PetroGulf incurs KWD 2m loss in 9M

Mubasher: Gulf Petroleum Investment (PetroGulf) on Sunday posted a 13.4% year-on-year increase in losses for the third quarter of 2018.

Net losses amounted to KWD 1.31 million ($4.3 million) in Q3-18, compared to KWD 1.16 million ($3.8 million) in Q3-17, according to a filing to Boursa Kuwait.

For the first nine months of 2018, GPI’s losses plunged 35.5% to KWD 2.34 million, from KWD 3.63 million in the same period of the prior year.

The company attributed the loss hike to a hiatus in the drilling activities of onshore and offshore rigs.

It is worth noting that the company’s losses went down 58.7% year-on-year to KWD 1.02 million during the first half of 2018.

By 11:18 am Kuwait time, GPI’s stock rose 2.88% at 28.60 fils. 

Mubasher Contribution Time: 18-Nov-2018 08:40 (GMT)
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