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Soco - Huge oil finds in prospects in Vietnam

August 2005

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  • Epic Code:
  • SIA
  • Price:
  • 613p
High flying oil E&P firm Soco International has delighted its supporters with a string of eye-opening drilling successes, which have convinced some investors that it will unearth the same kind of 1 billion barrel super discovery as that which propelled Cairn Energy into the FTSE-100. Soco was originally a subsidiary of New York listed Snyder Oil, a gas producer in the Rocky Mountains, before floating on the LSE�s Full List in May 1997. A glance at the long-term share price indicates that it has ebbed and flowed in conjunction with the fortunes of the oil price. But this hides the fact that Soco is a well-run company, which has consistently produced enough oil, supplemented by canny asset disposals, to pay for its more e ...

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