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Ponks, you obviously missed your vocation. Instead of joining 'Her Majesty's' elite & pledging to defend our country with your very life you actually should have been a 'Bin Man'! As for being a long term Sound Energy investor & a comrade among a few of us, your Guards motto perfectly describes our camaraderie: "Quis Separabit":
"Who Shall Separate Us?"

Crude - as the Life Guards have it: 'Honi soit qui mal y pense'........."Evil be to him who thinks badly of it"

"Scruffy old men"...you talk for yourself Jordan. I dress up just to go shopping at the Supermarket...can't abide the merest possibility of being mistaken for a tracksuit wearing chav...standards must at all times be maintained old boy....so no, I won't be seeing you down the beer isle at Lidel any time soon!

Ponkey is a very good friend of mine & a thoroughly decent chap; ex 'Her Majesty's' Irish Guards, replete with plumby old school accent, humour and charm - one of the best imo and certainly an LTH here at Sound Energy.

Crude...just saying.

Cross, we have all been frustrated here at one time or other but to denegrate this Company with that sort of language is frankly crass in the extreme. This is O&G & our Company has evolved beyond recognition since the Indonesian days that you may or may not remember. We are on the brink of proving up a hydrocarbon system in East Morocco: can I suggest a little more patience & understanding might help you over these next few crucial months when our fate, as Sound Energy investors, may be decided.

Cheers, Crude

Jordan, I agree. Schlumberger have a production arm & the Tendrara would fit nicely into their plans I am sure. On buying us they could own a maximum 75% equity. They could even farm down 20% & recoup at least half their costs. In my mind they have to be the front runners. I have a feeling that some off-the-cuff remark James made to me a few years back about making Schlumberger pay may not have been about partnership costs, but rather the ultimate price to buy us...we'll see but I have often felt they would be our first choice when it came to handing the project over. Maybe they buy us & farm Shell or Repsol in - the other two front runners in the race to produce Moroccan gas in world class quantities. When James has been pressed about a 'Liquidity Event' he has always strongly maintained we will be sold after our current three well program...this has always implied to me that there is a tacit agreement in place with a suitor & the Moroccan Government (M6): a done deal with someone & just the usual 'horse trading' negotiations to follow. Of course, like any auction, some other party can come along & upset proceedings with a higher bid...but ultimately I believe Schlum will be the perfect match for the Moroccans!

Mike, regrettably Malcy,s integrity is unimpeachable...he's a straight enough cove and very likely incorruptable. I guess he's the genuine neutral journalist that just wouldn't have the credentials for the BBC...too honest and straightforward!
But I have met Malcy a few times and find him uncomplicated, with a disarmingly charming wit and very relaxed demeanor.

C

Ponks, I'm definitely a cell mate of yours...shall we do the Jailhouse Rock - if you can't find a partner use a wooden chair!

Hey trellis, if you are able to tune in: we have known of each other for some years now going back to BPC - years ago! We didn't always see eye to eye back then but recently you & I have come to an accord. You seem more mellow these days & I don't post like I used to (hardly at all). I hope that your Hospital stay is/was/ amenable as can/could/be & that you will soon be back posting as we all (pretty much all of us I am sure) miss you. I do hope your dietary requirements are being met in full & that your 'liquids' are up to your usual high standards. Anyway, cheers to you & to Sound Energy success!!

Cheers.....Crude

I'd like to echo those sentiments and also wish trellis a speedy recovery from whatever it is that has laid him low.

Morning Ponks.

Hey Smallsmile, and good to see you here. After all the years trading oil & gas I feel Powerhouse are a very exciting alternative power source to invest in. My French buddy that accompanied me on that recent Moroccan trip we Sound investors were lucky enough to attend has been raving about Powerhouse for some time now...I'll have to invest just to shut him up! Seriously, I can't wait!

Cheers...Crude

I have been thinking about buying some shares and this resignation does not deter me...only lack of spare cash is doing that. Maybe Keith's personal reasons are he needs to release some tied up cash and as CEO felt he wasn't able to do so. If big Toyota news is confidently expected he will now be free to do as he pleases without detriment to the company's reputation.

But on the other hand we at Sound Energy had a CEO resignation which turned out to be something of a boardroom coup & a blessing! The CEO (Gerry Orbell) was a Geologist & they hardly ever make dynamic leaders. The guy that took over turned out to be something of a genius whizkid & the rest,as they say, is history. So what I am saying is one door closes whilst another one opens with a new, dynamic Director who is hopefully keen to do business! I am looking forward to being a shareholder before the blue touchpaper is lit in Japan!

Cheers & best wishes.......Crude

Don't you worry Shed, now I'm back the action can recommence!

They did that dance and that lovely song 'Lonesome Pine'...plus recreated some very funny sketches. But the manerisms and expressions were spot on and well worthy of the great duo!

I'm glad I was able to catch the Laurel and Hardy film at the cinema...magnificent performances and such a lovely film. They were always my favourite comedy act and this film paid a worthy tribute...even including the Worthing Lido...I know it well and the referance to my home town was touching......

Woodrow, Magelan is an old girl but if you can forgive the odd leak and creak she is well worth the ride. She cant accommodate more than 1200 at one time and that makes her more intimate than her other, more generously proportioned sisters such as 'Independance of the Sea': she is built for comfort and far greater numbers...I prefer a more intimate experience. If you are embarking on a maiden voyage think carefully about what you want from the experience: I prefer more intimacy and to feel the experience....you will never 'feel' it with over 3000 people in effectively the same room......all be it a very large room. My advice: go for as small ship and actually meet some interesting people.

Crude

Blocker, I've been here since Marciano so I cant see your genourous offer is going to help...but if you think so go ahead: any donations to another cruise - if it helps the cause - would be gratefully accepted.........

I must confess I haven't been keeping in touch lately with proceedings lately but what happened to back-to-back drilling? Presumably the rig has now been disasembled but no third well location has yet been announced...what have I missed since I have been away?

StMary, so glad you understand...lol! At least the pool boy kept the Jacuzzi chemical levels correctly and vacuumed the fallen leaves on the deck..........

Crude...good staff are so hard to find these days..............lol!

Finally got back to home-sweet-home yesterday only to find our housekeeper had inadvertently left the front door on the latch...so I had to break into my own home whilst freezing my cojones off! Anyway, at least today is reasonably warm. I loved the 37 day Caribbean & Central America cruise but it is always great to return to Sussex...imo you cannot beat Britain as a place to live - just might have to be migratory in the winter! Hope all is & are well here at my second home...but maybe this year we will all be moving out to pastures new...probably about time as my mate Ponkey was saying earlier...

Cheers all...

Exploration, much appreciated that post. I am currently in Cartagena de Indias and very much starved of wifi. Panama Canal transit on Friday and loving every minute of my Magellan journey following in Francis Drake's wake...............