company industry oil founded 1971 headquarters dubai key people mohammed al ghurair chairman abdul jaleel al khalifa ceo revenue us 1.155 billion 2012 1 operating income us 790.9 million 2012 1 net income us 600.0 million 2012 1 website www.dragonoil.com dragon oil plc is an independent international oil and gas exploration development and production business . it is based in dubai and was listed on the irish stock exchange until it was acquired by the emirates national oil company . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was established as oliver prospecting & mining co. limited in ireland by dr. oliver conor waldron in 1971 . 2 it changed its name to dragon oil in 1993 and invested in the cheleken oilfield . 2 the emirates national oil company bought a major stake in the company in 1998 and between 2002 and 2005 dragon oil raised capital for exploration . 2 in june 2015 the emirates national oil company acquired the remaining 46 % of dragon oil for 3.7 billion becoming the sole owner of dragon oil . 3 operations edit its principal producing asset is at cheleken in the eastern section of the caspian sea offshore from turkmenistan . 4 it is also involved in exploration activities in tunisia . 5 references edit a b c preliminary results 2012 a b c dragon oil history dragon oil shares are on fire after emirates national oil company s bid success . evening standard . 15 june 2015 . retrieved 7 january 2015 . dragon oil of dubai is breathing fire the national 24 january 2012 dubai linked dragon oil to drill in tunisia the national 12 october 2011 external links edit official dragon oil website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dragon oil & oldid 730351356 categories oil and gas companies of the united arab emiratescompanies based in dubaienergy companies established in 1971non renewable resource companies established in 19711971 establishments in the united arab emirates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 18 july 2016 at 13 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view