& gas plc type public lse jkx industry petroleum industry founded 1995 1 headquarters cavendish square london england key people lord fraser of carmyllie chairman of the board paul davies ceo products oil and gas exploration and production revenue 192.9 million 2010 2 operating income 95.0 million 2010 2 profit 21.2 million 2010 2 number of employees 480 2007 3 website www.jkx.co.uk jkx oil & gas plc lse jkx is a british based hydrocarbon exploration and production company listed on the london stock exchange . jkx operates primarily in russia and ukraine but has a presence in six other countries in europe and north america . in june 2011 vtb capital plc a subsidiary of russian state bank vtb increased its share in jkx oil & gas to 6.4 % . 4 the deal makes vtb bank the fourth largest shareholder in the company . ihor kolomoyskyi the co owner of privat group remains the largest shareholder in jkx with a 27.06 % stake . contents 1 history 2 operations 2.1 ukraine and russia 2.2 rest of the world 2.3 reserves 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded by john kenny and paul davies as jp kenny exploration & production ltd in 1995 to search for oil and gas in the former soviet union . 5 operations edit ukraine and russia edit the company concentrates principally on projects in ukraine and russia . in the former jkx is the dominant private enterprise in exploration and production accounting for over three quarters of all oil and almost half of all gas produced by non state owned companies . 3 the firm has licence to operate in several mainly onshore oil fields in the poltava region . 6 the company moved into russia in 2007 with the 50 million purchase of yuzhgazenergie which holds the licence to exploit a gas field in the koshekhablsky district in the south of the country . 7 rest of the world edit jkx also has investments in six other countries around the world in georgia it has a small stake in an exploration firm operated by anadarko petroleum corporation focusing on the black sea ; 8 while it holds minority interests in several onshore exploration licences in turkey and eastern bulgaria . 9 10 jkx also holds an interest in an oil field in shelby county texas in the united states 11 a 50 % stake in two exploration licences in northern hungary 12 and bought into three licences in slovakia in april 2008 . 13 reserves edit as of the end of 2007 jkx claimed reserves of 4.6 million barrels 730 000 m3 of crude oil and 71.6 billion cubic feet 2.03 km3 of natural gas . 14 see also edit eclairs group ltd v jkx oil & gas plc references edit aldrick philip 24 may 2003 . the questor column caution with georgia in mind . the daily telegraph . retrieved 2008 06 08 . a b c preliminary results 2010 . jkx oil & gas . retrieved 2011 04 25 . a b annual report 2007 . jkx oil & gas . retrieved 2008 03 28 . vtb bought 6.4 % of jkx oil and gas . rbk ukraine . kiev . 23 june 2011 . retrieved 13 july 2011 . investor presentation pdf . ascent resources . archived from the original pdf on september 15 2007 . retrieved 2008 09 27 . operations geographical locations ukraine . jkx oil & gas . retrieved 2008 06 08 . bream rebecca 25 july 2007 . jkx unveils move into russian field . financial times . retrieved 2008 06 08 . operations geographical locations georgia . jkx oil & gas . retrieved 2008 06 08 . operations geographical locations turkey . jkx oil & gas . archived from the original on november 29 2007 . retrieved 2008 06 08 . operations geographical locations bulgaria . jkx oil & gas . retrieved 2008 06 08 . operations geographical locations usa . jkx oil & gas . archived from the original on september 14 2008 . retrieved 2008 06 08 . operations geographical locations hungary . jkx oil & gas . retrieved 2008 06 08 . jkx oil & gas says agrees to acquire stake in 3 exploration licences in slovakia . afx news . forbes . 7 april 2008 . retrieved 2008 06 08 . operations asset portfolio reserves . jkx oil & gas . 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