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Edinburgh Oil & Gas - Goldman Sachs initiates coverage with 350p price target

May 2005

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  • Epic Code:
  • EDG
  • Price:
  • 249p
Given that Edinburgh Oil & Gas' main asset is a 5.2% interest in the giant Buzzard North Sea oil discovery which won't start producing until late 2006, its recent final results were largely of academic interest. Nevertheless, these results, for the year ended 31 December, provided reassurance that the Buzzard field remained on track to achieve its planned start date while it also unveiled a welcome 12% upgrade in Edinburgh's estimate of its share of reserves there from 24 to 27 million barrels of oil. However, the main reason for the recent surge in the shares lies with heavyweight broker, Goldman Sachs, which has just initiated coverage with a 12 page broker note, an "outperform" rating and a fair ...

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