New Projects and good prospects. will be the winner in 2004. IMO
25p in early 2004

why the big sell off now does anyone know?

Three more 100k sells driving the price down - dammit. What % change triggers an RNS.

One encouraging thing though - what other small cap could face this continuous selling without going through the floor!

Just released:

Petroceltic International PLC
27 September 2004


Petroceltic International plc ('Petroceltic' or the 'Company')


Petroceltic raises Stg9.4m ($16.9m)



Petroceltic has agreed to raise Stg9.4 million (with a possible further Stg3.1
million from warrants) from the issue of new shares to institutional investors
in U.K. and Ireland. The Company will issue 72 million shares at Stg13p and 18
million warrants exercisable before 30 June 2005 at Stg17p.


The Company has entered into arrangements to place up to 72,000,000 ordinary
shares of 0.0125 each in the capital of the Company ('Ordinary Shares') at
Stg0.13 per share (the 'Placing'). In conjunction with the Placing, the Company
has granted warrants over 18,000,000 Ordinary Shares (the 'Warrants') with an
exercise price of Stg0.17 per share. The Warrants are being issued on the basis
of one warrant for every four new Ordinary Shares allocated. The exercise period
is up to 30 June 2005


The Placing has been arranged by Davy and Evolution Securities Limited.


Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for up to 72,000,000
Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on the Alternative Investment Market
of the London Stock Exchange. Dealing is expected to commence in these shares on
30 September 2004. These new Ordinary Shares have been allotted and will rank
pari passu in all respects with the existing issued Ordinary Shares.


Enquiries:

Petroceltic:

John Craven

Tel: +353 1 662 7993

Brian Cusack

Tel: +353 1 662 7993



Davy:

Hugh McCutcheon

Tel: +353 1 679 6363

John Frain

Tel: +353 1 679 6363



Evolution Securities Limited:

Robert Collins

Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7071 4311

Tim Redfern

Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7071 4312.


27 September 2004


This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

Interesting.

Very!

Why?

Surely this dilutes our holding?

Signed;

yours truly thick from Essex

sw - true, but look at the prices they've gone for. Should underpin things IMO.

Also, word is it was massively oversubscribed, hence big upmove after RNS.

I was holding for the drilling results so this is an added extra for me.

;-)

Yes it dilutes our holding, but I think the question is why do they want the money raised by the placing. The market seemed to like it, a fair old scramble to get on board once the news was out. Also the institutions must be keen to take up another 72m shares. Big question is why they need the extra cash. New licences, more aggressive drilling, no farm out in Algeria, guess we will find out soon though. Questions questions questions!!

also on the bbc business site..

full story

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3693376.stm

Irish firm wins Algerian gas deal


Algeria supplies a quarter of the EU's gas imports
Petroceltic, a Dublin-based company listed on the UK stock market, has signed a production sharing agreement for oil and gas fields in Algeria.
The contract was one of eight signed by Algerian state oil firm Sonatrach.

Other contract winners include CNPC and Sinopec of China, US firm Amerada Hess, Australia's BHP/Woodside, Norway's Statoil and Repsol of Spain.

Well thanks for the explanation.

Still thick but not so much from Essex!

Loads more buys than sells but the price not moving up - puzzleing.

Decent buying at the open pushed us up a bit slowly, then a few sells and back down sharpish. A 300k and a 200k, look like rollovers to me, then some sells and down again.

Equally thick here in Dundee now!

Took a decision - rightly or wrongly - to get out at my breakeven, in the expectation of a drop and a buy back lower down. The thought of those 13p shares concerns me and I was totally over exposed if the ST well is dry. I usually guess wrong though!

On another board they reckon that a tree shake is going on - offer lowered and bid remaining the same. How does lowering the offer pursuade people to sell? I would have thought the reverse.

Chinapete, do you not mean lowering the bid but keeping the offer the same? Bid now 14.75 from 15 and offer remains the same at 15.5. Maybe just trying to panic or shake some holders into selling some shares. Yes if they upped the bid some more might sell, but more may buy thinking the stock is moving up. By dropping the bid, some may sell thinking it's going down. Maybe someone else would be able to give a better definition of a treeshake!

given a lot would have bought in around 16p++ on the last upand down rise would think treeshake a bit futile?? most will have to sit tight until c18p-20p reached to make some profit - having got out before at 11p and 14p breakevens - wrong move

Thanks both.

What happens if any of the Institutions decide to take the 13p shares and sell a corresponding amount 14p+ shares, making a quick buck whilst holding the same amount. If the offer price goes below 15p in the next three weeks I can buy back at lower cost than my original shedfull. I'm betting it will.

Tournesolf on another board reckons they are so risky that it is better to stay out. Watching them closely and only buying on a strike. You miss the first rise but they should continue to rise. Less gain but no risk. The added advantage that if ST is dry you might get them at say 10p on a market over-reaction, and they will then rise on subsequent drillings. How does that grab anyone?

the only sure thing is death and taxes.. the bigger the risk..the bigger the gain..keeps you thin!! if its dry(?) we wait for the next one - cant understand why all the jiggerypokery on the price - or perhaps I've missed the plot?

5 million buys versus 3 million sells, lets put the price down mm!