East West Petroleum Corp., a junior oil and gas company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil and gas properties in Canada, New Zealand, and Romania. It holds 15% carried interest in the four exploration blocks covering approximately an area of 1,000,000 acres located in the Pannonian Basin of western Romania. The company was formerly known as Avere Energy Inc. and changed its name to East West Petroleum Corp. in August 2010. East West Petroleum Corp. was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.