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Ophir Energy plc

Type	Public limited company
Traded as	LSE: OPHR
Industry	Oil & Gas exploration
Founded	2004
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom
Key people	Nicholas Smith (Chairman) Nicholas Cooper (Chief Executive Officer)
Revenue	$14.7 million (2011)^[1]
Operating income	$(19.1) million (2011)^[1]
Net income	$(19.1) million (2011)^[1]
Website	www.ophirenergy.com

Ophir Energy plc (LSE: OPHR) is a oil and gas exploration company based in London and operating in Africa. It is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

Contents

1 History
2 Operations
3 References
4 External links

History

The company was founded by Alan Stein and Jonathan Taylor in 2004^[2] with backing from Tokyo Sexwale.^[3] It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in July 2011.^[4]

Operations

The company has oil and gas projects in 8 different African countries (Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Madagascar, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Senegal, Somaliland and Tanzania).^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Preliminary Results 2011". Ophir Energy plc. http://www.ophir-energy.com/UserDir/Documents/Ophir%20Energy%20Preliminary%20Results%202011-12-31.pdf. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
^ "Prospectus". Ophir Energy. July 2011. http://www.unquoted-analyst.com/uploads/t1psim/148239_Project_Zanzibar_Final_clean_without.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
^ Fixer guns for Vodacom Mail and Guardian online, 6 August 2010
^ "Ophir Energy to Raise $375 Million in IPO for Africa Drilling". Bloomberg. 8 July 2011. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-08/ophir-energy-to-raise-375-million-in-ipo-for-africa-drilling.html. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
^ "Mittal-backed Ophir Energy plans £1bn London listing". The Telegraph. 9 June 2011. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/8564279/Mittal-backed-Ophir-Energy-plans-1bn-London-listing.html. Retrieved 2011-09-17.

External links

Official site

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