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Desire Petroleum are drilling in Falklands (DES)     

markymar - 03 Dec 2003 11:36

free hit countersDesire Petroleum

<>Desire Petroleum plc (Desire) is a UK company listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) dedicated to exploring for oil and gas in the North Falkland Basin.

Desire has recently completed a 6 well exploration programme. The Liz well encountered dry gas and gas condensate at 2 separate levels while other wells recorded shows.
Together with the Rockhopper Exploration Sea Lion oil discovery in the licence to the north, these wells have provided significant encouragement for the potential of the North Falkland Basin. The oil at Sea Lion is of particular interest as this has demonstrated that oil is trapped in potentially significant quantities in a fan sandstone on the east flank of the basin. It is believed that over 50% of this east flank play fairway is on Desire operated acreage.

Desire has now completed new 3D seismic acquisition which provides coverage over the east flank play, Ann, Pam and Helen prospects. The results from fast-track processing of priority areas are provided in the 2011 CPR. A farm-out to Rockhopper has been announced. The revised equities are shown on the licence map (subject to regulatory approval and completion of the farm-in well).
Desire Petroleum

Rockhopper Exploration

British Geological Survey

Argos Resources



Latest Press Realeses from Desire

eddieshare - 26 Jan 2005 19:49 - 554 of 6492

Hi markymar

Thanks for letting us use your nose, parrot & crystal ball. Without these the charts could mean anything. Good news flow is very important when deciding to hold. Hope your feeding this parrot well !


Kind Regards

Eddie

HUSTLER - 27 Jan 2005 00:27 - 555 of 6492

some people are losing the plot on this one
bollocks to charts start a new thread on charts if
you're so keen on them
this is a news driven stock, it only stands me at 30p
a lot of others are waiting for paybck from 1998 over 4.00
charts are meaningless in this case , hype and news drives it
long standing suporters myself included
are waiting for news which should not be far off
partners are what we want soon
then stick the pipe in the ground if water comes out
we are all knackered, if black gold
is found no need for a pension
only time will tell

regards HUSTLER

eddieshare - 27 Jan 2005 07:38 - 556 of 6492

Hi Hustler

It takes all kinds to make the world go round. I'm not sugesting the charts are making the stock go up. The charts are an indicator of the stock markets feelings on any particular stock. If people are not wanting charts then I'll not post them. The charts are open for discussion. I very much agree the news will drive DES up when they announce partners / funding ect. News will be here soon.


Kind Regards

Eddie

HUSTLER - 27 Jan 2005 08:15 - 557 of 6492

apologies eddie you work very hard on this thread
keep it up
just getting frustrated with lack of news

regards HUSTLER

mingbeaver - 27 Jan 2005 08:27 - 558 of 6492

hustler we all understand your sentiment but eddie has made some good calls in the past.

it wont be long now we are nearly there.

all the best

markymar - 27 Jan 2005 09:09 - 559 of 6492

From Behindtheline on iii

Occasionally on the board and ADVFN - rumour that the UK Gov may be involved as some sort of driver or backer of FI exploration. BGS are helping with marketing.... I just found out that HMS Endurance has side scan sonar. Would the gov allow her to be used for site survey?


What does it mean if not in the oil game?

It is normal to acquire a site survey for the following reasons:

1. Ensure no natural sea floor obstructions, canyons or anything else are present that might interfere with placement of anchors, anchor chains and subsea equipment like blow out preventers.
2. Ensure there are no shallow pocket of gas near the sea floor that could cause a blow out in the top-hole section, which is normally drilled without casing or blow-out preventers in place.
3. Check for pipelines, wrecks, other artificial debris.
4. The whole point is to protect the rig from disaster.

Only when a site survey has been carried out can a rig come and drill, this does not mean that it has been done but is intresting point.

Eddie keep up the hard work

Regards

Markymar

hampi_man - 27 Jan 2005 09:31 - 560 of 6492

Eddie, I enjoy reading your charts and feel I am learning along the way, keep up the appreciated work - HM

momentum - 27 Jan 2005 09:45 - 561 of 6492

It would appear Eddie that DES is weakening to the downside.57p area is crucial to hold.Any weakness at this point would see a quick return to 50p. Each day news doesnt arrive there are fewer buyers re-entering the market adding to the weakness.

Stuart14 - 27 Jan 2005 10:53 - 562 of 6492

Hi Momentum. If the price does drop to 50p would you see this as a good point to top-up, or as an indication of cheaper prices to follow. I do feel that the SP currently is built on a lot of sentiment and expectation (I am partly to blame!!!)but still feel that long-term the prospects are good.

maddoctor - 27 Jan 2005 11:03 - 563 of 6492

i am watching these very very carefully because if the big boys do come in then the probability of an oil strike is to my mind that much higher , i.e. they believe but to say the longterm prospects are good without a pint of oil out of the ground ,well my response is ?

Stuart14 - 27 Jan 2005 11:42 - 564 of 6492

Hi Maddoctor. I understand what you mean. Obviously if you wait until the big boys are in then you will miss the massive potential gains, although clearly still achieve great gains on the back of a strike. How would you find out if they are in or not?

maddoctor - 27 Jan 2005 11:47 - 565 of 6492

Stuart , morning ,no disrespect - lost many an opportunity waiting and with a whisper of a partner these will leap. Only answer is as i said watching and any sign of odd volumes and i will join you.

momentum - 27 Jan 2005 12:16 - 566 of 6492

50p would imho be a great buying opportunity. Although long term 60p is a screaming buy.

berlingo - 27 Jan 2005 12:24 - 567 of 6492

Eddie , keep posting the charts. Shares holding up well again. They keep coming back up. IF they dropped to .5op i would buy loads more.
Cheers everyone.

eddieshare - 27 Jan 2005 20:10 - 568 of 6492

Hi all

Hustler we all visit this site for news. Markymar is the man, Parrot & crystal ball. So no need to apologise.

Well with this news marky it looks like the news of drilling is getting closer & bigger.

Momentum I'm in agreement with your post. Buying opertunities definatly. I've just got rid of some under performers. I'm buying again at this support.

Thanks to all those who have posted.

The charts need I say it are still in an up trend. DES is up 480.49% since the low date of 04/03/04 which was 0.1025p. This is our main trend which is solid.
The candles that we are seeing of recent days are showing support at 0.59 / 0.60p. The long thin lines under the main body is where the bears have tried to push des down. As you can see not much going on above the main body (not much lines. correct term shadows). The longer the support is in place the more confident the bulls will be when it time to get in. The support candle was on 13/12/04 the big blue one.


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Good luck All

Eddie

eddieshare - 27 Jan 2005 20:13 - 569 of 6492

Berlingo

Don't you own half of DES already ?

Kind Regards

Eddie

berlingo - 28 Jan 2005 00:40 - 570 of 6492

Hi Eddie
Wish i did own half of DES. I am using my Premium Bond money to get more.Better bet at the mo by a mile.I`ve got in 3 times now just as the lines shown in your chart postings have crossed and each time have risen . Thats why the charts are a good indicator .
All the best
Berlingo

JP SALKELD - 28 Jan 2005 08:35 - 571 of 6492

An interesting question was asked on another BB: Could DES redrill/reopen the wells drilled in 1998?

I understand that 4 out of the 5 drilled had oil shows and these were capped. This strategy (if adopted by DES) makes immense sense to me and must surely reduce costs and timescales I'd have thought.
It would also mitigate some of the risk to us "investors" when drilling commences.
Keep up the good work all. I enjoy the read!

markymar - 28 Jan 2005 10:10 - 572 of 6492

JP the next drilling will be in C&D Blocks and may be F and off the top of my head only one hole was drillied in that C&D area last time may be ask Oily on ADVFN as he is the man.

It was 6 wells drilled last time and 5 had oil shows the one in the B block x shell owner had free flowing oil when that was drilled last time.

Regards

Markymar

Jon B - 28 Jan 2005 12:47 - 573 of 6492

Hi chaps,

None of the wells previously drilled are in DESIRE's acreage. As marky has stated, 5 had 'shows' which only indicate the presence of a hydrocarbon system. The wells were drilled to intercept structural highs above a proposed source rock. These shows were NOT recoverable oil . Post drilling analysis has shown that the oil generated (billions of barrels?) has more than likely migrated to below the source rock or to the basin margins(plays that were not fully tested) an any of the 6 wells.
The fact that Shell recovered free flowing oil and Gas in Tranche B was extemely encouraging (with reports of heavy flaring), but Shell subsequently and surprisingly gave up their rights to this block, which has always been a conundrum.

www.falklands-oil.com has an extremely informative section on the drilling of each well, which play was tested and why it was unsuccessful.

I don't think the idea of uncapping previous wells is a goer at all. Don't forget that these were exploratory wells, drilled only to establish the presence of oil/gas accumilation.
The fact is should DES strike oil in one of their upcoming exploratory wells(fingers crossed), It is extremely unlikely it would be used for production. Again I state exploration wells are for discovering oil/gas and establishing the presence of a reservoir. Further production wells are usually drilled drain the reservoir in an optimal manner. Often additional wells are also drilled as water injectors to 'push' oil to the production wells.

If Des strikes oil it will be 4-8 years before any production starts.

of course the share price should be many multiples of what it is today, if we ever got to that position as an independant company.
Jon
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