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| Company type | Allmennaksjeselskap |
|---|---|
| Oslo Stock Exchange: AKRBP | |
| Industry | Oil and gas |
| Predecessor | Pertra ASA DNO Aker Exploration Marathon Oil Norway BP Norge |
| Founded | 2016  |
| Headquarters | , Norway |
| Products | Petroleum |
| Revenue |  US$13.0 billion(2022) |
| US$8.9 billion(2022) | |
| Total assets | US$32.8 billion(2022) |
| Total equity | US$37.5 billion(2022) |
| Owner | Aker ASA (40%),BP (30%)[1] |
Number of employees | 2,400 |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [2] | |
Aker BP ASA is a Norwegian oilexploration and development company focusing onpetroleum resources on theNorwegian Continental Shelf.[3] It is present all over Norway. The headquarters are inFornebu with additional offices inTrondheim,Stavanger andHarstad. The company employs a staff of more than 2,400.[needs update]
Det Norske Oljeselskap (nowDNO International) was founded in 1971. Pertra was created when theoil exploration and production division ofPetroleum Geo-Services wasdemerged in 2001.
In 2007, the new Det Norske Oljeselskap was created bymerger of a Norwegian oil company Pertra and the Norwegian interests of DNO.[4] In 2009, a Norwegian oil company Aker Exploration merged with Det Norske Oljeselskap. On May 21, 2013, the company announced it had produced its first oil as an operator from the Jette field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.[5]
In 2014, Det Norske Oljeselskap boughtMarathon Oil's Norwegian subsidiary Marathon Oil Norway for US$2.7 billion. The sale included the Alvheim floating production vessel and 10 active licenses on the Norwegian continental shelf in the North Sea.[6]
In 2016, Det Norske Oljeselskap purchasedBP subsidiary BP Norge for US$140 million in cash and US$1.3 billion in stock. The deal leftAker ASA, the industrial investment company controlled byKjell Inge Røkke, with 40 percent of the merged company's stock, BP with 30 percent, and other public shareholders with the remaining 30 percent. The merger created Norway's largest independent petroleum producer (by volume).[7]
Swedish petroleum companyLundin Energy was purchased by Aker BP in July 2022 in a deal worth more than US$14 billion.[8]
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