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Petroceltic International is an Irish oil and gas exploration and production company. Based in Dublin, it has operations in North Africa, the Mediterranean Basin and the Black Sea. It is listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange and on the Enterprise Securities Market of the Irish Stock Exchange. The company has an approximate market capitalisation of€307m. == Company Development == Petroceltic (formerly called Ennex International) became an oil and gas company in November 2003 when it changed its name to Petroceltic International plc.〔() 'Ennex Regulatory Announcement 24/4/2003- Ennex Proposes Name Change to Petroceltic International'〕 In 2004, Petroceltic spudded its first well in Tunisia and in the same year acquired a licence called 'Isarene' in the Illizi basin of Algeria.〔() 'Petroceltic Regulatory Announcement 29 July 2004 – PETROCELTIC WINS MAJOR GAS BLOCKS IN ALGERIA BID ROUND'〕 In 2006, the company started the first of its exploration wells in Algeria and over the next few years explored the Isarene field with 3D seismic and 13 wells which ultimately led to the discovery and appraisal of the Ain Tsila gas condensate field and the submission of the Field Development Plan. The Ain Tsila field is currently scheduled to produce first gas in late 2017 and partners in the field include Sonatrach (the Algerian state energy company) and Enel, the Italian utility.〔()'Petroceltic Website, Operations – Algeria'〕 In 2011, Petroceltic, in partnership with Hess, signed two production sharing contracts (Dinarta and Shakrok) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.〔() 'Irish Examiner 26 July 2011 Petroceltic eyes up $72m Kurdish venture'〕 In October 2012, Petroceltic merged with UK based Melrose Resources plc in a share for share deal worth $222m; this added production and cash flow generating fields in Egypt and Bulgaria to the portfolio and formed a full cycle oil and gas exploration and production company.〔Bloomberg () 'Petroceltic to Buy Melrose Resources to Expand Oil Portfolio'〕 In December 2012 the Ain Tsila field was declared commercial and 304million barrels of oil equivalent ("boe") of proven and probable commercial reserves were recognised bringing total company commercial reserves to 378million boe.〔() 'Petroceltic Regulatory Announcement 9/8/2012 – Declaration of Commerciality for the Ain Tsila field'〕 In 2013, high impact exploration drilling commenced in Petroceltic's licences in Romania and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.〔() 'Petroceltic Regulatory Announcement 2/9/2013 – Kurdistan and Romania Drilling Campaigns Commence'〕 The Company also maintains a modest royalty interest in the Kinsale gas field offshore Ireland.〔() b Petroceltic Annual Report 2012, Statement of Licences〕 Petroceltic is headquartered in Dublin with offices in Edinburgh, London, Algiers, Cairo, Varna and Rome. The Company's shares are quoted on the AIM of the London stock exchange and the ESM of the Irish Stock exchange. The Company's largest shareholder is its chairman Robert Adair, who holds over 23% of its shares; the remainder are principally held by institutional shareholders, professional investors and pension funds. Revenue for the first half of 2013 was $103m.〔 In March 2015, two non-executive directors at Petroceltic resigned after a failed attempt by Switzerland-based fund Worldview Capital to unseat CEO Brian O’Cathain. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Petroceltic International」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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