June 2008 Presentation : Link here

March 2008 AST Write Up : Link TMF Post Ascent Article Archive Folder : Link to AST archive folder

Detailed Info on Italian Prospects : Link to post 2 (Explo.)

Detailed Info on Swiss Prospects : Link to post 3 (Explo.)

Detailed Info on Spanish Prospects : Link to post 4 (Prod. + Explo.)

Detailed Info on Dutch Prospects : Link to post 5 (Explo.)

Detailed Info on Hungarian Prospects : Link to post 6 (Prod + Explo.)

Detailed Info on Slovenia & Gabon Prospects : Link to post 7 (Explo.)



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News now due from Italy, will it be good or bad.....its a geologic drill, so interest is in the structure and potential, not about hitting oil or anything.

Lovely news today, very encouraging :

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=200701290700562541Q

Cenkos initiates coverage of Ascent Resources

Monday, January 29, 2007, 07:45 AM

Cenkos Securities initiated coverage of Ascent Resources today, coinciding with an update from the company on its Anagni-1 Well (Ascent 70%) in Italy.

Anagni-1 encountered oil in open fractures. The well was drilled to a total depth of 971 meters - carbonates and electronic logs confirmed the presence of fractures from 921 meters and a 5 meter core sample taken from the well had oil shows. Ascent will now source additional equipment to deepen the well to 2000 meters to test the extent of the oil reservoir.

Jeremy Eng, Managing Director added, "Finding the top of the oil-prone Carbonates close to our anticipated depth and much shallower than in the nearby Gavignano-1 well was encouraging. Then to drill reservoir quality rocks containing oil is a fine result. We are going to deepen Anagni-1 to quantify this discovery and will proceed as soon as suitable equipment has been sourced."

Cenkos Securities initiated coverage of Ascent with a buy recommendation and valued the company on a risk weighted basis at 29p. Cenkos added that the upside beyond 29p was significant as its risked valuation awarded no value to most of the company's projects including prospects in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Po Valley in Italy.

Ascent also has a drilling rig en-route to Spain to drill the Hontomin-4 appraisal well in the Huermeces Exploration Permit (Ascent 50%).

PP. agree all very encouraging, with lots more opportunities to come.

Indeed.

Next up Spain, then 2 Hungary gas wells commencing March, and also after that the results here of the well deepening in Italy.


A question for the buffs, given the following statement then what is the depth of the Gavignano-1 wells payzone(s) ?

How far are we above those zones here at "the top" of a reservoir ?

Given this information, we could work out a potential "pay zone" possible size, one that we can dream might become reality.

It seems exciting when Jeremy says " much shallower " - meaning there just might be plenty of potential for a lot of pay zone (fingers and toes crossed).

All in all, not bad for a Geologic Study well to actually strike oil, perhaps Ascent need to do more of these, and less of the ones actually looking for oil and gas.... ;)



Jeremy Eng, Managing Director added, "Finding the top of the oil-prone Carbonates close to our anticipated depth and much shallower than in the nearby Gavignano-1 well was encouraging. Then to drill reservoir quality rocks containing oil is a fine result. We are going to deepen Anagni-1 to quantify this discovery and will proceed as soon as suitable equipment has been sourced."

Cenkos upgraded target price to 32p (from 29p) following todays news it seems........

Well that would be 200% profit, with further potential upside. Any timescales given by Cenkos?

No, this is of course a theoretical value for now..........therefore according to their risk weighting, we are well undervalued.

30th January 07 MP3

Proactive Audio Interview (2.4MB) Ascent Resources

Jeremy Eng MD of Ascent Resources talks with Harry Norman about Ascents new oil discovery in Italy, the rationale for emphasising gas over oil, the focus on an overlooked European gas niche ...and much more.

Web Site : http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/

Audio Link : http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/articles/audio/ast.mp3

Copy of a post I put on AFN :

PapalPower - 30 Jan'07 - 00:56 - 5138 of 5138


As I said earlier, I like the management here. They did not have to sell the Romanian assets, but thought it prudent to raise money to eliminate any placing needs (at this difficult time in the markets for raising cash). They have proven to be very good at operating the company, and focussing on what needs to be done.

This to me is proof of good management, you hear a lot of people talking about names and its great management, well it all boils down to actual real life proof of the fact, and here at AST I think we have seen that - nobody can predict drilling results and success or failure there, but what you can back is good management of the money, the prospects and that side of it.

Of the junior oils I follow, both AST and PELE have proven to be (outside of luck with the drill bit) that they have good management, in PELE's case they turned around an exploration company in Guatemela, into a production company in Colombia that also has some exploration in Guatemala and Colombia, no mean feat it itself, and here at AST they have eliminated any need for placings, are fully funded for the 2007 drill campaign, and looking "very safe" at present. This situation will deter any bids for the company, unless of course someone is willing to pay "top notch" money for them, but the vultures will look for those companies that have no production, no positive cash flow, and pick them off cheaply late summer when the money runs low imo.

When the chips are down, or the hand is hard to play, its where the management prove their real worth, and either pull of some great deals and pull through, or end up going down the slippery slope. History is history and what happened elsewhere may have been a series of fortunate events or the work of others - so I'll only rate management at what they do for the company they are in now - not what they (or someone else) did last time, and so far, the management at AST are proving their worth time and time again.

Projects

Producing:

88.75% of the Ayoluengo oil field in Northern Spain. The reserves here were acquired at an average $6/bl, and 115bpd is the current production rate. At the moment this is sufficient to cover administrative overheads (but not exploration costs). Well workovers (both maintenance and with a view to increasing production) are underway and will continue through to Q2 alongside the introduction of new oil production technology and enzyme treatments to enhance recovery rates.


Drills recently completed:

Hungary, Pen-104 (54.45%): 4m intersection flowed with a rate (under restriction) of 3.4MMscfd (600boepd). The target which flowed had a Most Likely size of 2.3bcf, but given the high flow rate this is likely to be revised upwards. The well is currently suspended for production

Hungary, FGY-2 (54.45%), hit water in a reservoir-quality interval.

Italy, Latina Valley, Frosinone Permit, Anagni-1 well (70%), confirmed the presence of a carbonate platform from 865m to total depth (c.971m). Oil shows observed from 905m-926m, with fractures continuing to 971m. The well has been temporarily completed and will be drilled to 2000m when equipment has been procured.


Rig en-route to:

Spain, Sedano Basin, Huemeces, Hontomin-4 well (50%), oil target drilled by Chevron in 1968, which produced but was sub-commercial at the time.


Drills to follow (with the same rig):

Spain, Sedano Basin, Basconcillos H Permit, Tozo-1 well (50%), oil target drilled by Chevron in 1965, which flowed several hundred barrels over a five-month period and also contains an un-tested gas find.

Italy, Latina Valley, Frosinone Permit, Anagni-1 well (70%), recently completed with positive results, the well will be deepened from 971-2000m and tested.


Other contracted and permitted drilling:

March/April 2007- Hungary, Pen-102 (54.45), targeting the eastern part of an earlier discovery (Pen-12 which flowed 1.5MMcfd from a 40m intercept) with a Most Likely 42Bcf at two horizons with an additional upside of a possible 36Bcf.

To follow Pen-102- Hungary, Vamos Prospect (54.45%), targeting a larger but higher-risk structure with an upside potential of 100Bcf.

Unknown timescale- Italy, Latium Cost, Fiume Arroe (40%), gas target, drilled and found in 1955, 950m TD.


Other Activity:

In Hungary we have 90% of a joint venture which has signed an agreement with MOL (Hungarian Oil and Gas company) to develop large tight (low permeability) gas reservoirs throughout Hungary. A three well program has been submitted to them for approval.

In the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland we have 90% of the JV which owns three exploration permits, (total 693.5 sq km) which contain three unappraised discoveries (from 1962/72/82) as well as unexplored Triassic potential (which is producing in neighbouring South Eastern France). The work program is currently concentrated on reprocessing seismic and geological studies, and subject to permitting and rig availablilty an initial exploration well will be drilled this year.

In Italys Po Valley we have purchased a company (Vintage) with two gas exploration permits in a gas-rich, proven, valley. Following seismic reprocessing which yielded encouraging results, the environmental permits for 2 wells have been submitted, and Ascent are in the process of applying for two more. Drilling is expected to begin around september this year.

In Italys Latina Valley a 60km seismic survey will also be shot over the Frosinone permit (70%) and the Strangolagalli permit (50%, excluding the producing Ripi oilfield).


Other permits- plans not known:

In Gabon, after what looks to me like some shrewd investment (receiving back costs and 404,350 Afren shares), we have a 1.75% net profits royalty in two Production Sharing Contracts (the Iris Marin and Themis Marin, both operated by Sterling Energy who have 3D seismic over the areas and are looking to drill soon)

Holland (45.75%), offshore- Four licences covering a total of 795 square kilometres. One of these contains a discovery from 1982 which flowed at 233Mscfd. There are another two licences being processed. Drilling is not expected until late 2008/ early 2009.

Looks like a very busy time for AST. I notice mm's have moved price down this morning, obviously to buy on the cheap. It is annoying when good news isn't properly rewarded........Well it was marked down in pre opening auctions.

Certainly up now :)

Solid day, and some nice big protected buys as well, bodes well.

http://www.oilbarrel.com/email_index.html?page=/news/article.html?body=1&key=oilbarrel_en:1170208831&feed=oilbarrel_en


31.01.2007

Ascent Resources On A Roll As It Announces Surprise Oil Strike In Italy

Sometimes oil companies do all the aeromagnetic surveys, the 2D and 3D seismic shoots and spend millions on a carefully plotted exploration well and still they come up dry. Occasionally, however, they sink a geological research well to check the lay of the land and find they strike black gold. AIM-quoted Ascent Resources has just experienced the latter happy event with the Anagni-1 well in Italy.

The well, drilled in the Frosinone Permite in the Latina Valley, some 80 km southeast of Rome, was designed as a stratigraphic well to test the subsurface make-up of the rocks in an area with poor seismic coverage. Specifically the company, which has 70 per cent of the permit in partnership with Pentex Italia, was looking for the Carbonate platform of the Northern Apennine Thrust; this was found at a depth of 865 metres.

As the well went deeper, the company observed oil shows and found reservoir quality rocks. The well has now been completed so the company can bring in equipment enabling it to deepen the well to around 2,000 metres - double the pre-drill target depth - and test the oil reservoir. The discovery of oil was not a complete surprise: oil is known in the area, including the Ripi oilfield some 40 km to the southwest.

The Italian discovery comes hot on the heels of Ascents one-out-of-two drilling programme in eastern Hungary at the back end of last year. This is an area that has been neglected in recent times but Ascent believed modern seismic techniques and new geological models would find untapped potential at the Peneszlek gas field, which between 1983 and 1989 produced a total of 4.8 billion cubic feet (bcf) of gas from Miocene tuff sediments. Re-mapping of the reservoir indicated larger-than-expected remaining reserves, which could form the basis for a re-development project.

This appears to be borne out by the results of the PEN-104 well. It tested two intervals: the deeper Miocene Tuffs failed to flow but the Pannonian Clastics produced gas at a restricted rate of 3.4 million cubic feet per day. A second well, FGY-2, was water-bearing but the results from the two well programme have encouraged the partners to commit to three further exploration wells on the permits, which have not seen the drillbit for more than 20 years.

Pen-102, some 4.4 km east of the PEN-104 find, will appraise a 1983 discovery while VAM-1 will test an exploration prospect in the Vamospercs area 18 km to the southwest of the Peneszlek field. This work could be underway as early as March. FGY-1 is being permitted for future drilling and will target the same Pannonian section as FGY-2 but in a structurally more favourable location.

Investors, buoyed by Ascents discoveries in Italy and Hungary, will now be hoping for similar success in northern Spain, where the company is planning a two-well appraisal programme. The new wells are follow-ups to discoveries drilled by Chevron back in the 1960s: Hontonmin-2, drilled in 1968, produced oil during testing while Tozo-1, drilled in 1965, flowed several hundred barrels of oil over a five month period and also found gas, which wasnt tested. Ascent plans to drill Hontomin-4 appraisal well and re-enter the Tozo field. This work will get underway when the rig arrives from Italy.

New 2007 Presentation Released :

http://www.ascentresources.co.uk/investor_information/Ascent%20Presentation_Jan_07.pdf

Significant uptrend today. Good news about to break? Anyone in the know?

Just tipped today by Tom W of t1ps.com as Spec Buy up to 21p with 1 yr tgt of 45p. House btoker/Nomad 1 yr tgt is 62p, but Tom being more cautious. Happy to hold!

thanks for that silvermede. Wasn't AST board member on TW TV programme late last year? Anyway, am also very happy to hold !! :-)

Nice week really :)