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Sterling Energy - Stunning deal in "Mauritania"

December 2004

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Sterling has raised Â£97m through a placing of new shares at 17p in order to underwrite a letter of credit for US$130m to the Mauritanian Government enabling it to exercise its right to take up a 12% interest in the Chinguetti oil field. In return, Sterling will gain an interest in its revenues when the field starts producing in early 2006 at a projected rate of 75,000 bopd. Sterling's chief executive, Harry Wilson, describes this as a stunning deal, given that the high oil price should enable a rapid payback of this money, leaving it with an attractive long-term income stream, plus a meaningful increase in its proven and probable reserves. Keep buying. ...

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