Lufkin Industries, Inc. and its subsidiaries manufacture and sell oil field pumping units and power transmission products. Lufkin Industries, Inc. operates through two segments, Oil Field and Power Transmission. The Oil Field segment manufactures and services artificial lift products, including artificial reciprocating rod lift equipment and related products. Lufkin Industries, Inc. also transports and repairs pumping units; and refurbishes used pumping units. In addition, this segment designs, manufactures, installs, and services computer control equipment and analytical services for artificial lift equipment, as well as operates an iron foundry to produce castings for new pumping units. Further, the Oil Field segment provides gas lift, plunger lift, and completion equipment. The Power Transmission segment designs, manufactures, and services speed increasing and reducing gearboxes for industrial applications. Lufkin Industries, Inc. also manufactures capital spares for customers in conjunction with the production of new gearboxes, as well as produces parts for after-market service. Lufkin Industries, Inc. operates in the United States, Europe, Canada, Latin America, the Middle East, and North Africa. Lufkin Industries was founded in 1902 and is based in Lufkin, Texas.

Mahalo was founded on the industry prediction that the declining availability of conventional natural gas creates a definite need for new and unconventional sources of gas. Based in Calgary, Alberta, Mahalo is already well-positioned as a junior front-runner in the unconventional sector. The Canadian petroleum and natural gas exploration company once owned properties in Alberta as well as in Oklahoma. Mahalo Energy's operations, in the development stage, were engaged in exploring both coal bed methane and shale gas projects. A difficult economic environment prompted the company to sell its Canadian assets in 2008, and in 2009 to place its US subsidiary (Mahalo USA) under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Wintershall is a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF, which is based in Ludwigshafen, and specializes in energy. Wintershall is active in various regions of the world in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas. In Europe the BASF subsidiary trades and sells natural gas. Wintershall Holding AG also markets storage capacities for oil and gas, transportation capacities for gas as well as optic fiber capacities. Wintershall has been active in the exploration and production of oil and gas for more than 75 years, and with its headquarters in Kassel, Wintershall Holding AG is now Germany’s largest producer of crude oil and natural gas. In its exploration and production activities, Wintershall deliberately focuses on selected core regions where the company possesses a wealth of regional and technological expertise. These regions include Europe, North Africa, South America as well as Russia and the Caspian Sea region. In addition, these operations are complemented by the Wintershall Holding AG growing exploration activities in the Arabian Gulf.

The TOTAL brand has been marketed in the UK since 1955 and was set up as Total Oil Great Britain Ltd (TOGB) originally formed as part of the French Total SA group. It quickly established itself as an innovative petrol retailer increasing its number of service stations at a rapid rate. When it comes to the UK petroleum refining and distribution industry, TOTAL UK does it all. The company is a subsidiary of French oil giant TOTAL S.A.. It provides gasoline to about 850 retail services stations in the UK (about 10% of the British retail market) and operates a petroleum refinery capable of producing more than 220,000 barrels of petroleum products per day. The company also has a lubricant blending plant, a bitumen plant, and has oil storage facilities located all across the UK. Through the AIR TOTAL brand name, TOTAL UK supplies aviation fuels to airports in Heathrow, Gatwick, and Stansted.

Pacific Energy Resources Ltd. (TSX: PFE) is a company headquartered in Long Beach, California and is engaged in the acquisition, exploitation, and development of oil and gas properties, primarily in the United States. Pacific Energy Resources Ltd. was formerly named Shamrock Resources. The company specialized in redeveloping mature oil and gas fields by using advanced production technology. Pacific Energy Resources had proved reserves of 50.4 million barrels of oil equivalent. In 2009 the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and subsequently sold all of its assets to creditors.

NOVATEK is a major player in the Russian natural gas market . OAO NOVATEK is the country's largest independent gas producer and second largest producer of natural gas (behind state-owned Gazprom). Established in 1994, NOVATEK explores for and processes natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons, boasting 4.7 billion barrels of oil equivalent reserves. OAO NOVATEK sells natural gas directly throughout the country. NOVATEK focuses its production on the prolific Yamal-Nenets region, the world's largest natural gas area. Power generation plants, metallurgical plants, and wholesale gas suppliers are among the company's main customers.

Fortune Oil sees success in oil and gas in its future. Through various subsidiaries and joint ventures, Fortune Oil PLC develops and operates projects that supply fuels to businesses and homes. Among its investments are a facility that delivers crude oil to one of Sinopec's largest refineries in China; an aviation refueling joint venture with BP and China National Aviation Fuel Company that supplies jet fuel to about 15 airports in central and southern China; a coal bed methane joint venture with the Shanxi provincial government; and a natural gas distribution business, sales of which rank in the top 10 of private-sector companies in China. Fortune Oil PLC is registered in England and Wales (number 2173279, main board symbol FTO) and is subject to UK Listing Rules and compliance regulations.

Dawson Geophysical Company provides onshore seismic data acquisition services in the United States. Dawson Geophysical Company acquires and processes two dimensional (2D), three dimensional (3D), and multi-component seismic data for oil and gas companies and independent oil and gas operators, as well as for providers of multi-client data libraries. Dawson Geophysical Company 2-D method involves the collection of seismic data in a linear fashion and generates a single plane of subsurface seismic data. Its 3-D method produces a volume of seismic data, which produces precise images of the earth's subsurface. As of September 30, 2008, Dawson Geophysical Company operated 16 seismic data acquisition crews in the lower 48 states of the United States and a seismic data processing center. Dawson Geophysical Company was founded in 1952. Dawson Geophysical Company is headquartered in Midland, Texas and has additional offices in Houston, Denver, Oklahoma City, and Michigan.

West Energy is an oil and natural gas exploration and production company with operations in western Canada. West Energy Ltd. has a large portfolio of drilling prospects in one of western Canada's most prolific light-oil plays, the Nisku area in Alberta. West Energy Ltd. produces more than 6,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, and in 2007 it reported that it had proved plus probable reserves of more than 7.3 million barrels of oil equivalent. In the latter half of the decade, West Energy acquired stakes in the Beaverhill Lake light oil play and the Warburg area of Alberta as well as the Montney gas play in British Columbia. At December 31, 2007, West’s land position of Pembina Nisku rights along the trend includes 81,056 gross (46,010 net) acres consisting of 12,000 gross (5,717 net) acres of developed land and 69,056 gross (40,293 net) acres of undeveloped land.

Panhandle Energy keeps a handle on the operations of natural gas pipeline companies for its parent Southern Union. The division is made up of Florida Gas Tranmission, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line , Sea Robin Pipeline, Southwest Gas Storage, Trunkline Gas, and Trunkline LNG. Panhandle Energy's more than 15,000 mile-long natural gas pipeline network extends from the Gulf of Mexico to the Midwest and Canada. These pipelines have a delivery capacity of 7.4 billion cu. ft. per day and 87 billion cu. ft. of underground storage. Trunkline LNG's import terminal in Louisiana has 9 billion cu. ft. of liquid storage facilities.

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