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Time to check in with my favoured UK energy and related sector play Wood Group (WG.) which, some of you may recall, I named as one of my tips of the year for 2018. The rationale was basically twofold. First, higher energy prices naturally improve the environment for most corporate names servicing the sector. Meanwhile second, the company had significant self-help sourced from the synergies it could gain from its increasingly timely looking acquisition of Amec FosterWheeler. Beefing up exposure and market share as a sector is coming off the bottom is typically a good probability way to create shareholder value. So how is it getting on?
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