There are a few reasons why I recently took an interest in Freemont Petroleum (FPL.ASX $0.011), the first was that they had an existing gas reserve in place, (the “Backup Value”), and they owned 100% of a large 21,500 acre field, for which they are getting first results in as... Show More
With four fully funded high impact wells expected to be drilled on two potentially company making projects over the next two years, Melbana Energy is now realising the fruition of a period where it has built up an unrisked Prospective Resource base of 1.1 Bboe. Show More
Royal Dutch Shell’s valuations make its stock look very tempting despite concerns over electric cars taking over. Show More
The September 2017 quarterly report spelled out a renewed bullish message from the International Fund team: the oil price is headed higher. The Australian Fund has not had as many oil exposed stocks to choose from, but we have recently added to the Fund’s oil exposure. It’s an asset heavy... Show More
Having signed an agreement to farm into ~39,000 net acres in the highly prospective liquids-rich Montney acreage at ~C$650/acre, Calima Energy now has significant short-term upside potential with recent transactions over the Montney Formation of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin valuing land at from C$2,000 to C$5,500/acre. Show More
Whilst we don’t see a return of Santos to a share price above $10 anytime soon, a level seen only a few years ago, we believe long term investors should be thinking of accumulating troubled situations such as this for a turnaround. Show More
I recently sat down with Ian Davies , Age 39, MD & CEO of Senex Energy Limited as part of the Morgans "40 under 40" podcast series. Ian and I discuss why he joined Senex and the exciting path they are on , as well as insights in to culture,... Show More
Oil market participants are waiting on the outcome of the OPEC meeting to be held in Vienna next Wednesday. As the date draws closer, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission reported that bets on oil recently reached their highest level for a weekly period since 2007. Romano Sala Tenna, Portfolio Manager... Show More
PortfolioDirect has been publishing resource sector equity portfolio models since mid-2013 stratified to reflect the three development stages within the industry (from exploration to mature production). The segmented approach was designed to assist financial advisers to better match risk with investor profiles. PortfolioDirect also offers a macro overlay model based... Show More
Oil and gas company Oil Search Limited (ASX: OSH) announced today it would look to acquire InterOil Corp for US$2.2 billion. Both companies currently have extensive oil and gas acreage in Papua New Guinea, with the acquisition resulting in the creation of a “major independent PNG oil and gas champion”.... Show More