OIL MAJOR’S AFRICAN ADVENTURE
*£992.4m – bid value
*8.5 per cent – Cove’s stake in the Rovuma Offshore Area 1
*30 trillion cubic feet – Operator Anadarko has found more than 30 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in Rovuma
*£31m – the amount Cove’s three most senior executives — chief executive John Craven, chairman Michael Blaha and finance director Michael Nolan – could receive if they sell their shares following a deal
18.83m metric tons – Shell’s sales volumes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2011