Afren raises equity for Kurdistan expansion

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Afren raises equity for Kurdistan expansion

Pan-African oil and gas exploration and production company Afren sold £113m ($184m) of new shares on Thursday to part fund a $588.2m acquisition of two oil fields in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. It used its joint corporate brokers for the placement while mandating BNP Paribas and VTB Capital to arrange $200m of debt finance for the deal.

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