Another interesting overview on the junior oilers by JBC , once again, many thanks for your efforts.
Just a couple of points here about the Perth Basin players and more:
HDR ..... on 16022003 my time cycle analysis analysis on this stock was posted at AussieOilers and showed that an entry on either date in March O3, would likely be proven a winner. Check out the HDR chart now, ..... better market timing,enough said .....
Chart pattern has built a strong base now, so next key date for HDR will likely be June 11th 2003 and watching for significant resistance at 66 cents .....
----- ARQ ..... short-term looking for a sharp drop to the lower side of the trading channel, as Neptune picks up speed in its retrograde cycle now ..... a bounce off 51 cents would be a nice buy signal.
Even BEFORE Hovea, Eric Streitberg was considering the pipeline option to Geraldton. As an option to trucking oil south, a pipeline must be starting to look viable, if they can reliably maintain given output.
After the production tests are finished, they should have enough data to make a decision on the pipeline, which would not take long to build and should help to keep transport costs down, in the long term.
On the issue of their own rig ..... they might be reluctant to go down that road, given the experience the have had in the past.
Many of the junior oilers went down that route in the late 70' and early 80' ..... only to be burnt by the high operating costs and the headaches of running crews and maintaining rigs ..... even more expensive in Australia today.
Let the drilling companies do what they do best, that is, run rigs and let the oil companies find the targets.
That has been a winning formula for the past 15 years, so there's no need to fix what ain't broke .....
Probably the only one on the ARQ board, pushing for a company-owned rig would be the common director they have with AYO ..... and methinks he would be shouted down fairly quickly .....??
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On that score, AYO only has a rig of their own, simply because it was an idle asset hanging around from those bad old days at Weber Creek, in the Kimberley.
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EGO ..... that recent failure at Eclipse-1 just reinforces the old theory that there is an acute delineation of the permeable sands/shale and the tighter formations, which seems to occur somewhere, between Beharra Springs South/Woddada and Gin Gin .....
..... and the further south we travel, the tighter the formation becomes ..... just ask BP about the $12 million they poured down Whicher Range-3 trying to make it flow ..... likewise, with AYO's last effort down there too.
Even before the bit is in the ground, we know this will be another "rampers' delight", run by the same camp ..... so be warned, don't get caught holding the baby, when the music stops on Whicher Range-5 !~!
With news expected from Turkey any day now, we could expect a spike up on AYO, with any good news ..... but, if so, watch for a high around 1.12-1.13, as a target.
If the news is bad, then a pull back to one of the recent gaps in the price chart will be likely .....