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Petroceltic International moves on from boardroom battles as Ain Tsila moves ahead

Petroceltic International moves on from boardroom battles as Ain Tsila moves ahead

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After a turbulent few months battling dissident shareholders and managing boardroom fall-out, this week saw Petroceltic International return its focus to operational matters. The AIM-quoted E&P, which discovered, appraised and readied for development the giant Ain Tsila gas-condensate field in Algeria, has announced that another key contract award has been made to keep this flagship…

Tullow Oil welcomes ITLOS ruling

Tullow Oil welcomes ITLOS ruling

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Some good news for Tullow Oil on Monday when the Special Chamber of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg rejected Côte d’Ivoire’s request that Ghana suspend all oil exploration and exploitation in the disputed zone between the two West African countries.  The dispute had weighed on Tullow’s high impact…

Monday’s Master Investor Market Report

Monday’s Master Investor Market Report

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The Confederation of British Industry said that manufacturing output expanded at the slowest rate in over 2 years during the first 3 months of 2015, with the deceleration particularly notable among exporting firms, which suggests a loss of confidence in global prospects in the last few months. However, the average firm was still increasing production…

The world’s greatest investors – Philip Fisher, the second mentor of Warren Buffett

The world’s greatest investors – Philip Fisher, the second mentor of Warren Buffett

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by Frederik Vanhaverbeke In the latest of a series for Master Investor Magazine, Frederik Vanhaverbeke, author of Excess Returns: A comparative study of the methods of the world’s greatest investors, looks at how some of the world’s greatest investors are so successful. The percentage of investors who own 25 or more different stocks is appalling.…

Charlie Munger, the sidekick of Buffett

Charlie Munger, the sidekick of Buffett

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In the latest of series for Master Investor, Frederik Vanhaverbeke, author of Excess Returns: A comparative study of the methods of the world’s greatest investors, looks at how some of the world’s greatest investors are so successful. To me, it’s obvious that the winner has to bet very selectively. It’s been obvious to me since…

Zoltav Resources posts strong 2014 results

Zoltav Resources posts strong 2014 results

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By Amy McLellan Zoltav Resources has travelled a long way in the two years since it made its first oil and gas acquisition, when it paid US$26 million for the Koltogor licence in Western Siberia. Since that deal in May 2013 there has been a further material acquisition, this time of the Bortovoy Licence in…

Canada’s Pacific Rubiales Energy announces Echidna-1 exploration success In Brazil
Pacific Rubiales drilling offshore Mexico

Canada’s Pacific Rubiales Energy announces Echidna-1 exploration success In Brazil

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By Martin Clark Any upstream find, whatever the prevailing economic climate or oil price, is welcome news in the ears of investors.And TSX-listed Pacific Rubiales Energy Corporation certainly did not disappoint this week. The Canadian company announced that it had identified a 213 metre gross oil column that confirms an important new light oil discovery…

Thursday’s Master Investor Market Report featuring WPP, Taylor Wimpey, Sirius Minerals and William Hill

Thursday’s Master Investor Market Report featuring WPP, Taylor Wimpey, Sirius Minerals and William Hill

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UK Government borrowing dropped to £7.4 billion in March, more than £400 million lower than in the same month of 2014. The total for the year so far now stands at £87.3 billion, well below the Office for Budget Responsibility’s £90.2 billion estimate and a drop of £11.1 billion against the comparative period. While the…