(As of Oct, 2010)

In August 2007, Korean Companies(KNOC, K, S, H, SG) built a Korean consortium to participate in Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 205. KNOC is the representative of Korean consortium.

 In September 2007, KNOC USA(wholly owned subsidiary of KNOC) made a joint bidding group with Murphy E&P and etc on behalf of Korean consortium. Because KNOC USA was only company which is qualified as a lessee for the Gulf of Mexico before receiving title to the leases.

Then, the Mineral Management Service awards 8 leases to the joint bidding group(KNOC USA, Murphy etc.) as a high bidder.In February 2008, the Joint bidding group made payment for bonuses in full. 

We, the project partners, drilled one exploratory well in the Diamond prospect in 2008. We, the project partners, drilled one exploratory well in the Diamond prospect in 2008.

(As of Oct, 2010)

ANKOR offshore field is located on the shelf of Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Mexico is one of the world's premier oil and gas business areas. In March 2008, KNOC(80%) and SONG(20%) acquired this field from Talyor Energy. In addition, KNOC(80%) and SONG(20%) acquired SS290 field from New Field in June 2010. ANKOR E&P Holdings established ANKOR Energy for operating ANKOR offshore field, ANKOR Energy started to operate from March 20th and daily production is 16,2M boe/d. ANKOR offshore field is significant in securing energy resources for Korea by developing overseas fields.