Valeura Energy, Inc. engages in the exploration, development and production of petroleum and natural gas in Turkey. It holds a portfolio of operated oil-producing assets in the offshore Gulf of Thailand and seeks to grow through organic development and through the mergers and acquisitions market in Southeast Asia. The firms also holds an operated interest in a deep, tight gas appraisal play in the Thrace Basin of north west Turkey. The company was founded by James D. McFarland on June 12, 2000 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.