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.

Colonial Group presides over an empire of oil and gas and shipping-related companies in the southeastern US. The group provides storage and distribution services (at more than 40 terminals) for liquid and dry bulk products including bulk chemicals, motor fuels, industrial fuel oil, and retail gas. It also provides ship bunkering, commercial shipping, and tug and barge services. Colonial Group also operates more than 70 gas stations and convenience stores in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina through its Enmark Stations unit. In addition, subsidiary Georgia Kaolin Terminals provides storage facilities for customers in the US kaolin industry.

Cal Dive International, Inc., a marine contracting company, provides manned diving, pipelay and pipe burial, platform installation, and platform salvage services to the offshore oil and natural gas industry. Cal Dive International, Inc. offers marine contracting services in support of the offshore oil and natural gas infrastructure throughout the production lifecycle, including services on production platforms, risers, subsea production systems, and pipelines. Cal Dive International, Inc. primarily operates in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf, the northeastern United States, Latin America, southeast Asia, China, Australia, the Middle East, India, and the Mediterranean. Cal Dive International provides its services to oil and natural gas producers, pipeline transmission companies, and offshore engineering and construction firms. As of December 31, 2009, Cal Dive International, Inc. owned and operated a fleet of 31 vessels, including 21 surface and saturation diving support vessels, 6 pipelay/pipebury barges, 1 pipebury barge, 1 combination derrick/pipelay barge, and 2 derrick barges. Cal Dive International, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Great Lakes Gas Transmission transports great amounts of natural gas -- 2.2 billion cu. ft. per day, to be exact. With a pipeline spanning 2,100 miles, the company supplies gas to major urban markets in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and parts of southern Canada. Its customers include a number of regional natural gas transporters, local gas distributors, and energy trading firms including Alliance Energy Services, ANR Pipeline, Michigan Consolidated Gas, Northern States Power, and Sempra Energy Trading. Great Lakes Gas Transmission was founded in 1967 and is controlled by TransCanada Corp.

China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is the largest offshore oil and gas producer in China. Besides production, which is handled through subsidiary CNOOC Limited, CNOOC has more than two dozen other subsidiaries involved in oil and gas refining and marketing, chemicals (China BlueChemical), technical and engineering services (such as China Oilfield Services), and financial services (such as a life insurance joint venture with AEGON). About half of the government-owned company's revenue comes from oil production; in 2008, China National Offshore Oil Corporation produced 194 million barrels of oil equivalent, while its refineries processed 3.35 million tons of crude. CNOOC's marketing arm owns almost 200 gas stations and eight oil depots.

Invenergy LLC operates about a dozen wind energy generating facilities in the US, Europe, and Canada. Invenergy LLC builds, develops, and buys energy producing properties and has about 2,000 megawatts of wind energy capacity online. While wind is the focus, Invenergy also uses natural gas to produce 2,200 megawatts of energy from facilities in the US and Canada and has plans to enter the solar energy market as well. Invenergy LLC has offices in the US, Poland, and the UK. CEO and president Michael Polsky founded Invenergy in 2001.

BP's French operations encompass a diverse palette of oil and energy offerings. BP France primarily runs one of the country's largest networks of service stations, with 430 sites nationwide. BP France markets heating and industrial fuels, bitumen, lubricants, and liquefied petroleum gas. It also produces specialty products for the marine and aviation sectors. BP France has manufacturing facilities outside Paris, Montpellier. Established in 1921, BP France foresees a broadening of its services, including the further development of gas, power, and renewable energy (primarily solar) operations.

Synex International synthesizes power production and engineering expertise. The company's independent power production subsidiary, Synex Energy Resources, develops, purchases, owns, and operates generation facilities in western Canada. The subsidiary owns and operates hydroelectric plants (4MW of capacity) in British Columbia. Synex International's other subsidiary, Sigma Engineering, provides consulting, design, and environmental assessment services for hydroelectric projects. The engineering division's core competency is the overall planning and design of hydroelectric plants.

Samson Oil & Gas Limited was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Perth, Australia. Samson Oil & Gas Limited is an Australian based oil & gas company holding extensive development and exploration acreage in the USA. The Australia-based company acquires proved developed oil and gas leases, mainly in Wyoming but also in New Mexico, and Texas. Samson Oil and Gas Limited has four oil and gas properties, three of which are producing, and in 2008 reported proved reserves of 16.1 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Samson Oil and Gas Limited holds a working interest in its properties which are exploited by third parties. Samson Oil and Gas also does exploratory and developmental drilling, primarily in Wyoming's Green River Basin. Samson Oil and Gas Limited owns interests in various projects located in Wyoming, North Dakota, New Mexico, and Texas.

Repsol YPF, Spain's largest oil company. A fully integrated oil and gas company, Repsol YPF operates in Latin America, the Middle East, and North Africa. The firm controls YPF, Argentina's #1 oil company, and has operations in about 30 other countries. Repsol YPF operates five refineries in Spain and one in Peru and produces chemicals, plastics, and polymers. Repsol YPF sells gas under the brands Campsa, Petronor, and Repsol at more than 6,000 service stations in Europe and Latin America. Repsol YPF is one of Spain's largest sellers of liquefied petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas. In 2008 Repsol YPF reported estimated proved reserves of 2.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

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