Neptune executive chairman Sam Laidlaw addresses a committee of MPs at a meeting of the Business and Enterprise Select Committee. Photo: PAThe bosses of oil and gas company Neptune Energy are mulling a £7bn ($9.9bn) IPO. According to reports earlier in the week by Bloomberg and today by The Sunday Times, energy industry veteran Sam Laidlaw is exploring going public. Laidlaw is a stalwart of the market having previously headed up FTSE 250 (^FTMC) Centrica (CNA.L) which owns British Gas. Neptune Energy declined Yahoo Finance requests to comment.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 23, 2021 14:15 UTC