NZ Oil and Gas lifts FY profit on lack of impairments as oil output declines

NZ Oil  and  Gas lifts FY profit on lack of impairments as oil output declines
By Jonathan Underhill Aug. 27 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand Oil & Gas posted a 31 percent gain in full-year profit as impairments against its Pike River loans a year earlier weren’t repeated while its Kupe and Tui fields produced less oil. Profit rose to $25.9 million, or 6.3 cents a share in the 12 months ended June 30, from $19.9 million, or 5 cents, a year earlier, the Wellington-based company said in a statement. Revenue fell 15 percent to $99.3 million. Profit beat First NZ Capital’s forecast of $21.1 million. Finance costs in the lates...