LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Maple Energy Plc. posted a much higher first-half profit, boosted by a 32 percent rise in revenue.
The integrated independent energy company with assets and operations in Peru said it is confident of progressing towards its strategic objectives throughout the remainder of this year and into 2009.
For the six months to June 30, 2008, the company's pretax profit leaped to $2.33 million from $161,000 a year earlier, while revenue rose to $48.30 million from $36.47 million.
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