Latest jobsUK-listed Soco International saw its profits increase by 11% in 2007 to come in at $32.3 million, adding that it was nearing first production from the CNV field in Vietnam and the Bualuang field in Thailand.
However, the company added in a statement on Wednesday that technical problems with the TGD-1X well in the E prospect in Vietnam would delay final results from this well, which investors hoped would confirm the existence of a major find.