- CEO
- Lionel C. McBee
- Full Time Employees
- 61
- Sector
- Energy
- Industry
- Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
- Address
- 1330 Post Oak Boulevard Houston TX United States of America 77056
- IPO Date
- Jan 3, 2000
- Business
- Erin Energy Corporation (ERINQ) is an independent oil and gas exploration, development, and production company focused on energy resources in Africa; it engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of hydrocarbon assets including producing properties and exploratory licenses. The company holds principal assets comprising nine licenses across four countries—Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and Gambia—covering approximately 10 million acres, with current production and development projects offshore Nigeria such as the Oyo field wells (Oyo-7 and Oyo-8, which discovered multiple oil and gas reservoirs in 2013-2014); exploration activities occur offshore Ghana and Gambia, offshore and onshore Kenya in the Lamu Basin under four Production Sharing Contracts, and 100% interests in Nigeria's Oil Mining Leases 120 and 121 as well as the Expanded Shallow Water Tano block offshore Ghana; through its Pacific Asia Petroleum subsidiaries, it maintains operations in China. Founded in 1986 as CAMAC Energy (renamed Erin Energy Corporation in April 2015), the company is headquartered in Houston, Texas, with additional offices in Lagos, Nigeria, and Beijing, China; it operates primarily in sub-Saharan Africa targeting commercial hydrocarbon reserves for independent producers. Erin Energy delisted from NYSE American in 2018 to trade over-the-counter; it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on April 25, 2018, which converted to Chapter 7 liquidation proceedings in July 2018, marking its cessation of active operations.