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Buren Energy - Keeps investors waiting over M'Boundi oil field

August 2004

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he shares enjoyed an electrifying run (hitting a new high  at one point of 379p) after announcing that results for well MB 801, the first of two step-out appraisal wells on the M'Boundi field in the Congo, have the potential to increase reserves.   MB 801 was drilled to a depth of 2,438 metres and tested at 1,540 barrels of oil aday, but the significant point is that it didn't hit any water, suggesting that its size could be much larger than first thought.  The results from the appraisal well, MB 701 will be announced in due course.   As we go to press Burren has released a pre-close trading statement, for the six months ended 30 June. This stated that net production averaged 11,710 barrels of oil per ...

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