Aker BP

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Aker BP ASA
TypeAllmennaksjeselskap
OSE: AKRBP
IndustryOil and gas
PredecessorPertra ASA
DNO
Aker Exploration
Marathon Oil Norway
BP Norge
Founded2001 Edit this on Wikidata
Headquarters
Fornebu
,
Norway
ProductsPetroleum
OwnerAker ASA (40%), BP (30%)
Number of employees
1,300
Websitewww.akerbp.com/en/
Aker BP ASA Headquarters in Trondheim

Aker BP ASA is an oil exploration and development company focusing petroleum resources on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.[1] It is present all over Norway. The headquarters are in Fornebu with additional offices in Trondheim, Stavanger, Oslo and Harstad. The company employs a staff of more than 1,300.[needs update]

History[]

The first company named Det Norske Oljeselskap (now DNO International) was founded in 1971.

An oil company named Pertra was created when the oil exploration and production division of Petroleum Geo-Services was demerged in 2001.

In 2007, the new Det Norske Oljeselskap was created by merger of a Norwegian oil company Pertra and the Norwegian interests of DNO.[2] 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.[3]

In 2014, Det Norske Oljeselskap bought Marathon Oil's Norwegian subsidiary Marathon Oil Norway.

In 2016, Det Norske Oljeselskap and BP's subsidiary BP Norge merged. The name of the company was changed to Aker BP ASA.

As of January 2019, Aker holds 40% of the company’s shares, BP 30% and the remaining 30% is freely traded on the Oslo Børs.

In 2021, Aker BP was ranked as the 3rd most environmentally responsible company out of 120 oil, gas, and mining companies involved in resource extraction north of the Arctic Circle in the Arctic Environmental Responsibility Index (AERI).[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-30. Retrieved 2012-05-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Pertra, NOIL merge to form second-largest Norwegian operator". Oil & Gas Journal. Houston. October 10, 2007. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  3. ^ "Det Norske: Jette Field Comes on Stream". Offshore Energy Today.
  4. ^ Overland, I., Bourmistrov, A., Dale, B., Irlbacher‐Fox, S., Juraev, J., Podgaiskii, E., Stammler, F., Tsani, S., Vakulchuk, R. and Wilson, E.C. 2021. The Arctic Environmental Responsibility Index: A method to rank heterogenous extractive industry companies for governance purposes. Business Strategy and the Environment. 30, 1623–1643. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bse.2698


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