Category: General

Wednesday Newspaper round up.

According to the Financial Times, the UK Listings Authority has launched an investigation into ENRC possible breaches of its takeover rues that could result in a fine or public censure. “The irony of the...

Tuesday Newspaper round up.

According to The Independent, the government is searching for banks to handle a possible initial public offering for Royal Mail this week. A flotation this year is the preferred option. The Telegraph says that...

Monday Newspaper round up.

The Telegraph writes that BP’s giant underwater oil project offshore Angola has come in four billion dollars over budget after delays set it back a year. According to The Independent, unions are meeting with...

The Smallcap Oil & Gas round Up

Ascent Resources (LON: AST) Continued its descent. They have agreed to flogged their 48.66% interest in PetroHungaria Kft, which held its interest in the Penészlek field, to their joint venture partners, DualEx Energy International,...

Friday Newspaper round up

Jim O’Neil, head of the UK Financial Investments (UKFI) which manages the government’s investments in RBS and Lloyds, has resigned, “deal[ing] a blow to the government’s hopes of selling the stakes in the near...

OPG Power Ventures  (AIM: OPG)

OPG Power Ventures (AIM: OPG)

It’s becoming a pain in the neck in the Smallcap Oil & Gas sector, as with the Mining sector, to sort the wheat from the chaff. The bogus CPR’s, PV10 valuations, 3p Resource Estimates, JORC, STOIIP,...

Thursday Newspaper round up.

The Guardian says: “Premier Foods, the firm behind Bisto, Hovis and Mr Kipling, is sitting on a pensions timebomb that risks wiping up to a quarter off the value of retirement savings of 60,000...

Wednesday Newspaper round up.

The proposed deal to sell more than 600 Lloyds branches to the Co-op have collapsed after the latter said it could not proceed with the transaction, according to the Financial Times. “The cancellation of...