good bid, and I am sure they can, with adequate financial backing (Japan?), then it will be good news soon. BFN John

if they shake the tree much harder the branches(let alone the leaves)will fall off!Quite a dive recently, really ned some news and from what Tokyo is saying we are not going to get any for a while

willfagg - All IMHO, but I expect an RNS next week, lets face it the contracts will have to be signed in Iraq, we may get news leaks before then , but the RNS is a few days away, not long in my opinion for the rewards that will follow with this share, hence I have not taken any profit and still hold onto 100% of my holdings in PET

Tokyo

For those panicing, perhaps you should read a post from someone who has not lost his head amidst all the panic, as his views mirror my own, as I will not be sucked in by people who want to take my shares & profit for themselves......just stop and ask yourself, what has changed from a week ago (apart from the SP being manipulated), nothing PET's chances are still very strong, infact I would say after a week and a half of negioations they are fantastic, although if you are unable to interpret the recent info in a positive way, I'm afraid you desrve to miss out on the inevitable rise of Petrel!!!!!!


SWALF - 11 Oct'04 - 19:14 - 20179 of 20464

I am truly amazed by a posting yesterday that was taken very seriously by several people on this board. It was the rather large posting stating that the war in Iraq was being lost by the zionist Bush administration etc etc. The origin of this post was a conspiracy website that believes amongst other absurd things that 911 was a result of a nuclear explosion, that the Port Arthur massacre a few years ago was infact undertaken by a covert group of assasins and most probably the most sickening of all that the Holly and Jessica murders were in fact undertaken by the US military.

What type of investors has this share now attracted - and what type of moron believes this crap. It worries me when I see that several investors have been sucked into selling by such a sick and absurd attempt at deramping a stock. People the ONLY conspiracy here is the amatuer attempt by some idiots to make you believe that this stock is going to fail. If you cannot read between the lines then you deserve to loose your shirts. It is now being manipulated so that the so called city insiders can gain a foothold in the stock without raising suspicion through their attempts which are illegal and immoral at best. For those of you who have the intellectual level of a retard let me tell you one thing. This is not a ramp just a piece of insight. This company is on the verge of signing contracts which will put market success stories like Sage, to shame. Yes there is a very real risk but all the REAL indicators are that they have pulled of a superb upset, similar to England winning the rugby world cup(joke) The true value after announcements is in fact approx 400p

dyor imho AND dont be a bunch of morons

Tokyo,appreciate the feedback. I also have not sold any, but its good to talk!

Tokyo, that was a good bit of posting, saying what all of us want to say. I am currently still holding 100% and hope to continue doing so, so keep it up! My current employment contract runs out on the 29th October, so i hope it hits the big time before then!!!!