Dragon Oil plc is an independent oil development and production company, registered in Ireland and listed under a dual primary listing on the London and Irish Stock Exchanges. Approximately 52% of the Company’s equity is held by the Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) L.L.C. (“ENOC”), a company owned by the Government of Dubai. Dragon Oil is headquartered in Dubai and its principal development and production activity is the development of its asset in the Cheleken Contract Area, offshore Turkmenistan by a Group subsidiary, Dragon Oil (Turkmenistan) Limited. Dragon Oil had proved and probable oil reserves at 30 June 2008 of 645 million barrels and 3.2 trillion cuft of gas resources. The company reports recoverable proved and probable reserves of 645 million barrels of oil and condensate in the Cheleken area. Dragon Oil PLC is a subsidiary of the Emirates National Oil Company. Dragon Oil PLC owns a 52% stake in Dragon Oil, but in 2009 bid to acquire 100%. Shareholders rebuffed the offer.

Suncor Energy Inc. was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.Suncor Energy Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated energy company. Suncor Energy Inc. operates in three segments: Oil Sands, Natural Gas, and Refining and Marketing. The Oil Sands segment produces bitumen recovered from oil sands through mining and in-situ technology, and upgrades it into refinery feedstock, diesel fuel, and by-products. It offers light sweet crude oil/diesel and light sour crude oil/bitumen. The Natural Gas segment explores for, develops, and produces conventional natural gas, natural gas liquids, oil, and by-products from assets located in northeast British Columbia, and western and northwest Alberta. The Refining and Marketing segment refines crude oil into a range of petroleum and petrochemical products comprising jet fuels, diesel, and gasoline; produces ethanol for blending into fuels; and markets its products to industrial, commercial, and retail customers principally in Ontario and Colorado. Suncor Energy Inc. also transports crude oil on company-owned pipelines in Wyoming and Colorado, and engages in third-party energy marketing and trading activities. Suncor Energy sells its products in the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Nicklos Drilling Company provides land and offshore contract drilling services in the Texas Gulf Coast, Southeast Texas, and Southwest Louisiana. Nicklos Drilling has four differently configured rigs capable of drilling in a depth range from 6,500 feet depth maximum to 17,000 feet maximum. Nicklos Drilling Company is owned and managed by Texas oil industry veterans Jim Nicklos (whose previous oil contracting business had gone bankrupt in the mid-1980s) and Jack Blanton (a one-time VP of family-owned Scurlock Oil). Nicklos Drilling Company by providing valuable oil field services that Nicklos Drilling makes its money.

The history of the Gibunco Group stretches back over 40 years when it was founded by the Bassadone family. Gibunco has since developed and expanded. It has grown from being a ship repair and ship agency operation in Gibraltar and now spans the globe with a network of offices in leading international centres of commerce and prime locations including London, Singapore, Shanghai, Dubai, Athens, Spain and other European Ports. Throughout this period of growth and diversification, Gibunco maintained its original ethos as a family run enterprise, with an emphasis upon quality of service and a belief in dealing with clients' individual business needs. This commitment to the highest levels of service with a personal touch has served the Group well as it continues to innovate and expand as new opportunities present themselves.

Surge Global Energy, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Solana Beach, California. Surge Global Energy, Inc. was formerly known as The Havana Group, Inc. and changed its name to Surge Global Energy, Inc. in October 2004. Surge Global Energy has the urge to acquire crude oil and natural gas properties in the US and Canada. Surge Global Energy, Inc. portfolio includes a well in Wyoming, which it is drilling for commercial production of oil and gas, and the Green Springs Prospect in Nevada, which it plans to tap. Surge also invests in businesses engaged in alternative fuel technologies, such as biodiesel developer 11 Good Energy. Other investments include minority stakes in two Alberta-based companies, Andora Energy and North Peace Energy. Surge divested its interest in an Argentina project in 2008 to focus on its core North American operations and investments. Officers and board members as a group own about one-third of the company.

Tri-Valley Corporation was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Bakersfield, California. Tri-Valley Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, acquisition, and development of petroleum, metal, and mineral properties. Tri-Valley Corporation principal oil and gas properties include the Ekho property and Sunrise-Mayel Natural Gas project located in California. Tri-Valley Corporation operates precious metals properties in Alaska comprising the Richardson claim block consisting of 28,720 gross acres located in the north of Richardson Highway; and the Shorty Creek project in the Livengood District of Alaska. Tri-Valley Corporation also holds industrial minerals project, which consists of the Admiral calcium carbonate mine located on the north-west side of Prince of Wales Island. In addition, Tri-Valley Corporation involves in oil and gas drilling and development operations.

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.

Quest Resource Corporation, an integrated independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, gathering, production, and transportation of oil and natural gas in the United States. Quest Resource Corporation operates in two segments, Oil and Gas Production, and Natural Gas Pipelines. The Oil and Gas Production segment primarily focuses on the development of coal bed methane in the Cherokee basin. As of December 31, 2008, it had 152.7 billion cubic feet equivalent of estimated net proved reserves; and operated approximately 2,438 gross gas wells and approximately 27 gross oil wells in the Cherokee Basin. This segment also owned 55 gross productive oil wells and the development rights to approximately 1,481 net acres with an estimated net proved reserves of approximately 588,800 billion barrels in Seminole County, Oklahoma; and approximately 500 gross gas wells and the development rights to approximately 68,161 net acres in the Appalachian Basin. The Natural Gas Pipelines segment involves in transporting, gathering, treating, and processing natural gas. It owns and operates a natural gas gathering pipeline network of approximately 2,173 miles in the Cherokee Basin, as well as a 1,120 mile interstate natural gas pipeline, which transports natural gas from northern Oklahoma and western Kansas to the metropolitan Wichita and Kansas City markets. Quest Resource Corporation was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Forest Oil Corporation was founded in 1916 and is based in Denver, Colorado with additional offices in Houston, Texas; and Calgary and Alberta, Canada.Forest Oil Corporation engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of natural gas and liquids primarily in North America. Forest Oil Corporation principally sells natural gas on a month-to-month basis in the spot market under short-term contracts. As of December 31, 2008, its proved reserves were approximately 2,668 billion cubic feet equivalent.

Compagnie Generale de Geophysique-Veritas S.A., through its subsidiaries, provides geophysical services principally to the oil and gas exploration and production industries. CGGVeritas services include seismic data acquisition; and processing, imaging, and interpretation of geophysical data, data management, and reservoir studies. CGGVeritas also offers Hampson-Russell software, which delivers interpretive solutions and enables geophysicists to access sophisticated technology. In addition, CGGVeritas manufactures land, marine, and subsea data acquisition equipment. CGGVeritas offers its products and services to customers in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific. CGGVeritas has a strategic joint operating agreement with Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping plc to work on developing controlled source electro magnetic imaging activities (CSEM), and seismic and CSEM integration opportunities. Compagnie Generale de Geophysique-Veritas S.A. was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

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