South Korea’s national oil company today launched a €2bn hostile takeover bid for one of the UK’s biggest oil and gas explorers.
Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) will take its proposal direct to shareholders in Dana Petroleum but has not increased its offer from the approach of 1800p a share rejected by the Aberdeen-based firm last week.
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