Spectra Energy Corp, through its subsidiaries and equity affiliates, engages in the ownership and operation of a portfolio of complementary natural gas-related energy assets. The company operates in four segments: U.S. Transmission, Distribution, Western Canada Transmission and Processing, and Field Services. The U.S. Transmission segment engages in the transportation and storage of natural gas for customers in various regions of the eastern and southeastern United States and the Maritime Provinces in Canada. As of December 31, 2009, its pipeline systems consisted of approximately 14,300 miles of transmission pipelines; and had 285 billion cubic feet of storage capacity. The Distribution segment provides retail natural gas distribution services in Ontario, Canada, as well as natural gas transportation and storage services to other utilities and energy market participants in Ontario, Canada and the United States. This segment had approximately 37,300 miles of distribution main and service pipelines serving approximately 1.3 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The Western Canada Transmission and Processing segment provides natural gas transportation, and gas gathering and processing services; and helps natural gas producers by removing impurities from the raw gas stream, including water, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and other. The Field Services segment gathers and processes natural gas, as well as fractionates, markets, and trades natural gas liquid. It engages in gathering raw natural gas through gathering systems located in nine natural gas producing regions consisting of the Mid-Continent, Rocky Mountain, east Texas-north Louisiana, Barnett Shale, Gulf Coast, South Texas, Central Texas, Antrim Shale, and Permian Basin. Spectra Energy Corp. is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Spectra Energy Corp. operates independently of Duke Energy Corp. as of January 2, 2007.

Spectra Energy Partners LP is a growth-oriented, Delaware master limited partnership formed by Spectra Energy Corp, headquartered in Houston, Texas, to own and operate natural gas transportation and storage assets. Spectra Energy, which is comprised of the former natural gas businesses of Duke Energy Corporation, became a stand-alone publicly traded company in January 2007. Spectra Energy, a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest operators of natural gas pipelines and storage facilities in North America.

Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. (NYSE: SXL) is a publicly traded master limited partnership formed in 2002 to acquire, own and operate a diverse mix of crude oil and refined products pipelines, and terminaling and storage facilities, as well as crude oil acquisition and marketing assets. Our business is characterized by extensive industry and safety experience, strong financial fundamentals, as well as operational flexibility. Collectively, a strong asset base and the successful execution of our business strategies have consistently delivered substantial returns to unitholders. On February 8, 2002, we completed our initial public offering of 5.75 million common units at a price of $20.25 per unit. The units are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "SXL". Click on News Releases for ongoing updates about Sunoco Logistics or on Financial Information to access SEC filings, distribution history, tax information, analyst coverage and more.

Targa Resources Partners LP provides midstream natural gas and natural gas liquid (NGL) services in the United States. The company operates through two divisions, Natural Gas Gathering and Processing, and NGL Logistics and Marketing. The Natural Gas Gathering and Processing division engages in gathering, compressing, dehydrating, treating, conditioning, processing, marketing, and transporting natural gas and NGLs. This segment operates in the Permian Basin in West Texas, the Fort Worth Basin in North Texas, and the onshore region of the Louisiana Gulf Coast. As of December 31, 2009, it owned and operated approximately 6,500 miles of natural gas pipelines and approximately 750 miles of NGL pipelines. The NGL Logistics and Marketing division involves in fractionation, storage, terminalling, transportation, distribution, and marketing of NGLs. It operates in the Mont Belvieu and Galena Park near Houston, Texas; and Lake Charles, Louisiana. Targa Resources GP LLC serves as the general partner of the company. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Houston, Texas. Targa Resources Partners LP is a subsidiary of Targa Resources, Inc.

TC PipeLines, LP is a United States growth-oriented Master Limited Partnership (MLP). It was formed by TransCanada PipeLines Limited to acquire, own and actively participate in the management of United States based natural gas pipelines and related assets. TC PipeLines, LP owns a 46.45 per cent interest in Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership, which owns a 2,115-mile interstate pipeline system that transports gas from Emerson on the Manitoba-Minnesota border to St. Clair on the Michigan-Ontario border. It also owns a 50 per cent interest in Northern Border Pipeline Company, which owns a 1,249-mile interstate pipeline system that transports natural gas from the Montana-Saskatchewan border to markets in the midwestern United States. The third investment is a 100 per cent interest in Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company, which owns a 240-mile interstate pipeline system that transports natural gas from Oregon, where it interconnects with TransCanada's Gas Transmission Northwest System, to northern Nevada. The fourth investment is a 100 per cent interest in North Baja Pipeline, LLC, which owns an 80-mile pipeline system that transports natural gas from Southwestern Arizona to a point on the California/Mexico border and connects with a natural gas pipeline system in Mexico. Our general partner is TC PipeLines GP, Inc., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of TransCanada Corporation. TransCanada is a leader in the responsible development and reliable operation of North American energy infrastructure including natural gas pipelines, power generation, gas storage facilities, and projects related to oil pipelines. TransCanada's network of wholly owned pipelines extends more than 36,500 miles, tapping into virtually all major gas supply basins in North America. TransCanada is one of the continent's largest providers of gas storage and related services with approximately 370 billion cubic feet of storage capacity. A growing independent power producer, TransCanada owns, or has interests in, over 10,900 megawatts of power generation in Canada and the United States. TransCanada's common shares trade on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges under the symbol TRP. TransCanada is the operator of all four of our pipeline systems.

Texas Gas Transmission transmits natural gas from Texas to states in the South and Midwest. The company owns and operates a 5,900-mile natural gas pipeline system. The pipeline has the capacity to deliver 3.8 billion cu. ft. of gas a day to customers in eight states. Major customers include Anadarko Petroleum, Louisville Gas and Electric, and Memphis Light, Gas and Water. Texas Gas Transmission also owns nine underground gas storage fields in Indiana and Kentucky with a storage capacity of 180 billion cu. ft. of gas. The company is a subsidiary of Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP. Texas Gas is an interstate pipeline that moves natural gas from Gulf Coast and Fayetteville Shale supply areas to more distant on-system markets in the Midwest and to off-system markets in the Northeast via interconnections with third-party pipelines. It originates in the Louisiana Gulf Coast area and in East Texas and runs north and east through Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, and into Ohio, with smaller diameter lines extending into Illinois.

The Williams Companies, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in finding, producing, gathering, processing, and transporting natural gas primarily in the United States. The company operates in four segments: Exploration and Production, Gas Pipeline, Midstream Gas and Liquids, and Gas Marketing Services. The Exploration and Production segment produces, develops, and manages natural gas reserves primarily located in the Rocky Mountain and Mid-Continent regions of the United States. It also owns interests in the oil and gas properties located in Argentina, Canada, Venezuela, and Colombia. As of December 31, 2009, the company had 42 gross wells in the process of being drilled. The Gas Pipeline segment owns and operates a 10,100-mile natural gas pipeline system extending from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and the offshore Gulf of Mexico through Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey to the New York City metropolitan area. This segment also owns and operates a 3,900 miles of natural gas pipeline system extending from the San Juan basin in northwestern New Mexico and southwestern Colorado through Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington to a point on the Canadian border near Sumas, Washington. The Midstream Gas and Liquids segment engages in gathering, treating, and processing natural gas; fractionating, storing, and transporting natural gas liquids (NGLs); and oil transportation. It produces NGLs, ethylene, and propylene, which are used primarily for the manufacture of plastics, home heating, and refinery feedstock. The Gas Marketing Services segment manages various natural gas-related contracts, such as transportation, storage, and related hedges, and provides services to third-parties, such as producers and natural gas processors. The company was founded in 1908 and is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Tidelands Oil & Gas' hopes that the rising tide of oil prices will lift its revenues. Through its subsidiaries, the company operates a number of natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs) transportation, processing, distribution, and storage projects in the northeastern states of Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Le�n, and Tamaulipas) and in Texas. Sonora Pipeline operates an 80-mile natural gas pipeline and a gas processing plant in Texas Sonora Pipeline is owned by Frontera Pipeline, in which Tidelands has a 20% stake. Tidelands is also looking into developing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal near Long Beach.

TransMontaigne Partners L.P. is a terminaling and transportation company with operations along the Gulf Coast, in the Midwest, in Brownsville, Texas, along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, and in the Southeastern United States. We provide integrated terminaling, storage, transportation and related services for customers engaged in the distribution and marketing of light refined petroleum products, heavy refined petroleum products, crude oil, chemicals, fertilizers and other liquid products. Light refined products include gasolines, diesel fuels, heating oil and jet fuels. Heavy refined products include residual fuel oils and asphalt. We do not purchase or market products that we handle or transport. TransMontaigne Partners, formed by parent TransMontaigne Inc. in 2005, provides integrated terminaling, storage, and pipeline services for companies engaged in refined petroleum products and crude oil distribution and marketing. Products handled include light refined products (gasolines, heating oils, and jet fuels), heavy refined products (asphalt and residual fuel oils), and crude oil. The company's petroleum products terminaling and transportation operations are located along the Gulf Coast, in Brownsville, Texas, along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, and in the Midwest.

Transneft operates one of the largest networks of oil pipelines in the world. The company moves crude oil through more than 30,000 miles of pipeline stretching across Eastern Europe and Asia. After the breakup of the Soviet Union, the government agency that controlled the Russian oil industry and the pipeline system (Glavtransneft) reorganized and in 1991 formed the joint-stock company Transneft. Transneft operates a transportation network consisting of more than 30,000 miles of pipeline, about 390 oil refilling (pump) stations, and more than 830 reservoirs capable of storing more than 15 million cu. meters of petroleum products. The company transports about 93% of the oil produced in Russia.

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