Plains Exploration & Production

Plains Exploration & Production Company
IndustryPetroleum industry
Founded2002 (2002)
DefunctMay 31, 2013 (2013-05-31)
FateAcquired by Freeport-McMoRan
HeadquartersHouston, Texas
Key people
James C. Flores, Chairman, President & CEO
Winston M. Talbert, CFO
The principals are D Martin Phillips, J Taft Symonds, John F Wombwell, John T Raymond, Marc A Hensel, Robert V Sinnott, Stephen A Thorington, William C O'malley, and William H Hitchcock, all from Houston TX.
ProductsPetroleum
Natural gas
Revenue $2.565 billion (2012)
$1.949 billion (2012)
$0.306 billion (2012)
Total assets $17.298 billion (2012)
Total equity $3.516 billion (2012)
Number of employees
906 (2013)

Plains Exploration & Production was a petroleum and natural gas exploration company based in Houston, Texas. In May 2013, it was acquired by Freeport-McMoRan.