TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. has conducted business over many years as a leader in the petroleum and petrochemical industries in Japan. In our current operating environment, overall demand for oil in Japan is expected to decline due to changes in the energy demand structure associated with rising crude oil prices and evolution in the country's industrial composition. On the other hand, tightening of the supply/demand balance for petroleum products worldwide has led to increased export opportunities. In the petrochemical business, while global demand especially for basic petrochemical products continues to grow strongly and has supported our financial results in the last few years, we need to progress our strategy in a timely manner to cope with changes in the business environment. Under these conditions, the TonenGeneral Group is taking an integrated approach to all of its businesses, including refining and supply of petroleum products, marketing and chemicals. Specifically, we are pursuing the optimal combination of raw materials, product supply, and marketing channels to maximize added value. We also take full advantage of the ExxonMobil Group network to continue and further develop our business activities as a company with world-class cost competitiveness and technology, and the best refining, marketing and chemical operations in Japan. We intend to maintain growth and development in the future by achieving the highest global standards of operating efficiency and profitability.

Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. engages in the exploration, exploitation, acquisition, and production of natural gas and crude oil in the United States. Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. explores for oil and natural gas reserves in the Williston Basin in Montana and North Dakota, and the Green River Basin of Wyoming and Colorado. As of December 31, 2008, Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. had estimated proved reserves of 1.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 344 thousand barrels of oil. Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. was formerly known as Columbia Copper Company Ltd. and changed its name to Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. in 2001. Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Rix Petroleum is the largest member of the Rix group of companies. It distributes and retails petroleum products throughout Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the Midlands, the East Coast of Scotland and now East Anglia.Rix Petroleum delivers competitively priced domestic heating oil to the home market using specialist vehicles designed with rural delivery challenges in mind. Boiler maintenance and tank services are just part of the service package.Over 100 Rix branded service stations fulfil the essential retail and social role previously provided by rural Post Offices and village shops and are serviced by the Rix fleet of articulated fuel tankers. The agricultural and haulage sectors are also serviced through the provision of fuels, oils, lubricants and a wide range of storage tankers.From refinery to customer, Rix Petroleum provides the complete fuel service delivered by a family company that cares.

Rex Energy Corporation operates as an independent oil and gas company in the Illinois Basin and the Appalachian Basin. The oil and gas exploration and production company has estimated proved reserves of 11 million barrels of oil equivalent, primarily from three regions: the Illinois Basin (in Illinois and Indiana) and the Appalachian Basin (Pennsylvania and West Virginia). Rex Energy Corporation owns interests in the Lawrence Field ASP Flood project, which is an oil recovery project located in Lawrence County, Illinois; and the Marcellus Shale drilling projects located in Pennsylvania in the Appalachian Basin. As of December 31, 2008, Rex Energy Corporation operated approximately 2,314 wells. Rex Energy Corporation has a joint venture agreement with Stonehenge Energy Resources, L.P. to build a high pressure gathering system and cryogenic gas processing plant in Butler County, Pennsylvania. Rex Energy Corporation was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in State College, Pennsylvania.

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.

Meridian Resource Corporation was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Meridian Resource knows it takes longitude and latitude to locate oil and gas reserves, and Meridian Resource Corporation uses 3-D seismic technology to improve its success rate. The exploration and development company has operations on the Gulf Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as in Oklahoma and Kentucky; Meridian Resource Corporation has proved reserves of 90 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Meridian Resource Corporation has stakes in 360,000 gross leasehold acres. Meridian Resource is focusing its exploration and production activities on the Thornwell and Biloxi Marshlands areas, in addition to the development of the Weeks Island field properties. Meridian Resource Corporation has acccess to about 8,600 sq. miles of 3-D seismic data.

Castrol India Limited is greased up and slip sliding its way through the subcontinent. The company's products include oil and other lubricants used by the automotive, industrial, and marine sectors. Its automotive sector includes petroleum products (under the Castrol and BP brands) used in off-road vehicles, motorcycles (both two-and four-stoke engines), and diesel engines. Castrol India claims a 22% share of the Indian lubricants market (up from 6% in 1991). The company has five manufacturing plants and a network of 270 distributors, which in turn serve more than 70,000 retail outlets. Castrol India is a 71%-owned subsidiary of Castrol Limited, which is part of UK-based oil giant BP.

Syncrude Canada is the world's largest producer of light sweet crude oil from oil sands, and operates the Syncrude Project, a large oil sand mine and supporting plants that produce value-added light, sweet crude oil. Located in the Athabasca Oil Sands, the Project is the #1 single source of oil in Canada, producing 111.3 million barrels annually. The Syncrude Project is a joint venture operated by Syncrude Canada and owned by seven oil and gas entities, including Canadian Oil Sands Trust, Imperial Oil, and Suncor Energy. In 2009 ConocoPhillips announced plans to sell its 9% stake in order to reduce debt. Syncrude supplies about 13% of Canada's crude oil needs.

CNPC is China's largest oil and gas producer and supplier, as well as one of the world's major oilfield service providers and a globally reputed contractor in engineering construction. With a presence in almost 70 countries, China National Petroleum Corporation are seeking an even greater international role. China National Petroleum Corporation provide energy in a profitable manner, and always attach great importance to our social and environmental responsibilities. CNPC has exploration and production projects in China and 26 other countries, including operations in Azerbaijan, Canada, Indonesia, Iraq, Myanmar, Oman, Peru, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela. The company also operates some older refineries and an extensive oil and gas pipeline network in China. CNPC also operates a network of 1,650 gas stations. In 2007 CNPC reported estimated reserves of 3.1 billion metric tons of oil and 2.3 trillion cu. meters of natural gas.

Sterling Resources Ltd. is a Calgary based, publicly traded, energy company engaged in the exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas in selected areas of the world. The exploration and production independent explores for, develops, and produces crude oil and natural gas, primarily in the UK but also in France and Romania. In the UK Sterling Resources has prospects (27 blocks and 15 licenses) offshore in the North Sea. Sterling Resources Ltd. also holds an interest in a license to explore in the Aquitaine Basin of southern France and has interests in both onshore and offshore projects in Romania. In 2006 Sterling Resources Ltd. reported proved reserves of 1.1 million barrels of oil equivalent.

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