Strata Oil & Gas is a publicly-traded company leading the field in the exploration and development of bitumen from carbonates in Alberta. Formerly a provider of knowledge worker automation software used to manage relationships, organize time allocations, and synchronize data, Strata Oil & Gas Inc. has sold its software assets and shifted its focus to exploration and development of oil sands and heavy oil in Canada. Strata has is focusing on carbonate-hosted bitumen deposits in the Peace River area of Alberta. Strata Oil & Gas Inc. total land holdings consist of approximately 112,692 acres with 111,692 acres (165 sections) located in the Peace River area. In 2007 Strata Oil & Gas Inc. announced a major bitumen discovery.

TerraVest Income Fund (formerly Laniuk Industries) holds six companies close to its vest. TerraVest Income Fund invests in RJV Gas Field Services and Ezee-On Manufacturing. RJV supplies wellhead processing equipment to some of Western Canada's biggest natural gas producers. Ezee-On manufactures agricultural equipment, including cultivators, front-end loaders for grain farms and livestock operations, and seeder carts. TerraVest also has investments in furniture maker Stylus, well servicing company Diamond Energy Services (with about 25 rigs), and home textile products manufacturer Beco Industries. In addition, TerraVest Income Fund has invested in sheet metal and venting products manufacturer Don Park.

Cudd Pumping Services, a division of Cudd Energy Services (a subsidiary of RPC), provides well control and stimulation services and equipment to customers in the oil and gas industry. Other services include coiled tubing, snubbing, wireline, nitrogen, and marine services. Cudd Pumping Services designs specific treatments for treating wells using pretreatment fluid testing to maximize compatibility, stability, and cost effectiveness. Cudd Pumping Services provides acidizing and fracturing products and other pumping and oilfield equipment. Cudd Pumping Services has offices in Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Apache Corporation was founded in 1954 and is based in Houston, Texas.Apache Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids. Apache Corporation has exploration and production interests in the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf Coast, east Texas, the Permian basin, the Anadarko basin, and the Western Sedimentary basin of Canada; and onshore Egypt, offshore Western Australia, offshore the United Kingdom in the North Sea, and onshore Argentina, as well as on the Chilean side of the island of Tierra del Fuego. Apache Corporation sells its natural gas to local distribution companies, utilities, end-users, integrated oil and gas companies, and marketers; and crude oil to integrated oil companies, purchasers, transporters, and refiners. As of December 31, 2008, it had total estimated proved reserves of 1,081 million barrels of crude oil, condensate, and natural gas liquids, as well as 7.9 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

Marquard & Bahls has been successfully operating in the international oil and energy business for more than 60 years. Marquard & Bahls AG key services include oil trading, tank-terminal storage, aviation fuelling and renewable energies. Marquard & Bahls AG have made a name in the sectors contracting, gas supply and petroleum analysis as well. Mabanaft provides independent oil trading in Northwestern Europe, while the company's Oiltanking GmbH unit is the second largest commercial operator of tank terminals worldwide storing petroleum products, liquid chemicals, and gases. Marquard & Bahls also has interests in aviation fueling (Skytanking) and renewable energy (GEE Energy) in addition to offering quality management and analysis services for clients in the oil trading and tank terminal business.

NuVista Energy is the new view of Bonavista Petroleum, which reorganized in 2003 to form an income trust company (Bonavista Energy Trust) and an oil and natural gas exploration company. NuVista focuses on oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production in east-central Alberta and west-central Saskatchewan. Operating in the Oyen, Provost, and Pembina areas, NuVista Energy Ltd. has proved plus probable reserves of 82.2 million barrels of oil equivalent. The group's strategy is to concentrate on its core natural gas-prone areas, drilling medium-risk prospects, and to invest 10% of its capital on higher-risk properties. In 2009 NuVista Energy Ltd. acquired assets in British Columbia and Northwest Alberta for $174 million.

Meridian Resource Corporation was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Meridian Resource knows it takes longitude and latitude to locate oil and gas reserves, and Meridian Resource Corporation uses 3-D seismic technology to improve its success rate. The exploration and development company has operations on the Gulf Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as in Oklahoma and Kentucky; Meridian Resource Corporation has proved reserves of 90 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Meridian Resource Corporation has stakes in 360,000 gross leasehold acres. Meridian Resource is focusing its exploration and production activities on the Thornwell and Biloxi Marshlands areas, in addition to the development of the Weeks Island field properties. Meridian Resource Corporation has acccess to about 8,600 sq. miles of 3-D seismic data.

Colorado Interstate Gas knows that there is no fuel like an old fuel -- natural gas. Founded in 1927, the company, a subsidiary of El Paso Corp., transports natural gas from fields in the Rocky Mountains and the Anadarko Basin to customers in the Rocky Mountains, Midwest, Southwest, Pacific Northwest, and California. All told, Colorado Interstate Gas has some 4,000 miles of pipeline that can carry more than 3 billion cu. ft. per day. It has storage facilities in Colorado and Kansas. It also has a 50% stake in WYCO Development LLC, a joint venture with an affiliate of Xcel Energy, which owns and operates an intrastate gas pipeline.

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.

LG Group founder In Hwoi,Koo set LG history in motion with the establishment of the Lak Hui Chemical Industrial Corp. in 1947.In 1952, Lak Hui (currently LG Chem) became the first Korean company to enter the plastics industry. As the company expanded its plastics business, LG Group established Goldstar Co., Ltd., (currently LG Electronics Inc.) in 1958. In 1959, Goldstar produced Korea's first radio, opening a new era for the nation's electronics industry. In the early 1950s, LG had already established the foundation for its two major sectors-the chemical and electronics businesses-thereby leading the development of Korea's industries. LG has adopted new visions for the 21st century. Its new visions are to develop a corporation where employees reach their full potential, shareholders maximize their value, and consumers are satisfied and touched emotionally.

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