Wintershall is a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF, which is based in Ludwigshafen, and specializes in energy. Wintershall is active in various regions of the world in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas. In Europe the BASF subsidiary trades and sells natural gas. Wintershall Holding AG also markets storage capacities for oil and gas, transportation capacities for gas as well as optic fiber capacities. Wintershall has been active in the exploration and production of oil and gas for more than 75 years, and with its headquarters in Kassel, Wintershall Holding AG is now Germany’s largest producer of crude oil and natural gas. In its exploration and production activities, Wintershall deliberately focuses on selected core regions where the company possesses a wealth of regional and technological expertise. These regions include Europe, North Africa, South America as well as Russia and the Caspian Sea region. In addition, these operations are complemented by the Wintershall Holding AG growing exploration activities in the Arabian Gulf.

Woburn Energy (formerly Black Rock Oil & Gas) is an oil and gas explorer which focuses its efforts on exploring in areas where commercial discoveries can be rapidly developed. Woburn Energy Plc is currently active in Colombia, and the UK North Sea. Woburn Energy had exploration acreage in Australia and Ireland but has exited those areas in order to focus on its core Colombia and UK assets. In 2008 Woburn Energy Plc tested for heavy oil at its Acacia Este exploration prospect in Colombia. Following re-completion, the well produced 40 barrels of oil a day in a long-term production test. In the UK Woburn Energy has a 15% stake in a block in the undeveloped but hydrocarbon-rich Monterey gas field in the Southern North Sea. Woburn Energy Plc’s strategy is to acquire low risk opportunities with a high chance of early success leading to production. This entails a current focus on projects in politically stable, financially attractive countries in Europe and South America. The management aim is to acquire, explore and appraise high potential in these core regions, to strive for near-term production and build Woburn Energy Plc on a solid financial basis.

Woodside is an independent Australian oil and gas company playing a key role in supplying energy to our region. Woodside Petroleum Ltd. are one of the world’s leading producers of liquefied natural gas, helping meet the demands for cleaner energy from Japan, China, Korea and other countries in the Asia Pacific region. Woodside was formed in 1954, focused initially on oil exploration off Australia’s south coast. Major natural gas discoveries off the Western Australian coast in the 1970s changed the company’s direction, and today Woodside is one of the world’s preeminent producers of LNG. Woodside Petroleum Ltd. operate the $27 billion North West Shelf project, which in 2009 celebrated 25 years of natural gas production and 20 years of LNG production.

Yangarra Resources Ltd. wants to yank some oil and natural gas from reserves in Western Canada. The exploration and production company (formed from the 2005 merger of TriOil and the former Yangarra Resources Inc.) has three core operating areas in the province of Alberta: Ferrier, Medicine Hat, and Jaslan. Yangarra Resources Ltd. also has noncore operations in Saskatchewan and other areas of Alberta. Yangarra Resources Ltd. has an inventory of more than 50 locations that are prospects for drilling. Yangarra Resources has proved and probable reserves of 2.9 million barrels of oil equivalent. In 2009 it filed for Canada's version of bankruptcy protection and then bought Athabaska Energy, which also produced natural gas in Alberta.

Yoho Resources Inc. is a Calgary-based oil and gas exploration company operating within the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, focusing on the Peace River Arch and northeastern British Columbia. The oil and gas exploration company operates in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, focusing on the Peace River Arch (and two other areas in Alberta) and northeastern British Columbia. Yoho Resources has 150,000 net acres of undeveloped land, and a production level of about 2,680 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Yoho Resources Inc. has proved and probable reserves of 4.9 million barrels of oil equivalent. Formerly VoiceIQ, the firm changed its name in 2004 to reflect its new focus -- oil and gas exploration, development, and production. Yoho Resources acquired the partnership units of Canada Southern Petroleum #3 LP in 2006.

Zapata Energy Corporation is a Calgary-based junior oil and gas exploration and production company. Zapata Energy Corporation has oil and gas production and processing facilities as well as undeveloped petroleum and natural gas rights in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. Financially sound and conservatively managed, Zapata Energy Corporation acquires and develops promising energy assets offering reasonable risks and the potential for strong, stable cash flow and competitive rates of return. Zapata Energy Corporation has about 251,400 net acres in Alberta and 5,200 net acres in British Columbia. Zapata Energy has a large inventory of oil projects and its looking to team up with other oil firms and investors in order to exploit them.

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