Brigham Exploration was founded in 1990 and is based in Austin, Texas.Brigham Exploration Company engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas reserves in the Rocky Mountains, Onshore Gulf Coast, Anadarko Basin, and west Texas. Brigham Exploration Company holds property interests in the Powder River Basin located in Wyoming. Brigham Exploration Company also holds property interests in the Onshore Gulf Coast consisting of the Vicksburg trend in Brooks County, Texas; Miocene and Upper Oligocene trends in Southern Louisiana; and the Frio trend in and around Matagorda County, Texas. As of December 31, 2008, Brigham Exploration Company had estimated proved reserves of 137.1 Bcfe. It also operated 7 exploration wells and 64 development wells. Brigham Exploration Company sells its oil and natural gas to intrastate pipeline purchasers, operators of processing plants, and marketing companies.

Portugal's primary oil and gas group, Galp Energia (formerly Petr�leos de Portugal), produces, transports, refines, distributes, and sells crude oil, natural gas, and oil products. It operates mainly in Portugal and Spain, but also has operations in a half-dozen former Portuguese colonies. Although Galp Energia is primarily a refining and marketing company with more than 1,030 gas stations, it is seeking to expand its exploration and production efforts. The company has significant exploration and production activities in Angola, Brazil, Portugal, and Syria. Galp Energia's leading shareholder is Italian energy conglomerate Eni, which owns 33% of the company.

Penn Octane has taken its foot off the gas (liquefied petroleum gas, or LPG), and throttled back on the octane. Penn Octane Corporation has no assets other than its role as 75% owner and manager of Rio Vista GP LLC, the general partner of pipeline and terminal company Rio Vista Energy Partners. Once a provider of LPG transportation and storage services, in 2006 Penn Octane sold its LPG assets to TransMontaigne Product Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of TransMontaigne, for $9.8 million, to pay down debt. Penn Octane Corporation also exited its gasoline and diesel fuel reseller operations in 2008 to further pay down expenses. Former chairman Jerome Richter controls about 28% of the company.

Saras, a leading European oil refining company based in Italy, produces an average of more than 300,000 barrels of oil per day at its Sardoch refinery based off the coast of Sardinia. While oil refining represents more than half of its business, Saras also owns other energy-related companies, including a wind farm in Sardinia, a biodiesel plant in Spain, and an industrial engineering research business. The company distributes its finished products -- including gasoline, diesel, kerosene, aviation fuel -- primarily through two subsidiaries: Arcola Petrolifera, which owns several storage facilities in Italy and Spain; and Saras Energia, a chain of owned and leased retail gas stations in Spain.

Compass Energy is a trusted organization of experienced, senior-level energy experts working directly with our customers to strategically manage corporate energy procurement, and supply reliable and cost-competitive natural gas and related services. With AGL Resources’ acquisition of Compass Energy, we now have the strength of a trusted, large-scale company without compromising our entrepreneur spirit and exceptional customer focus. Trust and reliability, experienced know-how, superior customer service, and delivery of customer value are the four directions that guide Compass Energy.

Gale Force Petroleum prefers oil fractures to computer fractals. Founded in 1996 as Rolland Virtual Business Systems, Gale Force Petroleum Inc. shifted its focus to oil and gas in 2006 and renamed itself Rolland Energy. In 2008 the company changed names to Gale Force Petroleum. That year Gale Force Petroleum Inc. acquired Kentucky Shale Gas Property, consisting of 22,000 acres of oil and gas leases, nine gas wells, and five miles of gathering lines, including compressors. Gale Force Petroleum Inc. also holds stakes in a number of producing wells in Manitoba. Facing a tough market the company filed for bankruptcy protection in early 2009. That April its restructuring proposal won court approval, but a failed property acquisition forced to it to postpone the plan in July.

In addition to its exploration activities, the Corporation was given powers and operational interests in refining, petrochemicals and products transportation as well as marketing. Between 1978 and 1989, NNPC constructed refineries in Warri, Kaduna and Port Harcourt and took over the 35,000-barrel Shell Refinery established in Port Harcourt in 1965. Whether it's downstream or upstream, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) goes with the flow of oil and gas. NNPC oversees the petroleum industry of one of the top, albeit politically turbulent, oil-producing countries in the world. the NNPC produces oil through dominant positions in partnerships with major world oil companies. The company has four refineries, in Port Harcourt (2), Warri, and Haduna) with a total capacity of 445,000 barrels per day. NNPC also oversees the nation's natural gas industry and has liquefied natural gas operations. It oversees 5,000 kilometers of oil and gas pipeline, 21 storage tanks and nine LPG depots.

Spindletop Oil & Gas Co. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Spindletop Oil & Gas Co., an independent oil and gas company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas in the United States. Spindletop Oil & Gas Co., through its subsidiaries, holds approximately 90,873 gross acres under lease in six states. Spindletop Oil & Gas Co. also engages in renting oilfield equipments, as well as in gathering and marketing of natural gas. In addition, Spindletop Oil & Gas Co. owns approximately 26.1 miles of pipelines located in Texas, which are used for gathering natural gas, as well as transporting natural gas produced by the company and third parties. As of December 31, 2008, its proved oil and gas reserves were 261,712 barrels of crude oil and condensate; and 13.76 billion cubic feet of natural gas. Spindletop Oil & Gas Co. sells its crude oil and natural gas to oil and gas companies, brokers, pipelines, and distributors.

Quicksilver Resources Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas with additional offices in Cut Bank, Montana; Glen Rose, Texas; and Calgary, Canada. Quicksilver Resources Inc., an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploitation, exploration, development, production, and sale of natural gas, natural gas liquids, and crude oil in North America. Quicksilver Resources Inc. also involves in marketing, processing, and transmission of natural gas. Quicksilver Resources Inc. has interests in the Barnett Shale play in the Fort Worth Basin in north Texas; and the Rocky Mountain properties located in Montana and Wyoming, as well as interests in 127,000 contiguous acres in the Horn River Basin in northeast British Columbia. Quicksilver Resources Inc. also holds interests in the Canadian CBM properties in Alberta, Canada, as well as exploring the Delaware Basin in West Texas. Quicksilver Resources Inc. sells natural gas and crude oil to various customers, including utilities, oil and natural gas companies or their affiliates, industrial companies, trading and energy marketing companies, and other users of petroleum products. As of December 31, 2008, Quicksilver Resources Inc. had total estimated total proved reserves of 2.2 trillion cubic feet equivalents of natural gas. Quicksilver Resources Inc. has a strategic alliance with Enia S.p.A. to explore properties in the Fort Worth Basin.

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.

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