Secondary Recommendation

Burren Energy - Seeking acquisitions

August 2007

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Burren Energy (FT Sector: Oil & Gas), which owns oil exploration & production assets in Turkmenistan and Congo, has experienced quite extraordinary growth on the back of soaring prices. In the last five years net income has increased from £4.7m to £127m, with average production for last year having reached a whopping 34,240 barrels of oil per day (bopd). Burren’s roots were originally formed around a small shipping and marketing business in the Caspian Sea which transported crude oil purchased from local producers in Turkmenistan to markets in Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey and the Black Sea. While this business was a useful earner its main purpose was to establish a reliable export route for this oil rich bu ...

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