Valeura shifts to London
The Turkish gas producer joins Toronto peers in an LSE listing
Canadian independent Valeura Energy, which is focused on conventional and unconventional gas production in the Thrace Basin in western Turkey, became in April the latest in a series of previously solely Toronto-listed oil and gas firms to also make a London market debut. Petroleum Economist spoke to CEO Sean Guest in London in May about the motivation for the new listing and about the firm's ambitious plans for unconventional gas in Turkey. Edited highlights follow. PE: What is the motivation for your London listing? SG: We have been a main board Toronto company for the whole nine years of our history. Toronto has always been a great market to fund international resources, both energy and mi
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