Yearly Archives: 2011

I hope everyone has had a good Christmas. I did speak to Santa on your behalves asking him for some inside info on what he was going to bring you all for Christmas. Unfortunately Santa refused to divulge any information and sent me away with a lump of coal.

As we see out 2011, it just remains for me to wish everyone online who visits the Blog whether you be supportive or not a very Happy New Year and all the very best for 2012; which is the year the New BMD site goes live.

So good luck to all for 2012. Go easy on the booze tonight!  HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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*News has been thin on the ground this Christmas week. (As you’d expect). So here’s what’s out there!*

Antrim Energy;

Announced the Approval of their Causeway Field Development Plan. The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change has approved the Field Development Plan for the Causeway Field in the UK North Sea Block 211/23d. Antrim holds a 35.5% working interest in the Causeway licence.
The Causeway FDP includes a production well and a water injection well in the East and Far East fault panels utilising existing wells on the field drilled during the appraisal phase. The production well will be completed with dual electrical submersible pumps and first oil is anticipated in mid-2012. Hydrocarbons will be transported to and processed at the Cormorant North platform operated by TAQA Bratani Limited, before being exported to the Sullom Voe terminal for sale. Development costs net to Antrim are estimated at $32 million, … read more

Top 100 UK Stock Market Performers in 2011… read more

No.
Company
Ticker
Sector
Price% between 31/12/10 and 21/12/11

1
Quindell Portfolio PLC
LON:QPP
Software & Computer Services
925

2
UMC Energy PLC
LON:UEP
Mining
590

3
PSG Solutions PLC
LON:PGS
Support Services
456.4

4
Redefine International PLC
LON:RDI
Real Estate Investment & Services
408

5
TomCo Energy PLC
LON:TOM
Oil & Gas Producers
342.9

6
Sareum Holdings PLC
LON:SAR
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
328.6

7
Rubicon Software Group PLC
LON:RUBI
Software & Computer Services
295

8
Zoltav Resources Inc
LON:ZOL
Financial Services
262.5

9
ANGLE PLC
LON:AGL
Support Services
255.3

10
Sierra Rutile Ltd
LON:SRX
Mining
231.7

11
xG Technology Inc
LON:XGT
Technology Hardware & Equipment
228.1

12
West African Minerals Corporation
LON:WAFM
Mining
227.9

13
Sperati (C.A.) (Special Agency) PLC
LON:SPR
Personal Goods
196

14
Lombard Risk Management PLC
LON:LRM
Software & Computer Services
183.4

15
API Group PLC
LON:API
General

It’s great to see the old girl finally beginning to crawl up off the floor. It’s not so long ago that Matra were trading at 5p It’s been a tough time for holders of Matra but as ever hope springs eternal as we head into the New Year. 2012 is set to be the year of Matra!

There’s always one stock that I just can’t seem to leave alone “Matra!!!”  I keep coming back to it and checking, then double checking the figures,the news, the sources, THE OPINION and as ever I can only draw one conclusion. Matra petroleum are sat on a minimum of 15.1 million barrels of oil THAT’S ALMOST CERTAINLY GOING TO DOUBLE, POSSIBLY TREBLE AND COULD QUADRUPLE! The oil is there, hence why I keep banging on about the company. It’s a question of time before they begin to produce. Expect to see the stock continue to … read more

European stocks edged higher on Tuesday morning following the long Christmas weekend, helped by a late rally on Wall Street on Friday where better-than-expected macro data fuelled hopes for the global economy.

At 8:47 a.m. (British time), the FTSEurofirst 300 .FTEU3 index of top European shares was up 0.2 percent at 991.94 points in anaemic volumes as UK markets remain closed. The euro zone’s blue chip Euro STOXX 50 .STOXX50E index was up 0.5 percent at 2,300.74 points.

Investors awaited the U.S. Conference Board’s December consumer confidence data, with economists in a Reuters survey expecting a reading of 58.3 compared with 56.0 in November.

“Not many people are around, so we have no clear direction. People will turn their attention to the U.S. market later on, and the consumer confidence data could give new impetus to the Christmas rally,” a Paris-based trader said.

Tech shares led the gains on … read more