Premier Oil to buy BP assets for $625 million with rights issue

LONDON (Reuters) - Premier Oil is set to buy stakes in North Sea oilfields Andrew and Shearwater from BP for $625 million (475 million pounds) and increase its stake in the Tolmount gas project in a deal with Dana worth $191 million, Premier said on Tuesday.Premier said the acquisitions would generate over $1 billion in free cash flow by the end of 2023 and add 23,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day cash-generative production and 82 million barrels of reserves and resources to its..