Korea National Oil Corporation
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Korea National Oil Corporation 한국석유공사 Hanguk Seogyu Gongsa |
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Type | Public |
Founded | 1979 |
Headquarters | Anyang, South Korea |
Key people | Doo-Yul Hwang, CEO |
Industry | Petroleum |
Products | Petroleum products, petrochemicals, microelectronics chemicals |
Revenue | ▲ KRW 1.1 trillion (2007)[1] |
Employees | 1,200 (2008)[2] |
Website | www.knoc.co.kr/eng/index.php |
Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) is the national oil and gas company of South Korea and one of the most important industrial companies in the country. The company operates oil and gas fields in Vietnam, Libya, Peru, Indonesia, Nigeria, Yemen, Kazakhstan, Russia, Canada and South Korea.
The company has oil reserves of around 373 million barrels and gas reserves of 10 billion m3.