TGC Industries, Inc. provides geophysical services for clients in the oil and gas industry in the continental United States and Canada. TGC Industries, Inc. conducts Three-D surveys and offers seismic data acquisition services primarily to domestic onshore oil and natural gas exploration and development companies for use in the onshore drilling and production of oil and natural gas. TGC Industries, Inc. also owns a data bank that contains gravity data and magnetic data, from oil and natural gas producing areas located in the United States. As of December 31, 2009, TGC Industries operated 11 seismic crews, which supplied seismic data to companies engaged in the domestic exploration and development of oil and natural gas on land and in land-to-water transition areas. The company was formerly known as Tidelands Geophysical Co., Inc. and changed its name to TGC Industries, Inc. in July 1986. TGC Industries, Inc. was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.

Arawak Energy reserves its energy for former Soviet Union countries. An oil and gas exploration and production company, Arawak's assets include six properties in the Pre-Caspian Basin in western Kazakhstan, as well as four properties in the Komi Republic in Russia. Arawak Energy Ltd. also has exploration operations on properties in Azerbaijan. In 2008 the company's total proved and probable reserves were 61.8 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe); that same year, its total production topped 4 million boe, most of which was produced by its operations in Kazakhstan. Formerly a publicly-owned company, Arawak was acquired by a subsidiary of Vitol Group in 2009.

Fairborne Energy (formerly Fairborne Energy Trust) holds oil and gas investments in Western Canada. Fairborne Energy Ltd. has oil assets in central Alberta and gas properties in west-central Alberta. In 2005 Fairborne Energy Ltd. was converted to Fairborne Energy Trust and a junior exploration company, Fairquest Limited. Fairborne Energy Ltd. owns more than 229,930 net acres of undeveloped land and has proved and probable reserves of 50.7 million barrels of oil equivalent. In 2004 Fairborne Energy acquired land assets from BP Canada and exploration and production company Case Resources. In 2007 the trust acquired total control of Fairquest and became Fairborne Energy.

Transneft operates one of the largest networks of oil pipelines in the world. The company moves crude oil through more than 30,000 miles of pipeline stretching across Eastern Europe and Asia. After the breakup of the Soviet Union, the government agency that controlled the Russian oil industry and the pipeline system (Glavtransneft) reorganized and in 1991 formed the joint-stock company Transneft. Transneft operates a transportation network consisting of more than 30,000 miles of pipeline, about 390 oil refilling (pump) stations, and more than 830 reservoirs capable of storing more than 15 million cu. meters of petroleum products. The company transports about 93% of the oil produced in Russia.

Farstad Oil, Inc. is a company that provides multi-state supply and distribution of refined petroleum products, including gasoline, distillates, propane and lubricating oils. Farstad Oil, Inc. has seen significant growth since its origins nearly 70 years ago. Farstad Oil makes sure that gas stations, lube shops, and propane dealers are well stocked for those living through the cold winters in the Upper Midwest and West. Farstad Oil is a regional wholesale petroleum products distributor, serving customers in North Dakota, Montana, Minnesota, and Wyoming. Farstad Oil, Inc., a subsidiary of holding company SPF Energy, wholesales about 250 million gallons of gas and fuel, 20 million gallons of propane, and 2.5 million gallons of lubricants each year. Farstad Oil, Inc. Minot operation is the largest lubricant plant in the region.

The Chinese petroleum handled by this company is in the other China, Taiwan. CPC (formerly Chinese Petroleum Corporation) is engaged in the exploration, production, refining, storage, transportation, and the sale of oil and oil products in Taiwan. To supplement oil supply to hydrocarbon-poor Taiwan, the state-owned monopoly has stakes in oil and gas exploration ventures in Australia, Chad, Ecuador, Kenya, Indonesia, Libya, the US, and Venezuela. Its refineries produce natural gas, kerosene, fuel oil, ethylene, propylene, and other refined products. CPC owns and operates more than 2,030 gas stations, as well as boat and aviation refueling stations. The Taiwanese government has CPC on track for privatization.

Sterling Energy plc was formed in October 2002 by the reversal of Sterling Energy Limited into Lepco plc, following which it was renamed Sterling Energy PLC. Oil and natural gas exploration and production company Sterling Energy is looking for sterling results from its operations in Africa (Cameroon, Gabon, Madagascar, and Mauritania) and the Middle East (Kurdistan). Sterling Energy has proved and probable reserves of more than 21.3 million barrels of oil equivalent. In 2009 Sterling Energy plc sold its interests in several producing gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico (where it also served as the operator for most of its projects) for $90 million, in order to focus on new opportunities on the African continent.

Trivello Ventures has its adventures in petroleum. The oil and gas exploration company focuses on resources in Western Canada where it explores for and develops oil and gas in Alberta. Trivello Energy Corp. has wells in multiple areas in Alberta. Trivello's five wells produce about 50 barrels of oil per day; the Lucy project, in which it has a 10% interest, is not producing yet. In early 2010, hoping to lessen its dependence on the then-troubled natural gas business, it branched out into precious metals, acquiring two gold properties in the Northwest Territories. Trivello Energy Corp. was formed in 1994.

Crystal Flash Energy, one of Michigan's largest energy-related products suppliers, delivers heating oil, propane, and other energy options to its 45,000 rural customers. Crystal Flash Energy's fleet of 125 trucks deliver propane and heating oil to thousands of homes, and gasoline and diesel fuel to trucking companies, construction firms, and farms. Crystal Flash Energy manage fuel supplies for homes, businesses and farms. Crystal Flash Energy also provide a number of environmental services and products to business. On the alternative energy side, it operates and sells electricity generated by wind-powered turbines. Crystal Flash Energy recycles used motor oil, oil filters, and antifreeze.

InterOil Corporation is developing an Integrated Oil and Gas Company in Papua New Guinea. The Company has positioned itself to own assets through the entire value chain - from the well-head to retail. InterOil has also positioned itself through a joint venture holding company to develop a LNG project in Papua New Guinea. The joint venture company is targeting 2015 for the delivery of 'first gas'. Getting into oil is a slippery business, but one embraced by InterOil Corporation, which is focused on developing an integrated energy business in Papua New Guinea and the surrounding region. In addition to operating a 36,000 barrel-per-day refinery and retail assets, InterOil has begun an extensive exploration program on its 4.6 million net acre property in Papua New Guinea, northwest of Port Moresby. Most of the refined products from InterOil's refinery are secured by contracts with Royal Dutch Shell and InterOil's subsidiary, InterOil Products Limited. InterOil secures crude oil supply for its refinery though a contract with BP Singapore.

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