DCC Plc, a Dublin-based business support services group, has acquired Shell’s oil distribution business in Denmark, for up to €14 million (£12.3 million).
Privately owned African oil and gas exploration company Ophir Energy has secured £168 million from private investors to finance its drilling programmes until 2009.
Investors in shipbuilding support business TGE Marine have generated a return of more than 20 times their investment after the company's initial public offering (IPO) on AIM.
Valiant Petroleum, which owns a number of oil fields in the North Sea, has floated on AIM, raising £50 million at £7.50 per share. The initial public offering (IPO) values Valiant at £197 million, making it the second-largest company to float on AIM this year.
