industry energy founded 1874 headquarters london uk and houston . united states key people richard hunting chairman dennis proctor ceo revenue 810.5 million 2015 1 operating income 16.4 million 2015 1 net income 227.2 million 2015 1 number of employees 3 355 2015 1 website www.huntingplc.com hunting plc is a british based supplier to the oil and gas industry . some 27 % of the business is owned by the hunting family . 2 it is listed on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse 250 index . contents 1 history 2 current operations 3 see also 4 references 5 sources 6 external links history edit the company was founded in 1874 by charles hunting a veterinary surgeon as a shipping business . 3 the business originally known as hunting & pattison was managed by the founder s son charles samuel hunting and comprised two sailing ships the genii and the sylvia . 4 in the 1890s the company invested in oil tankers and became a tanker broker . 5 in the 1930s and 1940s it diversified into aircraft maintenance and manufacturing as well as air transport establishing hunting aircraft in 1944 by the purchase of percival aircraft this business was absorbed into the british aircraft corporation in 1960 . 6 at the end of 1945 hunting entered the airline business and established hunting air travel ltd a business headquartered at luton airport . 7 the new airline began commercial operations from bovingdon airport at the start of 1946 . in 1951 hunting air travel changed its name to hunting air transport . another change of name occurred in late 1953 when hunting air transport became hunting clan air transport . this change of name resulted from the hunting family s decision to split the group and to transfer their airline business to a new holding company which they had set up together with the scottish clan line a rival shipping company owned by the cayzer family . 8 in june 1998 hunting cargo airlines was sold to a consortium consisting of cmb belgium and safair part of the imperial group and rechristened acl air contractors limited . 9 in the 1990s hunting became involved in defence contracts notably in 1993 being a member of the winning consortium contracted to manage the atomic weapons establishment a contract that lasted until 2003 . 10 more recently it refocused on its core oil and gas activities . 11 in december 2008 it completed the disposal of gibson energy its operation transporting and marketing crude oil in canada for a total consideration of 517m . 12 on 16 august 2010 hunting plc announces the acquisition of innova extel acquisition holdings inc. for a cash consideration of us 125 million . 13 on 5 august 2011 hunting announced the acquisition of titan group for 775 million . 14 on 12 august 2011 hunting announced the acquisition of dearborn precision tubular products for us83 .5 million . 15 in october 2015 hunting drilling tools closed nisku facilty and office current operations edit operations include hunting s well construction platform provides products and services for the construction phase of the wellbore development . hunting s well completion platform provides products and services that support the completion and re completion phases of wellbore development . hunting s well intervention platform provides products and services that support the intervention and subsea support phases of wellbore production and maintenance . see also edit list of oilfield service companies references edit a b c d annual report 2015 pdf . hunting plc. retrieved 17 september 2016 . cbcf.com . cbcf.com . retrieved 28 march 2015 . hunting says no to duke street daily telegraph 15 september 2000 gibsons . gibsons.co.uk . retrieved 28 march 2015 . hunting plc heritage our businesses bae systems . baesystems.com . retrieved 28 march 2015 . dix barry 15 january 2009 . fly past a hunting we will go . the hounslow chronicle . air transport hunting air aircraft services 1954 0089 flight archive . flightglobal.com . retrieved 28 march 2015 . about us history . asl aviation official website relicensing the atomic . hse.gov.uk . retrieved 28 march 2015 . what is the point of innovation in pressure regulator design energy international november 2008 hunting sells gibson energy unit for 626 million forbes 6 august 2008 hunting acquires innova extel for 125m ceoworld magazine 16 august 2010 http www.bloomberg.com news articles 2011 08 05 hunting buys titan for 775m for shale oil hunting buys dearborn for 85m upstream 15 august 2011 sources edit flight international . sutton uk reed business information . issn 0015 3710 . various backdated issues relating to hunting air travel hunting air transport and hunting clan air transport 1946 1960 external links edit official site v t e energy in the united kingdom companies coal anglo american asia energy bhp billiton enrc glencore rio tinto uk coal oil and gas integrated bg group bp royal dutch shell exploration and production afren bhp billiton cairn energy centrica dana 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