Oil and Gas

In a move totally unexpected by investors today, Royal Dutch Shell (LSE:RDSA) (LSE:RDSB) backed out of a bidding war against its rival, Thailand’s PTT Exploration & Production (PTTEP), to take over Cove Energy (LSE:COV). In a statement released an hour before London closed trading, Shell said “it will not take part in the Auction Procedure for […]

Shares in the small-cap oil and gas exploration company, Bayfield Energy Holdings plc (LSE:BEH), surged 38.5% today, the largest percentage gain on the London Stock Exchange today by more than 6%.  The share price has risen 5.00 pence to 18.00, recovering in a single day of trading what it had lost in the previous month. […]

GeoPark Holdings (LSE:GPK) share price rose 3.72%to 655.00p on the London Stock Exchange this morning on reports of positive exploration results from recently-acquired oil-field blocks in Columbia. Block Llanos (Flat) 34 GeoPark reported on discoveries in the Max and the Tua Oil Fields. In the Max Oil Field, the Max 1 exploration well is testing […]

It’s payday today at Solo Oil plc (LSE:SOLO), following an independent technical evaluation saying there is about 5.75 trillion cubic feet of unrisked gas-initially-in-place (GIIP) “for identified leads, prospects and discoveries” in the company’s 12,000-square kilometre acreage within the Rovuma Basin, now an established oil and gas resource in the territories of Tanzania and Mozambique...

Shares of Kazakhstan-focussed oil and gas exploration and production company Max Petroleum plc (LSE:MXP) crashed with more than half their value lost in London trading, after the company said its delayed-stricken drilling operation may cost them a total of US$43 million to complete, draining the company’s cash position. The NUR-1 well, spudded in November 2011 […]

Lamprell (LSE:LAM) seemed to regain some shareholder confidence this morning as its share price gained nearly 13% to 89.20 pence on the London Stock Exchange.  The stock has been languishing since 16 May 2012 when it dropped 167.00 pence following a profit warning issued by Lamprell. The Big Picture In the May 16th announcement the company […]

Independent oil explorer and producer Nautical Petroleum plc (LSE:NPE) topped the London trading board early Wednesday, following an offer made by Cairn Energy plc to acquire the company for £414 million. Shares of Nautical Petroleum jumped by more than half its value on 12th June 2012 to £4.62 a share by 9:00 GMT, 12 pence […]

Newly listed oil and gas exploration company Fastnet Oil & Gas plc (LSE:FAST) has secured licencing options to explore nine blocks in the North and South Celtic Sea off of Ireland, which may hold more than two billion barrels of oil in aggregate, the company released in a statement. Ireland’s Department of Communications, Energy, and […]

Oil and gas exploration and development company Independence Energy Corp. (OTC:IDNG) has taken yet another step towards building a long-term pipeline of new projects by executing a definitive agreement for acquisition of up to 25% working interest in Coleman South Lease exploration joint development project in Coleman County, Texas. With the latest agreement, IDNG is […]

How steep is a 61% slope? The chart for Thalassa Holdings (LSE:THAL) shows you how steep a slope it is, following the announcement this morning of a new joint venture and the release of a related trading update, as the share price had soared by 18.00p to 47.50p by early afternoon. The Joint Venture Thalassa has entered […]