Established in September 2011, as an oil and gas exploration company based in Stavanger, Norway.

The company focuses exclusively on exploration on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Growth will be primarily through participation in future licensing rounds, following a successful pre-qualification of the company.

Explora Petroleum is building a top quality team of experienced geoscientists who will bring a unique mix of global industry experience together with local knowledge of the Norway Continental Shelf and a track record of success. The combination of the team’s multi-national oil background together with a disciplined technical decision-making process provides the basis for building a portfolio of quality opportunities that will deliver exploration success.

We are funded by Warburg Pincus, one of the leading private equity investors in the global energy sector. Warburg Pincus have demonstrated from their track record that they take a long term perspective and recognise that the most successful exploration companies are founded on a high quality technical team that has stable and substantial financial backing. This combination we believe, over time, will make Explora Petroleum a competitive and successful Norwegian explorer.

The company recognises the high standards, quality of technical work and recent successes on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, and we believe we can and will add significant value over the long term.