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Haike

November 2008

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  • Epic Code:
  • Haike
  • Price:
  • 45p
The recent retracement in the crude oil price has recreated a positive backdrop for Haike's refining operation, although H1 results to 30 June obviously came too late for the company to feel any benefit.As it was, for the six months to 30 June, Haike reported group revenues up 85% to US$317m and a loss of US$3m, largely as a result of a loss of US$6.2m on the refining business. As the company points out to us, the refining operations became lossmaking once oil went over US$100-US$110 a barrel and much of the period under review had seen it stubbornly stuck over this causing the operation to fall into a loss. The oil price peaked at US$147 a barrel in early July by which time Haike had decided that throwing in the towel and mothbal ...

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