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.

And now protests and protesters getting killed in Kurdistan - yet more turmoil to add into the mix, change in the rulers of Kurdistan could really throw the "null and void" oil contracts into the bin as Iraq, whose oil it is, claims they are null and void anyway, and if the people and parties who signed them are gone - whole new ball game. Risk level rises, even higher.

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=54521

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/02/17/iraq.protests/index.html

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Is someone sold or gone short recently?
The tactics of the ROTTEN B@STARD are here for all to see >>>>>>>>


Proselenes - 17 Feb 2011 16:49 - 1538 of 1541
The risk of capitulation down to sub 100p levels is strong

I nearly fell for it and sold some but held off and glad I did...

just because someone posts X, it doesn't mean you have to follow like sheep ...... in all investment decisions, you work within your own risk parameters and similar, (dis)regarding opinion and advice as the spirit takes ..... i often disagree with some of the views expressed, and though some may take umbrage (very stupid), it does not make that opinion invalid

with specific regard to GKP ..... like many oilies, it is based in an unstable area of the world and will always be subject to a degree of volatility depending on the prevailing political climate ..... my view here is that iraq needs oil revenues very badly, so though there is a long history of enmity with the kurds, and there will be much sabre ratttling, eventually a workable solution will be reached and implemented

quite right but it sows a seed of doubt and makes one unsure.,.

It's the one part of the world where smallish western companies are very welcome and massive oil and gas discoveries abound !......

Goodness gracious me not for breakfast time

Maybe you should go there and knowing your luck jackpot for "money am" posters.


Proselenes - 18 Feb 2011 04:40 - 1541 of 1546
And now protests and protesters getting killed in Kurdistan

shorting is not a crime of any kind, though it can sometimes be rash

Something's not right here.

think i agree, sold half monday.,.

yeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

topped up - absoulute bargain


LOL

iraq desperately need at least 2 things - cash & oil - coupled with western hi technology to retrieve it - the main feature today are auto sells / stop losses triggered - if you have sold higher recently i would seriously consider buying back in imo

gla

Part from oil barrel: Must keep eye on news for march:

Investors are very keen to learn more about the deeper levels and will be watching the progress of Shaikan-2, a deep appraisal well some 9 km east of Shaikan-1, with keen interest. The well is currently below 1,210 metres and the company has been trying a new tactic to deal with the difficult Cretaceous zone, which, as Gerstenlauer told delegates at Januarys Oilbarrel.com conference, is basically a rubble zone. The companys consultants, Dynamic Global Advisers of Houston, reckon there could be an additional 1 to 5 billion barrels in the Triassic. A second deep appraisal well, Shaikan-4, some 6 km west of Shaikan-1, is expected to spud by the end of March. It is targeted to drill the Jurassic and Triassic age formations and possibly the top of the Permian.

In addition to all the activity at Shaikan, Gulf Keystone also has an 80 per cent interest in the Sheikh Adi block, where the SA-1 well is now drilling ahead having battled hole collapse. At the time of the last update, the well was at the bottom of the troublesome Cretaceous interval after side tracking around a section of the bottomhole assembly that had become stuck in the open hole. It will then drill into the top of the Jurassic, the first of the primary exploration targets for this well.

The AIM company also has a 40 per cent interest in the Genel-operated Ber Bahr block, which is the biggest single structure of all the blocks with an upside case of 20 billion barrels, and a 20 per cent interest in the MOL-operated Akri Bijeel block. On the latter project, the partners have already made one discovery, Bijeel-1, which flowed 3,200 bpd of 18-degree API oil and is reckoned to hold P50 reserves of 2.4 billion barrels. A second well here, Bekhme-1, targeting a Jurassic prospect with a TD of 2,900 metres, is due to spud by mid-March.

All this ensures plenty of high impact newsflow over the next 12 months. But despite the heady excitement about the billions of barrels lying in Gulf Keystones acreage, there remain serious questions to be answered about the political situation in Kurdistan. In January, Gerstenlauer sought to put a positive spin on the situation, saying the political and legislative uncertainty was holding off an expected wave of consolidation among the companies operating in Kurdistan, giving the AIM company time to prove up as much oil as possible to avoid being bought out cheaply. This makes sense to investors, for now. But fast forward a year, and investors will be increasingly twitchy if there is no obvious solution for moving the billions of barrels of Shaikan crude to market.

Something's has gone really wrong.

i don't think there's anything new that's wrong, but merely a reflection on the deep uncertainty of the future in the whole region

Only a small holding but what a drop......no idea if this is the bottom or not....

Demonstration has begun in Kurdistan and three protesters have been killed and dozens injured and forcibly detained.

Another Libya in the making.

I doubt it.....who are they protesting against ?...the Kurdish authorities or Bagdad.....?....way of life around those parts....but huge oil deposits....

baghdad as the kurds have always seen themselves as a separate entity - hence so many of them gassed by our ex-friend SH

Thousands rally in Iraq's Kurdish north in anti-government demonstration


SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq Thousands marched in a northern Iraqi city Tuesday, demanding political reforms and an investigation of the fatal shootings of two protesters last week.

The peaceful rally by 5,000 in the city of Sulaimaniyah was a sign of growing frustration with the tight control of two ruling parties over the economy and politics in the self-ruled Kurdish region.

"Killing of the civilians was a red line," said Nasik Kadir, 40, one of the protesters in Sulaimaniyah, 160 miles (260 kilometres) north of Baghdad. "What happened that day, it became a kind of turning point."

Kurds in the self-ruled region in Iraq's north generally have a higher standard of living and more security than the rest of the country, but many seek more political and econonomic freedom.

Last Thursday, hundreds of protesters inspired by successul anti-government uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt converged on the Sulaimaniyah headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, which is headed by the president of the self-ruled Kurdish region. Some protesters pelted the building with stones, and security guards opened fire. Two people were killed and dozens injured.

Protesters have rallied daily since the incident. Two more people were killed in clashes between security forces and demonstrators.

The heads of the main political groups in the Kurdish region held a meeting late Monday to try to reduce tensions and address some of the grievances of the protesters, but no agreement was reached.

Many well-known Kurdish artists, singers and actors calling themselves the "White Fence" came out to Tuesday's protests wearing white sheets. They deployed among the protesters and security forces to deter violence.

Iraqis across the country are gearing up for protests Friday, in what organizers have billed a "Day of Rage." Protesters seek better services and an end to corruption.

Iraqi officials have scrambled to show they are addressing such concerns by cutting politicians' salaries, allocating more food to the needy and cutting back on electricity tariffs.