Hilcorp, founded in 1989, is one of the largest privately-held independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in the United States. Hilcorp has over 1,100 employees with operations across the United States including the gulf coast of Texas and Louisiana, Northeast US and Alaska's Cook Inlet. Operating across the United States, Hilcorp continues to grow by actively acquiring and exploiting conventional assets while expanding its footprint into a number of new resource plays.