IVAN, a minha mina de ouro...

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Pois colegas,

De repente fez-se ouro na IVAN. Já tinha andado a negociar este titulo durante o primeiro semestre de 2005, mas sem grande resultados, mas nunca deixei de acompanhar a sua evolução visto que a desvalorização continua origina sempre um outro reverso da medalha. No dia que publicaram os resultados obtidos nos ensaios da nova tecnologia HTL (process of heavy oil to light oil), entrei na euforia com uma pequena participação mas fui aumentando ao longo da sessão. Hoje titulo deu continuidade á maratona da sessão anterior com um volume superior. Tudo isto levou-me acreditar na informação de que, muitas empresas do sector petrolífero ficaram interessadas no processo. Hoje havia uma conference call às 9:00 PM (Lisboa), que avaliar pelo after hours (+20%) deve ter sido bastante elucidativa sobre a estratégia actual aplicar a esta nova ferramenta.

PS- nas ultimas duas sessões leva uma valorização +95%, não quero eu dizer que este titulo seja uma oportunidade de compra actual, pois os riscos são elevados.
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BAKERSFIELD, CA, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Ivanhoe Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: IVAN and TSX: IE, IE.U) announced today that its revolutionary field- located heavy oil upgrading Commercial Demonstration Facility (CDF) in California has successfully achieved a number of important performance goals culminating in an extended run last week. The successful extended test follows a period of continual incremental enhancements to the CDF over recent months, during which the CDF was operated utilizing a variety of crude oils and operating criteria. Ivanhoe Energy will now begin testing crudes from potential partners with an initial focus on heavy crudes from California and Western Canada, including bitumen from Canada's Athabasca Tar Sands region.

"Following our acquisition of Ensyn Group Inc. and the heavy oil upgrading technology (HTL) in April 2005, we have successfully executed an extended program of technical and operational enhancements to the CDF," said Leon Daniel, Ivanhoe Energy's President and CEO. "These enhancements will allow us to proceed with the design and construction of crude-specific and site-specific full-scale 10,000 to 15,000 barrel per day facilities. We have a number of interested potential partners from around the world, including from the significant Athabasca tar sands region of Western Canada, as well as California, and we look forward to testing their crudes and working toward commercial agreements. We will provide details of our progress and arrange tours of the CDF as we move forward."

The CDF runs to date have successfully demonstrated a number of commercial configurations and processing alternatives, including both once-through and recycle modes of operation. A number of progressive HTL process enhancements have been validated during the CDF test program, including flue gas sulphur capture, heavy metals capture, and acidity reduction.

The CDF, the first of its kind in the world using Ivanhoe Energy's new proprietary heavy oil upgrading technology, is located in Aera Energy LLC's (Aera) Belridge heavy oil field near Bakersfield, California. Aera is a California limited liability company owned by affiliates of Shell and ExxonMobil.

Ivanhoe Energy's field located heavy oil upgrading technology has four key competitive advantages:

    -  It is field-located and effective at a relatively small minimum scale
       of 10,000 to 15,000 barrels per day;
    -  The value of the upgraded liquid product means the producer is able to
       capture the majority of the price differential between heavy and light
       crude oil;
    -  The upgraded product is easily transported by pipeline without the
       need for light blend oils; and
    -  The process generates significant on-site excess energy, replacing
       natural gas for production of steam and/or power used in heavy-oil
       recovery.Ivanhoe Energy's HTL technology adds significant incremental value, flexibility, and risk avoidance to heavy oil producers in areas with existing infrastructure and alternative development options, such as Western Canada, and is also a unique option for the development of "stranded" heavy oil or tar sand deposits that cannot be produced due to lack of on-site energy or transportation challenges. Ivanhoe Energy's business plan is focused on the development of reserves and production, and intends to use its HTL technology as a critical, value-added tool in this regard.

Ivanhoe Energy is an independent international oil and gas exploration and development company building long-term growth in its reserve base and production. Ivanhoe Energy is a leader in technologically innovative methods designed to significantly improve reserves of oil and gas through the upgrading of heavy oil to light oil, state-of-the-art drilling techniques, enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and the conversion of natural gas to liquids (GTL). Core operations are in the United States and China, with business development opportunities worldwide.

Ivanhoe Energy trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market with the ticker symbol IVAN and on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) with the symbol IE. On the TSX, Ivanhoe Energy is listed and traded in both Canadian and U.S. dollars. The U.S. dollar trading symbol on the TSX is IE.U.

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