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Should have made clear that the second link also refers to Cornerstone Govt Affairs Inc.

FRR gets a mention in this lobbying report.

https://www.ethics.state.tx.us/data/search/lobby/2019/2019LobbyGroupByClient.pdf

There is an entry on pg 189 that FRR paid between US$0 - US$9,999,99 to Tyler Nelson of Cornerstone Govt Affairs Inc.

This listing shows considerably more substantial amounts being spent by FRR from 2017 to present day. Not sure if this one has already been posted -

https://projects.propublica.org/represent/lobbying/300927606

Some reports now showing in Georgian but with an english link. The two I came across say the same as the previous reports but have more pics of the protest. Not sure if they are pics lifted from the news program someone posted earlier. Both refer to the protests at the USA embassy but the building in the pics doesn't appear very "embassy-like" to me. Here is one of the links (in Georgian) -

https://1tv.ge/news/navtobkompania-frontera-istern-jorjias-tanamshromlebi-sakhelfaso-davalianebis-anazghaurebas-itkhoven/

Hi MP - yes I had the same non-result when I tried similar searches. Also, from the pic in the article it seems to be approx 10 people so maybe its not that significant (other than to the protesters themselves) so it's not been picked up yet.

As Frontera isn't mentioned anywhere in the article - not in English anyway - I assume English search engines won't pick it up. The articles I have seen / posted in the past always had Frontera mentioned at least once even though the rest was in Georgian.

Morning Bezzy,

You are correct that's the same article. Thanks for posting - sorry the links no longer work.

I came across another article discussing the wine meeting - this has a quote from SN and I am pretty sure that is Zaza in one of the smaller pictures. This article is dated 10 Sept, so apologies if already shared.

https://mepa.gov.ge/En/News/Details/11630

Ivy - I think this article is an "updated update" and say that Trident will make the decision today - 16th Sept - on the appeal.

https://www.ukrrudprom.com/news/Zavtra_Trident_Acquisitions_re****_obgalovat_li_otmenu_Kabminom_viigrannogo_eyu_konkursa_na_SRP_Delfin.html

is the original and I hope this is the translated version

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=https://www.ukrrudprom.com/news/Zavtra_Trident_Acquisitions_re****_obgalovat_li_otmenu_Kabminom_viigrannogo_eyu_konkursa_na_SRP_Delfin.html&prev=search

No problem Mijas. I get its "only" 2 pounds, but it's still a monthly reminder of the position we are in. Hope soon we can all share a giggle that 2 pounds was an issue !!

I am with HL and my shares still show in my account though with zero value. As HL is a trading platform and as FRR shares cannot be traded at this time - I assume that is the reason they rejected your request. I don't think "dark forces" are the reason for the refusal.

Mijas there has been an update please see this post and others who posted similar earlier today -

UNREALIZED”: THE CABINET OF MINISTERS CANCELED A COMPETITION FOR PRODUCTION AT THE DOLPHIN OFFSHORE SITE 12 SEPTEMBER 2019 The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine at a meeting on Wednesday canceled a previously approved decision to launch a competition under the terms of a production sharing agreement (PSA) for the Dolphin offshore site. This was announced by Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection Oleksiy Orzhel, BusinessCensor reports, with reference to Interfax-Ukraine agency: “We recognized decision No.271 on launching the Dolphin PSA as unrealized, in other words we canceled the decision”, the Minister said. As previously reported, Trident Acquisitions Corp. had been recognized as the winner of the development competition based on the production sharing agreement for the Dolphin hydrocarbon site on the Black Sea shelf. The term of the agreement on PSA conditions is 50 years. Four companies applied for participation in the competition: American Trident Acquisitions Corp, American Frontera Resources Corporation (initiator of the competition for the development of the Dolphin site), Caspian Drilling International Ltd. controlled by the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and one of the largest private gas producers in Ukraine, Ukrnaftoburinnya. On August 1, Frontera Resources challenged the results of the competition for a PSA for the development of the Dolphin hydrocarbon section on the Black Sea shelf in the District Administrative Court. And Trident Acquisitions, which won the competition for the development of the Dolphin site, said it plans to challenge the Cabinet’s possible decision to announce a new competition for the development of this hydrocarbon site. Ex-Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman previously stated that the competition for gas production on the Black Sea shelf had not lived up to expectations, he had not attracted powerful world-class players to the Ukrainian market, so a new competition should be announced.

????????: https://kosatka.media/en/category/neft/news/nerealizovannyy-kabmin-otmenil-konkurs-na-dobychu-na-shelfovom-uchastke-delfin

Mike - I now see why others take such a dim view of you. I don't wish to start a discussion on FRR on this board. But your post is disingenuous, and if you had fully read the thread, which any person who wants to get the full picture would do, you would have seen that this is very old news with many theories as to why this has been raised again now.

Block Energy PLC ('Block Energy' or 'the Company')
Mobilisation of ZJ40 Drilling Rig to 38Z Wellsite
Block Energy Plc ('the Company' or 'Block'), the exploration and production company focused on the Republic of Georgia, is pleased to announce the mobilisation of a ZJ40 drilling rig to the site of well 38Z at its flagship West Rustavi field ('the Field') in preparation for planned horizontal sidetrack operations.

An A50 service rig was moved to the site to workover the well earlier this month (RNS: https://bit.ly/2YxCYYx). The mobilisation of the ZJ40 rig triggers the 12 month term of the agreement the Company reached this July with JSC Norio Oil Company and Georgia Oil and Gas Ltd for the hire of drilling and workover equipment (RNS: https://bit.ly/33fLpX6).

The sidetracking of well 38Z is the next phase in Block's £12 million programme (RNS: https://bit.ly/2WYyx8e) to rapidly scale oil and gas production across the Field, in which Block holds a 100% working interest (RNS: https://bit.ly/30NekzE). West Rustavi has an estimated 0.9 MMbbls 2P oil reserves, 38 MMbbls of gross unrisked 2C contingent resources of oil in the Middle, Upper and Lower, Eocene and 608 BCF of legacy gross unrisked 2C contingent resources of gas in the Eocene and Cretaceous (Source: CPR Gustavson Associates : 1 January 2018).

Well 38Z is analogous, adjacent and updip to well 16aZ, where Block resumed production last month (RNS: https://bit.ly/2SRUO2l). Both wells target the same Middle Eocene formation. The Company will draw on the valuable experience gathered from the drilling of well 16aZ to optimise the completion design for well 38Z. Block plans to horizontally sidetrack three other wells across the Field in addition to wells 38Z and 16aZ, and acquire a 3D seismic survey to pinpoint further optimal locations for production.

Thanks Tsbs - much appreciated!

Hi Timster, I didn't say anything negative - I think people assumed new poster = evil shorter / son of TW type of thing.

Anyway, I don't think anything can upset RR :)

Sorry ODR I didn't realise it had sound. In future I will be sure to check and post a warning on any link I share.

I don't post much, and came in for a bit of abuse when I did start posting, but seeing FRR mentioned by Forbes (albeit in a few words), and in the present tense and without any negative slant, has really lifted my spirits. It might be nothing, it is just an article, but I hope others take this as positively as I have.

First time I have seen this reported in the "western" press, rather than Ukraine / Russian press

FRR gets a little mention

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2019/08/22/will-the-u-s-and-the-european-union-get-sucked-into-the-russian-ukrainian-natural-gas-conflict/#ca3e0ed38938

More on the Ukraine lawsuit. I note the comment that FRR have spent "time and resources in Ukraine"

Frontera Resources makes formal complaints to US government agencies, in particular the US Department of Energy, the US Department of Commerce, the US Department of the Treasury, and the Office of the US Trade Representative for violations in determining winners of the PSA competition for the Dolphin site.
This was stated in a letter to Taylor English Duma to the Minister of Energy Igor Nasalik. “The law firm Taylor English Duma LLP notes that Ukraine will receive substantial benefits by observing transparent and fair public competitive procedures, such as those that were first announced in the Dolphin site.
It was with this promise that Frontera Resources decided to take part and spend their time and resources in Ukraine. Unfortunately, if the procedure associated with such a public competition is not followed in accordance with established internationally recognized standards of integrity and transparency, and in return an advantage is given to local participants with dubious qualifications and backgrounds, US oil and gas companies will not be interested in introducing them in the future investments and technologies in the oil and gas sector of Ukraine. We hope that the Commission will nevertheless properly consider the results of the tender for the Dolphin site, and the Government of Ukraine will make a final decision on September 12, 2019, ”the document says.
Recall that on August 7, Frontera Resources Ukraine LLC filed a lawsuit in the Kyiv District Administrative Court , demanding that it cancel the results of the tender for the development of the Dolphin hydrocarbon section on the Black Sea shelf. It was previously reported that Trident Black Sea won the competition for Dolphin.

From kosatka dot media website

Hi Elise, in addition to director dealings there has been a rebuttal via RNS last week, there was a conference call to shareholders last week and - possibly - a call to bondholders, which apparently took place yesterday - though on this I don't think I have seen any reporting. Good luck!