BUZZ-APR Energy: sets bleak outlook after disappointing H1

** APR Energy (Other OTC: APRYF - news) falls c.7 pct to record low, after temporary power systems provider cautions in sluggish market conditions & says projects have been slower than expected to materialise

** "...we anticipate limited additional benefit to our year-end financial performance," APR says

** Posts H1 rev down 52 pct to $122.2 mln, largely hurt by Libya termination

** Co hammered by warnings, exit from risk geographies like Libya and Yemen and subdued markets due to commodity slump

** Up to Tuesday's close, stock has lost c.78 pct in value since November, when it first said it would exit its largest-even Libya contract

** Over a third of 30-day avg daily volume traded through in less than 2 hrs since morning bell

(RML esha.vaish.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)