List of 50 Louisiana-based Oil/Gas Exploration Companies

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
PetroQuest Energy, Inc. Private Lafayette, Louisiana, United States website	Oil/Gas Exploration	67	4	3	1
Delmar Systems Private Broussard, Louisiana, United States	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	2	2	-
Stone Energy Corp. Acquired Talos Energy 2017-11-21 Lafayette, Louisiana, United States website	Oil/Gas Exploration	544	2	1	1
Cantium Private Covington, Louisiana, United States website	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	1	1	-
Krewe Energy PE Backed Coral Reef Capital 2017-01-18 Covington, Louisiana, United States website	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	1	1	-
Upstream Exploration LLC Private Metairie, Louisiana, United States	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	1	1	-
EPL Oil & Gas, Inc. Acquired Energy XXI Ltd. 2014-03-12 $2.3B New Orleans, Louisiana, United States website	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	1	1	-
White Knight Production Private Lafayette, Louisiana, United States	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	1	1	-
Talen's Marine and Fuel, LLC Acquired Martin Midstream Partners 2013-01-03 Jennings, Louisiana, United States	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	-	-	-
LLOG Exploration LLC - Deep Water Gulf of Mexico Assets Acquired Murphy Oil 2019-04-23 $1.375B Covington, Louisiana, United States	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	-	-	-
Chevron Corp. - Bay Marchand and Main Pass Gulf of Mexico Acquired Cantium 2017-07-01 Louisiana, United States	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	-	-	-
Hunt Oil Co., Inc. - Eagle Ford Shale Assets Acquired Penn Virginia Corp. 2018-01-02 $86M Gonzales, Louisiana, United States	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	-	-	-
Exodus Energy, Inc. - Oil and Gas Assets Acquired Empire Petroleum 2018-10-10 St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	-	-	-
Common Resources - Haynesville Assets Acquired EXCO BG Group plc 2010-05-19 $446M Haynesville, Louisiana, United States	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	-	-	-
Cardinal Exploration and Production Co. - Oil and Gas Assets Acquired Empire Petroleum 2018-10-10 Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, United States	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	-	-	-
Anadarko Vernon and Ansley Fields Acquired EXCO 2006-12-26 $1.6B Louisiana, United States	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	-	-	-

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