gas . dana petroleum industry oil and gas industry headquarters aberdeen scotland uk key people graham scotton acting ce david crawford cfo products natural gas petroleum revenue gb 1 billion 2013 1 total assets gb 1.37 billion 2013 1 number of employees 580 parent korea national oil corporation website dana petroleum.com dana petroleum plc is an oil and gas exploration and production company based in aberdeen united kingdom . its activities are focused on the north sea africa and the middle east . it is a subsidiary of the korea national oil corporation and is a former constituent of the ftse 250 index . contents 1 history and current affairs 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history and current affairs edit the company was formed in 1994 by tom cross to exploit north sea oil opportunities . in 2007 the company acquired ener petroleum for 24 million as well as devon energy corporation s oil and gas operations in egypt for us 375 million . 2 in june 2010 dana petroleum agreed to acquire petro canada netherlands from suncor energy for around 393 million then later in september 2010 the company announced a further 372 million acquisition of certain petro canada uk assets . 3 3 on 2 july 2010 dana petroleum confirmed it had received a 1.5 billion takeover bid . korea national oil corporation confirmed preliminary discussions regarding a possible cash offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of dana petroleum . 4 on august 20 2010 knoc went hostile in their bid for dana petroleum the first time an asian state owned company had made a direct bid for a uk company . 5 by 24 september 2010 knoc had received 64.26 % acceptance of the share offer from shareholders resulting in the dana petroleum board advising shareholders to accept the offer as the board intended to do with regard to their own beneficial holding . 6 in january 2014 dana petroleum began seismic operations in cameroon in bakassi west after signing a production sharing contract psc for the block with the government of cameroon . 7 operations edit dana has exploration and production activities across the north sea the middle east and west africa . references edit a b report and accounts 2013 . dana petroleum plc pdf report . dana petroleum . 2013 . retrieved 2014 07 01 . dana agrees to buy norway s ener for 24 mln pounds . reuters . 2007 06 12 . retrieved 2011 12 09 . a b dana to acquire petro canada netherlands . offshore magazine . pennwell corporation . 2010 06 14 . retrieved 2010 07 06 . cite error invalid ref tag ; name offshore140610 defined multiple times with different content see the help page . knoc in bid for dana . upstream online . nhst media group . 2010 07 02 . subscription required . retrieved 2010 07 02 . johnson miles 2010 08 20 . knoc launches hostile bid for dana petroleum . financial times . subscription required . retrieved 2011 12 09 . thompson christopher 2010 09 24 . knoc clinches dana petroleum takeover . financial times . subscription 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