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RKH

Goldman Sachs Update :

Conviction buy, target price cut to 640p from 729p

Roadshow in progress and should be spud of the appraisal well RNS on Monday/early next week.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/42d2b592-3ab3-11e0-9c1a-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz1EG7WWziy

..........Rockhopper Exploration, 0.7 per cent better at 271p, was in focus as the company started an investor roadshow.
Thursdays meetings was hosted by Merrill Lynch and Fridays will be at the Victoria offices of Canaccord Genuity..............

For those that have not read it, the Edison update.

http://www.mediafire.com/?s6ou9fbvtsb2ara

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http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201102210700095385B

Rockhopper Exp plc
14/10-4 Appraisal Well Spud
RNS Number : 5385B
Rockhopper Exploration plc
21 February 2011


14/10-4 Appraisal Well Spud


Rockhopper Exploration plc (AIM: RKH), the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, announces that the 14/10-4 appraisal well was spudded at 0040hrs GMT on 19 February 2011. 14/10-4 is the first appraisal well to be drilled on the Sea Lion feature situated on Licence PL032, which is 100% owned and operated by Rockhopper.

The appraisal well (14/10-4) is located 2.3km away from the Sea Lion 14/10-2 discovery well, in the southern lobe of the Sea Lion fan system. 14/10-4 is designed to investigate reservoir and hydrocarbon columns downdip of the Sea Lion 14/10-2 discovery well. The planned Target Depth of circa 3,000 metres will investigate the possibility of deeper sands than those encountered in the Sea Lion discovery well.

Drilling operations are expected to take approximately 38 days and a further announcement will be made once drilling is completed.

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Nice to see they will test for deeper sands.

Now we now deeper and older fans have oil in them, thanks for cores on the last well from S2 fan system, and also they are viable, there could be some serious upside from lower down.

US crude...plus $2 this morning...almost $92 .....oilies could rocket this morning...plus gold almost back to $1400.......goody.....

2 days into drilling as well already. Not long for the shorters left to push the price down and then re-buy to close.

Basically they only have this week and next to manipulate the SP and then they need to be back to level.

Well, I am now pretty much "all in" RKH after selling other stocks and buying even more.

If the next 8 to 10 wells they have the funds to drill all fail, I shall lose a couple of hundred K.

If the next 8 to 10 wells strike lots more oil, I will walk away with a 7 figure pure profit.

These kind of fully funded chances do not come along too often, you have to grab them and either make a name for yourself or go down in flames with a smile on your face for having a go.

I am having a go and fully prepared to lose, and also full prepared to accept a win if it happens :)

What a load of sphericals.

in that case Mr P, if you are really telling the truth, you're a total arsehole .... fools and money come immediately to mind

cynic - you can call me a fool if the next 8 to 10 wells all fail.

If they come in good I will make a 7 figure profit.


A fool it may be come late 2012 when all their upcoming drills end, the not a fool will be seen much quicker if they strike loads of net oil pay in the coming 8 to 10 drills that they have the money to do.


We shall see. I am willing to take the risk, and I might be laughing all the way to the bank if the reward comes in.

Oil....US WTI up $5.5 today....and Brent is $108....oh boy !.....this Libyan crisis is something !.

The higher crude goes and remains so : the less number of barrels are needed for a declared commercial discovery ......just a thought.....

.. and also a thought that the oilies are not going up with it so when crude inevitably comes down, expect the oilies to drop further.

Seems to be a general sector sell off among many AIM oil and gas shares.

When such sell offs occur it means that liquidity in the sector is drying up - at this point you have to choose carefully where you put your money.

Fund raisings will become more difficult. Avoid any companies who do not have funds or need to raise money soon.

Thats why I am happy in RKH, they can drill 8 to 10 more wells without a care in the world about cash - thats a long time, perhaps 18 months and then of course things will have changed.

Its why I sold of ARG to buy more RKH. If I held DES I would sell DES to buy more RKH - as both ARG and DES need money before too long.

In these times you either go to cash and wait, or you buy companies that have cash, sufficient to last over a year.

In RKH I am confident the choice is right for the future, due to their strong cash in the bank position.

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mnamreh, these decisions are not easy to take, most people who make and lose serious amounts of money do things that are outside the normal realms of risk.

I have decided to take the risk, my call, my loss or my gain come the end of 2011.

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Good luck Proselenes.....and I need it to.....just bought some more.....1.5 miles away from original strike.....they will encounter hydrocarbons.....it's a risk but this could go over 5 on a strike......