Murphy Oil

Murphy Oil Corporation is a company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration headquartered in Houston, TX. The company recently closed all other offices in El Dorado, AR and Calgary, Alberta.[1]

Murphy Oil Corporation
TypePublic company
IndustryPetroleum industry
PredecessorCH Murphy & Co.
Founded1944 (1944)
FounderCharles H. Murphy Sr.
HeadquartersHouston, Texas, United States
Key people
 Claiborne P. Deming, Chairman
Roger Jenkins, CEO
ProductsPetroleum
Natural gas
Production output
185 thousand barrels of oil equivalent (1,130,000 GJ) per day (2019)
Revenue $2.817 billion (2019)
$1.149 billion (2019)
Total assets $11.718 billion (2019)
Total equity $5.467 billion (2019)
Number of employees
822 (2019)
Websitewww.murphyoilcorp.com
Footnotes / references
[1]
Murphy Oil's Houston office, currently the global headquarters.

In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Murphy Oil was ranked as the 1860th -largest public company in the world. [2]

As of December 31, 2019, the company had 825 million barrels of oil equivalent (5.05×109 GJ) of estimated proved reserves, of which 51% was petroleum, 42% was natural gas, and 7% was natural gas liquids.[1]

The company's developed reserves are in the United States and Canada. The company also has undeveloped reserves in Australia, Brazil, Brunei, Mexico, and Vietnam.[1]

In the United States, the company's reserves are primarily in the Eagle Ford Group area of South Texas and in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.[1]

The company's Canadian operations are mostly heavy crude oil projects in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.[1]

Of the company's 2019 production of 185.6 thousand barrels of oil equivalent (1,135,000 GJ) per day, 59% was petroleum, 5% was natural gas liquids, and 36% was natural gas.[1]

Taking into account its combined scope 1 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions, Murphy Oil has been one of the most climate damaging public companies.[3][4][5] However, the company says that it has taken steps to minimise the environmental impact of its operations.[6]

History

The company was founded in 1944 as CH Murphy & Co by Charles H. Murphy Sr. and incorporated in Louisiana in 1950.[1]

Murphy entered the Malaysia market in 1999 after a purchase of three offshore blocks, solidifying its position as a player in the offshore development space. The first discovery in this area, the West Patricia prospect, was announced in 2001 and followed by a significant discovery in the Kikeh in 2002 (later went into production by 2007). The Kikeh discovery was described by former CEO Claiborne Deming as the “most meaningful discovery in the Company’s history." [7]

In 2003, the company acquired acreage offshore Republic of Congo.[8]

In 2004, the company sold oil fields in Western Canada for US$633 million.[9]

In July 2011, the company sold its refinery in Superior, Wisconsin to Calumet for $214 million.[10]

In September 2011, the company sold its refinery in Meraux, Louisiana to Valero Energy for $325 million.[11]

In August 2013, the company distributed 100% of the shares in its retail marketing gasoline station chain, Murphy USA, to its shareholders via a corporate spin-off.[12][13]

In 2016, the company sold its 5% stake in Syncrude Canada Ltd., a joint venture located about 25 miles north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, for C$937 million.[14]

In 2017, the company acquired acreage offshore Brazil.[15]

In 2019, Murphy announced the settlement of the sale of its longstanding assets in Malaysia to PTT Exploration and Production. The sale was announced as finalized on July 10, 2019 for a final price of $2.035 billion USD, netting Murphy a reported gain of $1.0 billion USD. [16]

In May 2020, the company announced the closure of all other offices including the Home of Murphy Oil, El Dorado Arkansas and relocation to the existing office in Houston, TX.

El Dorado Promise

In January 2007, Murphy announced that it would set aside $50 million to ensure that every student graduating from the El Dorado, Arkansas school system would be able to afford college. The scholarship, which requires that students spend a certain number of years in the El Dorado school system and maintain a 2.0 grade point average while in college, pays tuition and all mandatory fees for students, up to the highest annual rate charged by an Arkansas public university. Scholarship amounts are paid based on length of attendance in the El Dorado Public School District. For example, graduates who attend all 13 years at El Dorado Public Schools will receive 100% of the scholarship.[17][18]

Main article: Murphy Oil USA refinery spill

In August 2005, during Hurricane Katrina, an oil storage tank at the Murphy Oil refinery in Meraux, Louisiana floated off its foundation and released more than one million gallons of crude oil into Meraux and Chalmette. A class-action lawsuit against Murphy Oil ended in a settlement in 2009; the company was required to pay $330 million to 6,200 claimants, including owners of about 1,800 affected residential properties in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.[19][20][21]

In 2007, following a benzene leak in Louisiana, Murphy Oil was fined $395,313 in civil penalties plus $1.5 million for cleanup costs by the US EPA. The case was settled in April 2019.[19][22]

References
  1. "Murphy Oil Corporation 2019 Form 10-K Annual Report". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
  2. "Forbes Global 2000". Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  3. "CDP Carbon Majors Study Overview". Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. "CDP Carbon Majors Report 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  5. "Carbon Majors Dataset". Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  6. "Climate Change". Murphy Oil. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  7. "Our History". www.murphyoilcorp.com. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  8. "Murphy Oil Acquires Acreage Offshore Republic of Congo" (Press release). Business Wire. May 13, 2003.
  9. "Company to Sell Most Canadian Gas and Oil Fields". Reuters. The New York Times. April 9, 2004.
  10. "Murphy Oil to sell Superior refinery to Calumet". Reuters. July 26, 2011.
  11. "Valero Energy to Purchase Murphy's Meraux Refinery" (Press release). Business Wire. September 1, 2011.
  12. "Murphy Oil Corporation Completes Spin-off of Murphy USA Inc" (Press release). Business Wire. August 30, 2013.
  13. "Murphy Oil completes spinoff of downstream unit". Oil & Gas Journal. August 30, 2013.
  14. "MURPHY OIL CORPORATION CLOSES SYNCRUDE DIVESTITURE" (Press release). Globe Newswire. June 24, 2016.
  15. "Murphy Oil Corporation Announces Strategic Entry into Deep Water Brazil" (Press release). Business Wire. September 27, 2017.
  16. "Murphy Oil Corporation Announces Close of Malaysia Portfolio, Executes $300 Million Share Repurchase Program". Murphy Oil Corporation. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  17. "Arkansas: Oil Company Promises Millions in Scholarships". The New York Times. January 23, 2007.
  18. El Dorado Promise
  19. Meiners, Joan (December 27, 2019). "How Oil Companies Avoided Environmental Accountability After 10.8 Million Gallons Spilled". ProPublica.
  20. "$330 million settlement deal in Katrina oil spill". NBC News. September 25, 2006.
  21. Driver, Anna; Erwin, Seba (July 22, 2010). "Murphy Oil selling refining business". Reuters.
  22. "Murphy Oil USA Clean Air Act Settlement". United States Environmental Protection Agency. August 1, 2019.
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