Trouble-hit oil group will rebound

With its share price down 60%, this oil and gas contractor is a classic recovery play, says Paul Hill.

Lamprell, an oil and gas contractor in the Arabian Gulf, is a classic recovery play. Its share price is down 60% since May, yet its industry is in good shape. As long as the firm can stop shooting itself in the foot, there's every chance of a rebound.

The company builds and refurbishes oil and gas rigs, as well as building liftboats that install offshore wind turbines. But its second-generation liftboat has been plagued by gremlins. It lost $46m on designing two such vessels for Norwegian shipping giant Fred Olsen.

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Paul gained a degree in electrical engineering and went on to qualify as a chartered management accountant. He has extensive corporate finance and investment experience and is a member of the Securities Institute.

Over the past 16 years Paul has held top-level financial management and M&A roles for blue-chip companies such as O2, GKN and Unilever. He is now director of his own capital investment and consultancy firm, PMH Capital Limited.

Paul is an expert at analysing companies in new, fast-growing markets, and is an extremely shrewd stock-picker.