Ascent Resources, the Europe-focused gas company, saw its share price rise by almost a third in early trading on Friday following the announcement of a successful test on a well at its Petiovci site in Slovenia.
Ascent, which has a 75% stake in the project, used hydraulic fracturing for the test and achieved a stabilised rate of 240,000m cubed of gas or the equivalent of 1,420 barrels of oil per day.
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