type public limited company traded as nyse cie industry oil exploration & production founded 2005 1 headquarters houston texas united states key people joseph h. bryant ceo total assets us 0 3.633 billion 2013 2 website www.cobaltintl.com cobalt international energy inc. is an oil exploration and production company with oil portfolio in north america and west africa . the north america operation is focused on the gulf of mexico where it targets the horizons subsalt miocene and inboard lower tertiary . in west africa the company s operation is located in offshore angola and gabon . 3 the company has built the strategic relationship with total e & p usa inc 1 according to the geographic factor the company divides its business in two segments the u.s. gulf of mexico and west africa . 4 history edit in 2005 the company was founded in houston texas . 1 on august 27 2009 the company was incorporated . 3 the same year ceo joseph bryant announced an oil drilling partnership with sonangol nazaki and alper . 5 in 2014 a class action lawsuit in the united states alleged that cobalt paid foreign officials to secure oil concessions including manuel vicente of sonangol and the head of angola s military and security intelligence department general manuel helder vieira dias junior . 5 if so they violated the us foreign corrupt practices act of 1977 . 5 references edit a b c d cie profile cobalt international energy in stock yahoo finance . finance.yahoo.com . retrieved 2014 04 22 . edgar pro . google.brand.edgar online.com . retrieved 2014 04 22 . a b cobalt international energy inc cie company profile . reuters.com . 2013 12 02 . retrieved 2014 04 22 . cobalt international energy inc. nyse cie quotes & news google finance . google.com . retrieved 2014 04 22 . a b c khadija sharife april 26 2006 . angolan elite swim in oil deals . the namibian . retrieved april 28 2016 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cobalt international energy & oldid 743465396 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies established in 2005companies based in houstonnatural gas companies of the united statesoil companies of the united stateshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 19 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view