

Afren: UBS raises target price from 160p to 200p and reiterates a buy recommendation. African Barrick Gold: Westhouse Securities reduces target price...


* FY profits rise 181 pct * Payout expected to be announced in summer * Further tests this year could push up oil production * Any rise in output woul...


UK markets opened cautiously on Monday as sentiment was dampened by Fitch Ratings, which downgraded its credit rating for Italy in the aftermath of an...


FTSE 250-listed oil and gas group SOCO International more than doubled revenues and profits in 2012 after a 'transformational' year which saw the firm...


* Proposal would allow drilling for 'national interests' * Move threatens gorilla sanctuary, conservationists say * Congo is believed to hold rich oil...


Bumi plc shares tumbled as co-founders of the coal miner financier Nathanial Rothschild and the Bakrie Group continued to butt heads over fate of the ...


African Barrick Gold: Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 410p to 340p, while staying with its hold recommendation. Investec reduces target price fro...


After a subdued start, London's FTSE 100 index finished with decent gains on Wednesday to set a new five-year high with analysts putting the strong pe...