Rio Vista Energy Partners was founded in 2003 and is based in Brownsville, Texas. Rio Vista Energy Partners has moved from the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) industry to the more traditional one of oil and gas exploration. Rio Vista Energy Partners L.P. was formed in 2003 to hold the LPG distribution, transportation, and marketing assets owned by its former parent Penn Octane. Rio Vista Energy Partners L.P. sold those assets (primarily a terminal facility in Brownsville, Texas and related properties) to TransMontaigne) in 2006. Former consultant James Richter controls 24% of the company. Penn Octane retains control over the General Partner, which is responsible for the management of Rio Vista.

McMoRan Exploration Co. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. McMoRan Exploration Co., through its subsidiary, McMoRan Oil & Gas LLC, engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore in the Gulf Coast area. McMoRan Exploration Co. also engages in the incorporation of 3-D seismic interpretation, offshore drilling to total depths, and horizontal drilling. As of December 31, 2008, McMoRan Exploration Co. owned or controlled interests in 380 oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore Louisiana, and Texas covering 1.22 million gross acres. McMoRan Exploration Co. had proved oil and natural gas reserves of approximately 344.8 billion cubic feet equivalent, of which 70 percent represented natural gas reserves.

Stallion Oilfield Services Ltd. provides wellsite support services and production & logistics services to the oilfield with over 1,700 employees in 65 locations. As the largest provider of quality auxiliary rentals and services for oil and gas operations in the domestic United States, we have been providing reliable housing, water and sewer systems, waste management, satellite systems, solids control, wellsite construction and oilfield heavy hauling to the oil patch for many years. The wellsite support segment (its main revenue generator) provides living quarters for the workforce, equipment rental, satellite communications services, and solids control and waste handling coordination services. Overextended following a round of acquisitions, in late 2009, facing heavy debts, the company sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, from which it emerged in early 2010.

Every day across North America, more than five million residential and business customers turn to Direct Energy for their electricity and natural gas, home energy services, energy efficient solutions and more. We are the largest competitive retailer of energy and related services in North America. At Direct Energy, we source, generate, trade, service and supply energy to meet your current and future energy needs.

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.

Duncan Energy Partners owns interests in assets located primarily in Texas and Louisiana, including interests in approximately 9,200 miles of natural gas pipelines with a transportation capacity aggregating approximately 6.8 billion cubic feet (“Bcf”) per day; more than 1,600 miles of NGL and petrochemical pipelines featuring access to the world's largest fractionation complex at Mont Belvieu, Texas; two NGL fractionation facilities located in south Texas; approximately 18 million barrels (“MMBbls”) of leased NGL storage capacity; 8.5 Bcf of leased natural gas storage capacity; and 34 underground salt dome caverns with more than 100 MMBbls of NGL storage capacity at Mont Belvieu.

Energy, Inc, a holding company, is the parent to Energy West, Inc., a natural gas distribution company with operations in Montana, Wyoming, Maine, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Energy, Inc. currently serves approximately 61,600 customers within our core utilities. In August 2009, Energy, Inc. completed reorganization into a holding company as the successor to Energy West, Inc. (Energy West), now a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy, Inc. We believe that the reorganization will help facilitate future acquisitions and financings to support our growth strategy. Our common stock currently trades on the NYSE Amex under the ticker symbol “EGAS.”

Rex Energy Corporation operates as an independent oil and gas company in the Illinois Basin and the Appalachian Basin. The oil and gas exploration and production company has estimated proved reserves of 11 million barrels of oil equivalent, primarily from three regions: the Illinois Basin (in Illinois and Indiana) and the Appalachian Basin (Pennsylvania and West Virginia). Rex Energy Corporation owns interests in the Lawrence Field ASP Flood project, which is an oil recovery project located in Lawrence County, Illinois; and the Marcellus Shale drilling projects located in Pennsylvania in the Appalachian Basin. As of December 31, 2008, Rex Energy Corporation operated approximately 2,314 wells. Rex Energy Corporation has a joint venture agreement with Stonehenge Energy Resources, L.P. to build a high pressure gathering system and cryogenic gas processing plant in Butler County, Pennsylvania. Rex Energy Corporation was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in State College, Pennsylvania.

Hunting Energy Services owns and develops proprietary patented products including premium connections, burst discs, make up processes, coating of threads and mud-motors. Hunting PLC activities also include well construction and completion services, exploration and production, and the brokering of oil tankers. Hunting PLC Hunting Energy Services unit supplies tubes and offers threading and other services to drillers. Subsidiary Hunting Exploration and Production explores for oil and gas in the southern US and offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, while Gibson Shipbrokers is a major shipbroker and charter consultancy. Hunting Energy France provides petrochemical equipment in France. Founded in 1874 by Charles Hunting, Hunting PLC is still led by the Hunting family.

SemGroup® Corporation is a publicly held company that moves energy through a network of pipelines, terminals and storage tanks. Each step we take demonstrates the vast experience of our employees, their dedication to add value to our customers’ business, and their desire to bolster our relationships. Founded in 2000, our newly reorganized company purchases, sells, processes, transports, and stores energy including crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, asphalt and refined products. Our family of companies is fully operational and has financing firmly in place. All divisions are committed to a “zero incident” culture, with employees working to keep the public, and each other, safe.

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