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Capricorn pays $4.3m to governments for 2022

Capricorn Energy plc reported a total $4,339,000 payments during 2022 to governments for its oil and gas assets. The company paid $2,503,000 to Mexico; £264,000 to the UK; £1,515,000 to Mauritania; and $57,000 to Israel. Payments are for licence fees and also include £4,000 taxes in the UK.

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EnQuest pays total £163.8 million to governments

EnQuest plc paid an aggregate £163.8 million to governments for the year ended 31 December 2022. JURISDICTIONS The group paid £39.2 million in the UK and £124.6m in Malaysia. Payments include production entitlements, taxes, royalties and fees for its oil and gas assets in both jurisdictions.

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Kistos profits rise as projects review continues

Kistos Holdings plc’s increase in profits has failed to deter the company from reviewing opportunities outside the UK and Netherlands to avoid “unstable fiscal regimes”. FINANCES Full year 2022 results showed operating profits of €276.3 million (2021: loss of €62.8m) and pre-tax profits of €254.1m (2021: loss before tax of €73.9m). Taxes of €228m, which […]

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BGS identifies potential ‘critical minerals’ mining areas

Large parts of the United Kingdom have potential prospectivity for ‘critical raw materials’, according to the British Geological Survey (BGS). AREAS North and southwest England, Scotland, northwest Wales and Northern Ireland are key areas “particularly worthy” of more research. The BGS identified parts of Cumbria; the North Pennine ore field; Pembrokeshire; southwest England; an area […]

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Capricorn plans fewer than 40 posts in the UK

Capricorn Energy plc today said that it aimed for a “substantially reduced headcount” in the United Kingdom allowing it to focus on its onshore oil assets in Egypt. REDUNDANCY PROCESS The news comes as the Edinburgh-based company’s new management starts a comprehensive strategic review of its business and the “several potential directions” for its future. […]