Parallel Petroleum seeks unparalleled success by exploring for and producing oil and natural gas. Parallel Petroleum Corporation operates primarily on the Gulf Coast of South Texas, in East Texas, and in the Permian Basin of West Texas, and well as in Colorado and Utah. In 2008 Parallel Petroleum Corporation reported proved reserves of 71.8 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and 21.2 million barrels of oil. Parallel Petroleum sells directly on a month-to-month basis to other oil and gas companies. In 2009 global investment firm Apollo Global Management acquired Parallel Petroleum for about $483 million.

Stone Energy Corporation was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana with additional offices in Houston, Texas, and Morgantown, West Virginia. Stone Energy Corporation engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, operation, and production of oil and gas properties located in the Gulf of Mexico and Appalachia region. As of December 31, 2008, Stone Energy Corporation had estimated proved oil and natural gas reserves of approximately 518.9 Bcfe.With rising oil prices Stone Energy Corporation has been able to acquire more properties. Stone Energy Corporation has sold the bulk of its Rocky Mountain oil and gas properties in order to focus its energy on targeting reserves and production in the deep shelf and deep water areas of the Gulf of Mexico. In 2008 the company acquired fellow Gulf explorer Bois d'Arc Energy for about $1.7 billion.

Pioneer Drilling Company was founded in 1968 and is based in San Antonio, Texas. Pioneer Drilling Company, formerly South Texas Drilling & Exploration, provides contract drilling services to oil and gas companies in Texas, and to a lesser degree in Oklahoma, the Rockies, and Colombia. Pioneer Drilling operates 70 land drilling rigs that can reach depths of 8,000-18,000 feet. In addition, Pioneer Drilling Company Pioneer Production Services Division provides workover rig services, wireline services, and fishing and rental services to US-based oil and gas producers. Pioneer Drilling Company focus is to operate in prolific oil and natural gas production regions in the United States and Latin America, positioning ourselves for maximum return to our shareholders.

Part of a network of companies that was founded by a samurai centuries ago, Mitsui & Co. battles to make money. Mitsui & Co., a leading Japanese general trading firm, has more than 700 subsidiaries in a wide range of industries. The company has reorganized its business units into eight main classifications: chemicals, electronics and information, energy, foods, iron and steel, non-ferrous metals, textiles, and machinery. Mitsui & Co. is part of Mitsui Group, one of Japan's largest "keiretsu" (companies loosely connected through cross-ownership). The company's largest revenue generators are its trading activities in the energy and chemical sectors.

The foundation of Unipetrol in 1994 represented the completion of one of the gradual conceptual steps in the privatisation of the Czech petrochemical industry. Unipetrol was meant to unite selected Czech petrochemical companies into a conglomerate that would be able to compete with strong international groups. Represented by the National Property Fund, the Czech state was the majority shareholder with 63 percent. The remaining shares were owned by investment funds and small shareholders. The original concept was that the state’s interest in the company should be privatised. Kaučuk, Chemopetrol, Benzina, Paramo, Koramo, Česká rafinérská, Unipetrol Trade, Spolana and Unipetrol Rafinérie were gradually integrated into Unipetrol.Effective from 1 January 1996, refineries of Chemopetrol in Litvínov and Kaučuk in Kralupy were separated to be united within Česká rafinérská.

Ellora Energy was founded in 1995. Ellora Energy is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of low risk onshore domestic oil and gas properties. The firm owns properties in the Haynesville Play and other assets in East Texas (including adjacent property in western Louisiana), and in Kansas (the Hugoton field). Ellora Energy Inc. has built up a land base of 910,000 gross acres with about 1,060 identified drilling locations. In 2008 Ellora Energy reported that Ellora Energy Inc. was operating 426 gross (319 net) producing wells and controlled proved reserves of approximately 194 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Investment firm Yorktown Energy Partners owns about 64% of the company.

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.

We add value to coal, oil and gas reserves, using these feedstocks to make liquid fuels, fuel components and chemicals through our unique Sasol proprietary technologies. We mine coal in South Africa and produce gas in Mozambique and oil in Gabon. Our chemical manufacturing and marketing operations span the globe. Sasol Limited operates as an integrated energy and chemical company. The company involves in the saleable coal and utilities coal mining businesses; distribution and marketing of natural gas and methane-rich gas in the Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Free State, and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa; provision of synthesis gas through coal gasification and natural gas reforming, and conversion of synthesis gas into synthetic fuel components, chemical feedstock, and pipeline gas; and marketing of blended fuels, such as petrol, diesel, jet fuel, illuminating paraffin, fuel oils, bitumen, and lubricants. It also develops and implements international ventures based on the Sasol SPD process; develops and manages upstream interests in oil and gas exploration and production in Mozambique, South Africa, Gabon, Nigeria, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the joint development zone between Nigeria and Sao Tome e Principe; and produces gas and condensate from Mozambique's Temane and Pande gas field and oil from the offshore Etame oil field in Gabon. In addition, the company offers polymers, including ethylene, propylene, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, chlor-alkali chemicals, and mining reagents; a range of solvents comprising alcohols and ketones, co-monomers consisting of hexene and octane, and acrylic acids and associated products; and surfactants and surfactant intermediates, n-paraffins, n-olefins, C6-C22 alcohols, aluminas, zeolites, and oleochemicals, as well as other chemical products, such as waxes, fertilizers, and mining explosive products. Further, it engages in technology research and development activities in energy and chemicals industries. The company primarily offers its products and services in South Africa and other parts of Africa, Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, India, North America, South America, the Southeast Asia, and Australasia. Sasol Limited was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.

UTS Energy is engaged in the exploration for and extraction of bitumen from Alberta's Athabasca oil sands region. UTS Energy Corporation holds a 20% stake in the Fort Hills Oil Sands Project, which has estimated reserves of 4 billion barrels of bitumen. UTS Energy Corporation acquired oil sands explorer True North Energy in 2004, giving UTS Energy 100% ownership of the Fort Hills Oil Sands Project. UTS Energy Corporation subsequently formed subsidiary Fort Hills Energy to develop the asset. Petro-Canada, one of Canada's largest oil producers, owns a 60% stake in the Fort Hills Oil Sands Project and is a development partner; Teck holds 20%. In 2009 French oil titan TOTAL tried to buy UTS Energy for $617 million, but was rebuffed by UTS Energy's board.

Arawak Energy reserves its energy for former Soviet Union countries. An oil and gas exploration and production company, Arawak's assets include six properties in the Pre-Caspian Basin in western Kazakhstan, as well as four properties in the Komi Republic in Russia. Arawak Energy Ltd. also has exploration operations on properties in Azerbaijan. In 2008 the company's total proved and probable reserves were 61.8 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe); that same year, its total production topped 4 million boe, most of which was produced by its operations in Kazakhstan. Formerly a publicly-owned company, Arawak was acquired by a subsidiary of Vitol Group in 2009.

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