s.a. type public industry oil and gas drilling and exploration . shipping and trade until 1970 . 1970 1995 oil mining forestry food processing . founded 1813 headquarters paris france key people jean fran ois h nin chairman daniel p lerin exploration director michel hochard ceo philippe corlay coo number of employees 394 website www.maureletprom.fr former building of maurel et prom at saint louis senegal the maurel and prom company french etablissements maurel et prom s.a. maurel et prom maurel & prom is a french public company based in paris . it is france s second biggest oil company . 1 its name dates back to 1813 . it is now an oil explorer with operations in latin america and africa . 2 historically maurel & prom was based in bordeaux and was one of france s largest family run shipping and foreign trade houses . it had trading interests throughout the french colonial empire which included trading houses in saint louis senegal and modern guinea gambia mali and ivory coast . the company changed its focus to agribusiness in 1986 . it pivoted to oil exploration and production in 1998 . 2 maurel & prom is now a holding company with fewer than 400 employees . it is involved in international exploration and production of hydrocarbons including the drilling of offshore oil and natural gas in africa and the caribbean . the company has drilling contracts in the democratic republic of congo gabon tanzania 3 peru 4 and colombia . the company holds a 45 % stake in seplat a nigerian oil company that was formed in 2009 . 5 notes edit horobin william ; amelie baubeau march 11 2009 . maurel et prom to sell subsidiary to ecopetrol wsj.com . the wall street journal . retrieved 20 august 2012 . a b key dates . maurel & prom . retrieved 20 august 2012 . foden giles september 11 2003 . they made a mess of nigeria ... . the guardian . retrieved 20 august 2012 . drilling opportunities . maurel & prom . retrieved 15 april 2013 . chazan guy july 22 2012 . indigenisation legislation suggests better prospects for local groups ft.com . financial times . retrieved 20 august 2012 . references contemporary company edit etablissements maurel et prom s.a. website . dailyestimate.com gabon energy profile tuesday november 6 2007 . membres du conseil et fonctions references history edit andrew c.m. & kanya forstner a.s. ; french business and the french colonialists . the historical journal vol . 19 no. 4 dec. 1976 pp. 981 1000 barrows leland c. ; general faidherbe the maurel and prom company and french expansion in senegal . dissertation abstracts international 35 8 1975 . barrows . leland c. ; 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