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    Interesting: APX have several wells with gas and/or oil that are being tested.
    I must admit that at the moment I am surprised by this investment.
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    Also as part of the deal IFT have been given warrants to buy Austral Pac shares at NZD 5.16 within 12 months.
    At current price of NZD 3.60 it is surely a very very long shot.
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    Infratil enters exploration arena

    28.09.05
    By Chris Daniels


    Infratil is moving on "upstream", saying it has invested in an 11 per cent stake in oil and gas explorer Austral Pacific.

    Austral Pacific has sold the shares in a placement, with Infratil buying in at $3.60 a share, investing just over $9 million.

    Its shares have traded on the NZX at prices ranging between $3.80 and $4.30 this year. Infratil is also getting 1.228 million unlisted Austral warrants as part of the deal. These allow it to buy additional shares in Austral Pacific at US$3.50 ($3.66) each any time in the next year.

    Infratil's energy investments are its 35.2 per cent stake in TrustPower, the fifth-largest power company in New Zealand, with a generation business and retail customers. It also has a 20 per cent stake in an Australian green energy producer, Energy Developments, and a share in Victoria Electricity.

    This is its first foray into oil and gas exploration, known in the energy sector as the "upstream" part of the business.

    Company founder and Infratil chief executive Lloyd Morrison said in August that there was little scope left in New Zealand for new Infratil investments, with further infrastructure privatisations off the political agenda of both major parties.

    Infratil's recent investments have been in airports, with it spending $46 million buying Kent International Airport in Britain.

    Infratil's share price has increased this year from a January low of $3.29 to a high of $4.15 in mid-August. It shares closed yesterday up 2c at $3.86.

    Austral's home listing is on the Canadian TSX exchange, and its shares are also traded on the AMEX board and the NZX.

    Talk around its Cardiff deep gas exploration well has been positive for some time, despite final testing of gas flows yet to be completed. It is the field operator, with state-owned energy company Genesis owning a 40 per cent stake in the project. Genesis wants gas from wells such as Cardiff to burn in its power stations.

    Bruce Harker, executive director of Infratil's management company Morrison and Co, told the stock exchange to expect the company's exposure to the upstream sector to stay modest.

    "The recent lift in New Zealand gas prices are likely to be sustained and this should allow profitable development of smaller onshore gas fields."

    Infratil also believed that the Government would increasingly pressure permit holders to meet their indicated exploration plans and that this would result in smaller exploration companies seeking additional capital. This would "provide acceptable entry pricing for investors".

    Crown Minerals asks companies to bid for the right to explore for oil and gas. Explorers do not pay a lot for the permit, but the winner is the one that promises the most work, usually seismic research or drilling.

    This is where the big drain on resources happens, with explorers looking to "farm out" stakes and bring in partners to help pay for expensive drilling programmes.

    "Infratil would look to support Austral Pacific should it require capital to maintain its interests in successful discoveries as these move from exploration to more substantive long-term production infrastructure investments," said Harker.

    He also said that in the short term "no specific linkages are seen between Austral Energy and Infratil's other New Zealand energy sector investment at TrustPower".

    * Infratil chairman David Newman, who is also chairman of Austral Pacific, was excluded from taking part in its consideration of this investment, said the company.
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    Hey mon, Dave New-mon, mon, is chairman of both IFT and Austral mon. Maybe he thinks Austral's Cardiff gas field will come up trumps mon.

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    Sorry Toddy, last time I looked was a few years ago, and they were definitely out of the money back then, I have recollections of the SWERF project of ENE nearly sending the company under.

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    quote:Originally posted by kura

    Sorry Toddy, last time I looked was a few years ago, and they were definitely out of the money back then, I have recollections of the SWERF project of ENE nearly sending the company under.
    Kura you are right to the extent that when ENE puled out of the swerf project, there was a dip in their SP that meant the price was below acquistion value, however that was only a short term thing, the shares are trading at 4.80 which is probably about double what IFT paid.

    As to the latest move, the one fact we do know is that every energy investment that IFT have ever made has turned to gold.

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    IFT have been out and about in Kent. The guy from Kent opposite me at work showed me a copy of the local paper today where KIA had an advert asking locals where they would like to fly to in Europe/U.K/Irland etc. There was even as prize up for grabs, a 20 minute flight around Kent, a hotel for the night and a bottle of bubbly.

    Its good to see that they are getting involved with the local community which is very unusual in this part of the world.

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    Thats the end of cheap IFT stock.

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    25/10/2005
    BUYBACK

    REL: 0956 HRS Infratil Limited

    BUYBACK: IFT: Infratil Announces its Intention to Buyback Shares

    Infratil Announces its Intention to Buyback Shares

    In accordance with Listing Rule 7.6.2 Infratil announces its intention to buy
    back some of its ordinary shares commencing after the announcement of its
    half year result on 8 November 2005.

    Specifically, the buybacks will occur from 9 November 2005 through to 8
    November 2006 and be for up to 21.5 million ordinary shares
    Toddy

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    And Luebeck Airport is on again. IFT really is a true LTB&H stock.

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    Toddy, suggest you grab the B warrants then!

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