NOP.L Share News (NOP)

Northern Petroleum Chief makes modest investment

Northern Petroleum on Monday announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Keith Bush, had the same day purchased 85,000 ordinary shares. Costing 31.18p each, Bush spent a total of £26,503 on the shares. The purchase marks his only holding in the group. Meanwhile, fellow board member, Stewart Gibs

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Northern Petroleum Non-Executive Buys 100,000 Shares

LONDON (Alliance News) - Northern Petroleum PLC Monday said non-executive director Stewart Gibson bought 100,000 shares at a price of 31 pence per share. The purchase represents Gibson's only holding in the company. Shares in the oil and gas company were up 8.6% at 31.35 pence Monday.

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Northern Petroleum CEO Buys 85,000 Shares

LONDON (Alliance News) - Northern Petroleum PLC Monday said Chief Executive Officer Keith Bush bought 85,000 shares at a price of 31.18 pence per share. The purchase represents Bush's only holding in the company. Shares in the oil and gas company were trading up 6.0% at 30.60 pence M

UK shale gas firm IGas climbs as CEO indicates confidence

IGas Energy, a British onshore oil and gas explorer and developer, was one of the top risers on AIM on Thursday as Chief Executive Andrew Austin dipped into the market. Austin shelled out £0.4m on 300,000 shares at 135.38p, even though the shares are trading around all-time highs. The purchase in

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Northern Petroleum Chairman Buys Shares

LONDON (Alliance News) - Northern Petroleum PLC Thursday said Chairman Jon Murphy bought 325,200 shares in the company at a price of 30.75 pence per share. This is the total shareholding that Murphy holds in the company, representing a 0.34% stake. Northern Petroleum was trading 1.2%

Monday broker round-up UPDATE

AGA Rangemaster: N+1 Singer raises its target price from 150p to 175p and keeps a buy recommendation. APR Energy: Jefferies cuts target price from 1300p to 1260p retaining a buy recommendation. Atkins (WS): LIberum Capital increases target price from 1300p to 1400p maintaining a buy recommendation

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Sainsbury Leads FTSE 100 Winners, Several Oil Stocks Slip

STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-FTSE AIM index falls, Northern Petroleum weak

The junior-list AIM index falls 0.4 percent, in line with the FTSE Small Cap index, while outperforming the mid-caps, off 0.7 percent. Northern Petroleum drops 12 percent after it says the final well in the Guyane Maritime Permit offshore French Guiana will be plugged and abandoned. K

Wessex Exploration Loss Widens; Reduces Interest In Guyane Venture

Monday broker round-up UPDATE

Admiral Group: JP Morgan cuts target price from 1122p to 1022p maintaining an underweight rating. Balfour Beatty: Numis increases target price from 285p to 315p and stays with its add rating. Bankers Petroleum: Goldman Sachs takes target price from 365p to 379p and reiterates a buy recommendation.

Double director purchase at Northern Petroleum

Northern Petroleum, an oil and gas company, on Monday announced share purchases by two of its directors, one week after the agreement of the sale of its Netherland subsidiary, Northern Petroleum Nederland. Graham Heard, the company's Exploration & Technical Director, purchased 30,000 shares in the

BROKER RATING CHANGES: Citi Cuts Randgold And Fresnillo To Sell

Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE

Advanced Medical Solutions: N+1 Singer shifts target price from 84p to 90p and upgrades from sell to hold. Afren: Nomura lowers target price from 180p to 170p and retains a neutral rating. Aveva: Panmure Gordon raises target price from 2174p to 2374p and keeps a hold recommendation. Barclays: Soc

Wednesday tips round-up: Northern Petroleum, Unilever

Oil explorer Northern Petroleum seems to have turned the tables on the market. Given the company's inability to develop more fully its main assets ? onshore and offshore gasfields in the Netherlands ? its share price has virtually halved since the start of this year. As a result, it quickly became a

Northern Petroleum To Sell Netherlands Subsidiary For USD27.5M Cash