exploration and production . interoil corporation type public traded as nyse ioc industry oil and gas founded 1997 headquarters port moresby papua new guinea ; singapore area served papua new guinea key people michael hession chief executive officer don spector chief financial officer jon ozturgut chief commercial officer number of employees 2000 2014 parent exxonmobil 2016 present website www.interoil.com interoil corporation is a fossil fuel company with a primary focus on papua new guinea . interoil s assets include one of asia s largest undeveloped gas fields elk antelope in the gulf province . the company employs more than 2000 staff and contractors . its main offices are in singapore and port moresby . interoil was formed in 1997 and is incorporated in canada . the company is listed on the new york stock exchange and the port moresby stock exchange . it has a market capitalization of 2.8 billion . on february 17 interoil announced its onshore antelope 5 appraisal well found a reservoir in papua new guinea s gulf province . 1 on july 21 2016 exxonmobil announced its intent to acquire interoil for 2.5 billion . it has the following assets exploration oil & gas exploration licenses to 3.9 million acres an area larger than qatar development elk antelope in petroleum retention license 15 being developed as png s second major lng project with supermajor total and oil search references edit interoil finds onshore papua new guinea reservoir . petro global news . retrieved 18 february 2015 . this article about a natural gas or petroleum related company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title interoil & oldid 736652842 categories oil and gas companies of papua new guineaoil companies of canadacompanies listed on the new york stock exchangepetroleum company stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles 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 add links this page was last modified on 28 august 2016 at 23 42 . 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