Maersk Oil is part of
the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group and was established in 1962 after the group was
awarded a concession for oil and gas exploration and production in Denmark. The
company is independent and operates oil production of about 557,000 barrels per
day and gas production of up to 1,000 million cubic feet per day. Production
takes place in Denmark, the UK, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Brazil and Algeria. They
have exploration activities in Angola, Norway, the US Gulf of Mexico,
Greenland, Iraqi Kurdistan and in the producing countries.
