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* Tim Brooke-Taylor's Uncle.

Almost certainly pushing up daisies now.

Heck, if you can load the dice, do it.

klepto,

OK, maybe it was 1974, and the odds were 50/1 depending on the bookie. All I remember was the party. The 'tip' came from Sir William Brooke-Taylor, Tim Booke-Taylor's (of Monty Python fame) who was a regular in that pub. A grand man. He had an interest in a particular racing-stable, as did the landlord. And other people in that pubhad access to the chemicals to make an animal go faster. Though there was some nail-biting when it was so skittish, it didn't want to get into the starting-box.

Only one of two times I've ever put betting-money on a horse. The other was an each-way on somthing ot another, which I forget. But that one was a dead cert!

BlooBird,

"The FT reports that the litigation resembles the strategy against Big Tobacco."

None of the Big Tobacco companies have gone broke as a result, though, have they?

artyth,

I watched the video link you sent, and learned nothing.

(For Foresight22, but quoting JK)

"So not sure why you're painting this pciture of HUR holding back information... The FOil RNS stated that they flowed the wells at 10K each for 3 full days... What more do you want?"

Absolutely.

All this stuff about 'uncertainty' gets right up my nose. Maybe you should have invested in the company that made the cladding for that tower-block in London. At the right time, you'd have made some money. How about Boeing, right now?

There's only one thing I'm utterly 'certain' about, and that's physical gold. But even then, the price wanders around.

Or alternatively, if you want 'certainty', go to your local casino and play the slot-machines. And you can be certain that longterm, you'll lose.

The only 'sure bet' I ever placed was on a nag called 'Snow Knight' which won the Derby at 60-1 in 1973. But I was 'in the know'... There was one heck of a 'lockin party' at the pub in Oxford afterwards. Poor animal was in the knacker's yard not soon afterwards. But it had had a fun and speedy life.

Genghis,

"Name me an oilco with a better record than HUR, never a dry hole despite being a supposedly risky, supposedly frontier, supposedly new play, geologically unproven, explorer. "

Although I agree with the thrust of what you write, let's not over-gild the lilly. 'Wellington' was a flop, likewise essentially 'Typhoon', and I reckon the only reason the company's holding on to 'Strathmore' is to have an irksome foot on Premier's doorstep.

But it's a good oilco.

Oh JC on a bicycle.

I go out for a beer ('cos I've got a horrid magazine deadline to meet with an article so it'll be an all-nighter), just for a break, come back, and this BB is really 'alight'.

But an odd thought occurred to me while having that beer, chatting to the ladies of the night, watching a bit of the poker-game (no money involved, of course), and pursuading the 'patron' to put on some Eric Clapton instead of Johnny Haliday.

Somehow there's been a lot of chat here today about CA and so on.

I can't help wondering. Might there be a trickle-down thing occuring? Maybe we could call it the 'Woodford Effect' ? Might our friends in 'the market' suddenly be getting scared about 'funds' where their money is lodged, but they suddenly find they can't withdraw it when push comes to shove? Due to 'share suspension' ?

Hmmm. That could be fun.

CA has already had a few 'close calls', LEAF comes to mind.

And I'd love to know upon what basis a certain tweet was based, forward-valuing HUR as potentially £17 billion mcap. If that ain't 'ramping', I don't know what is. Personally I'm quite happy holding my HUR (currently around 1 billion), hoping they'll maybe turn 3 billion sometime...

Right. Time for more coffee and whisky and getting my truckracing article on the editor's desk for the morning....

Wellwell,

"AK -the joint prejudiced and stupidity of the day post award for you!"

Nah. I'm on the whisky right now. Decided to give those odd-smelling cigarettes a rest for a bit. They tend to make me prejudiced and stupid.

SotB,

"ADUK:: Absolute tot rot of a reply..... it’s Fifty Fifty on the ownership of WD.... Why is the Doctor onboard ?
He is the company man. The well is being micro managed by Trice at source... canna believe u are turning tail..."

Usual response as expected from you.

Utter bullsh*t. Do you think that when Dr T gets onboard the rig, he takes over the co-man's office? No way, José.

And as for 'turning tail'? What's that odd supposition? Maybe I'm just 'mooning' you...

:-))) :-)))

DC,

"Social media is the name of the game."

OK, if you believe that, fine by me. :-)

But I'd counter that with another proposition, being "Trice doesn't Tweet"!

(Consider that said in much the same way as "Charlie doesn't surf!" from one of my favorite movies.)

Hey, I get a lot of information from stuff off Twitter and Facebook. But I don't have accounts with either of those security-compromising 'networks'. I prefer the Coconut Telegraph.

Hercule,

"I suspect little may happen before CMD. The BoD has shown its liking for the dramatic as with the RNS immediately before the AGM. Why not an interesting announcement re progress on CMD?"

Interesting that you mention the 'touch for the dramatic'! :-)

For a couple of weeks I'd been openly postulating the notion that the FoiL timings were being slightly 'stage-managed', but got howled down. But it seemed to work out, although right to the last minute. I'd been expecting the RNS on the Monday.

Didn't want to crow about it afterwards, anyway, 'cos I'd have been howled down again. But it was a nice little coincidence.

As for pre-CMD 'news'? Well hopefully someone spotting the flare on the TO Leader! It ought to happen before the CMD, even if an RNS doesn't immediately result.

Yobbo,

"Thx guys, I had somehow got it in my head that Spirit were operator. It must have been the payment thing."

No sweat, no harm done. And maybe my post came over as a bit terse, so apologies for that. But these BB's are a good place for 'getting things straight'. You're not the only one who misunderstood the situation. I've seen posts about the 'Spirit wells' and so on. It's not true. Still the same old gang running the show.

bartlebobton,

"ADUK..... Were you invited there by Judith Chalmers....."

Where? Baja California? Never been near the place, but read a lot about it. In motorsport terms.

Were I ever invited there, and sweet as Judith Chalmers is, I'd prefer it to be in the company of Michael Nesmith and P.J.O'Rourke...

Yobbo,

I absolutely have to back up Snowcameron's completely correct response. Simply because it's something some people (yourself included) don't seem to have understood, for some reason.

" I don't think Spirit are a quoted company but are operator, so HUR cannot announce anything without Spirits say so."

Spirit are NOT the 'Operator'. They're just paying the bills. Hurricane is the Operator. This is largely subcontracted out to Petrofac in day-to-day terms. The 'Company Man' out there on the rig is a Petrofac/SPD consultant. The drilling is being performed by Transocean.

Wellwell,

"Like I said you went into this with eyes wide open didn’t you?"

Yes, but as the journey continues, the landscape changes. And you'd expect the driving conditions to change accordingly.

Right now in terms of 'Hurricane', we should be nicely cruising with the top down, one foot on the dashboard and maybe a beer (non-alcoholic, of course) in hand, enjoying the view.

Instead of which we're still doing something like the Baja California and the suspension's complaining, in respect to the SP.

There's now an obvious disconnect somewhere. If people like MS are saying the share should be worth THIS (380p), why is it running at THAT (54p)? We're being lied to somewhere, or alternatively there's a fox in the henhouse.

Biffa,

Dammit. Posted too soon, because I forgot to put the quote-marks before your other phrase.

"RB doesn't give a fuck about HUR, he is only interested in himself and his fund, so please don't pretend otherwise."

Yes. Roger-roger. Affirmative. Big ten-four. etc., etc....

Biffa,

Excellent post, written without pulling any punches.

Excerpt...

"The CA fund is not exactly setting the world alight either, so I question his supposed talent and abilities. Picked a winner with HUR I suppose but others not looking so hot at the moment."

I have a very strong feeling that RT and RB were 'steered' in a certain direction so that certain mutually-beneficial results could be found, by another 'initial investor' whose name I won't cite. And at the time, it was a good thing too.

But the tweets, use of the press to badmouth the BoD, etc., just strike me as shameful and unprofessional behaviour.

Of course as a small PI in the AIM market, I'm 110% aware of being open to volatility, market swings, share manipulation, and all such slings and arrows of outrageous fourtune. Because those who create such situations are outrageously more fortune-possessing than I, so can't complain. Being able to take the heat, I stay in the kitchen.

But It doesn't deprive me of the right to consider that the sous - chef is an arsehole.

RB doesn't give a fuck about HUR, he is only interested in himself and his fund, so please don't pretend otherwise.

scoredagainsteps,

"Ask yourself this question if rb thinks hur is worth 3 pound plus why dose he keep selling at this low price ."

Post of the day.

DC,

You're almost stating the obvious, and of course I very largely agree with your post.

Except in one detail.

It's true that were I in the same 'investing' / trading position as CA and their CEO, I'd be doing just the same thing. Trading the heck out of it and making pots of moolah.

But it's the way it's being done, or rther the accompanying tweets and press-releases which get right up my nose. Yeah, we all know CA was an 'initial investor' without which the company might not even exist. Yeah, we know CA have helped HUR out of a jam from time to time. But the self-serving tweets, sometimes praising Hurricane, sometimes urinating on 'em from the rooftop, are frankly distasteful.

There's nothing I'd like better than to be able to have Robert Trice round for tea. (Laphroag brand teabags.) We could probably spend a pleasant hour or three talking oilfield geology s**t and suchlike.) But the CEO of CA? No way. There are some people you can instantly trust, but others you can't.

If that's 'prejudice', sobeit. I just call it 'survival instinct'.

Wellwell,

"You only have yourselves to blame in my opinion."

For what?

Any trades I do here won't move the SP by a farthing, 'cos they're not that big and anyway (for speed) I usually go by the intantaneous 'spot price', whatever it might be.

I blame it on the weather.