This company seems to have been searching for a long time - any ideas out there?

I took a little profit a few days back and will wait for a pullback. Good luck if you are hanging on rf!

With both hands Harrycat.....not sure about a pullback....Butch and Pil results to come....fingers crossed for a positive result.....

There you go...sp recovering gently....

Butch East exploration well results

Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, announces that drilling has reached target depth on the Centrica-operated Butch East exploration well 8/10-5S and a subsequent up-dip appraisal well 8/10-5A, the first of two back-to back-wells in Licence PL405, following up the Butch Main discovery (Faroe 15%).

The Butch East exploration well spudded on 29 December 2013 and reached total depth in 8/10-5A of 2,307 metres in the Zechstein salt formation. The well targeted sandstones of the Upper Jurassic reservoir of the Ula formation and whilst a good quality reservoir was confirmed, no hydrocarbons were encountered at this location.

Damn.....bloody hell...aggghhh...triggered my stop loss...eaten my profit on my spread....grrrrr...

Harry : you were right....

Sorry to see you got stopped out rf. It's getting more and more difficult to find oil in the North Sea, so in this instance thought it best to take profit early. Of course that could have gone either way and had they been successful I would be kicking myself. Don't forget that I don't S/B so I can always just sit and wait if necessary with stock.

I am mostly in shares as well so still in...but on the spreads had to buy back this morning....could not bring myself into closing them last week with all the pending news...still that was a nasty pullback, was not sure if Pil news was going to come first or second or together with Butch...plenty more news to come...good future overall for this company I reckon....180 to 200p target for me....the shares themselves are better for me than the high risk spreads...

FPM, like TLW, used to have the magic touch with the emphasis on the past tense

You won't regret picking some up Cynic...I can guarantee it..(terms and conditions apply)(over 18teens only).....

(well that's what Rolf Harris said anyway)...

and freddie starr walked out on susanna reid when given a only moderately leading question

more seriously ......

why should FPM be even as good a bet as XEL?

I reckon this year the sp might touch 200p.....they have so many prospects ..;...some are bound to come right plus production is rising and most of the exploration costs in Norwegian waters can be offset by 78 %....so ... 200p yes....

straws, nothing but straws
would rather back TLW or XEL

It's up to you but I prefer this one to the other two...am in XEL though...

Holding up well with the market dropping this afternoon....XEL have dived though....

glad to say i hold none of the 3 mentioned above .... may be some good bottom fishing to do in the morning

Rebounding nicely...hope the next rns is better than the last...

Pil oil discovery - successful side-track appraisal well drilled

Faroe Petroleum is pleased to announce the completion of a successful initial side-track appraisal well on the Pil oil and gas discovery (Faroe 25%) in the Norwegian Sea.

The Pil side-track well (6406/12-3 B), to appraise for additional hydrocarbons along the Pil structure and down-dip from the initial discovery well, has reached a total depth of 3,996 metres below sea level. Results based on extensive coring, wireline logs and pressure data show that the well has encountered oil in reservoir sands with a very high net to gross ratio. Preliminary data indicate a gross hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir section with approximately 80 metres of oil in the Upper Jurassic reservoir of the Rogn Formation. The oil-bearing interval in the side-track well was found to be at a similar pressure level to the oil bearing interval in the initial discovery well.

As announced on 6 March 2014, the Pil discovery well (6406/12‐3S) encountered a gross hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir section with approximately 135 metres of oil and 91 metres of gas in the Upper Jurassic reservoir of the of the Rogn Formation. A subsequent drill stem test generated a stable flow rate of 6,710 bopd of 37° API oil from a 56/64" choke, providing clear evidence of a prolific reservoir.

A second side-track well is planned to commence in the coming days to test the separate Bue prospect, which has the potential to add further volumes to the Pil discovery.

The Pil discovery is located within tie-back distance some 33 kilometres to the south east of the Njord platform in which the Company holds a 7.5% working interest. The vertical depth of the well is currently at 3,605 metres. The Pil licence drilling operations are operated by VNG Norge AS (30%) using the Transocean Arctic drilling rig, with partners Spike Exploration Holdings AS (30%) and Rocksource Exploration Norway AS (15%).

Graham Stewart, Chief Executive of Faroe Petroleum, commented:
"We are very pleased to announce the results of this successful side-track appraisal well on the Pil discovery, which proves further resource potential in this already significant discovery. The successful well result on this Pil appraisal side-track adds further value to Faroe's already substantial position in this prolific part of the Norwegian Sea, and we aim to unlock further potential in this exciting core area.

"In the near term we look forward to reporting results from exploration drilling on both the nearby Bue prospect (Faroe 25%) and the Butch South West prospect (Faroe 15%) in the Norwegian North Sea."