Dragon Oil drops Petroceltic bid


Issue 290 - 04 Dec 2014 | 2 minute read

Dragon Oil has walked away from another bid approach, announcing on 1 December that it had dropped plans to make an offer for Petroceltic, citing “prevailing market conditions”. Dragon approached Petroceltic in July, when the oil price was still around $110/barrel. The company carried out due diligence, and confirmed to Petroceltic in September that it planned to seek support for the deal from its majority shareholder, the Emirates National Oil Company. In October, the deal was priced at 230p/share.

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