Entreprise de recherches et d'activités pétrolières is a French

petroleum Petroleum, also known as crude oil, or simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations. The name ''petroleum'' covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crud ...

company created in 1965 by the merger of RAP (Régie autonome des pétroles) and BRP (Bureau de recherche des pétroles). In 1976 ERAP merged with the oil company Société nationale des pétroles d’Aquitaine (SNPA) giving birth to Société nationale Elf Aquitaine (SNEA), better known as Elf Aquitaine. Later this company merged with TotalFina into TotalFinaElf, which later changed its name to

TotalEnergies TotalEnergies SE is a French Multinational corporation, multinational integrated energy and List of oil exploration and production companies, petroleum company founded in 1924 and one of the seven Big Oil, supermajor oil companies. Its businesses ...

. Today ERAP is a state-owned company ( Établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial), making investments in sectors of energy, pharmacy and telecommunication.

External links

ERAP informationOfficial website
Oil companies of France TotalEnergies {{petroleum-company-stub