Premier Oil plc, a UK-based independent exploration and production company, is an exciting, diverse and rapidly growing business.

Although today Statoil is one of the more prominent energy companies operating in the international market, this success greatly extends from over 40 years of experience in oil and gas production on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS)

A production technology and services company for the global energy industry, Proserv prides itself on having the know-how to maximise recovery, minimise costs and enhance sustainability

As one of the more mature areas of the oil and gas market, innovative new thinking is increasingly being applied to the North Sea UK Continental Shelf to develop those more challenging reserves that still remain untapped.

The Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) was formed in 1929 ahead of the first oil discovery in the region in 1932, which was also the first location of such reserves within the countries of the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC)

An independent oil and gas exploration and production company with an ambitious forward-thinking strategy in regards to its operations in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Gulf Keystone Petroleum commands a coveted position in this prolific, underexplored oil province

Formed in 1954 with $250,000 of investor capital, with the simple concept of becoming a significant and profitable oil company, today Apache carries a value of approximately $40 billion on the New York Stock Exchange, and is the largest global, independent oil and gas exploration and production organisation in terms of daily production

In May 2010, the individual expertise of Silverstone Energy Limited in the UK and Norway’s Bridge Energy AS were integrated under a new entity – Bridge Energy ASA.

Actively pursuing exploration appraisal and development opportunities in Slovenia, Hungary, Italy and the Netherlands, with associated interests in Switzerland, Ascent Resources has made what can only be described as incredible strides in less than a decade of operations

“It was in 1997 that myself and co-founding director Richard Faull first established Central Petroleum Limited,” explains managing director John Heugh.