Amities . l have been discreetly buying this stock since it was 39p . And the more i learn the bolder are the positions i take . .....Floated in Dec 2004 it was oversubscribed and before costs the required $15 million was raised. At the helm is ex BP head of Global exploration and Resavoir management . Furthermore a success story at Global Expo . Now Nick Johnstone wants to set up on his own . And after speaking to him l am not at all surprised . He is like a "Who s Who " of the hydrocarbon world ...He has ALL the prerequisites for success so why work for some other lackey ! .. namely connections from his ertwhistle employers . He has assembled a first class management team from ex colleauges at BP ; and is his business model is simple . AFR farms in on "Big Oils " inception upstream ; and with its scale of economy it works closely with "Big oils" fields on the look out for excellent workovers oppertunities .... Already lt has via a complicated j/v a percentage of the Sao Tome and Principe acreage -Located between the oil rich waters of Nigeria and those of Sao Tome and operated by Texaco / Chevron and Esso; and believed by many to be the new North sea . . 3D Seismic testing and magnetic graphic imagery and satellite imaging has located a labyrinth of channels leading to a main resavoir which is believed to14-15 mmbbls of oil and which would leave AFR with its share of 120/140 million barrels for NO cash outlay .To ensure early cash generation Afren has entered into a production sharing agreement in the developed Ogedeh field { adjacent to the BP operated Olowi marin field which is believed to yield 180 mmbbloe. Furthernore AFR has agreed to drill the lbekelia project for Ascent resources which is expected to produce 2,500 b/pdoe to satisfy AFR percentile share ,ln addition it is a believed resouce of several years . .. , .Not a bad start for a company with little more than six months in the making . ....and well worthy of investigation !! .....@+ J

Don't know if this is welcome news or not the s/p went down a little when announced , but am in for a long time yet

Afren PLC
15 June 2007

15 June 2007

Afren plc (AIM: AFR)

Successful completion of equity raising

London, 15 June 2007 - Afren plc ('Afren' or 'the Company') announces that it
has successfully raised US$65 million through a placing of shares.

Afren today announces the successful placing of 55,320,265 shares at 60 pence
raising US$65 million, before fees and expenses. The order book was
oversubscribed, reflecting strong North American and European institutional
demand. Jefferies International Limited acted as Sole Book-runner and Global
Coordinator and Tristone Capital Limited and Bridgewell Limited acted as
Co-Managers.

An application has been made to AIM for the new ordinary shares to be admitted
and it is expected that trading will commence on 21 June 2007. The number of
shares in issue following the Placing will be 264,872,553.

The proceeds will be used in part for the Okoro Setu development, in addition to
appraisal and development drilling on the Ofa Field and other opportunities.
The Company remains on track for its production target of 15,000 - 20,000
barrels per day in mid 2008 from the Okoro Setu development:

Fully underwritten US$200 million debt facility in place
Government approval for the Field Development Plan has been received
FPSO contract has been secured
Development drilling scheduled to commence in H2 2007 with the Global
Santa Fe Adriatic VI drilling unit contracted for a nine month programme
Independent reserves audit estimates 1P oil reserves of 25 mmbbls and 2P
reserve level of 32 mmbbls

The Ofa Field is an undeveloped oil field located onshore in the Northern Niger
Delta, which has the potential to increase the current production target in
2008. In May 2007 Afren announced that the Company had farmed into the field,
which Gaffney, Cline & Associates recently estimated as having mean Stock Tank
Oil Initially in Place of up to 150 mmbbls. The forward programme includes a
well test, which involves re-entry of the Ofa-1 discovery and testing four out
of the eight identified oil bearing zones.

Afren will also be participating in exploration wells on the Themis Marin
licence in Gabon and the high impact La Noumbi licence in the Republic of Congo
(Brazzaville) during the year.

Osman Shahenshah, Chief Executive of Afren, commented:

'It is very pleasing to see such strong institutional support from both existing
and new shareholders. Afren remains on track for 15,000 to 20,000 barrels per
day by mid 2008, with the potential to expand the production target from the Ofa
development.'


Enquiries:

Afren plc +44 (0) 20 7182 1800
Osman Shahenshah Chief Executive
Evert Jan Mulder Chief Operating Officer
Galib Virani Investor Relations

Jefferies International Limited +44 (0) 20 7618 3500
Toby Hayward
Oliver Griffiths

Tristone Capital Limited +44 (0) 20 7399 2480
Simon Ashby-Rudd
Majid Shafiq

Bridgewell Limited +44 (0) 20 7003 3000
James Renwick
Chris Madderson

Pelham Public Relations +44 (0) 20 7743 6673
James Henderson
Alisdair Haythornthwaite


Background information

Afren plc

Afren (
www.afren.com
) was founded in December 2004 by a management team
including Dr Rilwanu Lukman, (Chairman), Osman Shahenshah, (Chief Executive) and
Bert Cooper (Advisor to the Board), with the vision to become the premier pan
African independent Exploration and Production company. Since its listing on
the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, Afren has rapidly expanded its
portfolio and the management team has delivered ten assets in the Joint
Development Zone of Nigeria Sao Tome and Principe, Nigeria, Gabon, Angola and
Congo Brazzaville.

Afren will continue to add to its diversified portfolio of near term development
and high impact exploration, with the overall objective of creating substantial
shareholder value.

Note

In accordance with the AIM Rules, the reserves and production information in
this press release have been reviewed and signed off by Dr Nick Johnson, who is
Head of Exploration and Production at Afren plc and has over 25 years relevant
experience within the sector. He consents to the information in the form and
context in which it appears. The Company estimates its reserves in accordance
with the guidelines and definitions of the Society of Petroleum Engineers/World
Petroleum Congress ('SPE/WPC') reserves classification (March 1997) using
accepted engineering principles.

The information contained herein is not for publication or distribution,
directly or indirectly, in or into the United States of America. This document
is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any offer to buy the shares in the
United States; the shares may not be offered or sold in the United States absent
registration or an exemption from registration under the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended. There will be no public offer of securities
in the United States.


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

IEC raised funds back in 2005 which increased the number of shares by 54%.
In order to go forward funds are necessary, so no worries on my part.

Am well pleased with todays rise, wonder how things will be after the 21st when the new shares are traded. I did think after friday they may have gone down a little but things are looking quite good for now

Tempting or what!

blanche i did top up at 67p a few days ago before the placing, at the moment am waiting for funds to be available

Keith, At this price it`s approx my average.Ive only got a grand spare cash. When we got back into the 70`s a couple weeks ago i thought we would stay there and above. Just trying now to decide what to sell to enable me to buy some more. This is gonna fly one of these days.

The share placing looks on the face of it gone rather well
The institution's hold quite a few of these now and a well respected management company picked up a few

Afren PLC
21 June 2007


AFREN plc ('the Company')

Shareholding in the Company

The Company was notified on 20 June 2007 that, as at close of business on 21 May
2007, Wellington Management Company LLP had an interest with direct voting
rights in 11,600,000 Ordinary Shares of 1p each in the Company ('Ordinary
Shares'). This represented 5.54% of the total issued share capital of the
Company as at 21 May 2007.

The Ordinary Shares are registered in the following names:

Roy Nominees Limited 8,892,285
State Street Nominees Limited 2,707,715

21st June 2007

Enquiries:

Pelham Public Relations
James Henderson

james.henderson@pelhampr.com
+44 (0)20 7743 6673




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

Not be long now blanche the Adriatic VI rig is almost completed it's current contract with Bowleven plc and i think they had a very successful drilling campaign so the drill will finally be going to us

Looks like a few tree shakes at the moment but things may start to get a little exciting soon worth the wait in my opinion

Hi Kieth, hope your right. Topped up here several times since we last spoke, when funds have come available. Just getting a bit frustrated that the price has drifted off after a couple of attemps to break out.
Off thread sorry but thinking about getting back into vog. Surely their overdue some good news. Any thoughts?

Pinced off another bb. Hope ok JB. Interesting read UWG to provide a CoSMOS platform for Afrens Okoro field development
UWG Ltd, an Acteon company, has been awarded a $5.5-million contract by Afren Energy Resources Limited (Afren) to provide a conductor-supported minimum offshore structure (CoSMOS) for the development of the Okoro field, offshore Nigeria. The scope of work, which is being undertaken on a lump-sum basis, includes the design, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the platform, including the topside processing facilities. Fabrication has begun at Compact Manifold and Engineering Services (CMES) yard in Lagos, Nigeria. Installation, using a jack-up rig, is planned for September 2007.
Alan Hunt, asset manager, Afren, said, UWGs CoSMOS concept was selected over other options for Okoro on the basis of its short lead time and because it offered the lowest price. Overall, it was the best solution for our fast-track field development. The nine-slot wellhead platform, which will be situated in 14 m of water, will have gas lift and water injection facilities. Product will be exported to a nearby floating, production, storage and offloading facility.
CoSMOS platforms are unusual in that the topsides facilities are supported on the well conductors hence, there is no need for a separate steel jacket. They are primarily designed for installation from jack-up rigs, although using a lift barge is also possible. UWG's first conductor-supported platform, a compact five-slot structure, was installed in 17 m of water in the Morsa West field offshore Angola in late 2005.

No sorry blanche am not in vog, am hoping one or two of my other holdings may come good to top up here .

Take comfort some big players in here with us i can only think at this time the m/ms are trying to get cheap shares for the bigger holders ready for the next push.

Take care for now good luck if you go back into vog, will keep you posted about any news

Thanks blanche for that information

I jumped the gun with the drill rig, it's going to Garbon first (sterling energy ) but the good new's is we have an interest in these block's

So just keep an eye out on sterling on how well things are doing

Kieth i brought into vog on friday. I think there going to do a RPT OR NOP of which i hold both 60p & 53p purchases. (Sorry of thread).

Anybody know if we're expecting any updates soon? Big volume today.

I don't know chad, drilling starting later this year on the Okoro Setu development but not sure about Ofa Field

Sorry am not much help

I think from the last post blanche we have had a 20% rise not bad eh

During the second half of this year lots of news to come, this is looking good

Afren PLC
18 July 2007

Afren plc (AIM: AFR)



Afren signs an agreement for participation in the development of the Eremor
Field



London, 18 July, 2007 - Afren plc ('Afren' or 'the Company') announces that it
has entered into a Financing and Technical Services Agreement with Excel
Exploration & Production Limited ('Excel') for the development of the Eremor
Field in Nigeria.



The Board of Afren is delighted to announce that it has entered into an
agreement with Excel, an established indigenous Oil & Gas company, to jointly
develop the Eremor Field ('Eremor'), an undeveloped oil field in OML 46, located
in shallow water off-shore Nigeria.



Excel was awarded a 100 per cent. interest and operatorship of Eremor
under the Federal Government of Nigeria's Marginal Field Programme.

The field is covered by 3D seismic data and is estimated to contain in
place volumes of up to 30 million barrels in the D3.0 reservoir, with a
similar potential upside in the shallower D1.0 reservoir. Recoverable
reserves are estimated at up to 10 million barrels from the D3.0 reservoir.
Eremor is located close to existing infrastructure and within 12
kilometres of a number of Shell producing fields.



The field was initially discovered by Shell in 1978 (Eremor-1), and encountered
five hydrocarbon bearing zones:



Three additional wells were drilled to appraise the areal extent of the
accumulation between 1984 and 1990.
The Eremor-1 well was re-entered in 2005 and a short production well test
performed on the D3.0 interval.
Good oil samples were recovered of a low Gas to Oil Ratio, 22 degree API
crude. Analysis of the test data indicates that flow rates of up to 2,000
bopd are achievable from the vertical well.
Eremor-1 is currently suspended and suitable for re-completion.



Phase-1 of the Field Development Plan includes completion of the existing well
and construction of a 7-kilometre oil evacuation line to the nearest flow
station. The Field Development Plan and Environmental Impact Assessment have
been approved and development work will commence in the near term.



The agreement signed between Afren and Excel defines the commercial terms under
which Afren will participate with Excel in the development of Eremor. Under the
agreement, Afren will be responsible for financing Phase-1 of the Field
Development Plan, and will initially recover the investment from 90 per cent. of
net field revenues. Following cost recovery, Afren and Excel will equally share
production revenue and costs.



Osman Shahenshah, Chief Executive of Afren, commented:

'I am delighted to announce Afren's fourth partnership with a well established
indigenous company in Nigeria, which underpins Afren's commitment and strong
competitive position to develop relatively low risk fields with significant near
term upside that provide early cash flow and add to our growing reserve base.
This follows the recent announcement of a Farm-In Agreement with Independent
Energy for participation in the Ofa Field and takes Afren's portfolio to 11
assets in 5 Countries, achieved in just over 2 years, offering a combination of
both on-shore and off-shore near-term development and high impact exploration
opportunities, with 15,000 to 20,000 barrels of oil per day from the existing
portfolio by mid-2008. '



18 July 2007

Kieth, Ive been away for a few days and this is my first look today. Who is this company trading at 76p, I better wash my eyes out is it Afren. LOL

Great news this morning, Things just get better and better for this company. Estimated reserves growing. Got to push now onto that 1 level now surely, and then some!

blanche i believe we have a gem here, this is building up to be a major player exciting times ahead for us