Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP (NYSE: BWP) is a master limited partnership engaged through its subsidiaries in the interstate transportation and storage of natural gas. In addition to conventional onshore and offshore Gulf Coast supply sources, Boardwalk's pipelines access long-lived unconventional natural gas supply sources. Our pipelines have the flexibility to deliver to many diversified markets, including 11 interconnecting interstate pipelines that serve the Northeast and Midwest; several interconnecting interstate pipelines that serve Florida and the Southeast; and directly to local distribution companies, power plants and industrial end users within the Boardwalk footprint. Boardwalk has three subsidiaries: * Gulf South Pipeline is a “web-like” system that gathers gas from basins between Texas and Alabama and delivers it to on-system markets within its footprint and to off-system markets in the Northeast and Southeast through interconnections with third-party pipelines. * Texas Gas Transmission is a traditional “long-haul” pipeline that moves gas from Gulf Coast 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. * We have also formed a third subsidiary, Gulf Crossing Pipeline Company LLC, to operate the new Gulf Crossing interstate pipeline which began operating in the first quarter of 2009. Gulf Crossing originates near Sherman, Texas and proceeds to the Perryville, Louisiana area.

Equitrans, an indirect subsidiary of integrated natural gas behemoth EQT provides natural gas gathering, storage and transmission services through pipelines that connect to delivery points in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. EQT formed Equitrans to forge a new relationship between pipelines and their markets, where customers were not passive recipients of natural gas, but active, discriminating buyers of energy services. Equitrans is expanding it operations in the lucrative Marcellus Shale play in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, to better serve growing natural gas demand in the Northeast.

The Olympic Pipe Line Company, operated by BP Pipelines, North America, is a 400-mile interstate pipeline system that includes 12-inch, 14-inch, 16-inch, and 20-inch pipelines. The pipeline runs along a 299-mile corridor from Blaine, Washington to Portland, Oregon. The system transports gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. This fuel originates at four Puget Sound refineries, two in Whatcom County and two in Skagit County, and is delivered to Seattle's Harbor Island, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Olympia and Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. BP Pipelines (North America) is the second largest liquids pipeline company in the U.S. transporting over 450 million barrel-miles of oil, refined products, natural gas liquids, carbon dioxide, and chemicals daily - about 9 percent of the U.S. Liquids pipeline market. Beyond our core operations, we participate in various joint venture pipelines, several of which we operate.

HPCL is a Fortune 500 company, with an annual turnover of Rs. 1,16,428 Crores and sales/income from operations of Rs 1,31,802 Crores (US$ 25,618 Millions) during FY 2008-09, having about 20% Marketing share in India and a strong market infrastructure. Corresponding figures for FY 2007-08 are: Turnover of Rs 1,03,837 Crores and sales/income from Operations of Rs.1,12,098 Crores (US$ 25,142 Million). Hindustan Petroleum is India's second-largest oil refiner (Indian Oil is #1, Bharat Petroleum is #3) and accounts for more than 16% of the country's total refining requirements. The company has two major refineries -- one in Mumbai, the other in the southern Indian city of Vishakapatnam -- and produces lubricants, aviation fuel, liquefied petroleum gas, and light diesel oil. Hindustan Petroleum also holds a 17% stake in a refinery at Mangalore and is establishing another refinery in the state of Punjab. Other businesses include pipelines, a lube refinery (with a 40% share of the lube oil market), and 8,330 gas stations nationwide. The Indian government owns 51% of the company, which was established in 1974.

Alon Brands is gaining some independence, but it won't be going it alone in its new venture. Trading on the 7-Eleven and FINA brands, Alon Brands operates convenience stores and, through its wholesale marketing segment, provides motor fuels, supplies, and services to distributors in the southern US. The company is the largest 7-Eleven licensee in the US, with more than 300 convenience stores located in Texas and New Mexico. Alon Brands is also the sole licensee of the FINA brand for motor fuels in the South Central and Southwestern US. Alon USA Energy formed Alon Brands in 2008 as a holding company for its retail and wholesale marketing segments, with the intention of spinning the company off in an IPO.

Colonial Group presides over an empire of oil and gas and shipping-related companies in the southeastern US. The group provides storage and distribution services (at more than 40 terminals) for liquid and dry bulk products including bulk chemicals, motor fuels, industrial fuel oil, and retail gas. It also provides ship bunkering, commercial shipping, and tug and barge services. Colonial Group also operates more than 70 gas stations and convenience stores in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina through its Enmark Stations unit. In addition, subsidiary Georgia Kaolin Terminals provides storage facilities for customers in the US kaolin industry.

The Wills Group willingly delivers petroleum products and related products and services to its customer base in southern Maryland. The Wills Group, Inc. operates four business subsidiaries: Dash-In Convenience Stores (with more than 25 locations); Delmarva Oil and Southern Maryland Oil (the largest home heating oil delivery service companies in the region); and Southern Maryland Oil (SMO) Motor Fuels (wholesale distribution of diesel, gasoline, and kerosene products, including CITGO, Chevron, and Shell-branded fuels). The Wills Group supplies 300 dealer-operated gas stations in Delaware, southern Maryland, and Washington, DC.

Dominion Transmission, Inc., headquartered in Richmond, Va., is the interstate gas transmission subsidiary of Dominion. The company is primarily a provider of gas transportation and storage services. Dominion operates one of the largest underground natural gas storage systems in the United States with links to other major pipelines and to markets in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions of the United States. We maintain 7,800 miles of pipeline in six states — Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland and Virginia. We store and transport large quantities of natural gas for large customers, such as major utilities and power plants.

Encore Energy Partners LP was founded in 2007 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas. Encore Energy Partners LP, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploitation, and development of oil and natural gas properties. Encore Energy Partners LP has oil and natural gas properties in the Big Horn Basin in Wyoming and Montana, primarily in the Elk Basin field; the Permian Basin in West Texas; and the Williston Basin in North Dakota. As of December 31, 2008, its proved reserves included 16.6 millions stock tank barrel of oil and 56.5 billions cubic feet of natural gas. Encore Energy Partners LP also had 744 operated wells and 1,367 non-operated wells. Encore Energy Partners GP LLC serves as the general partner of Encore Energy Partners LP. Encore Energy Partners LP operates as a subsidiary of Encore Acquisition Company.

Houston American Energy Corp. was founded in 1981 and is based in Houston, Texas.Houston American Energy Corp. engages in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas, crude oil, and condensate. Houston American Energy Corp. primarily focuses on properties in the U.S. onshore Gulf Coast Region, principally Texas and Louisiana, as well as focuses on the development of concessions in the South American country of Colombia. Houston American Energy Corp. also holds interests in producing wells in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana; Matagorda County, Texas; and Ellis County, Oklahoma. As of December 31, 2008, its net proved and proved developed reserves consisted of 211,475 barrels of oil in South America and 1,941 barrels of oil in North America.

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