DESCRIPTION: Tethys Petroleum Limited's strategy is to create shareholder value by building an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Central Asia in areas with substantial oil and gas potential, building on the strengths of its management team and with a mix of short-term cash flow and upside potential. Currently, the company has projects in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and most recently Uzbekistan. Tethys is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada and the RFCA Exchange in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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"Toronto-listed Tethys Petroleum, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Central Asia, has signed an agreement with Holding Energy Petroleum Engineering Technology (HOPEC), to help introduce Tethys to the Chinese oil market—the next logical step in the company's expansion.
The move aligns with Tethys' current strategy as it seeks a farm-in partner for its assets in Tajikistan. The company, as part of the farm-out process, has a data room open in London to generate interest from various oil and gas companies. . .As part of the agreement, HOPEC will assist Tethys by targeting Chinese state oil and gas companies, as well as investors, working together to eventually establish a farm-out data room in Beijing in the coming months."
Greg Chornoboy, Jennings Capital
(08/03/10)
"Tethys Petroleum announced this morning that it had entered into an MOU with Holding Energy Petroleum Engineering Technology (HOPEC) (Beijing) to introduce Tethys to Chinese oil companies and investors. Under the MOU, HOPEC will facilitate the process of establishing a data room in China to farm out Tethys' Tajikistan assets. . .Tethys holds a 51% working interest in the Bokhtar PSC, which covers an area of ~35,000 km2 in SW Tajikistan. Tethys has established a data room in London for some time to farm out its Tajikistan assets. While discussions are ongoing in London, the new agent in China, HOPEC, will introduce Tethys to Chinese State oil companies, who have demonstrated great interest in oil and gas assets in Central Asia in recent years."
Karl Loomes, Proactive Investors (07/15/10)
"If asked about oil and gas bearing nations, ones thoughts naturally turn to the Middle East or perhaps America. . .there is a region, however, that is likely to be a little lower down on the list, and although not by any means ignored by producers, one that still has a lot of investment potential—the 'stans' of Central Asia. Fraught with energy supply troubles and disagreements with Russia in recent years, these countries are actively pursuing energy independence, and offer a prime environment for oil and gas producers to operate in. Tethys Petroleum is well aware of the strategic advantages these nations hold, and is currently the only independent oil and gas company with operations in three of the Central Asian Republics: Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
The advantages to working in these three Central Asian countries are abundant. Their developing economies offer a 'resource-friendly' environment for energy and mineral producers alike, with strong political and financial support to develop in the region, and with close links for foreign companies to state-owned oil and gas companies. Although the company still has some way to go to profitability, the benefits of producing gas and oil in these Central Asian countries, coupled with the mixed portfolio of near-term cash generation and long-run exploratory prospects, leaves Tethys with the potential for a lot of value growth as production ramps up over the next few years."
Greg Chornoboy, Jennings Capital
(07/13/10)
"Mixed results in AKD-01 should be offset by Akkulka contract extension and news on three wells in Q3–Q4. Doris discovery sets up test in the G-6 well. . .If successful, this could possibly set up additional prospects along the southern edge of the Akkulka High. Results expected from three more wells by year-end. Tethys expects to start Kazakh oil production at 1,000 Bbl/d by year-end, [and] Kazakh government granted a two-year extension on the Akkulka Exploration contract. This extension will be very valuable to Tethys. We are maintaining our recommendation of SPECULATIVE BUY and our 12-month target price of C$2.50 per share."
Canaccord Capital, Morning Coffee
(06/24/10)
". . .in one of the "stans," Tethys plummeted after announcing initial results from the AKD02 (Doris) appraisal well on the Akkulka Block in Kazakhstan. Based on the interpretation of wire-line logs and core data, the company says oil has been encountered in the Jurassic carbonate sequence that proved productive in the AKD01 (Doris) discovery well drilled approximately 4 km to the southeast. However, the lower Cretaceous sand interval in this well appears to be "water" bearing, probably due to faulting between the two wells. Work is now underway on preparing for a flow test on the carbonate interval following, which it is planned to sidetrack the AKD02 well to the southeast with the aim of encountering the upper reservoir potentially within the oil-bearing zone. The company stresses that these are initial results and that they may be subject to change and modification of the interpretation once the final results of the well have been obtained. The indications of oil in the carbonate sequence do not definitively prove that the well will flow oil on test, or that any flow would be in commercial quantities. Based on current plans it is likely that the initial well test results will be available within the next month."
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