Merlin Energy Resources becomes employee-owned | Oil & Gas Journal

Merlin Energy Resources Ltd., a UK geoscience and data management consultancy focused on the oil and gas industry, has become an employee-owned organization.

Merlin’s board of directors is now responsible to an employee ownership trust representing staff rather than external or private shareholders.

There were no management changes.

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