Orchard Petroleum is a fast growing, upstream oil and gas company focused exclusively on production, exploration, exploitation and development of oil and gas properties primarily located within California's San Joaquin Basin.Orchard partners with leading industry players in California to develop extensions to existing producing fields and also to establish new development opportunities supported by high quality 3-D seismic analysis.Orchard's senior management team comprises professionals with a long track record of exploring and developing oil and gas projects in California and with key relationships established over many years. Until 30 April 2007 Orchard Petroleum was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. The company is now private and its majority shareholder is Mercuria Energy Group, Ltd. and its affiliates.