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Australia Karoon Gas requests trading halt

Australia Karoon Gas requests trading halt

Write: Chay [2011-05-20]
PERTH, Feb 2 - Australian oil and gas explorer Karoon Gas Ltd (KAR.AX) requested a trading halt of its shares on Tuesday pending an announcement on drilling results on its Browse acreage of west Australia, the company said.

Shares in Karoon, a partner with U.S. major ConocoPhillips (COP.N) in a drilling programme, have dropped in recent weeks amid worries that the size of its Poseidon gas field would be smaller than expected and foil its hopes of building a gas export project.