There's nothing like timing your dash for the last 100m, as we all saw in Athens recently. In what has truly been a marathon event, John Kopcheff, in his 20th year at the helm of Victoria Petroleum, has chalked up his third discovery within 12 months with the Rookwood well yielding oil, after spending the previous 19 years drilling dry holes. Partnering the veteran VicPet is rookie Oilex NL which only listed late last year.

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