Could a Chinese injection of €9m save Providence Resources?

Providence Resources is axeing all its technical staff and moving from its HQ to a serviced office, as it desperately awaits a promised €9 million Chinese investment that its survival could depend on

A rig on the Barryroe oil field, which promised to transform the company from a minnow into a major player Far right: Tony O’Reilly jr Picture: Feargal Ward
John O’Sullivan, Providence Resources’ technical director, who stepped down last weekFergal Phillips

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