A calm presence in the volatile oil and gas industry, Placid Refining owns and operates the Port Allen refinery in Louisiana, which converts crude oil into a number of petroleum products, including diesel, ethanol, gasoline, liquid petroleum gas, jet fuel, and fuel oils. Placid Refining's refinery has the capacity to process 55,000 barrels of crude oil per day. The company is one of the largest employers and taxpayers in West Baton Rouge Parish. Placid Refining, which is controlled by Petro-Hunt, distribute fuels across a dozen states in the southeastern US, from Texas to Virginia, and is a major supplier of jet fuel to the US military.

Datang Power is a zinger in the Chinese power market. Datang International Power Generation (Datang Power), formerly Beijing Datang Power Generation, operates and develops power plants, sells electricity, and provides power equipment maintenance services throughout the country. Datang International Power Generation Company is one of China's largest independent power producers; it has a generating capacity of about 25,100 MW from interests in coal-fired, wind powered, and hydroelectric facilities. Datang Power owns and operates four power plants and manages more than 50 power and power-related companies in 18 provinces across China. Government-owned China Datang Corp. owns about 34% of Datang Power.

Questar Pipeline Company is an interstate natural gas pipeline company that provides transportation and underground storage services in Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. Questar Pipeline owns and operates slightly more than 2,500 miles of pipeline with total daily capacity of 4,155 Mdth. Questar Pipeline’s system is strategically located in the Rocky Mountains — one of the the fastest-growing natural gas producing regions in the U.S. — near large reserves of natural gas in six major producing areas, including the Greater Green River, Uinta and Piceance basins. Questar Pipeline transports gas from these areas to other major pipeline systems for delivery to expanding markets in the West and Midwest including the Questar Gas local distribution system serving natural gas utility customers in Utah, southwest Wyoming and southern Idaho.Through wholly-owned subsidiaries, Questar Pipeline also owns and operates the Overthrust Pipeline in southwestern Wyoming and the eastern segment of Southern Trails Pipeline, extending 488 miles from the Blanco Hub to just inside the California state line. Questar Pipeline owns 50% of the White River Hub in western Colorado. These facilities connect with six interstate pipeline systems and a major processing plant near Meeker, Colorado. Questar Pipeline owns and operates the Clay Basin storage facility. Located on the Wyoming-Utah border, Clay Basin is the largest underground storage reservoir in the Rocky Mountain Region.

Getty Petroleum Marketing distributes gasoline and heating fuels. Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc., a subsidiary of Russian oil giant LUKOIL, has more than 2,000 gas stations (some of which maintain convenience stores, auto repair centers, or car washes) in 13 northeastern and mid-Atlantic US states. Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. sells more than 2 billion gallons of gasoline a year. the company sells heating oil through its KOSCO subsidiary. Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. also has six petroleum terminals and 170 delivery vehicles. Getty Petroleum Marketing is converting its stations to the LUKOIL brand as LUKOIL tries to build the brand awareness and customer loyalty that the Getty brand has long enjoyed in the US.

EXCO Resources, Inc. was founded in 1955 and is based in Dallas, Texas with additional offices in Akron, Ohio; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania; and The Woodlands, Texas. EXCO Resources, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas company, engages in the acquisition, development, and exploitation of onshore oil and natural gas properties. Its operations are focused on the North American oil and natural gas areas, including the east Texas/north Louisiana, Appalachia, mid-continent, and Permian.EXCO Resources, Inc. also involves in midstream operations in the east Texas/north Louisiana area. As of December 31, 2008, EXCO Resources’ proved reserves were approximately 1.9 trillion cubic feet equivalent. EXCO Resources, Inc. also operated 11,973 gross wells.

Named after a powerful weasel (the mascot of the University of Michigan), Wolverine Pipe Line transports refined petroleum products across the US Midwest. It operates more than 1,000 miles of pipeline stretching through Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. The company supplies about 35% of Michigan's refined petroleum products. Sunoco Logistics Partners' Eastern Pipeline System controls nearly a third of Wolverine Pipe Line.

Oil refiner and marketer Shell Oil Products US and its sister company Motiva have the US covered. It operates refineries in the western US and markets petroleum products via Shell-branded outlets in the West and Midwest. Motiva does the same in the eastern US. Together Motiva (7,700 gas stations) and Shell Oil Products US (6,000 gas stations) form the #1 US gasoline retailing business. Motiva is a 50-50 joint venture with Saudi Aramco. Though the company has sold two of its refineries in this decade, Shell still operates four refineries throughout the country; Motiva has three of its own.

Stratic Energy Corporation is a Canadian-incorporated international oil and gas company involved in the production, development, appraisal and exploration of hydrocarbons. Stratic Energy Corporation key interests are in the North Sea (UK and Dutch sectors) and Italy, with further interests in Turkey, Syria, Slovenia and Morocco. The oil and gas exploration independent identifies international exploration opportunities in high-impact oil patches that are either underdeveloped or in the early stages of exploration. Since its formation in 1997, Stratic has acquired very early exploration phase concessions, and then partnered with major oil companies to develop these prospects. Stratic has operations and interests in Morocco, Slovenia, Syria, Turkey, and the UK North Sea. All told, the company has proved and possible reserves of more than 19 million barrels of oil equivalent. To raise cash, in 2009 it agreed to sell its Italy-based gas assets to Enel.

China Aviation Oil (Singapore) (CAO) works to ensure the friendly skies are full of well-fueled aircraft. Incorporated in 1993, CAO deals primarily in jet fuel procurement, although China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation is also active in international oil trading and oil-related investment. China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation commands a near-100% market share of the procurement of imported jet fuel for China's civil aviation industry, and has expanded its market to include ASEAN countries, the Far East and the US. CAO's oil-trading business has expanded beyond jet fuel to include fuel oil, gasoline, naphtha, crude oil, and petrochemical products. China National Aviation Fuel Holding Company owns 51% of the company; a BP unit, 20%.

Monster Diesel completed a reverse acquistion of former diamond miner Chanaral Resources in 2009. The company makes "Monster Diesel," a superior additive product that allows for more complete combustion in diesel engines to increase mileage, clean exhaust, and reduce engine wear. Monster Diesel, Inc. plans to change its name to Alkane, Inc. and apply for a new trading symbol that will reflect the company's focus on the alkanes in uses. Alkanes are hydrocarbons, (saturated, stable base materials) which when used in additives, enable the more efficient performance of diesel engines.

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