Founded in 1998, Energy Partners is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company based in New Orleans. The company's operations are focused along the Gulf Coast are of the United States, both onshore in southern Louisiana and offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. The company employs a team of geoscientists and management professionals with region-specific geological, geophysical, technical and operational experience. Its focus is on exploration, exploitation and development drilling; multi-year, multi-well drill-to-earn programs; and acquisitions of mature oil and natural gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico area. Energy Partners is a publicly traded company. Its shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol EPL.