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Nigeria's Seplat confirms interest in British oil producer Afren

Reuters - UK Focus

Jan 8 (Reuters) - Seplat Petroleum Development Co Plc confirmed that it was interested in British oil producer Afren Plc (LSE: AFR.L - news) .

Seplat said it could not provide more details as the approach was preliminary.

Afren first disclosed in December that the Nigerian oil and gas explorer had made a bid to acquire it.

Seplat has until Jan. 19 to make a firm offer.

Afren's shares were down slightly at 39.30 pence at 1235 GMT on the London Stock Exchange (Other OTC: LDNXF - news) . (Reporting by Abhiram Nandakumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Kirti Pandey)