Shell Trading supports the Shell businesses, in particular Oil Products, Gas & Power and Chemicals, by trading natural gas, electrical power, crude oil, refined products, chemical feedstocks and environmental products. We also manage one of the world's largest fleets of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) carriers and oil tankers. Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited (STASCO) has two jobs to perform for its parent company Royal Dutch Shell. STASCO trades and manages the commodity portfolios across the Royal Dutch Shell Group, and it also manages the shipments of the company's crude oil, gas, and other cargoes across the globe. These twin functions create a network that is responsible for trading about 5 million barrels of crude and shipping cargoes on some 140 deep-sea tankers and gas carriers around the world every day. STASCO was founded in 1995, when Royal Dutch Shell merged its Shell International Trading Company and Shell International Shipping Limited divisions.

Esso S.A.F. specializes in the exploration and production of petroleum and has refining and distribution operations as well (through its two refineries at Fos-sur-Mer and Port-J�r�me Gravenchon). Key products include automobile and aviation fuels, distillates, heavy fuels, and other related products that are sold worldwide through the company's more than 700 service stations. In addition, Esso S.A.F. manufactures lubricants for both professional and private usage. Industry giant Exxon Mobil Corporation owns controls the exploration, production, refining, and marketing company.

Hilcorp Energy, an oil and natural gas producer founded in 1989 by Jeffrey Hildebrand, is one of the nation's largest privately held energy companies. Hilcorp Energy Company employs the latest technology to extract oil and gas from mature fields that have been abandoned by other operators. Hilcorp Energy Company pumps about 25 million barrels of oil and natural gas equivalent annually and has proved reserves of 120 million barrels. A former Exxon Mobil geologist, Hildebrand started the company with former partner Thomas Hook.

Amalie Oil (named after the founders' grandmother) blends and supplies lubricants and other oil products including motor oils, transmission fluids, gear oils, and greases. To control costs, the company also manufactures its own bottles to store its products. Amalie Oil, which markets its products worldwide, has distribution operations in Dallas; Jacksonville, Florida; and Los Angeles. Amalie Oil blends and packages some 200 different products in package sizes ranging from 8-ounce plastic bottles to bulk rail transports.

Quest Resource Corporation's quest is to make money from oil and gas exploration and production. The company acquires, explores, develops, produces, and transports natural gas, primarily coalbed methane. Quest Resource's exploration and drilling efforts are focused in the Cherokee Basin of southeastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma, and the Appalachian Basin, where it is accumulating leasehold acreage. The company has net proved reserves of 211 billion cu. ft. of net proved reserves (99% of which is coalbed methane) and operates more than 2,000 miles of gas gathering pipeline in Kansas and Oklahoma. In 2008 the company shifted its strategic focus to the Appalachian Basin.

Panda Energy has a twenty-five year track record of success in building large-scale, state-of-the-art power generation facilities.Panda Energy International develops, owns, and operates clean, low-cost power plants. The company has built more than 9,000 MW of electric generation capacity in the US. Panda Energy has sold its interests in four gas-fueled power plants in Arkansas, Arizona, and Texas to TECO Energy, and its stakes in projects in China and Nepal. Panda Energy has built the two largest gas-fueled, combined-cycle independent electric generation facilities in the US, totaling 4,500 MW of generating capacity. CEO Bob Carter and his wife, EVP Janice Carter, own a controlling stake in Panda Energy, which they founded in 1982.

GulfMark Offshore, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides offshore marine services primarily to companies involved in the offshore exploration and production of oil and natural gas. GulfMark Offshore, Inc. fleet includes anchor handling, towing, and support vessels; platform support vessels; fast supply or crew vessels; specialty vessels; standby rescue vessels; construction support vessels; and utility vessels. GulfMark Offshore, Inc. vessels provide services that support the construction, positioning, and ongoing operation of offshore oil and natural gas drilling rigs and platforms, and related infrastructure. GulfMark Offshore, Inc. vessels also transport materials, supplies, and personnel to offshore facilities, and to move and position drilling structures. The company also provides management services to other vessel owners. As of December 31, 2009, GulfMark Offshore, Inc. operated a fleet of 88 offshore support vessels comprising 38 vessels in the North Sea, 13 vessels offshore Southeast Asia, and 37 vessels offshore in the Americas. GulfMark Offshore, Inc. serves integrated oil and natural gas companies, and independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies working in international markets; and foreign government-owned or controlled oil and natural gas companies, as well as companies that provide logistics, construction, and other services to oil and natural gas companies and foreign government organizations. GulfMark Offshore, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Texas American Resources Company ("TARC") is a privately-held, independent energy company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Since its founding in 1990, TARC has focused on the acquisition and exploitation of proved or near proved properties in Texas and the Rocky Mountain region of the United States. TARC operates 397 wells located in Texas, Wyoming and Colorado. Texas American Resources Company total proven net reserves of approximately 29 MMBOE are 34% developed and 41% crude oil. Total net production is approximately 2,500 BOE per day, 39% crude oil. Texas American Resources Company business strategy is to provide long term growth in reserves and production in a cost efficient manner.

Ramos Oil Company was founded in 1951 as a Shell Oil Distributor by Bill Ramos. Our headquarters is located in West Sacramento, California (along the banks of the Sacramento River). Ramos Oil, which distributes bulk and pre-packaged petroleum products to businesses and individual customers in California and Nevada. Ramos Oil Company, Inc. also provides fleet fueling, lubrication consulting, cardlock, and transportation services. Ramos Oil distributes all the leading petroleum brands available, including ARCO, BP, Shell, Chevron, Mobil, Texaco, Tosco, and Valero.

Bonavista Energy Trust is a Calgary-based oil and gas royalty trust created through the reorganization of Bonavista Petroleum Ltd. in July 2003. The exploration and production company focuses on four core areas in Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan. In 2008 Bonavista Energy Trust reported it had about 1.2 million net acres of undeveloped land, the bulk of which is in Alberta. Bonavista also has proved reserves of 142.2 million barrels of oil equivalent and has identified some 700 quality drilling prospects. Bonavista Energy Trust has a balanced production of 52,500 barrels of oil equivalent per day -- 55% natural gas, 34% light oil, and 11% heavy oil. In 2009 Bonavista Energy Trust built up its asset base, acquiring properties in central Alberta area for about $698 million.

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