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..........DUpham WAS an accountant (self employed) who hung up his boots early. You have no idea what he's been doing for the last 17 years.................please don't make statements that are untrue (in the sense implied). Did graybird not say he was a builder? Looks like he was right about airport chatter and oil workers being stood down until at least 29 December.............. Just saying. 80 oil fields in the area The Forties Pipeline serves are reliant on it and won't be able to produce until repairs are effected. In a RNS released by SQZ this morning they say it may be some weeks before production can resume. Doesn't impact JOG per se but general sentiment is affected.

Madcrann - genuinely, let's drop it. I'm not likely to be posting here much as it's a waste of everyone's time so you and others can have the board to yourselves from now on. I can't change anything and am fed up with trying to stimulate debate that helps with the learning process. I also go back a long way and was in TRAP before JOG arrived on the scene. If you want to read something that might be helpful about events leading up to JOG's arrival - and after - as I have said before on here I post (not very frequently now) on interactive investor as eagle51and have done for years. You'll see that I do have some knowledge of the company because I am a long term investor and always carry out as much research as I can about the limited number of companies I invest in. With hindsight, Trap Oil was not one of my better investments and might have resulted in total loss of investment, but for various reasons it didn't. There is a saying: "you make your own luck in life" and this is at least partly true in my case here. There's a good chance JOG's journey has only just begun. I repeat again words of wisdom attributed to Warren Buffett, who shows good promise as a long term investor: "Price is what you pay; value is what you get". It makes no sense (as a longer term investor) to invest in a company based on price, without having a reasonable idea in one's mind about underlying value. Why not discuss different people's views on value instead of what the price might be next week or the week after - unless of course the latter is linked to value? Sorry, I shouldn't have said that.

You're jumping to conclusions again, Madcrann. If you'd researched my posts properly you'd have seen that I post at all times of the day and night. I'm not a slave to the hours people like you have to see as normal because the choice of how I spend my time each day is up to me - as it has been since I retired from the accounting profession 17 years ago. And I'm a long way from 82 before you start throwing ageist comments at me. I read your posts last week and saved a few I wanted to bring to others' attention. I think what is clear is that you're an illiterate homophobe and a hypocrite, who knows the square root of nothing about anything useful and has a foul mouth to boot. I suggest for the sake of others we drop it. You've made your point and I understand why you align with those you do and why you resent my intrusion into what you regard as your private club - this board, which has for a long time been nothing more than a JOG fan club and anyone who isn't cheering the company on deserves abuse. The level of adult debate (in an investment context) is pitiful. I'm no fun-spoiler and enjoy occasional banter with people who at least know a bit about a company they have invested in. Here, it's all about people jumping on and off a share price that's going to make them rich. Ajax's moronic post about me feeding graybird with ammunition was the final straw for me. His abuse was because I had pointed to something (entirely validly) as a risk that might be putting some off buying, even if it seemed unlikely (ie Verbier might not be judged by Statoil as commercial, in which case JOG & Cieco would be stymied). For the avoidance of doubt I am extremely hopeful Verbier will turn out to be an exceptional discovery that will provide JOG with the funds it needs to really make an impact as a producing company . I would have been happy to explain to Ajax, had he asked me why I raised this matter, why I had done so, but he evidently felt it was his duty to the many other co-cheerleaders of JOG to give me a verbal lashing for my effrontery in considering and pointing out risk. Alex says he's run his own business for 26 years. So has my window cleaner, who's been at it since he was 16. He's a decent bloke and we get on very well. I don't tell him about windows and he doesn't tell me about business and investment. He's occasionally asked me how I think he might improve his profits but he's uncomfortable with the concept of taking on the risks and admin burden of employing the people he'd need to grow his business - returns would be modest anyway. So he remains self employed (sorry - continues to run his own business).

I think it's disgusting that we haven't had at least two RNSs (a week) since the placing AND offer. They've got £24m of ours and I want to know why we haven't been told what it's being spent on. I hope it's not one of those Christmas things lots of pub landlords (in managed houses) get up to. Take money off customers to save for them until Christmas and then run off with the money when it's due to be dished out so loads of people don't get to eat turkey or even go down the pub except to look for the bloke (who's on a beach in the West Indies). Madcrann - I was only picking up on the homophobic comments you made in earlier posts to graybird. According to what I read somewhere, it is quite common for people with suppressed tendencies in that direction to make derogatory comments that suggest revulsion at what is accepted as 'normal' behaviour in society today (many would not regard it thus, which of course is up to them - people can still think what they like). I was merely expressing my concern that you might be living your life in emotional pain and felt the link I provided might help you face the situation you could be in if (and only if) you're in it. Note the use of "you're" above - this 10 second summary might help you understand things better: https://www.wikihow.com/Use-You%27re-and-Your). One example I've thought up myself to help you understand the difference between 'your' and you're better: if you were to go outside tonight in the kind of weather conditions they're experiencing in the North of England, when you came back in your wife might say to you: "your thick coat is covered with snow". Were you not to be wearing a coat, she might just say: "you're thick". Both examples above would be correct. Your confusion about "wear, where and we're" is more alarming. I'm slightly nervous about trying to help because the misunderstanding appears very deep-seated and further damage might be caused if I tried to help because I am not a psychologist. Your (note correct use) comment: "If you where (see above) special then you would be with the men drilling the holr/sending the probes down, in a major bank etc. You are an accountant a worker a pi... get over it and be one of us few"...... ......is being etched in slate and will be hung on the wall of the JOG suite in time for the party Madcrann - seriously - you packed a lot of fun into four lines - great effort :-)

Since you seem determined to keep the antagonism going, do you remember writing the following in a post to the hapless graybird on 9 November (no-one rational could take him seriously based on what he writes): "So Far we are still 10% up on the week GayBird. Lest not forget"................ ......and on 13 November: "Unlucky GayBride"? As you apparently went through my posting history before falsely claiming I had a bad investment record, I have quickly run through the 123 posts you have made on this board since you appeared on 26 June. Not one has improved the knowledge of anyone about JOG as a company, or opined on its past and present circumstances, the situation it's in today and the options open to it, whether JOG is a reasonable investment based on criteria that are recognisable, told anyone anything about the oil sector, what is driving oil companies' strategies today and what this might imply for JOG - or anything about anything else that was remotely worth reading about. The following on 3 Oct was about as close as you have come so far to a technical contribution: "Data shows the black stuff is in the area with the last drill being rated at 30% accuracy".............brimming with knowledge of oil sector terminology and its meaning There are many classics among your 123 'contributions': eg a post you made on 4 October (a Wednesday): "I wouldn't really expect to see any more red days from now till next Friday".................the shares closed down on each of the following two days (Thursday and Friday). And a glimpse inside your home on 9 November: "My kids helped me, I told them about a Graybird that loved sewage and spat sh]t. They said dad that's not a bird.... that's a Rat"............ The following is what you wrote: .......to Dol03 on 22 Sept: "And if you don't know what a Doyle is Dol03 check the Urban Dictionary"......... .......to Gibbo on 19 Sept: "Gibbo is a turncoat, ive held this stock for 3 yrs and seen 2 major drops. Never have I deramped to try and win back some of my loses".......... ........and to a few you disapproved of on 14 Sept: "Haha why are you guy's in here? shouldn't you be trolling some poor suicidal teenagers?".............. .......and to me on 7 December: "You come across as a serious wife beater" A comment about yourself on 9 Oct : "I'm only amateur trying to get more involved in shares........"............. .........."Ajax, Don't leave us. You and BB are the reason i joined this forum, i used to read the great banter and signed up before the newbies came. I have learned a lot from you guy's as i am a novice and trying to get better established in this game"......... "I am not greatly fond of Master Dick and never have been"............ ******************************************************************** Am I supposed to be upset

.......up 2,82%. If it goes up another 2.18% it will be up 5%

Madcrann - apparently it's ok in your world to make false statements about someone's investment record (mine) "based on their posting history" - which it them emerges is on one share only - JOG. Yet when the maligned person sets the record straight and reports the facts, he's claiming he's better than the rest and is a jumped up whatever. As for being "better than the rest" I am certainly more researched than many of the rest and the same applies when it comes to professional and investment experience - these are simply functions of the career path I followed and my age. Think carefully about what I say below, Madcrann. You have made libellous accusations against me and my family. Your 22.32hrs post was the second one in which you have labelled me a "wife-beater". This is what you wrote last night: "Dick are you sure the wife is ok? You come across as a serious wife beater. First you went to town on Ajax because he said you were feeding Graybird who thrives on bad news (not likening you to him in the way which you took it). Then your next message said that Ajax should respect you and listen carefully what you tell him. Now you are being childish tryin to put down any comment he makes. It hallmark Wive beater material, I do hope that she is ok and that you haven't given a good hiding which you probably think she deserves". In case you don't know the law of libel in England, individuals cannot hide behind the cloak of anonymity when making libellous comments on a public forum. Clear innuendo, where it is intended to present an individual in a particular light is regarded as if direct damaging accusations have been made. There is ample case law to support this. A number of people who read this board know my real identity and the posts you have made are damaging to me, my wife and my family. You have badly overstepped the mark. Write what you like about what I say on here but there is no excuse for you to have intruded into my private life with your vile remarks. When it comes to matters affecting my family, I will stop at nothing to put down people like you. I can tell you that my personal means are such that I can simply instruct lawyers I know to obtain your personal details from LSE and proceed from there. The costs of taking matters as far as is necessary would be de minimis to me and I would eventually recover them from you in any event. You might find them harder to bear than I would. I invite you to withdraw your vile insinuations and apologise and we can leave it at that. It is entirely up to you.

Why do I repeat what people say? Otherwise people might not know in a multi-post thread to whom I was responding. Crikey, are you THAT dim? Those double commas above the number 2 on your keyboard are called "quotation marks". You should have paid more attention in English lessons at school. I was quite content to treat you cordially (despite your actions in posting correspondence on here sent to you privately by JOG's CEO without telling him you were going to do so - and not even posting what you had sent him either) until you put me in graybird's camp for giving a fair assessment of what I saw as a risk people might be considering that might either cause them to sell (or not to add). Prima facie at what seems a very low price based on the assets JOG owns. In your world this was unacceptable - it wasn't cheering on the team and this labelled you as someone who has more air and wood than normal cerebral matter between your ears. Your comments were totally uncalled for, deeply unpleasant and you didn't apologise. Your recent predictions about how the share price is likely to perform tomorrow and next week were as worthless as the rest of your posts. You haven't made a single one that improves others' knowledge of the real circumstances in JOG or the challenges it faces and you don't know the first thing about oil, oil companies or anything else except perhaps bench pressing, drinking lager and going to Butlins on holiday. If I knew as little as you do, I'd be inclined to keep quiet and hope no-one noticed.

"Probably a further move upwards tomorrow and back down again sometime next week"......... .......thanks - I'll open a spread bet. What price should I close at and when?

contact me off-board if you like, fairdealer - you come across as a decent sort and I'll be happy to explain how things work (or are supposed to):please use: altereagle51@gmail.com If you don't want to, then briefly: the market decides the share price. It's all about supply and demand, with MM acting as the middlemen. It's the directors' responsibility to run the company's affairs in the best way they can to deliver real value to shareholders. There are directives in place that tell directors what kind of information must be given to shareholders and the Market - and when. Issuing RNSs designed to influence the short term share price doesn't feature on the list. Statoil is the operator of Licence P2170 anyway and JOG is dependent on Statoil's disclosure timetable and general 'speed of movement' in determining the timing and content of discloses relating to the Licence. JOG is in no position to tell Statoil how it should operate, although I dare say there is a cordial and respectful relationship between the co-owners of P2170 and JOG & CIECO are probably kept well-informed and given full opportunity to deliver their input.

Joey66 - can you explain why you think it's the Board's duty to keep the share price up?

Hey Honcho - how about a compromise and say Halifax (assuming it's not the one in Yorkshire, which on a technicality isn't in the North Sea because it's quite a bit inland) is the largest discovery of the year in the North Atlantic. That would leave the field open for Mirabeau's post not to be as laughable as you found it. I'd have called it "enthusiastic". Verbier might be quite a good discovery - we have yet to find out. I find I am both hopeful about Verbier AND enthusiastic about JOG's prospects generally. I'm pretty sure HUR will be producing by late next year and won't have any trouble paying off its debt as a result. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeZshcGzeB0

LONGWAIT - JOG is counting Meribel as a lead at this stage (6-19MMboe). Cortina is counted as a prospect (39-124MMboe). Talk was of a read across to Cortina (a few kilometres away) from the Verbier data. My guess (hope) is that JOG won't be involved in P2170 by the time even the Verbier appraisal well is drilled, possibly 2018.

sorry.........$ not £. Phew

"What Hurricane does have is funding to First Oil, due hopefully in less than 1 year and a few Billion barrels of oil recoverable (let's see what the CPR says), and it still owns all it licenses 100%, with no debt"............ .........apart from £230m of convertible bonds 2022 @ 7 - 7.50%..................... Easily missed.

The title will automatically exclude all those selling JOG shares at present levels . plus those who don't consider what the companies they're investing in might actually be worth - most wouldn't be able to work it out even if they were told how to. It would seem the price is all that counts to many who post on here. There ware about 60 posts made on here yesterday - not a single one addressing any of the subjects it would be normal to see discussed on a forum such as this. I think my favourite went something like: "3% up at the mo" - stunning in its analytical content, It took a while to decide though - any one of about 40 might have won. Anyway, enough of all that. Please consider the following and discuss if you think it's worthwhile...............why not also discuss JOG's options moving forward and which direction/s people would like to see it move in? Do people want to see JOG tied to Statoil (as operator of P2170) for the next 5 years at least - at some stage being required to find 18% of the infrastructure cost to allow the oil to be accessed? At the current SP of 174p the market values ALL the oil JOG owns in Licence P2170, which is made up of Verbier, Cortina and Meribel, plus everything else JOG owns including its management team and all the knowledge and expertise they have acquired and offer shareholders here, and including cash of �25m, at �38m. This means the oil in P2170 is given a total value of �13m. Management recently estimated that the minimum value that should be attributed to JOG's P2170 oil is �80m and the maximum �428m. Taking the bottom figure (I am working on a net assets basis of valuation - broadly what the assets would fetch if sold off now in an orderly sale process) the current share price could be taken to be 300p short of fair value and at the maximum value 1880p short. Why has this happened? Because the 'don't knows and don't understands' determine short term share prices by establishing the short term level of supply and demand. Clearly there are presently more sellers than buyers. We all have different views on who would be selling at today's prices and why. People who are forced to would be no,1 in my book, followed by those jumping into something that's caught their eye because it's REALLY good value - eh, jjga the FCA? - like UKOG or FRR perhaps. You won't find Schroeders, Legal & General, the directors and other significant holders, or indeed me, dealing at these prices except to add as and when funds allow and it seems wise. As BB points out, depending on personal circumstances, there is a level at which one questions whether the absolute amount of one's holding should be increased further, but who's counting? Balanced portfolios are always recommended but they're no fun. Today's price might look a bit silly in the months ahead............. dyor

A poster on the iii board posted this tonight. Kinda sums up MF if you ask me - read what they say, do the opposite and you've got a chance :-) "Globo Just look at these figures: a 2015 P/E ratio of 3.21. A 2016 P/E ratio of 2.72. An earnings per share progression between 2012 and 2016 of 4.22p, 6.20p, 7.35p, 7.87p and 9.30p. Hardly any debt. A share price that has been plumbing the depths, despite a surfeit of good news. Globo (LSE:GBO) is not some basket case. On the contrary, this is one of the fastest growing companies in the UK stock market. Bear markets can be brutal. I have learnt from bitter experience that it is better to stay uninvested until it draws to a close (which is round about now, I believe). But they can throw up the most astonishing bargains. Globo is perhaps the pick of them. Globo's business is one that is buzzing. It sells mobile apps for enterprises. Salesmen and managers are increasingly using smartphones and tablets to work and collaborate. The amount of media coverage of Apple's iPhone 6S illustrates what a growth area this is. For me, this is a cast-iron buy".

Nothing. How exactly is it going to continue with fraud on this scale admitted?

'I'm recently retired now, so I can let loose now and again with know it alls on here'.................. ........I see. So anyone who has an opinion that is different to either yours or that of an illiterate person of unknown background called Andreas is a know it all? That's an intelligent approach to appraisal of the the situation. I have an open mind on what the outcome of all this will be because there isn't enough independently verified information to make a reasonable assessment. There is only one way in my view for Costis to deal with the situation and that is to approach the London (or New York) office of any of the Big 4 firms of accountants and give them carte blanche to produce a report on GBO's current state of affairs and to confirm the veracity of accounts published to date. He won't do it. You just keep relying on Andreas's report.

lego: "I work for my own investment bank" Really? How many costumers do you have?.