Sterling Energy Share Discussion Threads

[tarquin de ville] 08/3/2012 13:25

BTC

First pullback?......is that your foreskin you are referring too?
If so can we expect a second pullback anytime soon?

[billy two cocks] 28/2/2012 15:00

FIRST PULLBACK.

FILL YOUR BOOTS.

[hyway2] 28/2/2012 14:36

I`ll be drawing my pension before this lot start drilling at the way their shaping,i`m sorry i ever invested here and thats from an ex emerald energy investor.

[puffin1] 28/2/2012 13:51

Back Down = pump + dump

[septimus quaid] 27/2/2012 18:40

Consolidation Looms Large in Growing, Highly Prospective Kurdistan Oil Play, Says IHS

Despite daunting geopolitical risk, ExxonMobil's reported entrance into the Iraq play suggests growing reason for optimism

[solardave] 24/2/2012 19:37

Just posted this on ITM but also relevant here, could be an interesting week for Oil Hedge Stocks like ITM and OCG



Dave

[tobby1] 23/2/2012 12:38

Keep it down Billy, you've given me a headache ;-)

[clunes100] 23/2/2012 11:51

I have forgotten having missed the last one - when is the next AGM and or reporting likely to be?

[puffin1] 23/2/2012 10:18

UP on poor volume !! Pump springs to mind as news from the BOARD would be like finding OIL !!

[jarvis4] 23/2/2012 09:04

Just saw us on the board of leading risers and thought it must be a mistake. Now I've checked in here again I see it probably is......hey ho.

[highlands] 22/2/2012 21:42

Geronimoe - 22 Feb'12 - 21:38 - 5188 of 5188


This is looking good, i wonder if Exxon interested in buying our blocks of us ????

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Tell me you are joking!

[geronimoe] 22/2/2012 21:38

This is looking good, i wonder if Exxon interested in buying our blocks of us ????

[puffin1] 21/2/2012 18:08

We all live in hope clunes100 , soon we hope.

[clunes100] 21/2/2012 17:45

Although it is about time we had some news from the management.

[264091] 21/2/2012 17:27

always is.

[puffin1] 21/2/2012 15:11

Pump & Dump

[excellance] 21/2/2012 14:10

why the rise?

[excellance] 21/2/2012 02:14

6 July 2011

The current exploration phase of the Production Sharing Contract for the Sangaw North area will expire in November 2011 and the joint venture partnership (Sterling, Addax and KNOC) may elect to enter the next exploration phase which runs until November 2013; the Sangaw North-1 well has fulfilled the work commitment for this next phase. During the coming months Sterling will integrate and analyse the seismic, drilling, logging and testing data before making recommendations to the joint venture group.

Angus MacAskill, Sterling's Chief Executive said:

"We are disappointed that flow testing has not demonstrated commercial hydrocarbon flow rates in the Sangaw North-1 well. An integrated interpretation of all the data acquired during well operations will be conducted to determine the remaining potential of the Sangaw North structure prior to a decision on future operations."

[grbaker] 20/2/2012 12:31

Re Sangaw drilling (lengthy post, sorry about that, but maybe worth a read anyway):

"The first sub-period of the exploration phase of the Production Sharing Contract ("PSC") for the Sangaw North Block ends in November 2011. The second, and final, sub-period of the exploration phase of the PSC has a duration of 2 years. The drilling of the Sangaw North-1 well has already fulfilled the work commitment for the second sub-period."

This basically reads like they have fulfilled their second 'final' exploration phase requirements under the contract they have with the Joint Venture Partner (Kurdistan Regional Government or KRG)...

...and that they now have to wait for the Joint Venture Partner (KRG) to decide if the contract terminates or not ( i.e. if KRG decide that more exploration is warranted). If the contract terminates, they will then most likely need a new joint venture partner to fund more exploration IMHO.

However, what do I know?


Notes:



"The PSC has an initial 3 year exploration period during which Sterling plans to
acquire some 200km of 2D seismic and drill at least one exploration well."


This contract was signed on: Nov 12, 2007: Sterling Signs PSC For Sangaw North Exploration Block. (see: )

This runs for potentially 5 years and that, therefore, puts it's expiration date at (see links/copied test below) Nov 12, 2012, as far as I can see.

c.f.


and, within: ...

[Page 22/115]
Exploration Period
6.2 The Exploration Period shall be for an initial term of five (5) Contract Years,
extendable on a yearly basis (as provided in Articles 6.5 and 6.6) up to a maximum
period of seven (7) Contract Years starting from the Effective Date. The initial term
of five (5) years shall be subdivided in two (2) sub-periods as follows:

(a) an initial sub-period of three (3) Contract Years ("First Sub-Period"); and
(b) a second sub-period of two (2) Contract Years ("Second Sub-Period"),
each a "Sub-Period" and collectively "Sub-Periods".

It is understood that the right of the CONTRACTOR to accede to the next Sub-
Period or any extension thereof pursuant to Article 6.6 shall be subject to fulfilment of
the Minimum Exploration Obligations or minimum work obligations applicable to the
previous Sub-Period or extension thereof pursuant to Article 6.6 (as the case may be).


and also (within same document):

[Page 23/115]
6.7 Subject to Article 6.4, at any time during the Exploration Period, upon thirty (30) days
prior notice to the GOVERNMENT, the CONTRACTOR shall have the right to
withdraw from this Contract provided that the outstanding Minimum Exploration
Obligations relating to the then current Sub-Period have been completed in
accordance with the Contract, or it has paid to the GOVERNMENT the amounts
specified in Article 10.2 or Article 10.3, whichever is applicable to the then current
Sub-Period.

6.8 If no Commercial Discovery has been made at the end of the Exploration Period
(including any extensions thereof) this Contract shall terminate.

plus (within same document):

[Page 31/115]
10.4 (e) For the avoidance of doubt, if: (i) in the First Sub-Period, the
CONTRACTOR performs any of the Minimum Exploration Obligations
prescribed for the Second Sub-Period in Article 10.3; and (ii) the
CONTRACTOR has not elected to notify the GOVERNMENT that it will
not enter into the Second Sub-Period (in accordance with and subject to
Article 6.4), the performance of such Minimum Exploration Obligations shall
be deemed to satisfy the same Minimum Exploration Obligations for the
Second Sub-Period.

[nick rubens] 20/2/2012 11:14

I've got a few of these. Anyone know off hand how much cash they have? Cheers NR.

[excellance] 20/2/2012 10:50

my understanding of sangaw is that they drilled to get information, and not particularly to discover oil first time out, tho a discovery would have been great!

this may seem strange, but they need to get as much geological information as possible so they know where to focus drilling (and cash) in the future. If they had hit a commercial reservoir first time out then fantastic, but they did not... the question is therefore did they learn anything useful, and, are they going to drill again in an optimum location?

...not a word has been said about this for months, so would we be right to consider this to be a dead end?

[excellance] 20/2/2012 10:26

11/11/2011

Angus MacAskill, Chief Executive, has a beneficial interest in the purchase of 100,000 ordinary shares between 7 and 10 November 2011 at an average price of 41.875 pence per share. Following this purchase, Mr MacAskill is beneficially interested in a total of 100,000 ordinary shares representing 0.05% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Malcolm Pattinson, a Non-Executive director of the Company, purchased 50,000 ordinary shares at 42.75 pence per share on 10 November 2011. Following this purchase, Mr Pattinson is beneficially interested in a total of 62,810 ordinary shares representing 0.03% of the issued share capital of the Company.