SeaEnergy back in profit after offshore zone sale windfall

SeaEnergy sold its interests in the Beatrice offshore wind zone

Scotland-based offshore wind services and oil and gas company Sea Energy made a £27m ($42.2m) net profit in the first half of 2011, turning around a £4.7m loss posted for the same period last year.

The profit was due to the sale in June this year of the company’s 80% stake in developer SeaEnergy Renewables (SERL) for £38.8m to a consortium made up of Spanish oil and gas company Repsol and Portuguese wind energy giant EDPR.

SERL had interests in the Moray Firth, Inch Cape and Beatrice offshore wind development zones. After payment of debts and transaction costs, SeaEnergy banked £29.1m from the deal.

Sea Energy claims to have made significant progress developing its business of providing services to the offshore wind industry, which…

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