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It does not say what kind of liquid which means either oil (heavy or light) or gas condensate

Lovely - a condensate discovery and massive one as well, no wonder BOR are pleased to announce it !

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201204230700178142B


Condensate sells for a premium to Brent Crude.

A billion barrels of condensate - well ........... worth even more than a billion barrels of API32 crude.

The Times was half right, The Sun was half right.

Its not dry gas as The Times could have been taken for, and its not Crude Oil that The Sun said - however, its liquid gasoline in effect - more valuable than Brent crude and 26 square kilometers of it with very thick net pay.


Well done BOR and all !! no need to build an LNG plant like those East African finds - this comes out as condensate, beautiful !! :)

Opens the basin and not only wonderful news for BOR, but great news for FOGL with now a proven working hydrocarbon system in the South Falklands for the first time.

Congratulations to the Borders and Southern team.....and well done risk takers and investors here...bravo,,,,and it was a huge risk....

for those like me who have no knowledge .....

The American Petroleum Institute gravity, or API gravity, is a measure of how heavy or light a petroleum liquid is compared to water. If its API gravity is greater than 10, it is lighter and floats on water; if less than 10, it is heavier and sinks. API gravity is thus an inverse measure of the relative density of a petroleum liquid and the density of water, but it is used to compare the relative densities of petroleum liquids. For example, if one petroleum liquid floats on another and is therefore less dense, it has a greater API gravity. Although mathematically, API gravity has no units (see the formula below), it is nevertheless referred to as being in "degrees". API gravity is gradated in degrees on a hydrometer instrument. The API scale was designed so that most values would fall between 10 and 70 API gravity degrees.

Congratulations Pro , well done.

floats on water .... don't like the sound of that cynic . is that good ?

walking on water is better :-)

Cynic, for first thing in the morning that's a cracker! :o)

Its the way he tell's them

So it is!

So it is , Frank Carson New's at Ten

From Merchant Securities, and I agree very much with the last part ref-FOGL


Borders & Southern Petroleum (BOR.L) Oil & Gas
UNDER REVIEW

Darwin well makes gas condensate discovery

Borders & Southern announced a “significant gas condensate discovery”. Good hydrocarbon shows were encountered from 4,633m down to 4,810m. Net pay of 67.8m was encountered (above the 55m pre-drill estimate). Average porosity is 22%. The company will be able to comment on the liquid content of the reservoir after fluid samples are analysed.

The question now becomes one of assessing whether the liquid content in the gas will be sufficient for the reservoir to be commercially viable on a liquids-only basis. We are very cautious about arriving too early at a positive conclusion for the commerciality of the condensates. At present, we are reluctant to ascribe value to the gas discovery. We keep an open mind for this eventuality, especially given the excellent quality of the reservoir (high recovery rates) and the liquids rich nature of the gas.

; The presence of condensate confirms that the South Falkland basin is conducive to the generation of liquid hydrocarbons. However, due to the close proximity of the Darwin and Stebbing prospects we believe that the probability of finding gas condensate at Stebbing has increased and the probability of finding black oil has decreased.

The read across for Falkland Oil & Gas is somewhat more positive to the extent that the larger scale prospects of Falkland Oil & Gas would make a liquefied natural gas project more viable. We also note that Falkland Oil & Gas has prospects which are deeper into the area that is conducive to oil generation.

there is no shortage of gas worldwide especially in the US, it may wll be the case that the huge cost of development and extraction will mean this discovery has little or no commercial value.

hali - i think you're right; see also my comment just posted on BOR

have bitten the bullet on these too ..... if i read correctly, fogl's drilling prog is now delayed 6 weeks, so there is little immediate upside with the bor find now pretty much confirmed as just gas (condensate) - it's in the wrong region i'm afraid

Bought another 26K FOGL just now. Bought more BOR earlier at 87p.

There is MORE news to come from BOR, imo.

i don't dispute that there's more news to come, but unless it's a confirmation of oil, and at least a fair bit of it, then ..... :-(

My portfolio is starting to turn into these.....could not resist ....so I snapped up some more....

Well, I now hold 326K fully paid for FOGL's :)

Summary of the BOR broker comments today.



From Merchant Securities, and I agree very much with the last part ref-FOGL


Borders & Southern Petroleum (BOR.L) Oil & Gas
UNDER REVIEW

Darwin well makes gas condensate discovery

Borders & Southern announced a “significant gas condensate discovery”. Good hydrocarbon shows were encountered from 4,633m down to 4,810m. Net pay of 67.8m was encountered (above the 55m pre-drill estimate). Average porosity is 22%. The company will be able to comment on the liquid content of the reservoir after fluid samples are analysed.

The question now becomes one of assessing whether the liquid content in the gas will be sufficient for the reservoir to be commercially viable on a liquids-only basis. We are very cautious about arriving too early at a positive conclusion for the commerciality of the condensates. At present, we are reluctant to ascribe value to the gas discovery. We keep an open mind for this eventuality, especially given the excellent quality of the reservoir (high recovery rates) and the liquids rich nature of the gas.

; The presence of condensate confirms that the South Falkland basin is conducive to the generation of liquid hydrocarbons. However, due to the close proximity of the Darwin and Stebbing prospects we believe that the probability of finding gas condensate at Stebbing has increased and the probability of finding black oil has decreased.

The read across for Falkland Oil & Gas is somewhat more positive to the extent that the larger scale prospects of Falkland Oil & Gas would make a liquefied natural gas project more viable. We also note that Falkland Oil & Gas has prospects which are deeper into the area that is conducive to oil generation.

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Part of the Canaccord note:

"The overall structure is large and the seismic anomaly covers 26km2, so the company believes Darwin East is likely to contain significant volumes.
The well will be shortly plugged and abandoned and the rig will then move to the Stebbing location for the second well in the programme, which we expect to take 45- 60 days to drill.

The discovery of hydrocarbons to the south of the Falkland Islands is a very positive step. However, there is clearly much to do to understand the liquids content of the samples and this find, and then to extrapoloate that information to the other nearby prospects and leads. That process is likely to take several months. In the meantime, the market can only speculate on the possibility of Darwin being a commercial discovery. What is certain, is that the company will seek to expand its exploration campaign (perhaps this year, but certainly next) and will likely need to appraise the Darwin East discovery. That would imply additional financing will be required. Investors may want to wait for that, or at least greater clarity on the find.

Valuation at present is nearly impossible. However, given the potential of Darwin and the remaining portfolio, we believe a revised and increased target price of 150p/share is reasonable (previously 100p/share). That equates to around 225 mmbbls contingent liquids resources based on the current market rating for Rockhopper (US$4.5/bbl)."

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From FD's daily monitor:

Borders and Southern (BOR LN, 100.5p, ▼ 23.3%) - Oil? Gas? Does it Matter:

Today's news is a terrific technical success, and one that the Company should be proud of; they announce the arrival of a new hydrocarbon basin, the South Falklands Basin ("SFB") and given that it contains gas and condensate, these results suggest thermal maturity (thermo genic gas opposed to biogenic gas which tends to be drier). Now for the cloud with the silver lining.

A technical discovery is a long way from a commercial discovery, and while the shares will be marked upwards, as they have been already, if predominantly gas the find will have a long wait for commercialisation, if it is commercial at all. On the back of this news, we are raising our price target from 150p to 220p and reiterating our BUY recommendation, but proffer a note of caution.

A gas find will not be what the market is looking for, and there may well be weakness in the share price as a result. In this news:

Good hydrocarbon shows from 4,633m down to 4,810m

The main reservoir interval, comprising good quality massive sandstone, was found to be 84.5m thick with net pay of 67.8m.

Average porosity for this interval is 22%, with maximum values reaching 30%.

Fluid samples from the reservoir have been recovered and will be brought back to the UK for analysis.

Once the lab analysis is complete and the results integrated with other data collected from the well, the Company will be able to comment on the liquid content of the reservoir

Too early to give an accurate resource estimate, but this large simple structure
Seismic amplitude anomaly measuring 26sq km


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Target price upgrade to 450p a share.

Borders & Southern – Darwinian revolution....Mirabaud

Today Borders & Southern Petroleum announced a basin-opening gas-condensate discovery at the Darwin East exploration well – the first ever deep water well in the South Falkland Basin (SFB). Borders’ 61/17-1 well encountered 68m of net hydrocarbon pay in a good quality (up to 30% porosity), shallow marine reservoir which corresponds directly to the area of high amplitude identified on 3D seismic data pre drill.

Although the exact liquids content of the discovery remains unclear at this stage, the structure covers some 26 sq km and our back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests the field could contain c.480 mmboe of recoverable condensate and gas. Furthermore, looking forward there are numerous lookalike prospects across Border’s acreage with similar structural and seismic attributes that have been materially de-risked as a result, and we would point to the success of explorers offshore East Africa as an example of how a string of remote gas discoveries can lead to the creation of very substantial value utilising a cluster LNG approach.

Overall, we view the results of Darwin East as a promising start to the current SFB drilling campaign and maintain our BUY recommendation on an upgraded target price of 450p/shr – offering some 266% upside to Friday’s close.