Best Oil & Gas E&P Stocks in the United Kingdom for 2026
Top-ranked Oil & Gas E&P stocks in United Kingdom. Upstream E&P operators earn on production volume net of lifting costs; mid-cycle commodity assumptions drive Valuation while Health leverage gates the field.
Oil and Gas E&P (upstream operators of all sizes) earn revenue on production volume at realised prices net of lifting costs. The Valuation pillar uses EV/EBITDA against mid-cycle commodity prices; the Health pillar (net debt to EBITDA through the trough) is the gating factor for composite ranking across the cycle.
Data as of (updated daily)
Top 20 Oil & Gas E&P stocks in United Kingdom by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AXL.LSE | Arrow Exploration Corp. | 69.3 |
| 2 | SAVE.LSE | Savannah Energy PLC | 64.8 |
| 3 | PTAL.LSE | Petrotal Corp | 64.3 |
| 4 | SEPL.LSE | Seplat Petroleum Development Company PLC | 60.4 |
| 5 | WTE.LSE | Westmount Energy Limited | 59.2 |
| 6 | ENW.LSE | Enwell Energy plc | 58.8 |
| 7 | BOR.LSE | Borders & Southern Petroleum plc | 58.7 |
| 8 | AST.LSE | Ascent Resources plc | 58.5 |
| 9 | ENQ.LSE | Enquest Plc | 57.9 |
| 10 | AET.LSE | Afentra PLC | 56.8 |
| 11 | EME.LSE | Empyrean Energy Plc | 56.5 |
| 12 | PXEN.LSE | Prospex Energy PLC | 56.1 |
| 13 | CNE.LSE | Capricorn Energy PLC | 55.4 |
| 14 | PHAR.LSE | Pharos Energy plc | 53.9 |
| 15 | PANR.LSE | Pantheon Resources | 52.7 |
| 16 | SQZ.LSE | Serica Energy PLC | 52.5 |
| 17 | GENL.LSE | Genel Energy Plc | 52.0 |
| 18 | PMG.LSE | Parkmead Group PLC | 51.9 |
| 19 | GKP.LSE | Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd | 51.7 |
| 20 | SNDA.LSE | Sunda Energy Plc | 51.7 |
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Methodology: How we score stocks. Data refreshed nightly around 03:30 ET. This page lists the top 20 by composite score within the Oil & Gas E&P industry, the United Kingdom. Use the screener for the full ranked list.