Sibir Energy's chief executive Henry Cameron spent nearly £1.5m buying shares in the oil explorer.
The group said Cameron bought 600,000 shares on Friday at a price of 246.29p per share. He increases his stake to 1.5m shares, which represents 0.39% of the company.
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The group said it has encountered hydrocarbon saturated reservoirs in all wells drilled so far.
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