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InterOil

Prior to its acquisition by Exxon, InterOil Corporation was an oil and gas company with a primary focus on Papua New Guinea. InterOil's assets included one of Asia's largest undeveloped gas fields, Elk-Antelope, in the Gulf Province. The company employed more than 2000 staff and contractors. Its main offices were in Singapore and Port Moresby. InterOil was formed in 1997 and was incorporated in Canada. The company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Port Moresby Stock Exchange. It had a market capitalization of $2.8 billion. It had 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 TotalEnergies and Oil Search On February 17, InterOil announced its onshore Antelope-5 appraisal well had found a reservoir in Papua New Guinea's Gulf Province. On July 21, 2016, ExxonMobil announced its intent to acquire InterOil for $2.5 billion. On February 22, 2017, InterOil confirmed the completion of this transaction.

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Prior to its acquisition by Exxon, InterOil Corporation was an oil and gas company with a primary focus on Papua New Guinea. InterOil's assets included one of Asia's largest undeveloped gas fields, Elk-Antelope, in the Gulf Province. The company employed more than 2000 staff and contractors. Its main offices were in Singapore and Port Moresby. InterOil was formed in 1997 and was incorporated in Canada. The company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Port Moresby Stock Exchange. It had a market capitalization of $2.8 billion. It had 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 TotalEnergies and Oil Search On February 17, InterOil announced its onshore Antelope-5 appraisal well had found a reservoir in Papua New Guinea's Gulf Province. On July 21, 2016, ExxonMobil announced its intent to acquire InterOil for $2.5 billion. On February 22, 2017, InterOil confirmed the completion of this transaction.

Key claims

  1. date of formation: 1997 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of formation is "1997". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359551335

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