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Company Profile

Oil Search Limited is an oil and gas exploration and development company that has been operating in Papua New Guinea since 1929.

Quick facts

  • Incorporated in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in 1929 
  • Is PNG's largest oil and gas producer and operates all of PNG's producing oil and gas fields.
  • As operator of these fields, in 2008 was responsible for generating 13% of PNG’s Gross Domestic Product and 22% of its export revenue
  • Has a 34% interest (pre Government back-in) in the proposed world scale PNG LNG Project, operated by ExxonMobil. PNG LNG is economically robust and is likely to be Asia Pacific's next greenfields LNG development
  • Has 2P reserves of 66.9 million barrels of oil equivalent and contingent 2C resources of 886 million barrels of oil equivalent , of which over 580 mmboe will be booked as reserves when the PNG LNG Project is sanctioned
  • Is publicly listed on the Australian and Port Moresby Stock Exchanges and trades in the US through the ADR market
  • Has a market capitalisation of around US$4 billion
  • The Independent State of PNG is the Company's largest shareholder with17.6%. The PNG State's issue of exchangable bonds over its holding to IPIC of Abu Dhabi introduces a potential new shareholder
  • Is one of PNG’s largest companies and tax payers.
  • Has approximately 1,000 full-time staff and over 1,000 contractors located in PNG, Australia, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates
  • Has exploration activities in PNG, Yemen, Libya, Iraq and Tunisia.
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