Oil and Gas

Independent oil and gas producer Valiant Petroleum is considering selling itself or merging with another business, among other options, to maximise value for shareholders within the next two to four years, the company said today. “As part of the planning for 2014 to 2016, the Board has decided to review the full range of strategic […]

I took a fair old beating on the Bulletin Boards after advising you that AIM listed penny share oil explorer Range Resources (RRL) was hugely overvalued at 4.86p following the abject failure of its drilling campaign in the Islamofascist hell hole that is Puntland. Report him to the regulators screamed the muppets. He must be […]

I met up with Derek Musgrove, CEO of AIM listed oil and gas producer and explorer Northern Petroleum (LSE:NOP) last night.  He is an opinionated man but we disagree on little and so the conversation was wide ranging. But I guess you do not wish to here a detailed analysis of our predictions for West […]

All the signs point to Chariot Oil stock (LSE:CHAR) plummeting. Even any supposed positive news might not help the stock to the upside. There are times when fundamental figures would be positive, yet certain stocks would still continue to weaken further. This presumed abnegation of any fundamentals could push the price up (futilely). Bad fundamentals […]

In the highly speculative business of oil and gas exploration, Enegi Oil plc (LSE:ENEG) bets on the prospectivity of its Irish asset, which may contain shale gas. In a statement today, the independent explorer said the shale discovered from its acreage in County Clare, west of Ireland came from a “rich source rock” containing an […]

Upstream oil and gas firm Lochard Energy Group plc (LSE:LHD) is putting itself up for sale as well as considering a merger, the company said today alongside the release of its unaudited full year results. The decision was made after discussions with several parties for a farm out deal for its Thunderball and Moby oil […]

AIM newcomer Eland Oil and Gas (LSE:ELA) floated its new shares today, opening at 100 pence.  The price was 110.00 during the noon hour on a volume of 2,081,196 shares after having reached as much as 115.00 during morning trading. Ready to Go after IPO Expecting to raise some £118 million based on the placing […]

Exillon Energy plc (LSE:EXI) blames non-cash foreign exchange gains and write-offs from its assets that resulted in a negative bottom line for the first six months ending on 30th June 2012. The Russian-focussed independent oil producer said it was not able to earn foreign exchange gains as it did in 2011 and had to deduct […]

I noted here the other day that I had grave reservations about whether the Darwin condensate discovery made by AIM listed Falklands oil explorer Borders & Southern (LSE:BOR) was indeed quite the company maker that some folks thought it was. The shares were, at that stage 32.5p. Today they are 24.25p. Apparently there is bad […]

San Leon Energy stock (LSE:SLE) has experienced a pullback in the context of an ongoing uptrend. In long-term bear markets, there is always a bull market (or bull markets) somewhere, and San Leon Energy is no exception. The current pullback may proffer bulls with a ‘buy’ signal, as the analysis below shows. When this occurs, […]