looks like its hit oil, don't know whats gonna happen, any idea's ???

Hi All,

Drilling so far is :-

Wed 3rd 1250 feet

Wed 10th 2750 feet with 2026 feet cased

So we are aiming for 4167 feet with 2750 drilled upto last Wednesday, leaing 1415 feet to drill, and in the week between those two Wednesday reports we drilled 1500 feet, so next Wednesday we should hit OIL

Cheers,

PM

News has leaked, we have lift-off!

Yes, great news is on the way from the IoW

Don't get too excited now. It's not the Wild West with a huge gusher and dancing roughnecks soiled in oil. There will be a lot of lab work to do when the first samples come up.

News hasn't leaked .... has it ????

My take on the small rise, is because of this mornings announcement on the Dutch deal.

I don't see how they could have drilled and cased so far, so quick, it's still going to hit the spot next Wednesday or Thursday ....

Cheers,
PM

I will keep watch of the local Meridian TV news, should they report this weekend

I just cannot stand the wait..................

Sit down then .... LOL !

Anyone know whats up this morning cause it aint NOP

Market makers Marking down prices for investors to sell, Automatic stop losses triggered and dont forget news due tommorow which always makes investors jittery.

No more local news on Meridian TV last few days, we will have to wait for the weekly RNS out tomorrow, unless someone heard otherwise.

Moving up SP to the close, expect BLR to move as well.

Well sit tight and wait for the news due within the hour, hold on to your hat and your balls just in case.

I really hope there is recoverable oil in the hole then all the balless b--tards that have sold this morning won't be able to buy them back quickly enough.

I think another update is due very soon!

Whys that then? Spill the beans. Have you heard something we haven't or is it just a feeling? Don't understand the sell off. Thought the update was just saying that work was on schedule, or did I miss something?
Alan

Northern Petroleum Plc

Weekly Drilling Report

Sandhills-2 - Isle of Wight

The Sandhills-2 appraisal well in PEDL 098 on the Isle of Wight has reached a
measured depth of 4185 feet at 07:00 hours today 17th August and preparations
to commence coring are underway.

Licence: PEDL 098

Location: Wessex Basin, Isle of Wight

Rig: BDF Rig 28

Participants in the Sandhills-2 well are:

Northern Petroleum (GB) Limited: 57.5%

Magellan Petroleum (NT) Pty Limited: 22.5%

Oil Quest Resources Plc: 7.5%

Black Rock Resources (UK) Limited : 5.0%

Montrose Industries Limited: 5.0%

Oil & Gas Investments Limited: 2.5%

For further information please contact

Northern Petroleum Plc

Derek Musgrove

Tel: 020 7743 6080

or

Hansard Communications

Chris Roberts/Ben Simons

Tel: 020 7245 1100


Not really much news. Ought not to have had much impact in the share price. However it is a bad day for the oil sector overall. So no need to panic.

K******

Sent email to the company this morning and just received following reply:

Mr ######

Northern has no other updates at present. As soon as anything material happens, we will, as we must by Stock Exchange Rules issue a further release.

Regards

Gillian Hunt

From: ######@####.org [mailto:######@####.org]
Sent: Wed 17/08/2005 10:49
To: Gillian Hunt
Subject: Today's Sandhills Drilling Report

Reference today's drill report issued for the Sandhills site on the IoW.
Would appreciate if you could confirm if any hydrocarbons were encountered at the well target depth.

Regards
########

So thats a NO then.

MS

No, it's not a "no"; it's more like a "we don't know yet, and we are still interpreting results and evaluating options". Wait a week and perhaps you'd be surprised.