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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff

Harbour Energy defends extra investor payout after 12-fold rise in profits

Harbour Energy’s Armada gas platform, off the Aberdeen coast
Harbour Energy’s Armada gas platform, off the Aberdeen coast. Photograph: Harbour Energy

The North Sea’s biggest oil and gas producer has become the latest big energy company to report huge earnings on the back of rising wholesale prices, with half-year profits rising 12-fold to $1.5bn (£1.3bn).

Harbour Energy said it would hand an extra $200m to shareholders on the back of the bumper revenues, which were boosted by the jump in fossil fuel prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as well as extra income linked with its merger with Premier Oil.

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