COPL going down Oilexco route?6 Feb 2023 14:30
Who wins... not the Shareholders. Man at the helm was AM and the situation is eerily similar when reading this 14 year old article.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/jan/08/oil-oilandgascompanies
"The shares are now worth 10p compared with a peak of 964p in July, at the height of the oil-price spike. Oilexco has been increasingly active in Britain since 2004 when it purchased minor interests in the Balmoral and Glamis light oil fields, which provided it with daily production that ranged between 140-200 barrels a day.
In 2007, it brought the Brenda and Nicol fields into production, which have averaged between 20,000 to more than 30,000 barrels, placing it in the top quartile of all companies in the UK North Sea.
The company hired two rigs to expand its drilling efforts. When it was awarded its eight new licences in November, Arthur Millholland, president of the group, said: "This particular licensing round was considered by many in the industry to have the most desirable properties available in the last number of years. We are extremely pleased that we were able to obtain so many of the licences we bid on, and our reputation as being the most active driller in the UK since 2004 no doubt assisted our efforts."
On new year's eve, the parent group issued a statement warning that Oilexco North Sea Ltd intended to file for administration "as soon as reasonably practicable".
It said Royal Bank of Scotland and its syndicate of banks had told Oilexco that day that they were "not prepared to advance any further funding" to its UK arm. That business is said to have needed almost $1bn to finance a heavy programme that would have enabled it to bring more oil and gas fields on stream."