Roc Oil Company


Roc Oil Company Limited was an international petroleum company based in Sydney, Australia. The company was established in 1997 as a privately owned company by John Doran. In 1999, the company went public with an IPO at the Australian Stock Exchange, and in 2004, Roc was listed on the London Stock Exchange. In 2008, Roc Oil merged with Anzon Australia, and in 2014 China's Fosun International conglomerate acquired Roc for AU$474 million.
Roc operated oil production facilities in Mauritania, Angola, Malaysia, and China, and in 2013, its last full year of independent operation, produced 2.7 million barrels of oil or equivalent products.