** Shares of Australia's BPH Energy BPH.AX rise as much as
11.29% to A$0.069 after its partly owned unit issues letter of
intent for a drilling project off the coast of Newcastle,
Australia
** BPH, which owns a stake in Advent Energy Ltd, issued a
letter of intent (LoI) to Aztech Well Construction Services Pty
Ltd for drilling a well for natural gas exploration urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX1c8XJW
** BPH invests in biotech and natural resources exploration
cos, Advent is engaged in oil and gas exploration
** Stock posts its biggest intra-day percentage gain since
Aug. 25
** About 4.9 mln shares have changed hands, compared with
the 30-day average of about 1.9 mln shares
** BPH up 44.19% so far this year, as of Monday's close
(Reporting by Harshita Swaminathan in Bengaluru)
((Harshita.Swaminathan@thomsonreuters.com))