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Cheers Darron, a better reason for the sp recovery than my wishful speculation! You saw the businessweek comment above with Roger's remarks about buying more assets?

I am not suggesting it will be hostile but the stock has been well supported in recent weeks. This could be just in line with the market or someone building a stake.We know from experience that Soco sp normally reacts very badly to "bad news" but this has shown some resilience to climb back 20p from the lows of the day, especially as the first…

bankerbasher, you could well be right looking at the sp action, unless these are buybacks. Anyone seen any brokers notes suggesting they are "in play"?

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-02-13/soco-says-in-talks-for-assets-in-south-east-asia-west-africa Production is expected to average 16,000 barrels of oil equivalent this year mainly from operations in the Te Giac Trang field in Vietnam, Cagle said. That’s higher than the 15,496 barrels it produced in 2012......Soco International Plc, a U.K.-based oil explorer operating in Vietnam and the two Congos, said it’s in talks to buy more assets in those countries as it sells a stake…

Peter, I think you are being a bit too diligent about Deligent.