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.

KCA DEUTAG is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Abbot Group. In March 2008, Abbot Group plc was acquired by First Reserve Corporation, a US-based private equity firm. KCA DEUTAG Drilling Limited is a major land driller with more than 60 land rigs operating worldwide and is the largest offshore drilling contractor in the UK sector of the North Sea. KCA DEUTAG has more than 30 offshore platforms and 10 mobile offshore drilling rigs (including jackups) in the North Sea, the Caspian Sea, Angola, and Sakhalin. KCA DEUTAG Drilling Limited is also active in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Not just a contractor, KCA DEUTAG Drilling Limited also designs, engineers, and constructs platform rigs. KCA DEUTAG delivers rigs primarily to large international operators in the oil and gas industry. KCA DEUTAG Drilling Limited is a subsidiary of Abbot Group, a major UK-based oil field services concern.

Accent Energy, a New York electricity, natural gas and green power company, is a different kind of energy company. We care about our customers and we care about the future of our planet. We know you have the power to choose your energy company. That's why we provide the best value for your energy dollar. Accent offers the flexibility to build your own plan with multiple products for New York residents and businesses to choose from. Accent offers alternative energy plans, including 100% green power. With Accent, you have the power to choose your energy plan. You choose the kind of energy you need and the natural gas or electricity rate plan that’s right for you.

Santos is an Australian oil and gas exploration and production company with high quality assets and projects throughout Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Santos Ltd supplies over 20% of eastern Australia’s domestic gas and produced 54.4 million barrels of oil equivalent in 2008. Santos has the largest Australian exploration portfolio by area of any company – 192,000 square kilometres. Santos is developing a multibillion-dollar project to build an LNG facility at Gladstone, Queensland – the world’s first project to convert coal seam gas to LNG on a large scale. Santos Ltd is already a producer of LNG through the Darwin LNG project, which has been exporting to Japan since 2006. Santos has interests in all major oil basins in Australia, including those offshore. Santos Ltd also operates in other countries, including Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Papua New Guinea, and Vietnam. At 31 December 2009, Santos had a total market capitalisation of approximately $12 billion, making it one of Australia’s Top 30 companies.

Superior Plus has four divisions that try to live up to its bold corporate name. Superior Propane distributes propane and provides related services and products to clients across Canada through some 170 locations. Winroc, which has 44 branches in Canada and the US, offers construction products to the walls and ceilings industry. Superior Energy Management provides natural gas supply services to Canadian residential, commercial, and industrial customers. Another unit, ERCO Worldwide, offers potassium and chloralkali (chlorine and an alkaline salt) products in North America, as well as sodium chlorate and technology to the paper and pulp sectors.

Sword Energy Inc., formerly Thunder Energy Trust, engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Sword Energy Inc. is a privately-owned company. Sword Energy invests in oil and gas operations in Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan. Sword Energy Inc. (formerly called Thunder Energy Trust) has estimated proved reserves of about 26 billion barrels of oil equivalent, and produces about 7,800 barrels of oil equivalent a day (65% as natural gas). Sword Energy Inc. produces natural gas in Alberta's Peace River Arch and Deep Bain, as well as in Central, Northern and Western Alberta, and in Southeastern Saskatchewan. Aston Hill Financial, an investment group that specializes in the oil and gas business, owns Sword Energy.

State-owned Perusahaan Pertambangan Minyak Dan Gas Bumi Negara (Pertamina) controls the entire oil and gas industry in Indonesia, and is the world's largest producer and exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Pertamina also works with foreign petroleum companies, but solely on a contract basis. Pertamina has estimated proved reserves of 4 billion barrels of oil and 2.7 trillion cu. meters of natural gas, and operates seven oil refineries, and has numerous LNG, LPG, shipping, and fuel businesses. Pertamina also invests heavily in the development of geothermal energy as an alternative energy source.

Encore Energy Partners LP was founded in 2007 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas. Encore Energy Partners LP, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploitation, and development of oil and natural gas properties. Encore Energy Partners LP has oil and natural gas properties in the Big Horn Basin in Wyoming and Montana, primarily in the Elk Basin field; the Permian Basin in West Texas; and the Williston Basin in North Dakota. As of December 31, 2008, its proved reserves included 16.6 millions stock tank barrel of oil and 56.5 billions cubic feet of natural gas. Encore Energy Partners LP also had 744 operated wells and 1,367 non-operated wells. Encore Energy Partners GP LLC serves as the general partner of Encore Energy Partners LP. Encore Energy Partners LP operates as a subsidiary of Encore Acquisition Company.

Texas Gas Transmission transmits natural gas from Texas to states in the South and Midwest. The company owns and operates a 5,900-mile natural gas pipeline system. The pipeline has the capacity to deliver 3.8 billion cu. ft. of gas a day to customers in eight states. Major customers include Anadarko Petroleum, Louisville Gas and Electric, and Memphis Light, Gas and Water. Texas Gas Transmission also owns nine underground gas storage fields in Indiana and Kentucky with a storage capacity of 180 billion cu. ft. of gas. The company is a subsidiary of Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP. Texas Gas is an interstate pipeline that moves natural gas from Gulf Coast and Fayetteville Shale supply areas to more distant on-system markets in the Midwest and to off-system markets in the Northeast via interconnections with third-party pipelines. It originates in the Louisiana Gulf Coast area and in East Texas and runs north and east through Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, and into Ohio, with smaller diameter lines extending into Illinois.

Chugach Alaska Corporation is a vision of indigenous people running their own businesses on their own land. Chugach Alaska was formed following the activation of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (which was passed by the US Congress in 1971), to provide land management services for the 928,000-acre Chugach region of Alaska. Chugach Alaska Corporation derives the bulk of its sales from oil and gas production, mining, commercial timber, and tourist activities that occur in the region. Chugach Alaska's shareholders consist of Aleut, Eskimo, and Indian natives.

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