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Please provide the quote where I called anyone a liar.

Many of us knew that a combined RKH/Navitas team were visiting the FI at the end of Feb / beginning March - we knew that, so that's never been in dispute.
The team was to be headed by Sam for RKH and Ian Ramsay representing Navitas, there was never any mention of an 'main man - Israeli Guy' going - perhaps GT himself.

What is in dispute is that there was a senior Israeli attending, who said that the project would be starting in the FI NEXT YEAR and that 1st oil would be in 2026.

We don't know a lot about GT, except that he's not prone to making exaggerated announcements, unlike Tony Durrant used to do (and look where that got him).
So I'd abused for asking reasonable questions about a "main man - Israeli Guy was strong & powerful in his speeches", who allegedly travelled 16,000 miles return, to tell the F Islanders to expect 1st oil in 2026, without even mentioning when FID and project sanction might happen.
There's no mention in any news bulleting about this momentous announcement, Penguin News don't know any more than we already knew about RKH/Navitas the visit.

When I ask for elaboration, I'm abused for being a bully.

You're all grown ups, so you decide who to believe, but now that I've been accused of saying that M-D is a liar (which I didn't), I am going to say that his story is full of holes and shouldn't be believed and don't buy shares on the strength of his story.

What is in dispute is that there was a senior Israeli attending, who said that the project would be starting in the FI NEXT YEAR and that 1st oil would be in 2026.

We don't know a lot about GT, except that he's not prone to making exaggerated announcements, unlike Tony Durrant used to do (and look where that got him).
So I'd abused for asking reasonable questions about a "main man - Israeli Guy was strong & powerful in his speeches", who allegedly travelled 16,000 miles return, to tell the F Islanders to expect 1st oil in 2026, without even mentioning when FID and project sanction might happen.
There's no mention in any news bulleting about this momentous announcement, Penguin News don't know any more than we already knew about RKH/Navitas the visit.

When I ask for elaboration, I'm abused for being a bully.

You're all grown ups, so you decide who to believe, but now that I've been accused of saying that M-D is a liar (which I didn't), I am going to say that his story is full of holes and shouldn't be believed and don't buy shares on the strength of his story.

What is in dispute is that there was a senior Israeli attending, who said that the project would be starting in the FI NEXT YEAR and that 1st oil would be in 2026.

We don't know a lot about GT, except that he's not prone to making exaggerated announcements, unlike Tony Durrant used to do (and look where that got him).
So I'd abused for asking reasonable questions about a "main man - Israeli Guy was strong & powerful in his speeches", who allegedly travelled 16,000 miles return, to tell the F Islanders to expect 1st oil in 2026, without even mentioning when FID and project sanction might happen.
There's no mention in any news bulleting about this momentous announcement, Penguin News don't know any more than we already knew about RKH/Navitas the visit.

When I ask for elaboration, I'm abused for being a bully.

You're all grown ups, so you decide who to believe, but now that I've been accused of saying that M-D is a liar (which I didn't), I am going to say that his story is full of holes and shouldn't be believed and don't buy shares on the strength of his story.

"In future if someone is kind enough to share this kind of information, can I suggest we take them at their word?
If in doubt by all means email Penguin news etc but rather than openly accusing them of lying, do it behind the scenes and if you come up with evidence to show someone has sought to mislead us all, then by all means call them out.
Innocent until proven guilty would be a good way to go."

Mam, I agree in the principle of what you post, but if one is as trusting as you suggest, others may rush out and buy shares on the strength of dodgy postings.
So, doubts need to be posted ASAP, then those still wanting to buy shares can make their own minds up.

That's why I'm asking questions, rather than accusing anyone

I'm just asking perfectly legitimate questions, which all-of-a-sudden you don't seem to want to answer.

First, who was 'The main man - Israeli Guy'? Surely, if you attended a meeting like this, you'd know who had been speaking, especially if it was Gideon Tadmor, the chairman of Navitas? If it was GT, that's pretty high level stuff to go all the way to the FI, and I'd expect to have seen at least one report about it in Mercopress / Penguin News by now (who have already reported the ending of the 2016 cooperation pact, announced here on Thursday).

Regarding "first oil in 2026", that's quite a challenge, especially as M-D's post says that "They said they intend to be in the Falkland to commence the project NEXT YEAR". That makes it less than 3 years from project start to 1st oil in a remote location 8,000 miles away, with no infrastructure and not much, if any, local support. In fact, since the recent announcement, Argentina has now returned to being unfriendly, so no help from there.

As I said before, there's no FPSO yet. As that's going to be a used one, it has to be identified and acquired. Then the modification specification (for SL oil production) and contract has to be agreed with a contractor and the modification work scheduled to be ready for testing before 2026, plus all the other things and more, which I listed before.

If you really think about it, confidently and suddenly announcing 1st oil in 2026 seems a bit reckless, especially from a company that has studiously avoided making many announcements so far, unless absolutely necessary.
Don't you think that might have deserved a mention in Mercopress / Penguin News?

While I really want to believe this story, I find it somewhat incredible, perhaps told by someone who wasn't there?
We know there was to be a joint RKH / Navitas visit to the FI at the end of Feb, beginning March, so that bit's probably true, but it was to be Sam from RKH and Ian Ramsay from Navitas, not GT himself, announcing when 1st Oil would be, when we don't even know when FID will be announced.

When I initially read DEM's posting from early yesterday, I thought it a bit harsh, but I now think he's probably right.

On the strength of M-D's posting, some may well rush out and buy RKH shares, thinking that as 1st oil is only 3 to 4 years away, these shares are going to be perhaps as much as a few quid by then.
I'm confident things are looking up, but not quite as fast as M-D claims.

'Bully?' - I think not. Just asking sensible questions.
If there is any bullying going on here, I suggest it's those trying to shut me up by shouting their usual stuff at me.

It's comments like "YAWN !!" that make me wonder if M-D is being entirely truthful.

Pity, as I would really like to believe it all.

Totally agree PaulD, and current sentiment appears to favour investment in commodity projects like this, especially now that pretty well everyone is accepting that fossil fuels have a very long way to run.

Also agree with SpaceHoppa, so M-D, don't take the challenges personally. If we were chatting about this in the pub, you'd expect someone to ask you to elaborate, or explain something, wouldn't you?

If whoever it was really did say first oil by 2026, then could you add any detail please? Wouldn't someone have challenged that by saying: "what, 2026? Did I hear that right? If so, how do you plan to do that? You haven't even selected the FPSO yet, which'll need modifying and then there's all the land-based infrastructure to put in place. You've got to identify the best sites, acquire the land, get planning approval and then transport all the stuff (much of it very bulky) as much as 8,000 miles".

What I meant was:
No one involved has, so far said, or done anything to indicate that the SL project isn't 'ON' and the oil price continues to support that.

We'd all like to believe the best news and I agree that much of this has some feeling of authenticity, but I wonder about first oil by 2026, if you consider the preparation and infrastructure that needs to be put in place, and all that only after financing has been secured.
It would also seem a bit silly to make an unduly exaggerated report, if the truth is bound to follow very soon.

My verdict is generally it sounds reasonably authentic, with a few details to be verified and some a bit optimistic.
No one involved has, so far said, or done anything to indicate that the SL project is 'ON' and the oil price continues to support that.

This is what you posted when Navitas first got involved, perhaps you've forgotten:
"Navitas are junk just like PMO, 3 piles of $hite together now !" and this:
"NAVITAS: wouldn't surprise me if they pulled out" and this:
"Navitas - Another partner with no money ! ".

Aren't you the Ralph who posted that Navitas are useless, have no money and would give up very soon?

"I see nothing concrete manifesting any time soon".

So what is a combined RKH/Navitas team doing visiting the FI right now?
Just popped over 16,000 miles to boost their RAF Miles before they expire?

Are we sure that GT is going?
I understood that Navitas was to be represented by IR.

It's alleged that they're easier to catch, especially if all you've got is a net !!

Absolutely, although they're probably not going all that way just to extend their FI postage stamp collection
So, whatever it is, it's likely to be significant.

For Ralphy's benefit: they could be going to tell FIG that they're throwing in the towel and have decided to farm rockhopper penguins instead!

Interesting Ralph - someone who doesn't read what he doesn't want to hear.
That seems to sum it all up.

"...........a CEO who hasn't produced a single barrel of Oil "
I think you'll find that was supposed to be the job of PMO, who proved themselves to be incapable - If you've got time to waste moaning about the past, why not have a go at Tony Durrant about this, who also made a number of false promises about imminent FID announcements.
It was Sam who got Navitas involved, with a pretty reasonable agreement, helping to keep the SL project alive, until PMO finally gave up.
I seem to remember you were one of those moaning about Navitas in early 2020, when they hadn't even had an opportunity to do anything - like this:
"Navitas are junk just like PMO, 3 piles of $hite together now !" and this:
"NAVITAS: wouldn't surprise me if they pulled out" and this:
"Navitas - Another partner with no money ! ".
After you've sorted out Tony D, why not have a go at Gideon Tadmor - I strongly recommend you do, as I know who'd come out of it for the worse.

All the while, Sam was continuing to obtain justice for OM, while you moaned about that too.
So a €300M award isn't enough for greedy Ralphy then?

On the subject of greed, I reckon your problem is that you gambled much more than you could afford to lose on RKH shares, and like everything else in Ralphy's World, that's someone else's fault too - Sam's.

Well, if your moan is about the current SP, constantly moaning on here about RKH, Sam's performance as CEO, etc., etc. isn't exactly going to help improve things, is it.

I would expect there to be some tax liability on the 'loss of profits' component of the award, but the real issue might prove to be to which jurisdiction would the tax be payable.

Totally agree SpaceHoppa - whatever the moaners say about Sam, he's fully-focused on the main job of getting SL into production.
The moaners constantly vilify him and maybe he did make some poor decisions in the past. But it looks like the moaners made poor decisions too, by buying too many RKH shares, at too high a price, which is why they're so bad tempered now.
What other explanation can there be for their continuous moaning?

But it looks as though Sam has learnt to keep his focus on the important objective (SL), and not get side-tracked buying yet more distractions (e.g. ARG and/or BOR), while there's more important work to be done with SL and not a lot of spare cash to be squandered on such distractions.

In any case, the moaners seems to have forgotten that Sam, (of course with the help of Harbour & K&S), has really hit the jackpot with the ICSID award - a potential €300M cash is hardly trivial, even if there may be a bit of tax to pay on some of it.