gas platform tyra east operated by maersk oil . native name m rsk olie og gas a s formerly called dansk boreselskab type private industry oil and gas founded copenhagen denmark 1962 1962 founders arnold peter m ller m rsk mc kinney m ller headquarters esplanaden 50 copenhagen denmark number of locations angola qatar greenland denmark algeria kazakhstan united kingdom united states norway brazil kenya ethiopia kurdistan region of iraq area served worldwide key people jakob bo thomasen ceo graham talbot cfo gretchen watkins coo production output 550.000 of boe 2015 services oil and gas exploration oil production natural gas production revenue us 5.639 million 2015 us 8.737 million 2014 net income us 435 million 2015 us 1.035 million 2014 total assets us 8.681 million 2015 us 10.792 million 2014 number of employees 4.400 2015 4.400 2014 parent a. p. moller maersk group website www.maerskoil.com footnotes references 1 2 3 4 5 maersk oil danish m rsk olie og gas a s is a danish oil and gas company owned by the a. p. moller maersk group . the company was established in 1962 when maersk group was awarded a concession for oil and gas exploration and production in the danish sector of the north sea . in 1986 maersk oil took over the operation of the dansk undergrunds consortium s fields in the danish section of the north sea . 6 maersk oil is an international oil and gas company with operated production of 550 000 barrels of oil equivalent per day . production comes from denmark the uk qatar kazakhstan the us gulf of mexico algeria and brazil . exploration activities are on going in angola norway greenland kurdistan region of iraq and in the producing countries . the cornerstone of maersk oil s business has been turning challenging oil fields into commercial successes . maersk oil focuses on new technologies to create value for partners and host governments . maersk oil is a fully owned subsidiary of the global conglomerate the maersk group . on 31 august 2015 the uk oil and gas authority approved a consurtium headed by maersk oil going ahead with production at the culzean oil and gas field about 150 miles southeast of aberdeen scotland in the north sea . 7 the high pressure high temperature field held the equivalent of about 300 million barrels of oil and when it reached peak production in 2020 or 2021 was expected to produce enough gas to meet 5 % of the uk s needs . maersk oil said that it and its other consortium partners jx nippon and bp britoil would invest about 3 billion about 4.5 billion in the field s development . 8 see also edit see also list of oil and gas fields of the north sea denmark references edit the maersk group annual report 2015 pdf . retrieved 14 february 2016 . maersk oil company profile 2014 pdf . retrieved 14 february 2016 . maersk oil fact sheet . retrieved 14 february 2016 . history of maersk oil . retrieved 14 february 2016 . maersk annual magazine 2015 pdf . retrieved 16 february 2016 . hahn pedersen morten 1999 . a.p. m ller and the danish oil . schultz forlag . p. 217 . isbn 978 87 609 0465 3 . production approved for maersk oil s culzean gas field bbc news 31 august 2015 . accessed 1 september 2015 . largest field discovered in uk north sea for 10 years approved for development press release at maersk oil corporate website 31 august 2015 . accessed 1 september 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to maersk oil . official website v t e maersk subsidiaries majority owned apm terminals brostr m tankers damco maersk drilling maersk fpsos maersk line maersk line limited maersk oil maersk supply service maersk tankers safmarine seago line svitzer associated companies h egh autoliners 37.5 % dansk undergrunds consortium 33.2 % dfds 31.3 % danske bank 20 % dansk supermarked 19 % maersk air history fleet destinations maersk commuter maersk air uk star air danair estonian air category commons a.p. moller maersk group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title maersk oil & 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