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Gulfsands

November 2006

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  • Epic Code:
  • GPX
  • Price:
  • 100p
The recent weakness in Gulfsands’ share price can be explained by its latest interim results, for the six months ended 30 June, which showed a decline in pretax profit from US$2.5m to $1.5m, purely due to the damage inflicted by last year’s hurricanes on its Gulf of Mexico assets. The infrastructure damage resulted in a hit to profits from repair costs and subsequently higher insurance costs as well as a decline in its production from 2,800 barrels oil equivalent per day (boepd) to 2,076 boepd. However, there have been no further batterings this year, which has allowed the group to return to those pre-hurricane production levels with the months of June and August seeing profits hitting a new record. While its Gulf of ...

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