Delta Petroleum erhaelt $228 - 360 Mio. Entschaedigung - 500 Beiträge pro Seite

[Vinoveritas]

Das ist die News des Jahres. Delta wird entschaedigt. Das Unternehmen wird 12% aus der Gesamtsumme von $1,9 bis $3,0 Milliarden erhalten. Diese Woche gab es die letzte Moeglichkeit zum guenstigen Einkauf. Allen treuen Delta-Fans ein schoenes Wochenende.
DENVER, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delta Petroleum
Corporation (Nasdaq: DPTR - news); (Frankfurt: DPE), an
independent energy exploration and development company
announces its support for a new Senate bill which was introduced by
Senators Barbara Boxer of California and Mary Landrieu of
Louisiana last Thursday.

The bill promises to solve a decades-long dispute involving
undeveloped federal oil leases off the coast of California. ``We
applaud this compromise effort by Senators Boxer and Landrieu,``
said Roger Parker, President and CEO of Delta Petroleum
Corporation.

The issue involves forty undeveloped federal Outer Continental
Shelf leases located several miles off the coast of California. Some
of the leases were issued more than twenty years ago but have not
been developed because of environmental concerns of the state and
local residents. Delta Petroleum Corporation is one of several
companies that owns interests in these leases that were sold by the
federal government for record high prices with the promise of future
oil and gas development.

The legislation, entitled ``California Coastal Protection and Louisiana
Energy Enhancement Act`` would eliminate the chance of oil and
gas development on the leases in California by compensating the
lease holders for their ownership interest and development costs in
the leases in the form of monetary credits that could be used for oil
and gas development in the Western and Central Gulf of Mexico.

Upon consent of the leaseholders, the proposed legislation would
require the Secretary of the Interior to reacquire all of the subject
leases in exchange for credits that can be used to pay lease bonus
credits in the central and western Gulf of Mexico lease sales and to
make royalty payments. As proposed, the lease bonus credits would
be in an amount equal to the sum of the total amount that was paid to the Federal Government by the
current lease holders and their predecessors for lease bonuses and rentals and the total amount spent
by them for exploration costs and related expenses. The total amount claimed by all lessees as
damages in their lawsuit is in the same $1.9 billion to $3 billion range referred to by Senator Landrieu in
a prior statement. Delta estimates that if the legislation is passed it would receive credits in an amount
equal to approximately 12% of the total amount paid to all of the leaseholders.

In other news, Delta has consummated its previously announced transaction to purchase Piper
Petroleum Corporation which was valued at approximately $6 million. The acquisition closed on
February 19, 2002.

Delta Petroleum Corporation is an oil and gas exploration and development company based in Denver,
Colorado. The Company has producing properties in California, Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota,
Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming and interests in one producing federal unit and four undeveloped units
located in federal waters offshore California near Santa Barbara. Its common stock is traded on
Nasdaq under the symbol ``DPTR`` and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol ``DPE``.

Forward-looking statements in this announcement are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainty, including without limitation, the costs of exploring and
developing new oil and natural gas reserves, the price for which such reserves can be sold,
environmental concerns effecting the drilling of oil and natural gas wells, as well as general market
conditions, competition and pricing. Please refer to the Company`s Securities and Exchange
Commission filings for additional information.


For further information contact Roger Parker at [phone] or via email at

[e-mail]

SOURCE: Delta Petroleum Corporation

[maxtrader]

Hallo Vinoveritas

Melde mich auch mal wieder, die Zeit der Spekulationen ist vorbei. Was mich interessiert wie profitiert der Anleger dieser Abfindung.Die 20$-25$ Kursziele kann ich nicht nachvollziehen.Oder wird DPTR Aktien zurückkaufen für 15$.
Für eine kompetente Antwort bin ich dankbar.

Gruss aus Aarau "maxtrader"

[dosto]

yep
thats the question.
als ölgesellschaft ist delta am ende,
jetzt wirds ne bank, oder kaufen sie dazu, dann ist das geld
wieder weg.
kriegens die shareholder, ich glaubs nicht so recht, die
ölbarone verbraten das geld lieber selber,
die kohle reicht für die existenzsicherung weiterer 5 fetten
jahre.
wait and see,
es könnte auch ne superenttäuschung werden, glaube nicht
daß meine paar deltas nun den großen reibach machen,
und wenn ich in noch soviel wein schaue, der ist mir noch zu jung, unruhig und nicht geklärt.

übrigens delta gibts immer noch ziemlich billig.

[Silberpfeil1]

Hallo zusammen,

meiner Meinung nach wären zunächst an Castle ausgegebene Aktien günstig zurückzuerwerben - in der Summe zu ca. 14,5 Millionen US-Dollar.

Danach kann man über weitere Rückkäufe nachdenken.

Das Private Placement war mir nicht bekannt - ist mit dem Jahreswechsel 2001 etwa 2000/2001 gemeint und handelt es sich demnach um Aktien, die aufgrund einer einjährigen Halteverpflichtung zu einem Abschlag vom seinerzeitigen Aktienkurs erworben werden konnten?

Gruß,

Silberpfeil