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Pat: Can I get your view on Petrolifera Petroleum? Thanks.

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Petrolifera Petroleum, $0.58, symbol PDP on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 145.5 million; Market cap: $84.4 million), has interests in oil and natural-gas properties in Argentina, Peru and Colombia. Right now, the company gets most of its oil and gas from its 100%-owned and operated Puesto Morales/Rinconada concession in Rio Negro Province, which is in Argentina’s Neuquen Basin. The company is also exploring for oil and gas in Colombia and Peru. In the three months ended March 31, 2010, Petrolifera’s revenue fell 33.1%, to $15.4 million from $23 million a year earlier. Cash flow per share fell 70%, to $0.06 from $0.20. The lower results mainly reflect a 31.3% drop in Petrolifera’s daily production, to 4,349 barrels of oil equivalent (this measure includes natural gas) from 6,326 barrels. The company is exhausting its current oil wells, and has not been replacing them with new production. Petrolifera holds cash of $32.2 million, or $0.22 a share. However, its $78.2 million of debt is…