http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/money/3180808/CAMRA-fury-as-chance-to-save-pubs-lost.html
Thats the feeling I got yesterday and why I sold what I had left of DES , that the well has failed so far to find something big and they are now on to a sidetrack.
That will now be well 2 of 4 (the sidetrack will count as the 2nd of the back to back 4 drills IMO).
Will be Jacinta after this sidetrack and then perhaps they will pass the rig back to RKH to appraise Sea Lion and save their 4th rig slot until after that. We could therefore see Sea Lion appraisal starting in late Dec 2010/early Jan 2011 and not the presently expected Feb 2011.
I hope they find some oil but it just seems DES are DEStined to be the unlucky ones, just like Shell were before. There has been a hell of a lot of failed North Sea drills and there will be a lot of failed drills in this area as well before they all get a better handle on what, how and why it holds what it holds, and more importantly, where.
So cynic, I think DES will be the centre of attention of shorters. If this "sidetrack" as I mentioned earlier and now the Sun has picked up fails they really are left with just a shit or bust Jactina drill and then one last drill to finally try to find some oil. The flipside is that many II's will have commenced selling already and many more will too, which may make the RKH fund raising easier as there is a lot of cash looking for a new home.
I am just glad I sold a lot earlier in the week in the 160's and dumped the final lot yesterday as I said.
I am sticking with RKH and going to be buying more there - my appetite for those without oil finds is wearing thin now - BOR/FOGL/DES/ARG - no thanks on them 4.
It could well be that the RKH license in the upper North East is saturated and the rest is going to be more like needle in haystack stuff.