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Rockhopper was established in 2004 with a strategy to invest in and undertake an offshore oil exploration programme in the North Falkland Basin. It was floated on AIM in August 2005. Rockhopper was the first company to make a commercial oil discovery in the Falklands. Today Rockhopper is the largest acreage holder in the North Falkland Basin, with interests in the Greater Mediterranean region.

ROCKHOPPER GETS SET FOR DRILLING WORK
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09:00 - 07 December 2005
Oil and gas explorer Rockhopper Exploration, which is the largest acreage holder in the north Falkland Basin, said yesterday it was aiming to mature a number of drillable prospects.

Chairman Pierre Jungels said the company's strategy was to be ready to drill on its shallow-water prospects in the south Atlantic when the availability and cost of drilling units was more favourable.

Rockhopper began trading in February last year and raised 13.9million net of expenses in a share placing this August, when it listed on London's Alternative Investment Market.

It has 100% of four licences in the north Falkland Basin totalling almost 2,240 square miles, where existing seismic data has already identified a number of significant prospects. More 2D and 3D seismic acquisition is planned.

The company has also agreed with Desire Petroleum to farm in to 7.5% of two adjacent licences where Desire expects to drill three exploration wells.

Rockhopper posted pre-tax losses of 378,000 for the six months to September 30 compared to losses of 3,000 a year earlier. The firm ended the period with cash in hand of 15million.

http://www.sartma.com/art_2347.html

Falklands : Rockhopper's Sam Moody on Familiarisation Visit
Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network (Juanita Brock) 14.12.2005 (Current Article)
Sam Moody has been in the Falklands to see the people he works with long distance over the phone and via e-mail.


ROCKHOPPERS SAM MOODY IN THE FALKLANDS FOR FAMILIARISATION VISIT







By J. Brock (FINN)







Mr. Sam Moody, Managing Director of Rockhopper Exploration plc, is visiting the Falklands to meet first-hand the people he will be working with during forthcoming 2D seismic surveys that will be carried out in the North Falkland Basin in Tranche B formerly operated by Shell, Tranches C/D and Licence areas 23 and 24. At the moment he is focusing on Health and Safety and the Environmental Impact Assessment that is soon to be published in the Falkland Islands.







GSI Admiral will be used to do a 2D survey of the above mentioned areas, with 3D not necessary unless there is a good prospect. 3D will not be done on the leads. Mr. Moody said there was one area J-1- where there may be no need of 3D because prospectors are certain that the area is generating hydrocarbons.







At any rate, a 3D boat will be needed as, according to Mr. Moody, GSI Admiral is kitted out for 2D. The scenario with boats and rigs remains that they are hugely expensive due to the high demand on them as well as the high price of hydrocarbons products.







Argos/Evergreen, Rockhopper Exploration plc and Desire Petroleum are working together in the North Falkland Basin and plan to drill three holes at a cost of $50 Million.







According to Mr. Moody when Shell operated Tranche B they drilled through the source rock and when the drill bit and pipes were taken up there was crude on the equipment. Though the source rock in that area is 1000 metres thick,, per cubic centimetre it is the second best source rock in the world.

http://www.falkland-malvinas.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=6933


Falklands-Malvinas
Monday, 19 December


Rockhoppers gearing up for drilling but the wait for a rig continues



Rockhopper Exploration is doing all the preparatory work it can as it waits for a rig to become available.


Mr. Sam Moody
Managing Director Sam Moody is in the Islands last week meeting with Government officials and getting to know the Falklands.
Rockhopper holds four exploration licences - two wrap around the Desire I and L tranches and two are in tranch B formerly held by Shell - and also has acreage in a 7.5% joint venture with Desire Petroleum in tranches C and B.

This is Mr Moodys first visit to the Falklands; he said, I really wanted to come down to understand all about the Islands and see what it was that you wanted to protect as well as what it is were trying to find.

Rockhopper is about to commence a 2D work programme in their southern-most licences, those that wrap around Desire I and L: We have a contract with GSI to operate the Admiral and were hoping to complete that work by February 15 when the fishing season starts.

Rockhopper is a partner of Desire in the upcoming drilling programme. Desire are the operator of that and weve farmed in to it. We are both working towards that drilling as far as we can, given that there is no available rig at the moment.

All you can do if youre in our position is get as ready as you can be and if a rig becomes available then you can act very quickly. But as for when that will be, I cant give you a definitive answer.

This preparatory work includes an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) which Desire embarked upon early in the year in conjunction with consultants RPS Group plc. The EIA is expected to be published for public consultation in the New Year.

Rockhoppers other work is in the northern most licences in the area formerly held by Shell, which is adjacent to Argos acreage: Argos and ourselves are working closely together to try and organise a 3D survey.

As for the seismic data analysed so far, Mr Moody says it is encouraging. There is a lot more seismic data over the ex-Shell blocks than there are over licences 23 and 24 (in I and L). In those licences we have already identified one extremely attractive looking prospect and were going to collect additional seismic over that.

Clearly theres been no drilling that close to the Islands, all the drilling in 98 was further in the north, and in the ex Shell block which we now hold, it was the second well up there that recovered live oil to the surface.

So, I think were as confident as one can ever be in out and out exploration that theres a hydrocarbon in the basin; its really a question of whether or not one can find commercial viable quantities.(PN)

Falkland Islands contract

RNS Number:9886V
Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping PLC
21 December 2005


Press Release

For immediate release: 21 December 2005

Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping plc

Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping plc heads for the Falkland Islands

Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping plc ("OHM" or "the Company") has been awarded a
contract by Rockhopper Exploration plc, to conduct a Controlled Source
Electromagnetic Survey (CSEM) over a number of prospects including at least one
shallow water prospect in the North Falkland Basin.

This is one of OHM's first shallow water contracts since the Company formally
launched its shallow water CSEM service in November, and the first time that
CSEM will be used in the Falkland Islands. Until now, CSEM was most effective in
very deep waters, however OHM has designed a method that overcomes the technical
challenges of shallow water, and it can be used effectively in depths as shallow
as 50 metres.

The Falkland Islands Government has licensed exploration acreage to a number of
companies in water depths that range from 100 to 500 metres in the north and up
to 3,000 metres to the south and west of the Islands.

OHM's Chief Executive Officer, Dave Pratt, commented:

"Our shallow water service generated significant industry interest at the launch
last month and this early contract with Rockhopper Exploration is very pleasing.

"Given the relatively isolated nature of the Falklands, the highly variable
water depths and associated high costs of drilling, it is essential to
understand as much as possible about drilling prospects to minimize the risk of
dry wells. We will be applying leading edge CSEM techniques to Rockhopper's
prospects to help maximise their understanding."

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For further information, please contact:
Dave Pratt, Chief Executive Officer, OHM Plc, 0870 429 6581
www.ohmsurveys.com

Aquila Financial Limited Peter Reilly 020 7849 3319
ohm@aquila-financial.com



Notes to Editors

OHM's survey method transmits an electromagnetic field into the earth, which is
modified by the presence of subsurface resistive layers. These changes in the
field are measured and the resulting data is processed to provide information on
the resistive structure of the subsurface.

Because hydrocarbon accumulations are generally very resistive, this method can
indicate the presence of oil and gas in water depths of as little as 50 metres
in certain circumstances, and can detect and map the edges of such
accumulations. This reduces the risk of drilling non-commercial exploration
wells and can reduce the need for appraisal drilling, thereby creating
considerable value for oil explorers.

The company listed on London's Alternative Investment Market in March 2004.

Our system posted a BUY CONFIRMED today.

http://www.britishbulls.com/StockPage.asp?CompanyTicker=RKH&MarketTicker=RESOURCES&Typ=S

OHM survey

By Upstream staff

Specialist electro-magnetic survey company OHM has secured its first shallow-water contract with an award from Rockhopper Exploration for a survey programme off the Falklands.
Due to start this month, the work is to be carried out over the North Falklands basin in water depths as shallow as 140 metres.

OHM's previous commercial work has been in water depths of at least several hundred metres, where the "air wave" problem for its controlled source technique does not present itself.

http://www.falklandnews.com/public/story.cfm?get=3705&source=3

January 6, 2006
by Rockhopper Exploration

ROCKHOPPER EXPLORATION PLC

ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY INFORMATION NOTICE


Rockhopper Exploration plc will undertake an Electromagnetic Survey in the North Falklands Basin commencing Sunday 8th January 2006.


The survey will be undertaken by the research vessel "Aurelia", radio call sign 9HFI8 (NINE HOTEL FOX INDIA EIGHT). Depending on weather conditions the survey is expected to take around 20 days to complete. The Aurelia has a bright red hull and a white superstructure.


The Aurelia will place a number of receivers on the seabed along the length of the survey lines to be targeted at approximately 1-kilometre intervals. The receivers are left on the seabed for the duration of the survey period. When the receivers are in place on the seabed, the Aurelia will run towlines at 1.5 knots towing an electromagnetic source. This electromagnetic source is towed approximately 30 metres above the seabed, on an electro-hydraulic winch, approximately 100 metres astern of the vessel. On successful completion of the towlines the seabed receivers will be recovered by means of acoustic releasing mechanisms.

Looks like RKH have got there act together and are back on track and full steam ahead.

http://www.falklandnews.com/public/story.cfm?get=3722&source=3

2D Seismic Survey Information Notice
January 15, 2006
by Lewis Clifton (Byron Marine)

ROCKHOPPER EXPLORATION PLC



2D SEISMIC SURVEY INFORMATION NOTICE





Rockhopper Exploration plc will undertake a 2D Seismic Survey in the North Falklands Basin commencing Monday 23rd January 2006.



The 2D seismic survey will be undertaken by the survey vessel GSI PACIFIC radio call sign HO3496 (HOTEL OSCAR THREE FOUR NINE SIX). Depending on weather conditions the survey is expected to take around 20 days to complete. The GSI Pacific has a dark blue painted hull and a white superstructure.



The GSI Pacific will tow a 6000 metre seismic production cable. The total offset from the rear of the vessel to the floating tail buoy, indicated by a flashing light, will be 6500 metres. The Survey Area to be targeted is bounded by the following coordinates

http://www.falklandnews.com/public/story.cfm?get=3723&source=3

Repsol YPF, Enarsa Deal Good for Falklands Oil Exploration

RNS Number:9654W
Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping PLC
16 January 2006

Press Release

For immediate release: 16 January 2006

Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping plc

Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping in Falkland Islands CSEM programme

Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping plc (OHM) is currently on location with the survey
vessel MV Aurelia in the North Falkland Basin conducting a shallow water
Controlled Source Electromagnetic Imaging (CSEM) survey for Rockhopper
Exploration plc. It is the first survey of this type to be conducted in the
Falkland Islands and will be keenly watched by the exploration industry, the
Falkland Islands Government and investors alike.

Dave Pratt, OHM's CEO said; "By undertaking CSEM surveys Rockhopper Exploration
are progressing exploration in the Falklands, de-risking their exploration
prospects ahead of any drilling programme and ultimately protecting their
shareholders interests.

"In remote locations such as the Falkland Islands OHM's CSEM imaging technology
is especially valuable. Mobilising exploration drilling rigs to such frontier
areas, especially at times of very high rig rates, is expensive. As the cost of
CSEM surveys is significantly less than drilling, exploration companies are able
to investigate many more prospects than would have been the case if drilling was
their only recourse"

The data acquisition programme is being conducted over a number of prospects in
water depths of approximately 150 to 500 meters, using one of OHM's specialised
survey crews and incorporating OHM's proprietary EM source and receiver systems.
Although this is the first survey of its kind in the Falkland Islands,
feasibility modelling has indicated that the anticipated reservoir scenarios
should give a significant EM response.

Before mobilising for a CSEM survey, the prospect's electromagnetic response is
calculated and used to assess the influence of local structure, for example salt
or volcanic bodies, on the outcome of a survey. The sensitivity to target
parameters such as reservoir thickness, resistivity and lateral extent is
examined and the resolution with which these parameters can be determined is
quantified. In cases where there are competing geological interpretations of
existing data, modeling is used to ascertain to what extent these can be
distinguished using CSEM surveying.

Finally, acquisition parameters are optimized for the defined survey objective.
The model results are used to determine the source tow and receiver array
geometries and source transmission frequencies that will provide the best
resolution of target structures and properties.

Only when the modeling process has been completed, can OHM confirm that the
technique will provide conclusive indication of the presence of resistive layers
consistent with hydrocarbon reservoirs in the prospects modeled.

Once the data is gathered and processed, there are a range of 1D, 2D and 3D
inversion algorithms that can be applied to the data along with OHM's innovative
diffusive E-field focusing (DEFF) imaging technique, which allows resistivity
volumes of the earth to be created.

Dr. Lucy MacGregor, OHM's Chief Scientific Officer commented:

"The North Falkland Basin is a new area for the application of the CSEM
technique and as the targets are in relatively shallow water depths, the survey
provides us with the opportunity to further demonstrate our recently launched
shallow water technique.

"As with all our surveys, we take great care in the survey planning and
modelling stage to ensure that the data we do acquire is relevant and capable of
being processed and interpreted to give our clients a meaningful answer."

http://www.falkland-malvinas.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=7066

Good to see the SP go up at last

Falklands map

By Upstream staff

OFFSHORE Hydrocarbon Mapping is carrying out an electromagnetic imaging survey for Rockhopper Exploration in the North Falkland basin the first survey of its type to be conducted around the remote Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, writes Christopher Hopson.
The data acquisition programme is being conducted over a number of prospects in water depths of about 150 to 500 metres using the survey vessel MV Aurelia. The survey is likely to be keenly watched by the exploration industry, the Falkland Islands government and investors.


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20 January 2006 00:02 GMT | last updated: 20 January 2006 00:02 GMT

Got mail thanks marky. Much warmer tonight so far! :)

PRESS RELEASE

Monday 6 February 2006

Rockhopper Exploration plc

Falkland Islands survey programme update


Rockhopper Exploration plc ("Rockhopper") is pleased to give the following
progress report on its Falkland Islands exploration programme:

2D seismic survey: The GSI vessel, the GSI Pacific is now in the Falkland
Islands and has commenced the 2D seismic programme of approximately 900km over
Rockhopper's 100% licences PL023 and PL024.

The programme, which should take approximately 4 weeks, will add to the existing
1832km of 2D data covering licences PL023 and PL024 on which a number of
prospects and leads have already been identified.

Electromagnetic survey: Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping plc has completed the first
controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) survey over Rockhopper's "J1" prospect
in licence PL024. The survey vessel MV Aurelia has moved to the second survey
location.

The processing and interpretation of both the 2D and CSEM surveys is expected to
take approximately 3 to 4 months.

Pierre Jungels, Rockhopper's Executive Chairman commented: "Together with
existing information, the data gathered from the current seismic and CSEM
surveys will contribute significantly to our understanding of the exploration
potential of our Falkland Islands licences."


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Hi All, I've just added this share to my watch list.... Price a little high I think at the moment but can see the potential.

explosive its as cheap as chips compared to the other oil companies out there.

RKH Market Cap 21.53m 2D and some 3D done also Farm in Partner with DES

BOR Market Cap 51.71m 2D

DES Market Cap 68.28m 2D and 3D done money in the bank waiting to for a rig to drill

FOGL Market Cap 144.53m 2D only

Take your pick

Mark,

It will be interesting to see what is driving the FOGL price upwards at the moment!

Its interesting why the price is sky high for FOGL when drilling has been put back another year to 2008 now and only 2D seismic been carried out and still not finished, its either a farm-in but I doubt that at this early stage so I will be polite and go with good PR .

But good luck to FOGL holders.

Mark,

Well they are normally quiet, so not sure about PR, you may be right.

The recent volume has been quite heavy, and for that reason I was wondering whether they are about to anounce some sort of JV or farminee arrangement.

I went around their chartroom a couple of months ago, and they said they were in active discussions with potential partners, and they had taked to many oil companies, including all of the majors.

The way I see it is, if any one of the prospectors around the Falklands has some success, it will rub off on the others, so any news is good for all IMO.

http://www.falklandnews.com/public/story.cfm?get=3798&source=3

NORTH FALKLAND BASIN: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

By J. Brock (FINN)


Dr Colin Phipps, Chairman of Desire Petroleum plc, is visiting the Falkland Islands with Mr. Ian Duncan, Chief Executive of Desire Petroleum plc, Mr. John Perry, principle author of the Environmental Impact Assessment and Mr. Mark Gillard, a Drilling Engineer. On the evening of Wednesday, 22 February the team gave a presentation at the Chamber of Commerce and explained the main points of the Environmental Impact Assessment, which is on Desire plcs website.


Mr. Gillard said that Desire planned to drill three exploratory wells and he showed graphics that indicated how the wells would be drilled and how deep they would be. He said the project would take approximately 70 days, with supplies and personnel being ferried out to the rig using two supply boats. One boat would stay near the rig for Safety reasons.

Mr. John Perry of RPS Energy presented a very thorough set of slides that explained some of the impact issues, such as rig to air pollution, rig to water pollution, noise pollution. Assessments were also done with respect to seabirds, Marine Mammals and fish. The key points of the baseline study also dealt with Met-Ocean, Socio-economic issues, land and protected areas and species, as well as waste management. There would be no flaring, for example.

In mitigation, the assessment sought to reduce the impact to the environment to the lowest possible level.

Questions from those present dealt mainly with the drilling muds that are a necessity in the hydrocarbons industry. Mr. Perry reassured that only water-based non toxic muds would be used.


Several mechanisms have been in place since the 1997/98 drilling sessions in the North Falkland Basin. As in the past, EMS Standard Offshore Monitoring Protocol would be in place to ensure the environmental and safety aspects pointed out in the Environmental Impact Assessment would be carried out. Besides that, people with a keen interest in the environment pilots, scientists, fishermen you and I would be reporting any infringements.


The possibility of a users group was thought to be a good idea. Dr. Phipps said that since the Environmental Impact Assessment was published on the Desire website there had been some useful feedback that would be incorporated in methods and practices