Aera Energy LLC (Aera) is a natural gas oil exploration and production company jointly owned by Shell and ExxonMobil headquartered in Bakersfield California. In addition Aera Energy LLC is a California limited liability company and one of California's largest oil and natural gas producers with an approximate 2013 revenues of over $5 billion. Aera is operated as a stand-alone company through its board of directors.1 Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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