MUR

Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR) is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company founded in 1950 and headquartered in Houston, Texas. Originally incorporated as Murphy Corporation, the company changed its name to Murphy Oil Corporation in 1964 and went public in 1980. Murphy operates as a focused upstream energy company with assets primarily located in the United States and Canada, along with international operations in Vietnam and exploration activities in West Africa. The company has evolved from a diversified energy conglomerate into a streamlined exploration and production company, having divested non-core assets over the years to concentrate on its most profitable oil and gas properties.