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Petrofac - To deliver "net profit growth of at least 15%"

July 2012

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Oil & gas facilities services provider Petrofac has announced that trading has been in line and it expects to deliver net profit growth of at least 15% this year. Meanwhile, net cash stood at US$1bn as at 30 April (31 December 2011: US$1.6bn.) while group backlog was US$9.6bn, against US$10.8bn last December. Since then, however, it has also won a US$220m project from Malaysian national oil company, Petronas, to refurbish a gas processing and export platform. With brent crude holding up over US$100 / barrel and an expected widening in the gap between supply and demand, Petrofac remains well-placed to take advantage of increased investment in the sector. Strong hold. ...

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