RE: RE: Funding Sought.Posted 6 days ago on a private linkedin Kurdish O&G investment group hence no link to provide. Source appeared credible imo. Longford were not named specifically, nor value or terms.
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One of our business acquaintance, a leading Oil and Gas exploration company, listed on Toronto Stock exchange, is looking for an infusion of short term capital by way of direct equity.
This capital injection will be used for expanding its drilling efforts in next 30 -60 days on a previously discovered field in Northern Iraq (Kurdistan Regional Government). Investors may anticipate significant upside due to latest discovery in similar region and adjacent blocks.
A strategic partner can reap significant short term gain upon discovery, expected by October 2011.
All supporting independent studies and relevant data is available for interested parties. Keeping in view relatively short turn around, this is a very exclusive deal.
Opportunity
Oil & Gas has been proven to be present in abundant quantities in Iraq, yet it remains the leased explored and developed country with potential reserves believed to be similar to those of KSA. In Northern Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, Oil was discovered by the predecessor of BP in 1902; however, many of the wells were capped and remain unproductive until 2003. The Oil of this region is characterized as very high quality (API above 35-40) and the wells are generally very shallow. After 2003, the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan under the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) began bid processes which lead to a number of relatively small blocks awarded to a dozen or so smaller operators. By giving these concessions on a production sharing agreement (PSA) basis, it allowed the KRG to create a race to explore and develop the fields quickly. First payments for these PSA’s were released in May 2011 paving the way to a more transparent and sustainable investment rationale post discovery. There has been a significant multibillion barrel discovery in the Kurdistan region over the past few years with wells producing over 25,000 barrels per day.
Regards.