Director dealings: Enquest's new chairman takes up stake

Enquest revealed on Wednesday that new chairman Martin Houston had acquired 500,000 ordinary shares in the London listed petroleum exploration and production company.

Houston, who was tapped to take over the top job just a few weeks earlier on 5 September, purchased the shares on Tuesday at an average price of 19p each, for a total value of £95,000.

Back in March, Enquest reported a 48.2% improvement to its average group production in its final results, to 55,447 barrels of oil equivalent per day.

Enquest said its revenue rose to $1.2bn in the year ended 31 December, from $635.2m a year earlier, while EBITDA surged to $716.3m thanks to an uptick in both volumes and realised prices, partially offset by the impact of commodity hedges.

As of 1640 BST, Enquest shares had dipped 0.19% to 18.67p.

Top Director Buys

Abcam (ABC)
Director name: Milner,Jonathan Simon
Amount purchased: 466,363 @ 1,147.02p
Value: £5,349,276.69

Enquest (ENQ)
Director name: Houston,Martin
Amount purchased: 500,000 @ 19.00p
Value: £95,000.00

Crh (CRH)
Director name: Karlström,Johan
Amount purchased: 2,000 @ 2,778.56p
Value: £55,571.16

Ades International Holding (di) (ADES)
Director name: Farouk ,Mohamed
Amount purchased: 4,000 @ $13.21
Value: $52,840.00

Enquest (ENQ)
Director name: Bseisu,Amjad
Amount purchased: 266,952 @ 18.80p
Value: £50,186.97

Enquest (ENQ)
Director name: Bseisu,Amjad
Amount purchased: 266,952 @ 18.80p
Value: £50,186.97

International Public Partnerships Ltd. (INPP)
Director name: Le Poidevin,John
Amount purchased: 32,467 @ 154.00p
Value: £49,999.18

International Public Partnerships Ltd. (INPP)
Director name: Gerrard,Michael
Amount purchased: 27,597 @ 154.00p
Value: £42,499.38

Schroder Oriental Income Fund Ltd. (SOI)
Director name: Rigg,Peter
Amount purchased: 12,500 @ 255.50p
Value: £31,937.50

Surface Transforms (SCE)
Director name: Cunningham,Michael
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 26.00p
Value: £26,000.00

Savannah Resources (SAV)
Director name: Leahy,James Gerald
Amount purchased: 1,150,000 @ 2.20p
Value: £25,300.00

International Public Partnerships Ltd. (INPP)
Director name: Bond,Julia
Amount purchased: 16,168 @ 154.00p
Value: £24,898.72

Enquest (ENQ)
Director name: Bseisu,Amjad
Amount purchased: 120,686 @ 18.90p
Value: £22,809.65

Enquest (ENQ)
Director name: Bseisu,Amjad
Amount purchased: 120,686 @ 18.90p
Value: £22,809.65

Schroder Asia Pacific Fund (SDP)
Director name: Gould,Vivien
Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 437.59p
Value: £21,879.50

Ades International Holding (di) (ADES)
Director name: Farouk ,Mohamed
Amount purchased: 1,000 @ 1,309.20p
Value: £15,652.80

Ades International Holding (di) (ADES)
Director name: Farouk ,Mohamed
Amount purchased: 1,000 @ $13.20
Value: $13,200.00

Midatech Pharma (MTPH)
Director name: Stamp,Stephen
Amount purchased: 200,000 @ 5.35p
Value: £10,700.00

Aew Uk Long Lease Reit (AEWL)
Director name: Sippetts,Alan
Amount purchased: 14,006 @ 71.00p
Value: £9,944.26

Fidelity China Special Situations (FCSS)
Director name: Yueh,Linda
Amount purchased: 2,318 @ 213.50p
Value: £4,948.93

Cohort (CHRT)
Director name: Walther,Simon
Amount purchased: 1,287 @ 355.00p
Value: £4,568.85

Cybg (CYBG)
Director name: Smith,Ian S
Amount purchased: 129 @ 116.00p
Value: £149.64

Top Director Sells

Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings (AML)
Director name: Humaidhi,Najeeb Al
Amount sold: 961,550 @ 1,000.00p
Value: £9,615,500.00

Abcam (ABC)
Director name: Milner,Jonathan Simon
Amount sold: 170,000 @ 1,147.02p
Value: £1,949,933.93

Admiral Group (ADM)
Director name: Jones ,Geraint
Amount sold: 27,600 @ 2,093.46p
Value: £577,794.98

Schroder Oriental Income Fund Ltd. (SOI)
Director name: Rigg,Peter
Amount sold: 12,142 @ 254.50p
Value: £30,901.39

Chelverton Uk Dividend Trust (SDV)
Director name: of Lerwick,Lord Lamont
Amount sold: 12 @ 167.15p
Value: £20.06