When Graham Stewart describes himself — tongue-in-cheek — as a bit of a ‘rock god’, the Faroe Petroleum chief executive’s mind could not be further from geology.

An offshore engineer by training, the Scottish-born 55-year-old boss of the North Sea-focused player has as much of an ear for music as he has an eye for a bargain.

When not chasing wildcats or hatching asset deals, the son of a Scottish microbiologist father and Faroese mother plays guitar in Aberdeen-based blues rock band Red Dawg.

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