Petrel Resources is incorporated in Ireland. Petrel Resources plc had signed a working agreement to explore Block 6 in Iraq's Western Desert during the reign of Saddam Hussein. Following the fall of Saddam, Petrel Resources has been seeking an agreement to develop three existing oil fields in Southern Iraq, while Petrel Resources plc renegotiates its Western Desert arrangements with the Iraqi government. Petrel Resources plc secured the first and largest contract awarded since 2003 by the Iraqi Ministry of Oil. Its core interest since 1999 has been the Subbha & Luhais project. Petrel Resources plc also has exploration interests in Jordan and Syria. Petrel Resources was founded in 1982 as Kish Developments.

Doyon, Limited, the doyenne of a Native American-owned corporations, is the largest private landowner in Alaska, controlling 12.5 million acres. Doyon, Limited has five businesses with diversified interests, including tourism (Doyon Tourism), oil exploration services (Doyon Drilling), catering, security services, and facility maintenance (Doyon Universal Services), commercial property management (Doyon Properties), and natural resource management (Doyon Lands and Natural Resources). The Doyon Foundation promotes health, education, and economic development of native Alaskans.

Tenaska, Inc. is well known and respected within the independent power industry. Tenaska is tenacious when it comes to producing and selling energy. The employee-owned company is a top natural gas marketer in North America(selling or managing more than 2 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas a year though Marketing Ventures/Tenaska Marketing Canada); it is also a leading independent power producer, trading,and marketing electricity (including renewable energy). Its Tenaska Power Services unit -- which is promoting the use of clean coal technology -- develops, owns, or operates 10 generating plants with 6,800 MW of capacity in the US. Other operations include fuel supply, biofuels development, oil and gas exploration and production, power transmission, and gas transportation contracting.

US Power Generating Company (”USPowerGen”) owns and operates fifty-eight generating units at six facilities with a total capacity of over 5,000 Megawatts (MW). USPowerGen subsidiaries sell their energy and capacity into the NYISO and ISO-New England deregulated markets. The combined company represents generation sufficient to serve approximately 20% of the overall load in New York City as well as approximately 50% of the overall load in the Boston metropolitan area. USPowerGen is led by Mark Sudbey, the CEO, and a management team headquartered in New York City. US Power Generating Company sells electricity as well as capacity (utilities are required to carry extra capacity), and ancillary services including automatic generation control, operating reserves, reactive supply, and voltage support.

PetroLiance LLC distributes fuels, lubricants, and petroleum products to customers in the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, and Ohio. PetroLiance was founded to anticipate and respond to the fundamental changes that are occurring in the industry, by implementing an innovative new approach to petroleum product distribution and marketing. The ultimate outcome of this endeavor will be improved operations, a higher level of service and responsiveness and, above all, greater profitability for our customers. PetroLiance LLC lubricant products include automotive and aviation lubricants, industrial greases, and metal processing fluids. Boncosky Oil, an authorized distributor of Exxon Mobil brand products in the Chicago area, merged with three other regional ExxonMobil distributors: Commercial Ullman Lubricants Company of Ohio; Lubricant Technologies, active in North and South Carolina, and Georgia; and Young Oil Company of Florida, to form the much stronger national player, PetroLiance.

Teton Energy Corporation focuses on the acquisition, exploration and development of oil and natural gas in North America. Teton Energy Corporation current operations are concentrated in the prolific Rocky Mountain and Midcontinent regions of the U.S. Teton has leasehold interests in the eastern Denver-Julesburg Basin in Nebraska, the Big Horn Basin in Wyoming and its newest property in the Central Kansas Uplift. Teton is headquartered in Denver, Colorado and is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol TEC. Teton Energy has spent several years shifting its focus from oil exploration in Russia towards natural gas exploration in the Rocky Mountain region. In 2008 Teton Energy reported estimated proved reserves of 26.2 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent, but subsequently sold assets in the Piceance and Williston Basins to pay down rising debt. When this proved inadequate, Teton Energy Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in late 2009.

Petroleum Traders Corporation barters with fuel. Petroleum Traders Corporation provides wholesale gasoline, diesel fuel, and heating oil to fuel distributors, government agencies, and other large consumers of fuel such as businesses with vehicle fleets. The largest pure wholesale fuel distributor in the country, Petroleum Traders operates and trades in 39 US states. Petroleum Traders Corporation supplies #1 and #2 low sulfur diesel fuels, biodiesel, high sulfur heating oil and kerosene, and conventional, ethanol, and reformulated blends of gasoline in regular, midgrade, and premium octane ratings.

Energy Transfer Equity, L.P., through its direct and indirect investments in the limited partner and general partner interests in Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., engages in midstream, intrastate, and interstate transportation of natural gas, as well as in storage of natural gas in the United States. The company’s Intrastate Transportation and Storage segment engages in the ownership and operation of natural gas transportation pipelines and natural gas storage facilities. As of December 31, 2009, it owned and operated approximately 7,800 miles of natural gas transportation pipelines and 3 natural gas storage facilities. This segment sells natural gas to electric utilities, independent power plants, local distribution companies, industrial end-users, and other marketing companies on the Houston pipeline system. Its Interstate Transportation segment involves owns and operates interstate natural gas pipeline. It owned and operates approximately 2,700 miles of interstate natural gas pipeline with an additional 180 miles under construction. The company’s Midstream segment engages in the ownership and operation of in service natural gas gathering pipelines, natural gas processing plants, natural gas treating facilities, and natural gas conditioning facilities. This segment owned and operated approximately 7,000 miles of in service natural gas gathering pipelines, 3 natural gas processing plants, 11 natural gas treating facilities, and 11 natural gas conditioning facilities. Its Retail Propane segment operates a retail distribution network consisting of approximately 440 customer service locations in approximately 40 states. The company was formerly known as La Grange Energy, L.P. Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. was founded in 2002 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

China Aviation Oil (Singapore) (CAO) works to ensure the friendly skies are full of well-fueled aircraft. Incorporated in 1993, CAO deals primarily in jet fuel procurement, although China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation is also active in international oil trading and oil-related investment. China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation commands a near-100% market share of the procurement of imported jet fuel for China's civil aviation industry, and has expanded its market to include ASEAN countries, the Far East and the US. CAO's oil-trading business has expanded beyond jet fuel to include fuel oil, gasoline, naphtha, crude oil, and petrochemical products. China National Aviation Fuel Holding Company owns 51% of the company; a BP unit, 20%.

JAPEX is at the apex of Japan's oil and gas industry. Japan Petroleum Exploration (JAPEX) explores for and produces oil and gas in Japan and around the world and has proved reserves of 272 million barrels of oil equivalent. Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. exploration and production division sells crude oil, natural gas, and liquefied natural gas (LNG). Another division contracts for drilling projects and geological and geophysical surveys. Other operations include the sale of petroleum products such as LPG and fuel oil. Expanding its portfolio, in 2009 JAPEX acquired the oil product sales unit of a Mitsubishi Materials subsidiary. The Japanese government controls 34% of JAPEX.

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