ERAP
Entreprise de recherches et d'activités pétrolières is a French petroleum company created in 1965 by the merger of RAP and BRP. In 1976 ERAP merged with the oil company Société nationale des pétroles d’Aquitaine giving birth to Société nationale Elf Aquitaine, better known as Elf Aquitaine. Later this company merged with TotalFina into TotalFinaElf, which later changed its name to Total.
Today ERAP is a state-owned company, making investments in sectors of energy, pharmacy and telecommunication.