Since initiating its share buyback plan last month, Flex LNG has bought back 80,000 shares.

The John Fredriksen-backed gas carrier owner reported on Wednesday that it had bought 20,731 of its shares on the Oslo Stock Exchange for NOK 67.46 ($7.64) each or a total of NOK 1.4m.

The company, which trades both in Oslo and on the New York Stock Exchange, dipped into the market four other times since