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Edinburgh Oil & Gas - Big discovery in Noth Sea

March 2003

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An exciting rags–to-riches story is developing at Scottish-based oilprospector,  Edinburgh Oil & Gas.    In April 2001 the group announced that a consortium operated by BG Group, in which it owned a 5% stake,  had made the largest oil discovery in the North Sea for 25 years.  Appraisal reports of the find, known as the "Buzzard" prospect,  based in the Moray Firth, have since confirmed the presence of recoverable reserves in excess of 400m barrels of oil.  At a stroke this took Edinburgh's reserves from 3m barrels to at least 23m and the shares surged from 22p that month topeak at 158p a year later.  Although the initial euphoria has wornoff the shares are again building up momentum on h ...

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