Over the past 40 years, GS Caltex, which aims to be a total energy service leader, has been pushing to not only perform in the petroleum and petrochemical businesses, but also to diversify its energy business, thus leading the energy industry. GS Caltex (formerly LG-Caltex) operates the world's largest plant producing benzene, which is used in in the production of unleaded gas. Korea's #2 oil refiner after SK Group, the company (jointly owned by GS Holdings and Chevron) has a refining capacity of 770,000 barrels of oil per day, and its aromatic plant can produce 2.8 million tons annually. It also operates 3,400 gas stations. GS Caltex operates a gas utility and is a major importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The company also has oil exploration, shipping, and electric power interests. GS Caltex was set up in 1967 as a joint venture of Lucky Ltd. (a predecessor of Korea's LG Group) and Caltex.

TransMontaigne Partners L.P. is a terminaling and transportation company with operations along the Gulf Coast, in the Midwest, in Brownsville, Texas, along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, and in the Southeastern United States. We provide integrated terminaling, storage, transportation and related services for customers engaged in the distribution and marketing of light refined petroleum products, heavy refined petroleum products, crude oil, chemicals, fertilizers and other liquid products. Light refined products include gasolines, diesel fuels, heating oil and jet fuels. Heavy refined products include residual fuel oils and asphalt. We do not purchase or market products that we handle or transport. TransMontaigne Partners, formed by parent TransMontaigne Inc. in 2005, provides integrated terminaling, storage, and pipeline services for companies engaged in refined petroleum products and crude oil distribution and marketing. Products handled include light refined products (gasolines, heating oils, and jet fuels), heavy refined products (asphalt and residual fuel oils), and crude oil. The company's petroleum products terminaling and transportation operations are located along the Gulf Coast, in Brownsville, Texas, along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, and in the Midwest.

TETRA Technologies, Inc. operates as a diversified oil and gas services company. TETRA Technologies, Inc. operates in three divisions: Fluids, Offshore, and Production Enhancement. The Fluids division manufactures and markets clear brine fluids, additives, and other associated products and services to the oil and gas industry for use in well drilling, completion, and workover operations in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. TETRA Technologies, Inc. also markets liquid and dry calcium chloride to various markets outside the energy industry. The Offshore division provides downhole and subsea services, such as plugging and abandonment, workover, and wireline services; construction and decommissioning services, including hurricane damage remediation of offshore oil and gas production platforms, subsea wells, and pipelines; and diving services comprising conventional and saturated air diving and the operation of various dive support vessels. TETRA Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in the Woodlands, Texas.

Aurado Energy Inc. is an upstream oil& gas company incorporated in 1994 (originally as a mining company) and listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Aurado Energy acquires production stage oil companies in the Caspian and Middle Eastern regions. Aurado Energy Inc. has been exploring primarily in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Aurado Energy Inc. also holds oil and gas assets in Canada. Aurado Energy Inc. has been operating in Kazakhstan through subsidiary Liman Caspian Oil, which held a 90% interest in the Liman Block, but the right to that license is in dispute with Aral Petroleum, previous owner of the block. Aurado Energy has announced that it is trying to confirm the rightful ownership of the Liman Block license and is pursuing all legal means toward that end.

Superior Well Services, Inc. provides a range of wellsite solutions to oil and natural gas companies in the United States. Superior Well Services, Inc. operates in two segments, Technical Services and Fluid Logistics. The Technical Services segment offers technical pumping services comprising stimulation services to improve the flow of oil and natural gas from producing zones; nitrogen services that use nitrogen to stimulate wellbores; and cementing services that ensure proper pump time, compression strength, and fluid loss control. Superior Well Services, Inc. also provides completion and production services, including plugging and abandonment services, and roustabout services on well sites. In addition, Superior Well Services, Inc. sells expendable equipment that is used during the cementing process and in the completion of wells, such as plugs, tubing anchors, retainers, and other accessories; and rents electric generators, lighting equipment, and a line of reusable tools and equipments that are used in the completion and production phases. Superior Well Services, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Indiana, Pennsylvania.

China Huaneng Group (CHNG) is one of China's five largest power conglomerates. China Huaneng Group oversees the national government's interests in 10 subsidiaries, including a 51% stake in Huaneng Power International. Through subsidiaries it develops and operates more than 85 thermal and hydro power plants. In addition to its power-generation business, China Huaneng Group plans to enter other sectors, including finance, transportation, information technology, and renewable energy. In 2008 CHNG acquired Singapore-based Tuas Power from Temasek Holdings for $4.2 billion.

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL), formerly known as Madras Refineries Limited (MRL) was formed as a joint venture in 1965 between the Government of India (GOI), AMOCO and National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) having a share holding in the ratio 74%: 13%: 13% respectively. Originally ,CPCL Refinery was set up with an installed capacity of 2.5 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MMTPA) in a record time of 27 months at a cost of Rs. 43 crore without any time or cost over run. In 1985, AMOCO disinvested in favour of GOI and the shareholding percentage of GOI and NIOC stood revised at 84.62% and 15.38% respectively. Later GOI disinvested 16.92% of the paid up capital in favor of Unit Trust of India, Mutual Funds, Insurance Companies and Banks on 19 th May 1992, thereby reducing its holding to 67.7 %. The public issue of CPCL shares at a premium of Rs. 70 (Rs. 90 to FIIs) in 1994 was over subscribed to an extent of 38 times and added a large shareholder base.

Blue Rhino, the cerulean rhinoceros with a flaming snout is displayed across all 50 states in the US and Puerto Rico. Blue Rhino exchanges propane cylinders (the ones used for gas grills). Customers exchange empty cylinders for prefilled ones at hardware and convenience stores, including Home Depot, Lowe's, Wal-Mart, and Circle K. In an effort to gain greater control over distribution, the company has acquired additional independent propane distributors that deliver the cylinders to stores. Blue Rhino also serves the paintball market through Rhino Power, which provides a retail-based CO2 tank exchange program. Blue Rhino is a unit of propane powerhouse Ferrellgas.

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. operates as an offshore oil and gas drilling contractor worldwide. Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. provides offshore drilling services in the deep water, harsh environment, conventional semisubmersibles, and jack-up markets to independent oil and gas companies and government-owned oil companies. As of December 31, 2008, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. operated a fleet of 45 offshore rigs comprising 30 semisubmersibles, 14 jack-ups, and 1 drillship. Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Loews Corporation. The compnay also provides project management and other drilling-related services. Loews Corp. owns 50.4% of the company.

Saxon Energy Services is a land-based drilling and well-servicing contractor focusing on markets outside Canada and the US. Saxon Energy Services Inc. provides technology, equipment, and trained crews to oil and gas producers. Since Saxon Energy Services Inc. founding in 1995 it has pursued a strategy of acquisition to double its assets in South America. Saxon Energy Services Inc. acquired Ecuador-based subsidiary Perforec in 2001, and Saxon Energy Services Inc. entered Venezuela in 2005 with the acquisition of Justiss Drilling. In 2008 Saxon Energy Services was operating 58 drilling rigs in Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, the US, and Venezuela.

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