Maurel & Prom

Etablissements Maurel et Prom 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	Roman Gozalo, CEO Jean-François Hénin, Chairman Daniel Pélerin, Exploration Director, Michel Hochard, CFO
Employees	394[1].
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) was a French public company based in Paris and dating back to 1813. It ceased functioning in the second half of the twentieth century, and the name was taken by oil explorers.

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.

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 and Colombia.

Notes

1. ^ wrightreports.ecnext.com: Etablissements Maurel et Prom

References - Contemporary company

• Etablissements Maurel et Prom S.A. website.
• dailyestimate.com Gabon: Energy profile, Tuesday, November 6, 2007.
• Foden, Giles; They made a mess of Nigeria..., The Guardian, Thursday September 11, 2003.

References - History

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• Niaré, Djibril Issa; CONTRIBUTION À L'HISTOIRE ÉCONOMIQUE DU SOUDAN FRANÇAIS :LE COMMERCE COLONIAL :1870-1960. Université de Bamako Faculté des Lettres, Langues, Arts et Sciences Humaines (2007)
• Péhaut, Yves; "Les maisons de négoce bordelaises face aux mutations du négoce dans les années 1920-1960 (Maurel et Prom)", in BONIN Hubert, CAHEN Michel (eds), Négoce blanc en Afrique noire. L'évolution du commerce à longue distance en Afrique noire du 18e au 20e siècles. Paris, Société française d'histoire d'outre-mer - Alterna, 2001.
• Péhaut, Yves; Le réseau d’influence bordelais : la "doyenne" Maurel & Prom jusqu’en 1914.