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Burren Energy - 20 exploration wells planned by end '06

November 2005

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  • Epic Code:
  • BUR
  • Price:
  • 803p
Another excellent set of results from Burren proved the catalyst for a surge in the shares. For the six months ended 30 June, turnover increased 166% to US$168m, with pretax profit rising 388% to US$97m. Earnings jumped 573% to 59.9 cents. These results were driven by a combination of a higher average selling price of US$40 a barrel versus US$23 and a 95% increase in average production on a working interest basis to 29,100 barrels oil per day (bopd), of which Burren’s net entitlement is 22,200 bopd. The results would have been even better but for an underlift (unsold inventory) of 255,000 barrels of oil, worth a pretax profit of nearly US$10m, which will fall in H2.In Turkmenistan, working interest production increased 50% t ...

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