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http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=114250&hmpn=1

THIS STOCK QUALIFIES FOR YOUR ISA.


Photo's of Ber Bahir where black is thought to be oil?

http://db.tt/nrmRjZ5D

THE LARGEST PRODUCER IN KURDISTAN, 41000bopd,with 1.4BBO of which 356MBO are P1 &P2.
http://www.investegate.co.uk/genel-energy-plc-%28genl%29/rns/completion-of-acquisition/201301231000021850W/
The operator with 40% interest (GKP 40&)in Ber Bahir.
From a recent RNS released by GKP ,

13th Dec 2011
Ber Bahr-1 Exploration Well

The first exploration well on the Ber Bahr block has drilled to a measured depth of 1,765 metres at the top of the Triassic with hydrocarbons indications observed in the well. Wireline logging is underway which will be followed by running of 9 5/8" casing. The well will then continue drilling to the estimated TD of 2,100 metres.

Also a note from the broker stated that was similar to early Shailhan wells,if so WOW?

Approx 335mtrs to go of which oil plays are part of,so news is close?

http://boards.fool.co.uk/vallares-gkp-12355098.aspx?sort=whole#12355179
http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201203080700149278Y
http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201203200700206495Z
http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201203210705107420Z
http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=4422402
http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=4430165
http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=4431708
http://www.genelenergy.com/admin/resimler/detay_resim/Half_Year_Results_23082012_FINAL.pdf
http://www.investegate.co.uk/genel-energy-plc-%28genl%29/rns/trading-and-operational-update/201301180700068414V/
http://www.investegate.co.uk/genel-energy-plc--genl-/rns/bina-bawi-update/201304041105015272B/
http://www.investegate.co.uk/genel-energy-plc--genl-/rns/chia-surkh-discovery/201304100700069624B/
http://www.investegate.co.uk/genel-energy-plc--genl-/rns/half-yearly-report/201307310700115294K/
http://www.investegate.co.uk/genel-energy-plc--genl-/rns/declaration-of-commerciality-for-miran/201309030700110610N/
http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=4668698
http://www.investegate.co.uk/genel-energy-plc--genl-/rns/update-re--tawke/201310140708553997Q/
http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=4739145
http://www.investegate.co.uk/genel-energy-plc--genl-/rns/krg-exercises-back-in-right-to-miran-psc/201402241100037720A/
http://www.investegate.co.uk/genel-energy-plc--genl-/rns/full-year-results/201403060700146386B/
http://www.investegate.co.uk/genel-energy-plc--genl-/rns/agreement-for-development-of-miran-and-bina-bawi/201411130700268995W/
http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=4962310
HTTp://news.sky.com/story/1419273/ex-bp-boss-hayward-lures-monaghan-to-genel
http://uk.advfn.com/news/UKREG/2015/article/67672862

Its never too late Harry.. Merril Lynch have a 1200p target.

http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=4430165

Heritage up 20% well done to holders.

Genel to farm in to Sidi Moussa Offshore Block, offshore Morocco and assume operatorship

Genel Energy announces that it has agreed to farm in for 60 per cent of the licence interests to explore for and produce oil and gas in the Sidi Moussa Offshore Block, offshore Morocco ("Sidi Moussa")(the "Transaction"). As part of the Transaction, Genel Energy will assume operatorship.

http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=4431686

Genel Energy to farm in to Area 4 (Blocks 4,5,6 & 7) Offshore Malta

Genel Energy announces that it has agreed to farm in for 75 per cent of Mediterranean Oil and Gas Plc's (MOG) licence interests to explore for and produce oil and gas in the Area 4 Offshore Malta ("Area 4")(the "Transaction").

http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=4431687

Update on acquisition of additional interest in the Miran Block

On 21 August 2012, Genel Energy announced that it had entered into a sale and purchase agreement to acquire an additional 26 per cent interest in the Miran exploration block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (the "Miran Block") from Heritage Energy Middle East Limited ("HEME") (the "Acquisition").

Genel Energy today announces that, following discussions with the Ministry for Natural Resources in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Closing took place under the sale and purchase agreement yesterday. Following such Closing and formal approval of the Acquisition by the Regional Council for the Oil and Gas Affairs of the Kurdistan Region - Iraq, Genel Energy will, combined with its existing holdings, have a 51 per cent working interest in the Miran Block.

Genel Energy and HEME have agreed to establish a new joint venture company for the purposes of managing the Miran Block, to be held between them pro rata to their working interests in the field. HEME will transfer the operatorship of the Miran Block to the new vehicle within 60 days.

Simultaneously, Heritage Oil Plc ("Heritage") drew down $294 million from its bilateral loan with Genel Energy, the terms of which were previously announced on 21 August 2012. The Loan is made on standard commercial terms and is secured against both Heritage's interest in the share capital of HEME and Heritage's working interest in the Miran Block.

Half year results:
http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=4431708

Highlights
· Expanded our position as the leading independent oil and gas producer in the increasingly attractive Kurdistan Region

· Development plans on track to deliver material production capacity growth at both Taq Taq and Tawke - currently 76,000 bopd (net), targeting 140,000 bopd (net) in 2014

· Construction of the new export pipeline infrastructure in the Kurdistan Region underway

· Appraisal programme delivering results; Net 2P reserves increased by 14% to 468 mmbbls following significant reserve upgrade at the Tawke field

· Significant resource additions acquired in the Kurdistan Region: 44% interest in Bina Bawi and additional interests in Chia Surkh (40%) and Miran (26%), adding over 500 mmboe of net contingent and prospective resources with significant upside

· 2012-13 major exploration programme of 7 high impact exploration wells targeting 650 mmboe of unrisked resource potential, proceeding to schedule

· Established a high impact African exploration portfolio through the acquisition of material positions in Somaliland, Morocco, Cote d'Ivoire and Malta (circa 25,000 km2 net exploration acres)

· Free cash flow positive in the first half, with capital expenditure on the exploration, appraisal and development programme in the Kurdistan Region funded entirely from operating cash flow

· Good progress in building operating and technical capability.

Outlook
· Average net working interest production for the full year expected to be circa 40,000 bopd, excluding any export sales. Sales revenue guidance for 2012 remains at circa $250-$300 million

· Continuing progress on the appraisal and development programmes at Taq Taq and Tawke to deliver production capacity growth and resource additions

· Exploration programme to continue throughout 2012: completion of additional testing on Peshkabir 1 and Ber Bahr 1, key wells to be spudded at Taq Taq Deep, Tawke Deep and Chia Surkh 10

· Significant cash resources of circa $1 billion (post the Bina Bawi and Miran acquisitions and the Miran loan) available for future acquisitions

· Pursuing further opportunities to deepen resource potential in the Kurdistan Region at the same time as geographical diversification through the acquisition of a high impact exploration portfolio within the Middle East and Africa.

Its all happening harry.

Yes. The 'one trick pony' has now expanded considerably. Can't decide if the market is due to correct soon though, so just waiting & watching this one for the moment.

Nice to see some geographical diversification, although I very much like this share, the fields, and the management, Kurdistan is geographically and politically a high risk play. This is why I've taken short term profits and exited the stock. No doubt I'll be back though for another spread. Not something I'd buy equity in however just yet.

Good luck if your holding stock and no doubt rises will come as and when Baghdad soften their stance on the region.

Well worth the time listening,also presentation in the header.

http://www.genelenergy.com/index.php?sf=video&k=287

Bouncing off the 700p level.

By Peg Mackey

ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq and its Kurdish region both have too much at stake not to settle their dispute over oil, although they may take a year or so to do it, the head of the largest producer there said.

"The scale of the opportunity for Kurdistan and for Iraq is so large that there will be a resolution," Genel Chief Executive Tony Hayward, former boss of BP, said in an interview.

"Over the next year or two, Kurdistan production capacity will grow towards 1 million barrels a day - that's too much oil to be shut in as a consequence of a political dispute. So one way or another, it's going to get resolved."

Kurdistan's oil can be shipped to world markets through a Baghdad-controlled pipeline from Kirkuk to the Turkish port of Ceyhan.

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) halted exports in April in a dispute over payments from Baghdad to companies working in the region. It restarted them, but warned it would cut shipments by mid-September if there were no progress on payments.

"We'd like to be exporting and believe strongly that over the next year or so, if not well before, that resolution will be arrived at," Hayward said in the telephone interview.

London-listed oil explorer Genel, the first to arrive in the mountainous region, has complained that it has not been paid for the majority of oil exported in 2009 and 2011. Other operators have voiced similar grievances.

But Hayward said if exports were to stop, production from the Taq Taq and Tawke oilfields - where it is involved - would be sold into the domestic market.

That local business - which fetches about $60 (37.6 pounds) a barrel, well below that on world markets - would be enough to keep both projects in the money. "Very much so," he said.

Taq Taq is now pumping 105,000 bpd. Tawke is running at 70,000 bpd, but should be up to 100,000 bpd by the end of the year.

Baghdad says it has the sole power to export oil. But Kurdistan has signed exploration oil deals with foreign companies, contracts Baghdad says are illegal.

Taq Taq and Tawke are the backbone of KRG exports, between them contributing roughly 80,000 barrels per day of an overall 120,000 bpd. Khurmala, the northernmost part of the giant Kirkuk oilfield, makes up the remainder.

A new pipeline linking Taq Taq to Khurmala - the entry point to the Iraq-Turkey pipeline - is expected to be up and running by October, easing delivery of the oil to world markets. Crude from the field is now transported by tanker trucks.

"If there's an agreement between Baghdad and Erbil to continue exports, then Taq Taq will be tied directly to the export infrastructure," said Hayward.

In the meantime, KRG energy minister Ashti Hawrami - aiming to reduce the region's energy reliance on Baghdad - is carrying out plans to export oil and gas directly to Turkey, just to the north.

GAS PROSPECTS

Apart from its oil plays, Anglo-Turkish Genel - its longer term sights on Turkey's gas market - is also building up its position in Kurdish gas. It splashed out $450 million last month on a stake in the Miran gas discovery and also acquired a piece of the Bina Bawi gas discovery.

"The Kurdistan Regional Government has made it very clear that they would like to see gas in Kurdistan exported to Turkey, so building a gas business in Kurdistan focused on both the domestic market in Kurdistan but also the Turkish export market makes a great deal of sense," said Hayward.

Genel spent more than $700 million last month to bolster its position in Kurdistan. Hayward said the company could take on more, but acknowledged that options were now limited.

"If we see opportunities where we can create a lot of value, then we'll continue to add," he said. "But there's been a lot of consolidation in the course of the last nine months and the opportunity set is undoubtedly diminishing."

The Genel chief has also been trying to diversify the firm's sources of oil, recently taking acreage in Morocco and Malta. It has earmarked around $1 billion to buy further assets.

"We've said we'll focus on the Middle East and Africa and that's what we're doing," said Hayward. Genel was formed last year when Hayward and financier Nathaniel Rothschild's bid vehicle bought Turkey's Genel Enerji.

In Kurdistan, Hayward expects to see further consolidation. Oil majors Chevron, Total and Gazprom have joined Exxon with their own deals in there, provoking warnings from Baghdad that those with oil deals with the federal government might be at risk.

"The supermajors have moved in - we haven't got much room for many more, frankly," he said.

"We'll see further consolidation and the emergence of half a dozen serious operators - of which Genel will be one."

(Editing by William Hardy)

Thanks for that cyril.

place cursor on gkp for video.

http://www.iii.co.uk/tv/episode/gulf-keystone-and-genel-kurdistan%E2%80%99s-big-winners

that was interesting indeed..... assuming a respectable start to the week, shall prob buy some of these

surprised Hayward has managed to generate quite a following after the costly and still unsettled mistakes made on his watch at BP.

good comment hali, but it is the company and not the man one would be buying ..... however, it is clearly pretty illiquid (200k daily average) so care required

I have a feeling that TH is very good at his job. His PR skills are poor which is why he now keeps a very low profile, but although Macondo was technically on his watch, it's just not possible to watch every single aspect of a drill, hence the art of delegation. I find it interesting that BP had enough faith in TH not to make him the sacrificial lamb but to shuffle him off to TNK-BP out in the wilds of Russia for a cooling down period. But they obviously thought that he was good enough to persue the Kurdistan angle, which could be huge for the major players. Presumably a scenario where his business skills outweighed his PR skills. Imo, he is sharp, aggressive and astute. I wouldn't want him as a friend, but I would (& will) invest in his company.