The Sun
24 December 2008
Oilmen smell money under a Hants housing estate. Forget Dallas, this is Havant
Vast oil reserves worth millions of pounds are believed to lie beneath one of Britain’s biggest housing estates. Oil giant Northern Petroleum Ltd claims the sprawling estate at Havant, Hants, is a potential oasis of “black gold”...
Portsmouth Today
23 December 2008
Housing estate may be sitting on oil bonanza
A massive oil reserve worth millions of pounds could be buried beneath a housing estate.
Northern Petroleum Ltd wants to build an oil rig near Leigh Park and drill 6,000ft beneath the ground...
The Times
11 December 2008
...Northern Petroleum rose 3½p to 67p amid vague talk that Premier Oil was weighing up a bid for the group. This is not the first time Northern has attracted such chatter, but do not expect an offer any time soon...
The Times
17 July 2008
Deal of the day
Graham Heard, the exploration and technical director of Northern Petroleum, bought 23,600 shares in the oil explorer at 127½p each. The shares, which had been falling recently in line with the oil price, rose 3½p to 127p. With 77 million barrels of proved oil reserves, it is thought to be vulnerable to a bid after Harbinger, a shareholder, sold out...
Financial Times
20 June 2008
...The clearing of a stock overhang helped Northern Petroleum take on 5.3 per cent at 160½p. Harbinger sold the last of its stake to a hedge fund, investors said...
Financial Times
18 June 2008
...Northern Petroleum eased 0.3 per cent to 152½p in spite of talk of an approach about a 20 per cent stake...
Financial Times
22 May 2008
...Northern Petroleum gained 6.7 per cent to 162p on volume of 3.3m, the highest in a year as a stock overhang cleared. The talk was that Harbinger, the activist fund, had reduced its stake to below the 3 per cent level requiring disclosures...
Daily Mail
22 May 2008
Yesterday's trading: Stake buzz sees NP gush
...Northern Petroleum's share price hasn't moved much in recent months despite a booming oil price, which yesterday breached the $130 a barrel level for the first time. The oil and gas developer has not really had a lot to say but did recently reveal a swing into a £19.4m profit last year. Buyers appeared yesterday, though, amid speculation that a sizeable stake is about to change hands and the close was 10p better at 162p...
Times Online
4 April 2008
Sterling Energy rose 0.85p to 8.95p and Northern Petroleum was up 3p at 133p as both gave bullish presentations at the Oilbarrel industry conference.
Daily Telegraph
29 January 2008
...Another top performer is Northern Petroleum, the oil exploration company also listed on Aim. Members originally bought £18,700 worth of shares at 43p each – this week these were trading about £1.48 each...
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