Nippon Mining Holdings is involved in mining and energy operations. Subsidiary Japan Energy is engaged in both upstream and downstream oil and gas activities as well as petrochemical manufacturing. The company refines oil at its three refineries and markets its petroleum products through a network of 3,300 JOMO service stations throughout Japan. Petroleum products include gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, petrochemicals, lubricants, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Subsidiary Nippon Mining & Metals is engaged in resources development activities such as smelting and refining, recycling and environmental services, metal fabrication, and the manufacture of electronic materials.

Big Oil in Japan means Nippon Oil (formerly Nippon Mitsubishi Oil), the country's largest oil importer and distributor. Nippon Oil operates seven refineries with a total capacity of more than 1.2 million barrels per day. It has exploration activities in Canada, the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea, South America, Australia, and Southeast Asia. Nippon Oil, which has a 25% share of the Japanese gasoline market, operates 10,400 service stations across Japan. It also generates and sells electricity and has extensive petrochemical operations. The company has a broad cooperation pact with Cosmo Oil.

Today, JSC Gazprom Neft’ is one of the largest oil and gas producing companies in Russia. The main areas of Gazprom Neft’s business activity include oil and natural gas production, oil and gas field facility services, oil refining and marketing of petroleum products. The proven reserves of the company exceed 6,9 billion barrels, which ranks the company amongst the world’s twenty largest oil companies. Gazprom Neft’ carries out its activities in Russia’s largest oil- and gas-bearing regions such as Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, Tomsk and Omsk Regions, and Chukotka Autonomous District. The Company’s major oil refineries are located in the Omsk, Moscow and Yaroslavl Regions. The Gazprom Neft’ distribution network operates countrywide.

LUKOIL is one of the world’s leading vertically integrated oil & gas companies. Main activities of the Company are exploration and production of oil & gas, production of petroleum products and petrochemicals, and marketing of these outputs. Most of the Company's exploration and production activity is located in Russia, and its main resource base is in Western Siberia. LUKOIL owns modern refineries, gas processing and petrochemical plants located in Russia, Eastern and Western Europe, near-abroad countries. Most of the Company's production is sold on the international market. LUKOIL petroleum products are sold in Russia, Eastern and Western Europe, near-abroad countries and the USA. LUKOIL is the second largest private oil Company worldwide by proven hydrocarbon reserves. The Company has around 1.1% of global oil reserves and 2.3% of global oil production. LUKOIL dominates the Russian energy sector, with 18% of total Russian oil production and 19% of total Russian oil refining.

On 1 September 2003, BP and Alfa, Access, Renova (AAR) announced the creation of a strategic partnership to jointly hold their oil assets in Russia and Ukraine. As a result, TNK-ВР was created. Today, TNK-BP is Russia’s third largest oil company in terms of reserves and crude oil production. ВР and AAR each own an equal interest in TNK-BP. ААR contributed its holdings in TNK International, ONAKO and SIDANCO, its share in RUSIA Petroleum (which holds licenses for the Kovykta gas condensate deposit and the Verkhnechonsk oil and gas deposit), its stake in the Rospan gas field in West Siberia (the New Urengoy and East Urengoy deposits).

Oil Refineries Ltd.. (ORL), located in the bay area of Haifa, (ORL), located in the bay area of Haifa, is Israel's largest Oil refinery. is Israel's largest Oil refinery. Using its sophisticated and state-of-the-art industrial facilities, Using its Sophisticated and state-of-the-art industrial facilities, ORL is capable of refining approximately 9 million tons of crude oil per year providing a variety of products used ORL is capable of refining approximately 9 million tons of crude oil per year providing a variety of products used in industrial operation, transportation, private consumption, agriculture and infrastructures. in industrial operation, transportation, private consumption, agriculture and Infrastructures. With the refining business representing 90% of the Company's total activities, ORL produces refined products with a high added value by using complex refinery facilities ORL produces refined products with a high added value by using complex refinery facilities and at 7.4 on the Nelson Complexity Index, among the highest in the East Mediterranean region. and at 7.4 on the Nelson Complexity Index, among the highest in the East Mediterranean region. The Company has a maximum crude oil refining capacity of approximately The Company has a maximum crude oil refining capacity of approximately 24,800 tons per day (180,000 barrels per day). 24,800 tons per day (180,000 barrels per day). Over 75% of the Company's produce goes to local consumption, while the balance is exported, Over 75% of the Company's produce goes to local consumption, while the balance is exported, primarily to the Mediterranean basin. primarily to the Mediterranean basin.The company is active in the area of Polymers and Aromatics through its Wholly-owned subsidiaries - Caramel Olefins Ltd.. and Gadiv Petrochemical Industries Ltd. and Gadiv Petrochemical Industries Ltd.. Oil Refineries is traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the ticker ORL. Oil Refineries is traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the ticker ORL.

Oil and chemicals group OMV is Austria's largest industrial company. It explores for natural gas and crude oil, refines crude oil, and imports, transports, and stores gas. A leading oil and gas company in Central and Eastern Europe, OMV has proved reserves of 1.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent. OMV has a 20% retail market share in Central and Eastern Europe. The bulk of OMV's sales comes from refining and marketing. It produces about 320,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day and sells 13 billion cubic feet of gas annually. OMV's largest shareholders are Austrian state holding company �IAG (32%) and the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) of Abu Dhabi (18%).

Today, the Oxbow Group is made up of more than two dozen companies with yearly aggregate sales of over $3.7 billion, combined assets of over $1.7 billion and over 1200 employees worldwide. Oxbow’s primary businesses are the mining and marketing of energy and commodities such as coal, natural gas, petroleum, metallurgical and calcined coke. Oxbow Carbon LLC Company Profile Oxbow Carbon (formerly known as Oxbow Carbon & Minerals) distributes petroleum coke to customers worldwide, primarily in the cement, utilities, steel, and home heating industries. (Petroleum coke, a by-product of the oil refining process, is used as a fuel. Calcined petroleum coke, a refined form of petroleum coke, is used as a source of carbon, mainly by aluminum producers.) Oxbow Carbon also distributes metallurgical coke, a by-product of coal processing that is used by iron producers and sugar refiners. The company operates four bulk shipping terminals, located on the Gulf Coast and the West Coast of the US and in the Caribbean and South America. Oxbow Carbon is a unit of Oxbow.

PSO is the market leader in Pakistan’s energy sector. The company has the largest network of retail outlets to serve the automotive sector and is the major fuel supplier to aviation, railways, power projects, armed forces and agriculture sector. PSO also provides Jet Fuel to Refueling Facilities at 9 airports in Pakistan and ship fuel at 3 ports. The company takes pride in continuing the tradition of excellence and is fully committed to meet the energy needs of today and rising challenges of tomorrow. Pakistan State Oil, the largest oil marketing company in the country, is currently engaged in storage, distribution and marketing of various POL products. The company’s current market share of 82.3% in the black oil market and 59.4% share in the white oil market, alone speak volumes about its success.

Paramount Petroleum Corporation is a major manufacturer and producer of paving and roofing asphalt products for the paving and roofing industry. The heart of our company is our 54,000 BPD refinery located in Paramount, California and our 35,000 BPD in Long Beach, CA. Our refineries are capable of processing approximately 89,000 barrels per day. We process crude oil into a variety of products including specialized road and roofing asphalts, diesel fuel, jet fuel, heating oil, and gasoline components. The process involves heating the crude oil under controlled conditions until it separates into fractions that meet certain specifications. Many of these fractions are sent on to other refineries for further processing. Except for asphalt products, almost all of our products are shipped through pipelines to terminals and other refineries in Southern California. In addition to asphalt products, the refinery produces transportation fuels such as jet fuel, diesel fuel and gasoline.

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