Summer NAPE® was founded in 2005 due to industry demand for a mid-year event. It was modeled after NAPE (formerly North American Prospect Expo), which was created in 1993 to provide a marketplace for the buying, selling and trading of oil and gas prospects and producing properties (added in 1998) via exhibit booths. Summer NAPE brings state-of-the-art prospects and properties from U.S. and around the world, advanced technology and energy capital formation all together in one location, creating a pure market place to establish strategic alliances for doing business and initiating purchases and trades.