Gulf Keystone Petroleum Share Discussion Threads

[worldquant] 16/4/2024 14:35

#gkp #gkptakeoverThese are the current top known holders.Top 2 never change.@Gulf_Keystonehave given PI many clues regds incoming deal - most recent freeze of FD issue.Practical clues include CFO holding at 13 + CCO at 17.

[bigdog5] 16/4/2024 14:06

scotty snowflake never disappoints with her BS, thanks for the several lol's.

And there's steepy with more tales of irrelevant comparisons, lol.

Loads of begging going on I note from Epicure, Yanks just paying lip service to their plight by the looks of.

Some of Epicure with top quality oil may do ok but on much reduced terms. However those with the heavy sludge its not looking promising as Baghdad really want to get top dollar for their blend. A few barrels at best if the company signs up to Baghdad's terms. Its why I've said several times it could be that its only the local market for the the sludge.

Watkins article spells out the situation albeit you gullible suckers are scrabbling around for as many excuses you can dream up to prove him wrong. Looks like he's caught up with what I've been saying for a long time. Baghdad's terms and conditions or the Airport.

Any interested party, none currently despite all the BS from Carroll, will need to consider the new terms before being able to calculate if the sludge is worth the hassle. Still looks like Epicure will need to consolidate in order to survive imho. I wonder what "your" best brains on the planet are thinking now:-)

[worldquant] 16/4/2024 13:51

#gkp #gkptakeoverThese are the current top known holders.Top 2 never change.@Gulf_Keystonehave given PI many clues regds incoming deal - most recent freeze of FD issue.Practical clues include CFO holding at 13 + CCO at 17.

[steephill cove] 16/4/2024 12:49

Next Plc

Nearly went under when George Davies was sacked in 1988 with shares at 7p

[steephill cove] 16/4/2024 12:24

Cairn Energy

[worldquant] 16/4/2024 12:21

#gkp #gkptakeover
These are the current top known holders.
Top 2 never change.
@Gulf_Keystone
have given PI many clues regds incoming deal - most recent freeze of FD issue.
Practical clues include CFO holding at 13 + CCO at 17.

[petebreeze37] 16/4/2024 12:19

Punter,
I wonder how long an arab 'swift' is!

[highlander7] 16/4/2024 12:03

If that has happened ever please give me an example where this has happened.


ASOS 11p - £67.00

[worldquant] 16/4/2024 11:50

#gkp #gkptakeover
These are the current top known holders.
Top 2 never change.
@Gulf_Keystone
have given PI many clues regds incoming deal - most recent freeze of FD issue.
Practical clues include CFO holding at 13 + CCO at 17.

[punter26] 16/4/2024 11:45

(APIKUR letter also posted by 111notout on X)


Diyar Kurda@diyarkurda 9h

"The Association of the Petroleum Industry of Kurdistan appreciates President Biden and Prime-Minister Sudani’s emphasis on swiftly restoring exports through the Iraq-Türkiye pipeline, during their
White House meeting."

[worldquant] 16/4/2024 11:32

Many clues - the clinchers were the freezing of FD share issue and cancellation of prefs + expansion of common stock.
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The company has obviously agreed a sale.
Anybody with an understanding of corporate actions can see that, as obviously can the buyers investment banks, who want as much stock pre public RNS for buttons.
How do you do that, you squeeze retail out.

[shareho1der] 16/4/2024 11:28

Ignore the rampers and derampers. People who know exactly what is going on won't be posting here.

[punter26] 16/4/2024 11:21

Mohammed A. Salih@MohammedASalih 11:22 PM · Apr 15, 2024

"Biden’s encouragement for resolving Baghdad-Kurdistan disputes signals to PM Sudani and his allies that the issue is being paid attention to at the highest level of US government.

Sudani and his backers in the Iran-backed Shia Coordination Framework showed some flexibility on the salary issue in the lead up to Sudani’s trip to Washington.
Too soon to jump to any major conclusions. We’ll see in the coming months the ultimate degree of Baghdad’s commitment and seriousness about a mutually-acceptable settlement of these long-standing issues with the KRG."

[diamondandpearls] 16/4/2024 11:18

Worldquant you keep banging on company is sold the pipeline is irrelevant!!
At what price in the real world not afantasy world ??
Remember know one has ever payed multiples like you keep saying. If that has happened ever please give me an example where this has happened.

[worldquant] 16/4/2024 10:43

The company has obviously agreed a sale.Anybody with an understanding of corporate actions can see that, as obviously can the buyers investment banks, who want as much stock pre public RNS for buttons.How do you do that, you squeeze retail out.

[worldquant] 16/4/2024 10:42

Desperate for cheap stock pre sale announcement.Only available stock that is bonkers enough to sell held by RETAIL....... FILL YER BOOTS AND YOUR BATH

[bigdog5] 16/4/2024 10:39

I note that Mr Watkins is agreeing with what I said ages ago.

Baghdad's terms and conditions or you know where the Airport is.

You're welcome:-)

[beernut1] 16/4/2024 10:31

Ahead of the HCC meeting, Blinken said that the American private sector is interested in “engaging, investing, and lending its expertise to Iraq,” especially in the energy sector.

The US also commended Baghdad for working on “ increasing regional connectivity, particularly in energy interconnections with Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council,” with the two sides also discussing “Iraq’s interest in the peaceful use of nuclear energy, including emerging nuclear technologies.”

[beernut1] 16/4/2024 10:23

Biden, Austin Hold Talks with Sudani: Improving Erbil, Baghdad Ties; Reopening Pipeline; Defending Kurdistan Region
Biden and Sudani affirmed the importance of improved ties between Baghdad and Erbil, while Austin and Sudani discussed efforts to modernize the ISF, including Kurdish Peshmerga forces. author_image Laurie Mylroie
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The photo shows the meeting between Iraqi PM al-Sudani and the accompanying delegation with the US president Joe Biden in the White House, Washington DC, April 15, 2024. (Photo: KRG)
The photo shows the meeting between Iraqi PM al-Sudani and the accompanying delegation with the US president Joe Biden in the White House, Washington DC, April 15, 2024. (Photo: KRG)
World US-Iraq Relations US President Joe Biden US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Iraq PM Sudani Kurdistan Region Safeen Dizayee
WASHINGTON DC, United States (Kurdistan 24) – Monday marked the first visit to Washington of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, as well as his first meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and his first meeting with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

Those two meetings produced important news, related to the relationship between Erbil and Baghdad, as well as the defense of the Kurdistan Region.

Biden and Sudani affirmed the importance of improving ties between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG.)

Biden also pressed Sudani on reopening the pipeline from the Kurdistan Region to Turkey’s Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. It has been shut down for over a year, resulting in over $7 billion in lost revenues.

The KRG is represented in Sudani’s delegation by Safeen Dizayee, head of the KRG’s Department of Foreign Relations.

The meeting between Austin and Sudani revealed that Iraq is slated to make a significant purchase of U.S. military equipment, including counter-drone systems and helicopters.

It also made clear that U.S. forces are not leaving Iraq. Rather, the security relationship will continue, but shift from one based on the Defeat-ISIS Coalition to one based on bilateral tU.S.-Iraqi ties.

Meeting With Biden: Reopening Pipeline

“President Biden and Prime Minister Sudani discussed their shared view that the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (IKR) is integral to Iraq’s overall prosperity and stability,” according to a joint U.S.-Iraqi statement issued after their meeting.

They also “affirmed the importance of ensuring Iraqi oil can reach international markets and expressed their desire to reopen the Iraq-Turkiye Pipeline [ITP].”

The Association of the Petroleum Industry of Kurdistan (APIKUR) issued a statement subsequently expressing its appreciation of their efforts and affirming that it “remains ready to immediately continue discussions with Government of Iraq and Kurdistan Regional Government officials to restore exports through the ITP, while preserving sanctity of current fiscal terms, and ensuring surety of past and future oil payments through formal written agreements.”

“The $10 billion in investments made by APIKUR member companies in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region oil and gas sector helps achieve Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani’s economic and energy goals expressed during his meeting with President Biden,” Myles Caggins, APIKUR spokesman, explained.

And he affirmed, “APIKUR member companies are intensely focused on cooperating with Government of Iraq and Kurdistan Regional Government officials to resume oil exports through the Iraq-Türkiye pipeline as soon as possible.”

In other matters related to Erbil-Baghdad relations, Biden “commendedR21; the efforts of Sudani and the KRG “to reach durable agreements that resolve longstanding challenges, including the recent arrangement to pay two months of KRG civil servant salaries, and encouraged continued progress,” according to the joint Iraqi-American statement, while Biden “also affirmed U.S. support for strengthening democracy in Iraq, including free, fair, and transparent regional elections in the IKR.”

[beernut1] 16/4/2024 10:16

Oil prices rise on solid China growth, Middle East tensions
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Shafaq News / Oil prices rose on Tuesday as the Chinese economy grew faster than expected, while heightened tensions in the Middle East also kept markets on edge after Israel said it would respond to Iran's weekend missile and drone attack.
Brent futures for June delivery rose 48 cents, or 0.5%, to $90.58 a barrel by 0437 GMT. U.S. crude futures for May delivery rose 49 cents, or 0.6%, to $85.90 a barrel.
The benchmarks rose on the back of solid economic growth in China, the world's biggest oil importer. Official gross domestic product grew 5.3% in the first quarter, year-on-year, government data showed, comfortably beating analysts' expectations.
While the growth is seen as a welcome sign for policymakers trying to shore up confidence, a raft of other indicators including property investment, retail sales and industrial output showed demand remained weak in the face of a protracted property crisis.
Oil prices soared last week to the highest levels since October, but fell on Monday after Iran's attacks, which its government called a retaliation for an air strike on its Damascus consulate, caused only modest damage.
"Israel's response will determine whether the escalation ends or continues. The conflict could still be contained to Israel, Iran and its proxies, with possible involvement of the U.S.," analysts at ANZ Research said in a note on Tuesday.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday summoned his war cabinet for the second time in less than 24 hours to weigh how to react to Iran's first-ever direct attack on Israel.

[beernut1] 16/4/2024 10:12

Biden-Al-Sudani talks address 6 issues, emphasize resolution of Erbil-Baghdad disputes
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Biden-Al-Sudani talks address 6 issues, emphasize resolution of Erbil-Baghdad disputes
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Shafaq News / On Tuesday, the President of the United States Joe Biden welcomed Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani to the White House.
The two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the enduring strategic partnership between Iraq and the United States and discussed their visions for comprehensive bilateral cooperation under the 2008 U.S.-Iraq Strategic Framework Agreement.
The President and Prime Minister agreed on the importance of working together to advance regional stability and reinforce and respect Iraqi sovereignty, stability, and security.
President Biden and Prime Minister Al-Sudani affirmed that a diversified and growing Iraqi economy, integrated with the region and the global economic system, is the foundation for lasting stability in the region and prosperity for the Iraqi people.
The two leaders exchanged views on how political, economic, and security cooperation between the United States and Iraq could advance shared goals, including the development of a strong and stable Iraqi nation that promotes peace and progress throughout the broader Middle East.
Energy and environment
President Biden applauded Iraq’s progress towards energy self-sufficiency, and the two leaders discussed Prime Minister Al-Sudani’s interest in future opportunities for cooperation to ensure Iraq becomes self-sufficient by 2030, with help from U.S. companies. President Biden affirmed continued U.S. support for Iraq’s efforts to modernize its energy sector, reduce methane emissions, improve public health, more reliably provide electricity for the Iraqi people, and complete the electrical grid connections with neighboring countries, including the ongoing efforts to connect Iraq’s grid with Jordan and GCC countries. The two leaders discussed future plans to develop Iraq’s resources in a manner that ensures all Iraqis benefit from their country’s natural wealth, consistent with Iraq’s constitution.
Prime Minister Al-Sudani and President Biden affirmed the importance of ensuring Iraqi oil can reach international markets and expressed their desire to reopen the Iraq-Turkiye Pipeline.
Regional integration and political cooperation
President Biden reaffirmed U.S. support for Iraq in strengthening relations with the international community and states of the region to ensure security, stability, and enhanced prosperity for its peoples. President Biden pledged continued U.S. support for greater economic integration of Iraq with the Middle East region.
President Biden and Prime Minister Sudani discussed their shared view that the Kurdistan Region of Iraq is integral to Iraq’s overall prosperity and stability. In that vein, the President commended the Prime Minister’s and Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) efforts to reach durable agreements that resolve longstanding challenges, including the recent arrangement to pay two months of KRG civil servant salaries, and encouraged continued progress.
The President also affirmed U.S. support for strengthening democracy in Iraq, including free, fair, and transparent regional elections in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Economy and finance
Prime Minister Al-Sudani and President Biden discussed Iraq’s progressive efforts to reform the financial and banking sector to connect Iraq to the international economy and increase trade while shielding the Iraqi people from the harmful impacts of corruption and money-laundering. Through 2023 and 2024, banks in Iraq have expanded their correspondent relationships with international financial institutions to enable trade financing, with the majority of trade finance now occurring through these channels. The two leaders affirmed the importance of these and other measures to improve the investment climate in Iraq to attract foreign capital and promote economic growth.
Iraq and the United States commit to strengthen their cooperation to achieve greater transparency and collaboration against money-laundering, financing terrorism, fraud, corruption, and sanctionable activity that could undermine the integrity of both countries’ financial systems. The two sides also committed to support the Central Bank of Iraq to fully wind down the wire auction mechanism by the end of 2024 and transition to direct correspondent relationships between Iraqi and international banks, a transformation that will connect Iraqi people and businesses with the international economy.
The lasting defeat of ISIS
Prime Minister Al-Sudani and President Biden discussed their commitment to a stable and secure Iraq. They agreed that Iraq’s security forces must be able to ensure that ISIS can never again reconstitute inside Iraq to threaten the Iraqi people, the region, or the international community, including the United States. President Biden reiterated his belief that a strong Iraq, capable of self-defense, is critical to regional stability and committed to bolstering the capabilities of security forces across all of Iraq to secure the country’s territory and people.
Nearly ten years after establishing the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, the two leaders discussed the Coalition’s successes in both Iraq and Syria, where all Iraqi security forces including in Kurdistan were critical to the territorial defeat of ISIS. Both leaders paid tribute to the sacrifices made by Iraqi, United States, and other friendly countries’ military personnel serving side-by-side as partners during the historic campaign against ISIS, as well as the civilians killed by ISIS, including the massacres at Camp Speicher, Mount Sinjar, and Hit.
Prime Minister Al-Sudani emphasized the national effort that was required to defeat ISIS and discussed his affirmative agenda to continue rebuilding Iraq and restore its position as an engine of stability and growth for the broader Middle East.
President Biden noted that the enduring defeat of ISIS would help ensure Iraq’s, the region’s, and the world’s security in the future, as well as its ability to fulfill the Iraqi people’s aspirations to develop economically, attract foreign investment, and provide regional leadership.
Enduring bilateral security cooperation
Prime Minister Al-Sudani and President Biden also discussed the natural evolution of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in light of the significant progress that has been made in ten years. The two leaders expressed their commitment to the ongoing Higher Military Commission (HMC) process and its results, and the three working groups that will assess: the continued threat from ISIS, operational and environmental requirements, and bolstering Iraq’s security force capabilities.
The two leaders affirmed they would review these factors to determine when and how the mission of the Global Coalition in Iraq would end, and transition in an orderly manner to enduring bilateral security partnerships, per Iraq’s Constitution and the Iraq-U.S. Strategic Framework Agreement.
The leaders further affirmed their intent to convene later this year the Iraq-U.S. Joint Security Cooperation Dialogue (JSCD) for talks on the future of the bilateral security partnership.
Strategic and enduring partnership
Prime Minister Al-Sudani and President Biden renewed their commitment to bilateral partnership for the benefit of their two nations and decided to expand cooperation in all areas discussed in the Higher Coordinating Committee (HCC) meetings co-chaired by the Iraqi Minister of Planning and U.S. Secretary of State.
The two leaders affirmed their intent to continue their consultations on a shared vision for comprehensive, productive partnership to advance common goals.