http://www.gulfkeystone.com/ The firms exploration programme in Algeria is going well and "the shares look good value", say the Investors Chronicle. Your comments please. goal.

i don't disagree with that sentiment, but how come that you seem to be almost the only one that believes your claims of investment prowess? ..... for sure it cannot be sour grapes across the board, so it would seem to be in the style in which you write and/or the exorbitant claims that you make

cyners, take a chill pill, he's laughing at you and the threads getting boring.... move on .,.

sure thing boss ..... i just find his preposterous claims and total lack of humility somewhat irksome

cynic - what claims ?

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-capital-grabs-hold-of-northern-iraq.aspx?pageID=238&nID=38717&NewsCatID=344

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http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/a-kurdish-state.aspx?pageID=449&nID=38804&NewsCatID=425


Indeed, according to rumors abundant in the Turkish capital, Turkey has already provided assurances to Barzani that should northern Iraq come under the aggression of Baghdad, he may be rest assured that Turkey would be there to protect their “Kurdish brothers.” With Turkey’s initiative to solve its Kurdish problem sailing in very difficult waters (Three Kurdish women “shot dead” in Paris, one reportedly a founding member of the separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) gang, as well as the latest PKK attack on a military outpost in the southeast), it might be problematic to defend “Kurdish brothers,” but still…

Would Turkey really support the creation of an independent Kurdish state? Why should it if a huge portion of Turkey’s territory and people would aspire to join in that new state? Or, are the game-makers planning to enhance Turkey with the addition of the Ottoman Mosul province?

January/11/2013

From bob5a muched loved investor.


Below is an email from my son (natural resources analyst and researcher) a week ago to me.

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According to my notes we are still due the following news from GKP:

Shaikan-6 Appraisal well results - due around August. No result?
Aqra-1 Exploration/Appraisal well results - due around August. No result?
Gulak-1 Exploration well results - due around September. No result?
Bakrman-1 Exploration well results - due around September. No result?
Spudding of Qalati-1 Appraisal well - due around September. No news?
Spudding of Qandagul-1 Appraisal well - due around October. No news?
Spudding of Shaikan-7 Exploration well - due at the end of December. No news?
Spudding of Bijell-2 Appraisal well - due around December. No news?

So according to my "GKP-tracker-sheet" we are due the following RNSs:

The announcement of the spudding of four Appraisal/Exploration wells

and

The announcement of the results from four Appraisal/Exploration wells.

The average overdue RNS is now three months behind schedule which fits in nicely with the start of the Trial.

But the Sheikh Adi-2 result was announced in November so clearly no news blackout. So only 1/9 of promised RNS have come to pass.
Only 11%. Prior to the trial the things were pretty much on schedule - even with "we are almost there and now in the final phase" pre-RNSs.

What can it mean? It must mean something.

http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=380894


Date: 2013/01/12 - 15:15

US Embassy to Iraq: Division of Iraq best solution to crisis

A high-ranking diplomatic official has revealed that US officials had meeting with Iraqi politicians in US Embassy in Iraq, and said that US considers the best way out of present Iraqi crisis to be its division.


(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - According to this source, who spoke in condition of anonymity, the objective of the meetings was fulfillment of some Iraqi political figures, namely the declaration of a Sunny Autonomous Region in Iraq.

“Topics of the meeting between Iraqi political figures and US officials were declaration of independence in Al-Anbar, Mosul, Saladin, and Diyala provinces,” he added.

He said that the declaration of Kirkuk as special zone was also discussed.

On the other hand, a source from Iraqi National Coalition has considered the discussed topics as the implementation of Joe Biden’s plan on dissection of Iraq, saying that “some Shiite circles in Iraq have reached agreement on a completely Shiite region and have discussed of Bagdad as the symbolic capital of Iraq where different groups can co-exist.”

The source who was informed of the details of the meetings in US Embassy in Iraq added that the White House was willing to allow the Iraqi Shiite full independence for intimidating Arab countries of the Persian Gulf, since these countries feared that the plan of a Shiite government in Iraq would be implemented and Shiite teachings spill other countries of the Persian Gulf region.”

Meanwhile, the political stage in Iraq has faced unrest due to foreign intervention and agitation of some Iraqi politicians, and it is expected that they increase in the future.

A Sunny region would be nice, but what those who get the Rainy Autonomous Region ???

Don't know if been mentioned,but their's a security problem with JAVA,i've disabled mine at the minute. For APPLE users.
http://www.zdnet.com/apple-oracle-move-quickly-to-mitigate-java-security-flaw-7000009755/

Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LSE: GKP) has gained 23% to 219p so far this week, following news that fellow Kurdistan oil explorer Genel Energy has started to export oil directly to Turkey -- the first time this has been allowed. The move raises hopes that a larger-scale deal for exports will soon be agreed and that the current backlog of payments due to the producers by Iraq's central government will soon be cleared. Investors are also hopeful that Gulf Keystone's legal dispute over the ownership of part of its Shaikan find will soon be resolved -- the court case is due to conclude later this month.
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Actually GKP is back in Court today.

Cyril, thanks for the Java warning.

Make of this what you will,came acroos it on another board.


For those interested. In EKs diaries today just out he says a friend in oil of his has said the Chinese will bid. Sorry cannot provide a link as it is a subscription site.

Copied from iii:

20:07 sssssssshhhhhh 111notout 43UP

errrm loathe to verticalise given my good and bad history from ex Schlumberger connected chap's info .Albeit for those I 'know'............. well rather have been on the boat with for 3years plus - I hesitatingly - with copious caveats - he is probably wrong.............So very quietly I have been advised that this week we are due transformational news on 2 fronts.
I have taken this with several kilos of salt.Albeit its ex Schlumberger etc.
So. Dont't bastardise me!!!Fingers crossed - mine have been#day1,349
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was that guy even more drunk than tanker? ..... cyril, it really wasn't worth the c+p

mean while the sp drifts back to where it should be..... for the time being. Funny how pro's quiet again.,.

Yes your probably right,but look at the time of posting?

BB: are you stirring?

No hes not, ramping trap oil like mad on the other side and knocking Tangiers petroleum. Not a liked person.

16/01/13 09:39 221.36 211 O 221.0 221.75 Sell

Good volume and momentum,not surprising with lots of news in the very near future.