Rio Vista Energy Partners was founded in 2003 and is based in Brownsville, Texas. Rio Vista Energy Partners has moved from the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) industry to the more traditional one of oil and gas exploration. Rio Vista Energy Partners L.P. was formed in 2003 to hold the LPG distribution, transportation, and marketing assets owned by its former parent Penn Octane. Rio Vista Energy Partners L.P. sold those assets (primarily a terminal facility in Brownsville, Texas and related properties) to TransMontaigne) in 2006. Former consultant James Richter controls 24% of the company. Penn Octane retains control over the General Partner, which is responsible for the management of Rio Vista.

Oil Refineries Ltd.. (ORL), located in the bay area of Haifa, (ORL), located in the bay area of Haifa, is Israel's largest Oil refinery. is Israel's largest Oil refinery. Using its sophisticated and state-of-the-art industrial facilities, Using its Sophisticated and state-of-the-art industrial facilities, ORL is capable of refining approximately 9 million tons of crude oil per year providing a variety of products used ORL is capable of refining approximately 9 million tons of crude oil per year providing a variety of products used in industrial operation, transportation, private consumption, agriculture and infrastructures. in industrial operation, transportation, private consumption, agriculture and Infrastructures. With the refining business representing 90% of the Company's total activities, ORL produces refined products with a high added value by using complex refinery facilities ORL produces refined products with a high added value by using complex refinery facilities and at 7.4 on the Nelson Complexity Index, among the highest in the East Mediterranean region. and at 7.4 on the Nelson Complexity Index, among the highest in the East Mediterranean region. The Company has a maximum crude oil refining capacity of approximately The Company has a maximum crude oil refining capacity of approximately 24,800 tons per day (180,000 barrels per day). 24,800 tons per day (180,000 barrels per day). Over 75% of the Company's produce goes to local consumption, while the balance is exported, Over 75% of the Company's produce goes to local consumption, while the balance is exported, primarily to the Mediterranean basin. primarily to the Mediterranean basin.The company is active in the area of Polymers and Aromatics through its Wholly-owned subsidiaries - Caramel Olefins Ltd.. and Gadiv Petrochemical Industries Ltd. and Gadiv Petrochemical Industries Ltd.. Oil Refineries is traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the ticker ORL. Oil Refineries is traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the ticker ORL.

Continental Resources, Inc. was founded in 1967 and is based in Enid, Oklahoma.Continental Resources, Inc. engages in the exploration, exploitation, and production of oil and natural gas properties primarily in the Rocky Mountain, Mid-Continent, and Gulf Coast regions of the United States. Continental Resources, Inc. primarily sells its oil and natural gas production to end users, as well as to midstream marketing companies or oil refining companies at the lease. As of December 31, 2008, Continental Resources, Inc. estimated proved reserves were 159.3 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBoe), with estimated proved developed reserves of 106.0 MMBoe. Continental Resources owned 1,114,445 net undeveloped and 399,825 net developed acres, as well as had interests in 2,192 wells and operated 1,657 of these wells.

Hiland Partners is looking for the higher ground of increased profits. Hiland Partners, LP was formed through the combination of Hiland Partners LLC and Continental Gas, a former subsidiary of Continental Resources. Hiland provides natural gas gathering and processing services to customers in the Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain regions of the US through 14 gas gathering systems with 2,024 miles of pipeline, five natural gas processing plants, seven natural gas treating facilities, and three NGL fractionation plants. Hiland Partners, LP also provides air compression and water injection services for oil and gas recovery operations in North Dakota. Chairman Harold Hamm owns 61% of the company, but has made a bid for total ownership.

Petróleos de Venezuela S.A., the state-owned corporation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is responsible for the efficient, profitable, and dependable exploration, production, refining, transport and commerce of hydrocarbons. This company is deeply committed to environmental protection and its main objectives are to foster the harmonic development of the country, to guarantee sovereignty of national resources, to increase endogenous development and to serve and benefit the Venezuelan people, who correspond to their share of the country’s national wealth. The Venezuelan State is PDVSA’s sole stockholder under the provisions of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and represents the economic and political sovereignty exerted by the Venezuelan people over oil, their major energy resource.

C & C provides a wide range of survey and mapping services for the land and offshore oil and gas industry, the telecommunications industry and the U.S. government. The company has divisions including Land and Transition Zone Survey Division, the Marine Construction Survey Division, the Geophysical and Geoscience Division, the Geotechnical Division and the Worldwide DGPS Services Division. C & C’s operational divisions are sustained by several in-house support functions including a database department, a systems development department, an information technology department, an electronics department, a mechanical fabrication department, as well as an HSE and QA department.

Gale Force Petroleum prefers oil fractures to computer fractals. Founded in 1996 as Rolland Virtual Business Systems, Gale Force Petroleum Inc. shifted its focus to oil and gas in 2006 and renamed itself Rolland Energy. In 2008 the company changed names to Gale Force Petroleum. That year Gale Force Petroleum Inc. acquired Kentucky Shale Gas Property, consisting of 22,000 acres of oil and gas leases, nine gas wells, and five miles of gathering lines, including compressors. Gale Force Petroleum Inc. also holds stakes in a number of producing wells in Manitoba. Facing a tough market the company filed for bankruptcy protection in early 2009. That April its restructuring proposal won court approval, but a failed property acquisition forced to it to postpone the plan in July.

PetroKazakhstan Inc. was founded in Canada in 1986 as Hurricane Hydrocarbons Ltd. The integrated oil and gas company, a joint China and Kazakhstan venture, produced some 54.5 million tons of oil in 2007. PetroKazakhstan Inc. primary assets are the Shymkent refinery, the Kumkol oil field, and 50% stakes in the Kazgermunai and Turgai Petroleum joint ventures). The group also owns a fleet of more than 4,000 railcars. PetroChina, a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), owns two-thirds of PetroKazakhstan. Kazakhstan's KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (KMGEP) owns the remaining balance of shares. PetroKazakhstan’s business represents an integrated process chain covering activities from exploration and production of oil up to its processing into top-quality oil products and a developed marketing and transportation system.

The Crusader Energy Group was, formerly known as Westside Energy, specializes in horizontal drilling techniques and explores and develops oil and gas properties in the US. Crusader Energy Group LLC concentrates its efforts on the prolific Barnett Shale, the Anadarko Basin, and the Bakken Shale formation in the Williston Basin. Long a dormant company, Crusader Energy Group LLC was reactivated in 2004 as Westside Energy with the intention of developing oil and gas properties as well as looking for acquisitions. In 2008, that company combined with Crusader Energy Group and took on that name. In early 2010 Anadarko Basin explorer Jones Energy acquired Crusader Energy.

Bonavista Energy Trust is a Calgary-based oil and gas royalty trust created through the reorganization of Bonavista Petroleum Ltd. in July 2003. The exploration and production company focuses on four core areas in Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan. In 2008 Bonavista Energy Trust reported it had about 1.2 million net acres of undeveloped land, the bulk of which is in Alberta. Bonavista also has proved reserves of 142.2 million barrels of oil equivalent and has identified some 700 quality drilling prospects. Bonavista Energy Trust has a balanced production of 52,500 barrels of oil equivalent per day -- 55% natural gas, 34% light oil, and 11% heavy oil. In 2009 Bonavista Energy Trust built up its asset base, acquiring properties in central Alberta area for about $698 million.

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