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Shares of Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LSE:GKP) were up 12.62% today to 29.00, just one day after hitting a new 52-week low of 24.77. Actually, its a six-year low – going all the way back to July 2009. At its current 29.00 pence, GKP shares are at 32% of its 52-week high of 89.75 and at […]

Dividend of 10 cents per share approved BP today reported its results for the second quarter of 2015. Underlying replacement cost profit1 for the quarter was $1.3 billion, compared with $2.6 billion for the previous quarter and $3.6 billion for the second quarter of 2014. The result reflected the impact of continued low oil and […]

What are the details? Sable Mining, the AIM listed iron exploration and development company, has announced results from metallurgical test work conducted at the Plateau 2 area of the 205.2 million tonnes Nimba Iron Ore Project in Guinea. Highlights: · Detailed mine scheduling shows a life of mine of more than 20 years, and highlighted […]

Award of Licence in Southern North Sea Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc, the AIM quoted oil and gas company with a combination of producing and exploration assets in Europe, has noted the announcement on 27 July 2015 by the Oil and Gas Authority, the UK oil and gas regulator, confirming the conditional award of […]

Shares of BP (LSE:BP.) closed UP 1.38% today to 392.65 on the day it reported the largest quarterly loss in the history of the company. The $6.3 BILLION loss, however, comes along with a sigh of relief that should end five years of holding its corporate breath in hopes that it might suffer minimally from […]

PLACING AND SUBSCRIPTION TO RAISE £1,000,000 Ariana Resources, the Anglo-Turkish gold exploration and development company focused on Turkey, has announced that it has raised £1,000,000 before expenses. The proceeds of the Placing and Subscription will be used primarily for further exploration and resource development of the Kiziltepe Sector of the Red Rabbit Gold Project in […]

Placing and subscription of 105,416,662 Ordinary Shares at a price of 1.2pence per share Vast Resources plc, the AIM listed resource and development company, has announced that it has raised approximately £1.26 million (approximately $1.96 million) before costs through a placing of 45,416,662 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in the Company and a subscription […]

Drilling of Aje 5 Development Well Commences Offshore Nigeria and Exercise of Warrants MX Oil plc, the AIM quoted oil and gas investment company, has announced that drilling has commenced of the Aje 5 production well located in the proven Aje Field on the OML 113 licence offshore Nigeria. Once Aje 5 has been drilled […]

Amazon’s share price (NASDAQ:AMZN) hit an all-time high of 580.57 today following its Q2 results for the period ending 30 June. The report indicated a 20% year-on-year increase in revenues to $23.18 for the quarter. Opinion on the street was that Amazon would report a second-quarter loss. Instead, it announced a $92 million net profit.  The […]

It has been only 18 days since ADVFN published “The Obamacare Effect Starts U.S. Merger Frenzy” on 06 July, in which we reported that U.S.-based healthcare insurer, Aetna (NYSE:AET), announced that it would be acquiring all outstanding shares in Humana (NYSE:HUM). At that time,  the New York Times and others had forecasted that that acquisition would be merely the first ripple...