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Burren - Take part profits following reserves downgrade

May 2006

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  • Epic Code:
  • BUR
  • Price:
  • 899p
Excellent final results from Burren were overshadowed by a downgrade to its reserves, which at one point sent the shares down 100p to 860p before a slight recovery. Turnover rose 110% to US$390m thanks to a 58% increase in net entitlement production to 22,430 barrels and a 39% rise in selling prices to US$47.8. Pretax profit increased by 196% to US$255m, while earnings rose 218% to 159 cents ( 91p). Net cash increased to US$125m. At the Burun field in Turkmenistan, average net production during the year increased 34% to 12,430 barrels per day, thanks to 13 new production wells coming on stream. At the year end, there were 135 wells producing, up from 111 last time. On the exploration side, four dry wells have just been followed up ...

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