http://www.gulfkeystone.com/ The firms exploration programme in Algeria is going well and "the shares look good value", say the Investors Chronicle. Your comments please. goal.

exxon interest is good news

additionally it seems that the O&G law is no longer a deterrent to majors entering Kurdistan - nice :-))))))))))))))))))))

high volumes continue

still ticking - good stuff

what a great day - this and blnx dropping - yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

and sorry to anyone already in blnx

hmmmm excellent http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=201111101715dowjonesdjonline000641&title=exxon-mobil-signs-kurd-oilgas-exploration-contractsft

the city chatter good news is that apparently this agreement has clauses relating to the t/o of explorers in the region LOL!

more yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

looking at the 1 year chart, i would hazard that sp could still have good upside .....

agreed cynic

just passed + 20% so far - more on way

If majors are moving in ; good for Afren as well...sp is rising as well today...

If this is considered derisked then 200p is plausible...

no reason why not and that is still dirt cheap really

what a day - that 200 might be sooner than you think - like today lol!! not far to go

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

and the afternoon is still young

kerrrrrrrrrrrrrchinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggggg

+30% coming :-)))))))))))))))))

Shahristani agrees to grant a license to a U.S. company to drill in Kurdistan
Hassan Hafidh and James Herron need to read this...


Dubai - Eastern November 10: high-level sources said in Baghdad that the Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussain al-Shahristani agreed that one of the big U.S. oil companies operating in southern Iraq, the signing of major agreements for oil exploration and export and investment in Iraq's Kurdistan .. . The sources said that it is part of the political agreements to improve relations between the KRG and the central government in Baghdad, adding that al-Shahristani, continued during the past few weeks, negotiations between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the company's large and committed themselves not to object \ advance approval of the agreement and the continuation of the company's work in southern and northern Iraq at a time .. and according to sources in the Iraqi Oil Ministry said al-Shahristani, has agreed to a U.S. company to buy shares in the field, "Moore Creek" in Kurdistan, in addition to access to exploration rights, investment and export.

http://www.rferl.org/content/baghdad_kurds_agree_on_oil_gas_bill/24388290.html

nice one niceone :-)) have a good weekend all

"BREAKING NEWS !!
By Joe Carroll
just found this on hegnar


Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Iraq will recognize the validity of
oil-exploration contracts signed by the semi-autonomous Kurdish
regional authorities under terms of an agreement to be announced
this month, two people familiar with the talks said.
The deal, worked out between Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri
Kamil al-Maliki and Kurdistan Regional Government leader Barham
Salih during the past three weeks, ends the risk that foreign
oil producers such as Exxon Mobil Corp. would be stripped of
some oil-field projects as punishment for signing contracts in
the Kurdish-controlled north, the people said. They spoke on
condition of anonymity because the talks aren't public."

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eba759d0-0c3f-11e1-8ac6-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz1dQwkMZDm


...........Afren added 14.6 per cent to 85p, small-cap Petroceltic International rose 15.4 per cent higher at 7p and Gulf Keystone Petroleum lifted 25 per cent to 177p. The sharp moves encouraged bid speculation, with traders reporting talk that Gulf Keystone could attract an all-share offer from Hess Corporation or Vallares, Tony Haywards investment vehicle.....................


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