Brightoil Petroleum Holdings Limited announced un-audited consolidated earnings results for the six months ended December 31, 2015. For the quarter, the group reported revenue of HKD 21,649.2 million compared to HKD 44,886.5 million, loss before taxation of HKD 424.8 million compared to profit before taxation of HKD 702.9 million, loss attributable to the owners of the company of HKD 523 million or 5.17 cents per diluted share compared to profit attributable to the owners of the company of HKD 561.1 million or 6.01 cents per diluted share for the last year. The decrease in revenue was mainly due to the decrease of global oil prices.

Meanwhile, the increase in revenue from Marine Transportation compensated the decrease in revenue attributed to decrease in global oil prices while the business performance of Upstream Gas Business remained steady. The group recorded an EBITDA of HKD 680 million for the six months ended 31 December 2015.