What a chart, further to go, or not
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i must have bought your old shit then - lol!

Broker note from Oriel:
Premier Oil* (PMO, BUY, 1159p) - Farm-in to Oates North Sea prospect
Premier has announced that it has farmed-in to Serica's Oates prospect in Block 22/19c in the Central North Sea.
The company will take a 50% stake and operatorship by paying the costs of an exploration well on the prospect, estimated at cUS$20mn. Subject to rig confirmation, it should be drilled in Q2 or Q3 this year
Given the amplitude support and nearby analogues, the chance of success is estimated at c30%. There is follow-on potential in the event of success with the nearby Bowers prospect estimated at 10-65mmboe in size.
An oil discovery would be worth c200p/sh (unrisked) while we estimate a gas/condensate find would be worth c120p/sh based on our current long-run gas price assumptions (55p/therm). On these values, this well is likely to be the highest impact prospect in this year's drilling programme
The farm-in looks a sensible one for Premier, building on its core position in the Central North Sea post the Oilexco acquisition and targeting exploration prospects with similar technical and geological attributes to those in its existing discovered resource base
We retain our BUY recommendation on the shares. They have been weak recently, not helped by technical selling as the stock exits the Hoare Govett index, but the shares remain good value trading at material discount to our NAV of 1399p/sh excluding exploration upside"

almost unbelievable, but latest rns shows PMO have picked up another dud, this time in north sea .... i think that's the 6th one on the trot ..... as a long time fan of this outfit, sure glad i don't currently hold

TLW and PMO are my two perennial larger cap ,oily faves, though i currently hold neither - thank goodness.

TLW chart looking very sad indeed, but may be worth a little dabble at PMO at 12.00 which it is now nearing

i'll stick with EO. & NPE for the mo, though i do have some tlw at a small loss at mo.,.

much excitement here following w/e rumour that KNOCC (or whatever it's called) is now setting its sights on PMO after being refused by DNX ..... whether or not there is any substance remains to be seen

From the FT sector watcher today:
"According to yesterday's Observer, PMO has had a recent approach from Korean state oil company KNOC regarding a possible takeover. No comment from PMO, although it wouldn't surprise us if KNOC had indeed taken a look at the group. We have a core NAV for PMO of 1698p/share, based on a long-term oil price of $70/barrel and a 10% discount rate. However if we use a more aggressive oil price assumption of $85/barrel and a discount rate of say 8% we get to a NAV of around 2400p/share, i.e. a 33% increase on the current level - and this includes nothing for exploration upside.
Since KNOC's hostile acquisition of Dana completed a few weeks ago, we have mentioned PMO as a possible follow-on target, given its high-quality asset base in the North Sea, Indonesia and Pakistan, as well as its strong medium-term forecast production growth. Moreover given that KNOC bid a very aggressive price for DNX (c70% premium to pre-bid price), it feels like a price for PMO in the mid-20s area is about right. Even if the KNOC rumour proves to be false, I'd be shipping in the PMO - it's been our pick of the midcaps for months."

beware of accepting valuations from a BB subscriber - and that includes here!

rightly or wrongly, i tend to compare PMO with TLW - yes, i know they have very different portfolios - but the comparative chart below is interesting ..... PMO is the runaway winner, and diverging ever more

my stock to ramp!
none of you ever pay attention anyway, but this has been better than a steady performer of late ..... i guess breaking and holding above 20.00 is the next (psychological) test

goody gumdrops!!

Premier Oil , Encore Oil , Nautical Petroleum PLC : * Varadero oil discovery * Varadero well successfully encountered high quality oil bearing reservoir in target tay sandstone * Tay formation had a gross thickness of 186 feet with a calculated net pay of 84 feet * Reservoir quality is excellent, with high permeability, average porosity of 35%,average oil saturation of 84%

having taken a wallop this morning with the Catcher result, i sold my balance at 20.31, still with a very healthy profit and then got greedy and bought back at 20.10 as 20.00 seemed to be holding quite easily ..... we shall see!

Chefs break eggs- oil exploration cies sometimes have less than anticipated drilling results- no big deal

i would agree, though PMO have not been having a good run over the last year, even if the share has performed very well

none of you silly buggers ever listen do you!!??

* Barclays raises Premier Oil PLC price target to 2525P from 2170P .... so now you know why PMO is having such a rubbish day lol

in a tough day on the markets, PMO is performing strongly for no obvious reason, especially as GS reduced it to SELL just a couple of days back

News from the Grosbeak appraisal can't be too far away.

Although on further consideration .... Premier stated that they expected results within 3 months from the spud date. In that case we are about half-way there. On the plus side, Grosbeak is estimated to contain up to 200 million barrels with Premier having a 20% stake.

http://offshore247.com/news/art.aspx?id=18829

I agree that something appears to be happening today - Premier is up and the other oils I have looked at are down.

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.Sun 19 Jun 2011 18:49 - UK Markets are closed
..Premier Oil submits bid for BP's Wytch Farm stake - report

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LONDON (Reuters) - British oil firm Premier Oil (LSE: PMO.L - news) has made an offer to buy BP's stake in the Wytch Farm oil field in south west England, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.

BP said in May it had agreed to sell its interests in Wytch Farm and surrounding oil fields in Dorset to privately-held Perenco in a $610 million (376 million pounds) deal, a sale which is subject to partner pre-emption rights.

Premier (BSE: PREMIER.BO - news) , which behind BP is the second largest partner in Wytch Farm, on Friday exercised its pre-emption rights and lodged an offer for BP's controlling stake, the report said, adding that BP was expected to name the new owner this week.

BP and Premier Oil declined to comment on the story.

(Reporting by Sarah Young; Editing by Jane Merriman)