Two directors at Petroceltic International have added to their holdings in the Irish oil company.
Chief executive Brian O'Cathain took 1m shares at 5.2p a time and now has 3.78m, about 0.16% of the company. Finance director Alan McGettigan took 1.12m shares at 5.3p a pop and now has 4.18m.
The share purchases come soon after Petroceltic said it has managed to get more gas flowing out of its AT-8 well on the Ain Tsila discovery in Algeria through a process called fracture stimulation, which creates a crack in the rock that allows trapped gas to escape.
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Value: £52,000
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