Forest Oil Corporation was founded in 1916 and is based in Denver, Colorado with additional offices in Houston, Texas; and Calgary and Alberta, Canada.Forest Oil Corporation engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of natural gas and liquids primarily in North America. Forest Oil Corporation principally sells natural gas on a month-to-month basis in the spot market under short-term contracts. As of December 31, 2008, its proved reserves were approximately 2,668 billion cubic feet equivalent.

Murphy Exploration & Production - USA, a subsidiary of integrated oil giant Murphy Oil, is engaged in deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, primarily in oil and gas fields located in the Gulf of Mexico. Murphy Exploration & Production Company also operates fields onshore in Louisiana. Murphy Exploration & Production - USA operates four major developments in the deepwater Gulf (Medusa, Habanero, Front Runner, and Thunder Hawk). Murphy Exploration & Production Company also has interests in a number of blocks on the continental shelf of the Gulf of Mexico. In 2007 its largest field (Medusa) reported proved reserves of 9 million barrels of oil and 11 billion cu. ft. of natural hgas.

Cequence Energy Ltd. is a junior oil and natural gas exploration and development company which was formed as part of the re-capitalization of Sabretooth Energy Ltd. in July 2009. Combining Cequence’s solid balance sheet and strong technical expertise in the Peace River Arch and Deep Basin areas of Alberta, Cequence Energy Ltd. is uniquely positioned to grow through both acquisitions and the drill bit. Cequence’s disciplined approach to controlling costs and making strategic acquisitions will provide the resources for production, reserve and cash flow growth per share with significant upside potential. Focusing on the Peace River Arch oil and gas patch in Alberta and British Columbia, the company greatly expanded its operations in 2007 through the acquisition of Bear Ridge Resources, which explored for and produced oil and gas in Central Alberta and Southeast Saskatchewan. Cequence Energy produces about 3,380 barrels of oil per day from its operations in western Canada. Cequence Energy Ltd. has proved and possible reserves of about 8.3 million barrels of oil equivalent. In 2009 Cequence Energy Ltd. recapitalized, brought in a new management team and changed its corporate name.

Sparrows Offshore is a unit of Energy Cranes International, the world's largest crane management and engineering services contractor to the offshore oil and gas industry. In 1973, Sparrows became the first contractor to send specialist crane operators and maintainers to work in the UK’s fledgling North Sea oil and gas industry. Sparrows offers offshore platform crane operation, maintenance, and management services. Sparrows Offshore Services Limited operates primarily in the North Sea, although it has bases in the Middle East, the Caspian Sea, Australasia, and West Africa. Since 2005, further offshore crane service and engineering centres have been established in Indonesia, Brazil, Angola, the Netherlands, India and Singapore. In 2008 Sparrows Offshore Services Limited established a regional headquarters and engineering center in Singapore to serve the growing Asian market.

Pavilion Energy Resources, Inc. (PVRE) is an emerging, energy development company focused on developing large-scale, wind power projects in the US and abroad. In 2007, Pavilion Energy Resources, Inc. acquired Energetics, a Texas-based oil and gas development company that holds an oil lease in Louisiana. In conjunction with the deal, executives from Energetics took over at Global Business Services, which then changed its name to Energetics Holdings. The next year, Pavilion Energy Resources, Inc. again changed its name and the two groups rescinded the 2007 agreement to sell the company. Pavilion Energy Resources also holds oil and gas assets in Tennessee and Kentucky.

Sharon Energy Ltd. holds a 25% working interest in the Hound Dog Dickson well of the Wilcox gas zone. The junior oil and gas company has natural gas exploration programs in Texas in the US, and in Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada. Sharon Energy Ltd. produces more than 300 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Operations in Alberta include participation in gas discoveries, including interests in gas wells in the Harmattan field. Sharon Energy has total net proved plus probable reserves of nearly 1.5 million barrels of oil equivalent. To raise cash, In 2009 Sharon Energy Ltd. sold subsidiary Sharon Resources to Houston-based Magnum Hunter Resources.

Blast Energy Services, Inc. operates as a technology company in the energy sector. Blast Energy Services, Inc. primarily provides applied fluid jetting services to stimulate production and increase reservoir recoveries on behalf of oil and gas operators primarily in North America. Blast Energy Services, Inc. also offers satellite communication services to energy companies and allows them to remotely monitor and control well head, pipeline, drilling, and other oil and gas operations through broadband data and voice services transmitted from remote operations where terrestrial or cellular communication networks do not exist. Blast Energy Services, Inc. was formerly known as Verdisys, Inc. and changed its name to Blast Energy Services, Inc. in June 2005 to reflect its focus on the energy services business. Blast Energy Services, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Allis-Chalmers Energy provides drilling and oil field services to oil and gas exploration companies operating primarily in the western and southern US. It operates in three segments: Drilling and Completion; Oilfield Services (underbalanced drilling, directional drilling, tubular services, and production services); and Rental Services. Its Strata Directional Technology subsidiary offers drilling services to clients in Texas and Louisiana. Through its AirComp unit, Allis-Chalmers operates a fleet of 260 compressors, as well as a portfolio of full-time directional drillers, measurement-while-drilling tools, and downhole motors used for well production enhancement and completion. Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc. was founded in 1913 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Approach Resources takes a different approach to natural gas and oil exploration, development, and production. Specializing in finding and exploiting unconventional reservoirs, Approach Resources Inc. operates primarily in West Texas' Ozona Northeast field. Approach Resources Inc. also has operations in western Kentucky, and northern New Mexico. The company's unconventional designation results from a focus on developing natural gas reserves in tight gas sands and shale areas, necessitating a reliance on advanced completion, fracturing and drilling techniques. In 2008 Approach Resources reported proved reserves of 193.7 billion cu. ft. of oil equivalent, with a reserve life index of about 19 years. Yorktown Energy Partners controls the company.

CARBO Ceramics Inc. manufactures and supplies ceramic proppants primarily used in the hydraulic fracturing of natural gas and oil wells in the United States and internationally. CARBO Ceramics Inc. offers five ceramic proppants, including CARBOHSP and CARBOPROP designed for use in deep gas wells; CARBOLITE used in medium depth oil and gas wells; CARBOECONOPROP, a lightweight ceramic proppants; and CARBOHYDROPROP used to improve performance in slickwater fracture treatments. CARBO Ceramics Inc. also sells fracture simulation software, as well as provides fracture design, engineering, and consulting services to oil and natural gas companies. In addition, CARBO Ceramics Inc. provides a range of technologies for spill prevention, containment, and geotechnical monitoring, as well as offers monitoring systems and services for bridges, buildings, tunnels, dams, slopes, embankments, volcanoes, landslides, mines, and construction projects primarily serving various spectrum of customers in auto racing teams to surveyors, experimental physicists, radio astronomers, and naval architects markets. It sells its products and services to operators of oil and natural gas wells and oilfield service companies. CARBO Ceramics Inc. was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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