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Corporate lineage

Viking Oil Ltd.

Now part of Anadarko Petroleum.

11
Recorded transactions
Acquired
Current status
0
Predecessors on record

Lineage

The chain on record.

Each arrow is a recorded acquisition or merger. Open any company to trace its own chain.

Viking Oil Ltd. · acquired by

  1. Viking Oil Ltd.Sun Company, Inc.

Successor chain

  1. SunSun Company, Inc.
  2. Sun Company, Inc.Sunoco, Inc.
  3. Sun Company, Inc. (E&P Assets)Sun Expl. & Prod. Company
  4. Sun Expl. & Prod. CompanyOryx Energy Company
  5. Oryx Energy CompanyKerr-McGee Corporation
  6. Kerr-McGee CorporationAnadarko Petroleum Corporation
  7. Kerr-McGeeAnadarko Petroleum
  8. Anadarko PetroleumOccidental Petroleum
  9. Anadarko Petroleum CorporationOccidental Petroleum Corporation
  10. Occidental Petroleum Ltd. (Canada)Nexen, Inc.

Quick answers

About Viking Oil Ltd.

Who acquired Viking Oil Ltd.?
Viking Oil Ltd. was acquired into Anadarko Petroleum, which is the current successor entity in the chain tracked by the OGLandman M&A directory.
Is Viking Oil Ltd. still an independent company?
No. Viking Oil Ltd. is no longer independent; it is now part of Anadarko Petroleum.

From lineage to the paper

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