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Dragon Oil

September 2010

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Dragon announced strong interims with revenues rising 5% to US$276m and pretax profit increasing 31% to almost US$174m. Eps rose 31% to 26.7 cents, while net cash impressively rose from US$875m to US$1,154m (including US$155m for abandonment liabilities). This improvement came largely thanks to a 50% rise in average prices to US$75 / barrel as well as an 8% increase in average production to 46,420 barrels oil per day (bopd). This growth was slightly below previous guidance due to delays in bringing new infrastructure into place but this is now moving apace. Dragon has agreed contracts for the construction of two new drilling platforms allowing up to 16 new development wells, while the phase 2 upgrade to its central pr ...

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