Although it carries the ancient Sanskrit name for India (Bharat), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is a modern refining and distribution company. It vies with Hindustan Petroleum for the #2 slot behind Indian Oil. The company processes petroleum and petroleum products; its refinery in Mumbai processes 260,000 barrels of crude per day. It also controls refineries in Kochi and Numaligarh. BPCL sells engine oils and gasolines, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and kerosene. It has more than 6,550 gas stations, more than 1,000 kerosene dealers, and a national network of LPG distributors. The Indian government owns 55% of the firm, although it plans to sell this stake as part of industrywide deregulation.

Panhandle Oil and Gas Inc. engages in the acquisition, management, exploration, and development of oil and natural gas properties. Panhandle Oil and Gas Inc. holds properties and other oil and gas interests primarily in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas, the United States. As of September 30, 2009, Panhandle Oil and Gas Inc. had working and/or royalty interests in 4,861 producing oil and natural gas wells, as well as in 40 wells that were in the process of drilling or completion. Panhandle Oil and Gas Inc. customers include pipeline and marketing companies. Panhandle Oil and Gas Inc. was formerly known as Panhandle Royalty Company and changed its name to Panhandle Oil and Gas Inc. in March 2007. Panhandle Oil and Gas Inc. was founded in 1926 and is based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

NuStar GP Holdings, LLC (NYSE: NSH) owns general partner and limited partner interests in NuStar Energy L.P. (NYSE: NS), one of the nation's largest asphalt refiners and marketers and operators of petroleum product terminals and petroleum liquids pipelines. The general partner manages the business affairs of NuStar Energy L.P., which is a master limited partnership based in San Antonio, with 8,417 miles of pipeline, 82 terminal facilities and four crude oil storage facilities. It has assets strategically located in major U.S. markets and in the Netherlands Antilles, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. NuStar Energy L.P.'s asphalt refineries, refined product terminals, petroleum and specialty liquids storage and terminaling operations, and crude oil storage tank facilities are predominantly located on waterways that are easily accessible by barge or vessel. Altogether, these facilities have over 91 million barrels of storage capacity. NuStar Energy L.P.'s crude oil and refined products pipeline systems largely serve growing markets in the Mid-Continent, Southwest and Texas-Mexico border region of the United States.

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. provides onshore contract drilling services to independent oil and natural gas operators in North America. It offers pressure pumping services, including well stimulation and cementing for completion of new wells, and remedial work on existing wells to oil and natural gas operators primarily in the Appalachian Basin. Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. provides contract drilling services principally in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, as well as western Canada. Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. also owns and invests in oil and natural gas assets located primarily in Texas and New Mexico. As of February 11, 2010, the company had approximately 350 marketable land-based drilling rigs. Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Shell's Martinez Refinery, in operation since 1915, is both a pioneer and a pacesetter. Throughout its history, it has amassed a tradition of technical achievement, and is currently one of the most complex refineries in the world. Located 30 miles northeast of San Francisco on about 1,000 acres of land, Shell's Martinez Refinery combines state-of-the-art facilities and equipment to convert up to 165,000 barrels of crude oil a day into many useful products. These products include automotive gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, petroleum coke, industrial fuel oils, liquefied petroleum gas, asphalt, and sulfur.

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.

John Wood Group PLC provides oil and gas services in 50 countries across the globe. Through its Engineering and Production Facilities Division (more than half of sales), John Wood Group PLC provides engineering design and project management for the development of new oil and gas fields, as well as maintenance and operation of existing facilities. John Wood Group PLC Well Support Division offers products and services to enhance production and increase recovery from oil and gas reservoirs. John Wood Group also overhauls and repairs industrial gas turbines for the oil and gas and power generation industries through its Gas Turbine Services Division.

Panda Energy has a twenty-five year track record of success in building large-scale, state-of-the-art power generation facilities.Panda Energy International develops, owns, and operates clean, low-cost power plants. The company has built more than 9,000 MW of electric generation capacity in the US. Panda Energy has sold its interests in four gas-fueled power plants in Arkansas, Arizona, and Texas to TECO Energy, and its stakes in projects in China and Nepal. Panda Energy has built the two largest gas-fueled, combined-cycle independent electric generation facilities in the US, totaling 4,500 MW of generating capacity. CEO Bob Carter and his wife, EVP Janice Carter, own a controlling stake in Panda Energy, which they founded in 1982.

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.

Regency Energy Partners LP (NASDAQ: RGNC) is midstream natural gas services provider, committed to enhancing and building America’s energy infrastructure. Regency is a growth-oriented Master Limited Partnership that specializes in the gathering and processing, contract compression, and transportation of natural gas and natural gas liquids. Regency focuses on servicing the prolific natural gas producing regions in the United States. Regency’s general partner is owned by an affiliate of GE Energy Financial Services (GE EFS), a business unit of GE (NYSE: GE). Regency serves as a platform for GE EFS’ growth in the midstream sector, and has the ability to support a thriving and growing natural gas market for generations to come.

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