Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Finance

Ineos E&P makes profit despite £120m hit from failed deal

Ineoss oil and gas arm last year made profits of £523m even ..

Ineoss oil and gas arm last year made profits of £523m even as it wrote off around £120m in a failed deal.

The figures show a vast improvement from 2017s £438m operating loss, recently released figures show.

Read more: Chrysaor takes another big chunk in the North Sea with $2.7bn deal for Conoco Phillips oilfields

It came as Ineos, which is Britains largest private company, abandoned a deal for Conoco Phillipss North Sea assets.

In April the North Sea fields were sold for $2.7bn (£2.1bn) to private equity firm Chrysaor Holdings.

Ineoss subsidiary Ineos UK E&P Holdings, which focuses on North Sea oil and gas, took a £117.8m hit from a failed deal in 2018.

The charge to the companys balance sheet came after it had paid “a non-refundable deposit made to a third party in relation to a potential acquisition opportunity,” the company said.

The accounts did not identify the third party.

Ineos UK E&P made earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of £861m. In 2017 it had a negative Ebitda of £242m.

Read more:

Finance

In an interview with ET Now, Dabur India Director Mohit Burm..

Science

The 147th Open championship will be at Carnoustie Golf Club in Scotland. Jan Kruger/R&A Golfers ..

Tech

Enlarge Oliver Morris/Getty Images) In response to an Ars re..

Tech

Enlarge/ You wouldn't really want to use Nvidia's ..