Public (: ) | |
Industry | Petroleum |
Founded | 2001 |
Headquarters | Trondheim, Norway |
Area served
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North Sea |
Key people
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Erik Haugane (CEO) Kaare Moursund Gisvold (Chairman) |
Pertra (: ) was a Norwegian petroleum company. It is based in Trondheim and was created when the oil exporation and production division of Petroleum Geo-Services was demerged in 2001. In 2005 it bought five licences from Talisman Energy, including 5% of the operational Varg field. By 2007 it had acquired seven operatorships and six partnerships on the Norwegian continental shelf. In 2007 it announced a merger with the Norwegian operating subsidiary of DNO forming a new company Det Norske Oljeselskap ASA.