James Stafford

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• The Gas Find That Could Transform Europe’s Energy Future

  Published 18 March 2024 | viewed 43,863 times

  Riding on the heels of Austria’s largest gas discovery in 40 years by Austrian OMV, junior explorer MCF Energy (TSXV:MCF; OTC:MCFNF) announced on Monday morning another potentially significant find in…

• Artificial Intelligence Could Trigger a Natural Gas Boom in Europe

  Published 04 March 2024 | viewed 6,585 times

  When the use of seismic surveys became common place, Oil and gas drillers used to drill only in spots the human eye could detect from…

• Meet the Man Using AI To Revive An Oil & Gas Play Supermajors Left For Dead

  Published 27 February 2024 | viewed 8,889 times

  A North American company is gearing up to drill two of the potentially most important wells for a new phase of European energy.Proven oil and…

• Is This The End Of Naked Short Selling?

  Published 16 October 2023 | viewed 33,067 times

  American investors have been taken for a trillion-dollar ride by naked short sellers, in what could turn out to be the biggest financial regulatory scandal…

• Canadian Engineers Make "Revolutionary" Hydrogen Breakthrough

  Published 30 August 2023 | viewed 29,552 times

  Already one of the world’s top ten producers of hydrogen, Canada is at the forefront of the global effort to develop a sustainable hydrogen economy,…

• Tech Breakthrough Makes $2.5 Trillion Hydrogen Boom Possible

  Published 24 August 2023 | viewed 55,309 times

  The U.S. government has announced a proposed $7 billion (for starters) on desperately needed breakthroughs in clean hydrogen production.  The Department of Energy’s (DoE) biggest…

• A Unique Way To Play The Coming $700 Billion Electric Vehicle Boom

  Published 05 June 2023 | viewed 52,268 times

  The global electric vehicle market is a crowded space valued at nearly $194 billion in 2022 and set to reach an astounding $694 billion by…

• Tesla Of The Sea? How EV Tech Is Revolutionizing Boating

  Published 01 June 2023 | viewed 20,797 times

  The electric vehicle boom isn’t just about passenger cars and trucks, it’s also about the millions of speedboats and other recreational boats whose pollution has,…

• It’s Full Speed Ahead For The World’s Most Exciting Oil Play

  Published 25 January 2022 | viewed 55,504 times

  Still hounded by short-sellers precisely because of the possible sheer magnitude of the discovery, our pick for the world’s most exciting onshore play in recent…

• 5 Things You Need To Know About The World’s Hottest Oil Play

  Published 16 August 2021 | viewed 10,195 times

  With evidence of an active petroleum system now confirmed after two test wells in Namibia’s 6.3-million-acre Kavango Basin, the game is afoot with 2D seismic…

• Update On The World’s Most Exciting Oil Play: Interview With Scot Evans

  Published 09 August 2021 | viewed 22,031 times

  As Recon Africa (TSXV:RECO; OTC:RECAF) continues to de-risk what we believe is the most exciting onshore oil play the world has seen in decades, we…

• Recon Africa De-Risks The World's Most Exciting Oil Find

  Published 05 August 2021 | viewed 19,282 times

  Namibia has every right to celebrate. It’s never produced a barrel, but now, its Kavango Basin test wells have hit hundreds of meters of oil.…

• Why Short Sellers Are Desperately Trying (And Failing) To Sink Recon Africa

  Published 25 July 2021 | viewed 15,801 times

  When a small, ambitious exploration company starts drilling in a 6.3-million-acre onshore oil play, the vultures descend. In the case of Reconnaissance Energy Africa (TSXV:RECO;…

• Could This Be The Most Promising Oil Play Of The Decade?

  Published 20 July 2021 | viewed 24,059 times

  No oil discovery narrative appears to have captured investor attention this year as much as Reconnaissance Africa’s (TSXV:RECO, OTC:RECAF) acquisition of the rights to Namibia’s…

• Update On World’s Most Exciting Oil Play: An Interview With Jim Granath

  Published 05 July 2021 | viewed 15,456 times

  Namibia is currently witnessing what could become one of the most spectacular explorational oil plays in recent memory, and one Canadian driller is at the…

• Recon Africa: The Truth About The World's Most Exciting Oil Play

  Published 29 June 2021 | viewed 30,369 times

  A daring junior oil and gas explorer has set out to put the African country of Namibia—which has never produced a single barrel of oil…

• Meet The Man Behind The World's Most Exciting Oil Play

  Published 25 June 2021 | viewed 21,240 times

  This is the story about an oil play that so far has lived up to its promise…Namibia is the setting…And a little-known Canadian explorer is…

• The Most Exciting Oil And Gas Play On The Planet? Interview with Bill Mooney

  Published 07 June 2021 | viewed 13,835 times

  As Reconnaissance Energy Africa (TSXV:RECO, OTC:RECAF) continues to excite investors and industry experts alike, we sat down with the man responsible for what could be…

• Is This The World’s Most Exciting Oil Discovery? An Interview With Craig Steinke

  Published 25 May 2021 | viewed 33,319 times

  After very promising results on their first well in Namibia’s giant Kavango basin, global attention has turned to this small Canadian explorer as it drills…

• Is This The Beginning Of The End Of Naked Short Selling In Canada?

  Published 10 May 2021 | viewed 11,530 times

  Finally, after years of watching dubious short-sellers manipulate stocks and destroy companies, Canadian regulators are ready to do something about it, and unscrupulous short-sellers who…