Baytex Energy Corp. operates as an oil & gas exploration and production company. The company is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta and currently employs 370 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2011-07-12. The firm is engaged in the acquisition, development and production of crude oil and natural gas in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin and in the Eagle Ford in the United States. Its crude oil and natural gas operations are organized into three main operating areas: Light Oil USA (Eagle Ford), Light Oil Canada (Pembina Duvernay / Viking) and Heavy Oil Canada (Peace River / Peavine / Lloydminster). The Canadian operating segment includes its light oil assets in the Viking and Duvernay, its heavy oil assets in Peace River and Lloydminster and its conventional oil and natural gas assets in Western Canada. The U.S. operating segment includes its Eagle Ford operated and non-operated assets in Texas. Its Viking assets are in the Dodsland area in southwest Saskatchewan and in the Esther area of southeastern Alberta. The company also holds a 100% working interest land position in the East Duvernay resource play in central Alberta.