Sahara bounty: Verenex
Verenex narrows its losses
Canada's Verenex Energy posted a narrower quarterly loss, and said it continued to seek consent from Libyan authorities for the sale of the company.
In June, Verenex said that Libyan authorities had not yet approved the C$499 million (US$460.4 million) sale of the company to China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), putting the deal at risk.
For the second quarter, the company reported a net loss of C$1.4 million from continuing operations, or 3 Canadian cents a share, compared with a loss of C$2.6 million, or 6 Canadian cents a share, a year earlier.
The explorer, which has asssets in Libya's Ghadames basin, said its working capital surplus dropped 78% to C$13.4 million in the second quarter.
The company said it has sufficient cash to cover ongoing expenditures.