Update from Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) on litigation with Excalibur Ventures: On 14 March 2012, the English Commercial Court in London ordered Excalibur Ventures LLC ("Excalibur") to make a payment of £6,000,000 into Court within 21 days as security for the costs of Gulf Keystone and two of its subsidiaries (the "Companies") of defending the […]
Gulf Keystone has just issued an update on its ongoing exploration and appraisal programme in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which includes the Shaikan block, a major discovery with independently audited gross oil-in-place volumes of between 8 billion barrels to 13.4 billion barrels calculated on the P90 to P10 basis, with a mean value of […]
Analysts at HSBC have reviewed on Monday the prospects for companies operating in the Iraqi oil sector, and issued new price targets: Afren: reduces its discounted-cash-flow-(DCF)-based target price to 175p from 179p, and maintains an overweight rating; Dana Gas: maintains an overweight rating and a sum-of-the-parts-(SOTP)-based target of AED 0.64; Genel Energy: initiates coverage with […]
More than £1 billion ($1.6 billion) was wiped off the value of Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) during trading on Tuesday, as its share price fell by one third to 228.5p. Some of those losses have been recovered on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning, with the shares currently changing hands at 275p. The falls were attrributed […]
Long-term investors in many Iraq-focused oil companies have had their patience amply rewarded, as shares in companies such as Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) and DNO have registered significant gains. Tony Hayward, CEO of Genel Energy, puts this down in part to ExxonMobil's entry into Kurdistan, which has highlighted the opportunities in the region. So much […]
Tony Hayward, CEO of Genel Energy, said today that the company will not buy Gulf Keystone Petroleum or DNO International because the entry of ExxonMobil into the region has forced up prices, reports Bloomberg. “It’s too expensive for us ... What changed is Exxon coming in. We don’t need any more Kurdistan.” "We are not […]
Shares in Kurdistan-focussed Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) jumped more than 5% on the London market on Monday, achieving a new closing high of 432.66p, following an intra-day peak of just over 460p. A statement by the company confirmed its intention to move from the junior AIM market to a full listing on the London Stock […]
Kurdistan, along with East Africa and the North Sea, has been identified by an analyst at brokerage Seymour Pierce as a key oil and gas region that is likely to see significant positive momentum this year. Dr Doug Youngson initiated coverage on eleven stocks and picked the three places as his ‘Top Regions’. In Kurdistan, […]
Gulf Keystone provided an update on Monday morning on its ongoing exploration and appraisal programme in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which includes the Shaikan block, a major discovery with independently audited gross oil-in-place volumes of between 8 billion barrels to 13.4 billion barrels calculated on the P90 to P10 basis with a mean value […]
ExxonMobil is reportedly considering an $11 billion takeover of Kurdistan-focused explorer Gulf Keystone Petroleum. Reuters, citing the Independent on Sunday newspaper, said that Exxon is considering making an estimated 800 pence per share bid for the British company, which has made huge oil finds Iraqi Kurdistan. Neither company could be reached for comment by Reuters […]
Gulf Keystone (GKP) today provided an update on its ongoing exploration and appraisal programme in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which includes the Shaikan block, a major discovery with independently audited gross oil-in-place volumes of between 8 billion barrels to 13.4 billion barrels calculated on the P90 to P10 basis with a mean value of […]
Gulf Keystone has announced that the Shaikan-5 appraisal well has spudded on the Shaikan block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq on 28th October 2011. Shaikan-5 is the third deep appraisal well to be drilled on the Company's major oil discovery with independently audited gross oil-in-place volumes of between 4.9 billion barrels and 10.8 billion […]
