RE: 10p may happen17 Jun 2014 19:57
Yesterday's cut off, especially in Summer, is just a negotiating tool. Come Sept the bill will be paid, even if the EU have to cough part of it up themselves. However much the LNG and Tar oil salesman try to push the geopolitical agenda, Europe is addicted to Russian hydrocarbons. A depressed EU economy means leaders are desperate for cheap energy. Add to that a chronic lack of investment in power station construction means that quick built and relatively clean gas power stations will increasingly be relied on. The current s#!tstorm in Ukraine is not going to go away soon. This will uncountably cut Russian oil companies ability to raise cash, but no matter how much Merkel and co publically denounce every time a neocon comes to town they know that Russian hydrocarbons must keep flowing. By the time Ruspetro get things into full swing, which could be 5 years from now, Europe will be buying more of the stuff than ever to make up for all those closed Nuclear Power plants (some of the oldest of which are in Ukraine). Meanwhile its one hole at a time.
PS no point writing to the board. Let them get in with running the company. Share price manipulation by MMs is not something they can or should attempt to control. I'd rather have infrequent and detailed RNS than frequent and vague ones.