http://www.falklands-oil.com/

http://www.rockhopperexploration.co.uk

http://www.argosresources.com/




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.

to late to call it......sorry

what do you reckon the sp will be on this news,
I need to close today- or buy?

* Well flowed at COMMERCIALLY VIABLE rates

* Well flowed at a stabilised rate of 5508 stb/d

* Well achieved a maximum stabilised flow rate of 9036 stb/d

* The Bard view the flow rates achieved as being commercially viable.

3D to come inside a month it will fly

KEY WORD FROM RNS

"The Board views the flow rates achieved as being commercially viable"

spot on that that is the key clause ..... i was guessing +50p being a reasonable target, but if there are indeed a lot of short positions, then these will be heavily targetted so at least in the short term, 50p may be pretty conservative

something wrong with the stockwatch prices!!!!!!!!!!!!

NEWS on 3D to come also an update on CPR report as size of field within a month just in case your thinking os selling.

Great news from the Falklands !.

Desire up more ........

Sequestor,

Same on another site. Prices only just clicked up correct re bid/ask. Probably the computer system in the stock exchange got as exited as we did, and could not keep up.

not so exciting greekman, troublre with these AIM stocks is how much good news ha been built into the prce already, and how much through leaks over the waiting for news.

Not exactly a bonanza this morning, and what bit there is is fading fast.

strange ..... price has dropped back to about 290 with seemingly a lot of stock on offer

not going to make 300p...dropping back now.

Very poor Sp for such good news i will go and finish the kids pack lunch.....

I gotta make hay......sunshine!!

at least it was scarcely bad news which makes a change!

Stick with it - I'm not baling out. Reckon the sp has a long way to go yet but don't expect it all to happen overnight

Fox Davies note

Rockhopper Exploration (LON:RKH, 274.5p, ▲ 2.91%) provided an update on the flow test carried out at well 14/10-5: Well flowed at commercially viable rates; Well flowed at stabilised rates of 5508 stb/d; and the well achieved a maximum stabilised flow rate of 9036 stb/d. A total section of 86m, incorporating 79m of reservoir, was perforated between 2379m and 2465m (md) over the Sea Lion Main Fan Complex. No lower fan sands were perforated on this flow test. The well flowed for a main 48 hour flow period at a stabilised rate of 5508 stb/d and 940 mscf/d of gas with a flowing well head pressure (WHP) of 783 psi on a 48/64 inch choke. It was not necessary to use any wax inhibitors or pour point suppressants and no water or H2S were produced d uring the test. Downhole mini DSTs (Drill Stem Test) were also performed on two of the three sands making up the 14m of net pay encountered in the well, which form part of the lower fan. These 2 sands had net pay of 8m and 4.5m. Interpretation of the results of the mini DST indicate that these 2 sands could have contributed an additional 800 stb/d flow rate using the same flow test techniques (artificial lift by ESP and thermal insulation by VIT) as used during the main DST performed on the upper fan in well 14/10-5. The Ocean Guardian drilling unit will now drill well 14/10-6, which will be the third appraisal well within the Sea Lion discovery area. 14/10-6 is located some 4.5km to the west of well 14/10-5 and is located within the Company's currently mapped mid-case area.

Apologies for always being negative about the market but it does fit in with the idea that in this bear market, good news will have little effect on the sp but bad news will hammer the sp (WLF).

It's about prices being pushed to their lowest common denominator. Of course 6 mnths/1 yr ago then the sp would probably have risen 20+%

marky - does the above therefore caste some doubt on the published result? .... certainly reads that way