Nice to Panmure agree with me that Sea Lion at 242 million recoverable barrels is worth over 700p a share.
And if of course this should over time get upgraded to 300M then 400M then 500M as more work is done then that valuation keeps moving up to say 15 pounds for this single Sea Lion area :)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/817c9630-c229-11df-a91c-00144feab49a,s01=1.html
.......... We believe that reserves in the Falklands Islands are worth approximately $10 per barrel and, as such, this field could be worth $2.4bn to the company which is worth more than 750p per share, said Panmure Gordon.............
Comments in the media all over the place, going to be a busy weekend and next week with lots of new broker notes and updates and media coverage.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/marketforceslive/2010/sep/17/rockhopper-falklands-economic-worries
..........Rockhopper Exploration, one of a number of operators controversially looking for oil in the Falklands, jumped 87p to 420p as it announced a successful test at its Sea Lion 1 well and said it believed the discovery would be commercially viable.
The company said the test produced sustained oil flow of more than 2,000 barrels a day, over an 18 hour period. Oil specialist Finlay Thomson at Canaccord Genuity said:
Very good news from Rockhopper as the Sea Lion well has successfully flowed oil. The flow-test was restricted by the testing equipment available on the rig, with the group saying that with the right equipment they would expect to flow at significantly higher rates. Whilst this is not actually quantified (given that the group probably needs to spend time interrogating all the data from the test), I'd take this as meaning in excess of 5,000 barrels a day. The next likely news from Rockhopper will be its involvement in the Rachel well which should spud after Sea Lion. Continue buying Rockhopper - today's news is another big tick in the box towards commercialisation.............