Dublin-listed oil and gas firm Dragon Oil confirmed today it had received a preliminary approach from Dubai's state-owned Emirates National Oil Company (Enoc) to acquire all the outstanding shares in the company.
The offer would be at a 'modest premium' to Dragon Oil's closing share price on June 3rd, it said today in a statement.
Dragon closed at 338 pence a share on that day, before jumping 65 per cent yesterday to 402.5 pence after saying confirming it had received a bid approach. The company was valued at £2.06 billion as of yesterday's close.
Enoc currently has a 52 per cent stake in Dragon.
Dragon is primarily focused on exploration and production in the Caspian Sea off the Turkmenistan coast.
At the end of April, the explorer reported a 19 per cent increase in production for the first quarter compared with the same period in 2008.
