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Gold/Mining/Energy : KERM'S KORNER -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kerm Yerman who wrote (10381)	4/27/1998 3:22:00 PM
From: Kerm Yerman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15196

MARKET ACTIVITY / KERM'S SPEC 20 WEEKLY REPORT ENDING APRIL 24, 1998 (14) \!/ ~(@ @)~ -------------------------o00O(_)O00o----------------------- Speculative Twenty Weekly Trading Summary Report For Week Ending 04/24/98 .oooO ( ) Oooo. -----------------------\ (----( )------------------------ \_) ) / (_/ COMPANY STK ( 52-WEEK ) (TRADING ACTIVITY WEEKLY SUMMARY) REC NAME SYM HIGH LOW HIGH LOW LAST CHG VOLUME B-A-H BADGER DAYLIGHTING T-BAD 10.10 3.55 ^ 9.40 9.15 9.20 -0.10 69,500 H BIG BEAR EXPLORATION A-BDX 3.20 0.70 ^ 1.30 1.20 1.30 +0.00 95,100 B BONAVISTA PETROLEUM T-BNP 6.30 1.25 ^ 6.30 6.00 6.15 +0.05 161,400 A CANBAIKAL RESOURCES A-CBQ 2.30 0.60 ^ 1.05 1.00 1.00 +0.00 25,500 B COMPTON PETROLEUM T-CMT 2.25 0.95 ^ 1.85 1.60 1.70 -0.15 875,200 B DRAIG ENERGY A-DRA 1.75 0.60 ^ 1.50 1.34 1.50 +0.20 33,000 A ENERCHEM INT'L T-ECH 3.65 1.40 ^ 3.25 3.15 3.20 +0.05 73,900 A HYDUKE CAPITAL RES. A-HYD 4.20 1.10 ^ 3.10 2.30 3.05 +0.70 63,700 B PAN EAST PETROLEUM T-PEC 4.65 1.20 ^ 2.45 2.00 2.15 -0.20 385,200 B PEAK ENERGY SERVICES T-PES 7.15 3.00 ^ 3.90 3.82 3.85 +0.10 132,500 B RICHLAND PETROLEUM T-RLP.A 5.75 2.85 ^ 3.55 3.25 3.30 -0.20 267,500 B SPIRE ENERGY T-SEY 2.05 1.20 ^ 1.91 1.60 1.82 -0.11 20,300 A TETHYS ENERGY T-TET 4.29 1.50 ^ 3.00 2.70 2.70 -0.30 48,300 B TETONKA DRILLING T-TDI 3.35 1.40 ^ 2.25 2.16 2.16 -0.09 12,800 B THUNDER ENERGY T-THY 3.25 1.00 ^ 2.25 2.06 2.10 +0.05 69,600 B TRICAN WELL SERVICE T-TCW 8.50 2.85 ^ 6.00 5.10 5.75 +0.35 67,500 B UPTON RESOURCES T-URC 9.75 3.15 ^ 3.45 3.25 3.40 +0.00 62,600 B WENZEL DOWNHOLE A-WZL 1.80 0.33 ^ 1.25 1.06 1.15 -0.10 47,400 B WOLVERINE ENERGY A-WVE 1.70 0.90 ^ 1.15 1.00 1.00 -0.14 66,800 A ZARGON OIL & GAS T-ZAR 4.35 2.20 ^ 3.05 2.97 3.00 +0.00 64,100 A TSE ( 52 WEEK ) ( WEEK ENDING SUMMARY ) INDEX HIGH LOW HIGH LOW CLOSE CHANGE VOLUME TORONTO 300 7835.75 5814.93 ^ 7835.75 7676.66 7703.24 - 61.51 354,133,000 O&G COMPOSITE 8094.31 5473.37 ^ 6744.84 6625.74 6625.74 - 99.65 52,160,600 INTEGRATED OIL 9729.68 6564.06 ^ 8750.03 8523.29 8523.29 -187.04 5,730,600 O&G PRODUCERS 7461.88 4778.84 ^ 5999.70 5899.57 5904.19 - 65.30 43,173,400 O&G SERVICES 4353.30 2086.81 ^ 3329.53 3212.70 3212.70 - 73.24 3,256,600 * New High or New Low B-A-H = Buy - Accumulate - Hold (* Strong Buy) Best viewed by "Remove Navigation". LISTING BULLETIN / LISTING & PORTFOLIO REVISIONS April 24,1998 SPEC 20 - Sold the following Shares 200 Badger Dayligting @ $ 9.25 = $1,850.00 (retained 200 shares) B@$5.50 Sold 50% of my position for sole purpose of taking profits. Transaction effects the SPEC 20 PORTFOLIO only. The SPEC 20 LISTING remains intact and Badger Dayligting has been assigned HOLD status with short term price target having been obtained.

To: Kerm Yerman who wrote (10381)	4/27/1998 3:51:00 PM
From: Kerm Yerman	Read Replies (18) \| Respond to of 15196

KORNER'S NORTH AMERICAN RIG COUNT FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 24, 1998 (15) Canada Rig Count Down 14 To 97. U.S. Rig Count Down 18 To 880 NEW YORK, April 24 - The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States stood at 880 as of April 24, down 18 from the previous week, and nine below the year-ago total of 889, Baker Hughes Inc reported. The number of rigs drilling on land fell by 12 to 723, while rigs working offshore fell by six to 136. The number of rigs active in inland waters remained at 21. Among the individual states, the biggest changes occurred in Louisiana, down by 10, and in Colorado, Texas, and Wyoming, all down by three. The Gulf of Mexico rig count fell by six to 135. The number of rigs searching for gas fell by two to 599, the number of rigs searching for oil fell by 16 to 278, while the number of misc. drilling projects remained at three. There were 224 rigs drilling directionally, 53 drilling horizontally and 603 drilling vertically. In Canada, the number of working rigs fell by 14 from the previous week, to 97, versus 185 one year ago. The weekly rig count reflects the number of rigs exploring for oil and gas, not those producing oil and gas. NORTH AMERICAN RIG COUNT April 24, 1998 Compared To Compared To This Week Last Week Year Ago One Year Ago ------------------------------------------------------------------- Land 723 -12 736 -13 Inland Water 21 0 27 -6 Offshore 136 -6 126 10 ---- ---- ---- ---- Total U.S. 880 -18 889 -9 ---- ---- ---- ---- Total Canada 97 -14 185 -88 ---- ---- ---- ---- Grand Total 977 -32 1074 -97 ==== ==== ==== ==== ----------------------------------------------------------------- Gulf of Mexico 135 -6 121 14 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Oil 278 -16 365 -87 Gas 599 -2 520 79 Misc 3 0 4 -1 ---- ---- ---- ---- Total 880 -18 889 -9 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Directional 224 -9 193 31 Horizontal 53 -6 77 -24 Vertical 603 -3 619 -16 ---- ---- ---- ---- Total 880 -18 889 -9 ----------------------------------------------------------------- California 29 3 31 -2 Colorado 12 -3 13 -1 Kansas 17 0 17 0 Louisiana 206 -10 195 11 Michigan 4 0 0 4 N Mexico 39 -2 53 -14 N Dakota 11 0 11 0 Ohio 4 0 5 -1 Oklahoma 96 1 104 -8 Pennsylvania 7 -1 4 3 Texas 350 -3 350 0 Wyoming 31 -6 121 14 U.S. Gulf Rig Count Down One to 168 NEW YORK, April 24 - - There were 168 rigs under contract in the U.S. Gulf as of April 24, down one from the previous week, Offshore Data Services said. The utilization rate for rigs working in the Gulf, based on a total fleet of 176, was 95.5 percent. The number of working rigs in the European/Mediterranean area rose by one to 107 rigs under contract out of a total fleet of 111, a utilization rate of 96.4 percent. The worldwide rig count remained at 582 out of a total fleet of 609, with a utilization rate of 95.6 percent.

To: Kerm Yerman who wrote (10381)	5/13/1998 8:03:00 PM
From: Kerm Yerman	Respond to of 15196

MARKET ACTIVITY / KERM'S SERV 10 REPORT ENDING WEEK MAY 08, 1998 (8) \!/ ~(@ @)~ ------------------------o00O(_)O00o----------------------- Service Ten Weekly Trading Summary Report For Week Ending 05/08/98 .oooO ( ) Oooo. ----------------------\ (----( )------------------------ \_) ) / (_/ COMPANY STK ( 52-WEEK ) (TRADING ACTIVITY WEEKLY SUMMARY) REC NAME SYM HIGH LOW HIGH LOW LAST CHG VOLUME B-A-H CANADIAN FRACMASTER T-FMA 27.25 12.15 ^ 19.25 18.90 18.90 +0.90 712,300 B COMPUTALOG LTD. T-CGH 32.00 15.00 ^ 24.25 23.50 23.50 +0.50 29,954 B DRECO ENERGY T-DEY 59.50 22.07 ^ 57.00 54.65 55.65 -0.10 14,260 B ENERFLEX SYSYEM T-EFX 45.60 24.00 ^ 45.60 43.00 45.00 +1.75 175,919 B MULLEN TRANSPORT T-MTL 31.00 14.25 ^ 24.00 22.30 23.45 +0.20 151,592 B NQL DRILLING T-NQL.A 14.65 5.45 ^ 11.50 11.00 11.25 -0.05 464,015 A PRECISION DRILLING T-PD 49.50 23.00 ^ 35.40 33.30 33.75 -1.45 270,301 B RYAN ENERGY TECH T-RYN 16.00 5.50 ^ 10.35 9.40 9.45 -0.70 202,400 B TESCO CORP. T-TEO 29.25 16.05 ^ 24.30 20.00 21.75 -2.10 913,546 B TSE ( 52 WEEK ) ( WEEK ENDING SUMMARY ) INDEX HIGH LOW HIGH LOW CLOSE CHANGE VOLUME TORONTO 300 7835.75 6066.69 ^ 7751.71 7605.79 7699.24 - 2.87 257,864,200 O&G COMPOSITE 8094.31 5473.37 ^ 6687.94 6530.71 6562.16 - 93.62 40,329,800 INTEGRATED OIL 9729.68 6981.66 ^ 8761.83 8669.81 8751.28 +100.64 5,897,900 O&G PRODUCERS 7461.88 4778.84 ^ 5937.34 5748.74 5777.28 -143.02 31,182,800 O&G SERVICES 4353.30 2249.64 ^ 3212.03 3108.11 3118.81 + 38.18 3,249,100 New High or New Low B-A-H = Buy - Accumulate - Hold (* Strong Buy) Best viewed by "Remove Navigation".