Pinnacle Gas Resources' mission culminates in the development of US natural gas reserves. The company focuses on acquiring and developing coalbed methane (CBM) properties in the Rocky Mountain region. It owns natural gas and oil leasehold interests in 477,000 gross (332,000 net) acres, primarily in the Powder River Basin and Green River Basin in Wyoming and Montana. Pinnacle Gas Resources owns interests in 663 gross wells on its properties. In 2008 the company had proved reserves of 27.7 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent; that year Pinnacle Gas Resources drilled 117 gross (82 net) wells. A publicly traded corporation headquartered in Sheridan, Wyoming, Pinnacle Gas Resources, Inc. was formed in June of 2003 through a contribution of property by CCBM, Inc., a subsidiary of Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRZO), and Rocky Mountain Gas, Inc., a subsidiary of U.S. Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:USEG), and a capital contribution by Credit Suisse First Boston.

Martin Resource Management likes to push around petroleum products. Martin Resource Management, Inc. flagship operation, Martin Midstream Partners, offers transportation, storage, marketing, and logistics management services for petroleum products, including sulfur, sulfur derivatives, fuel oil, liquefied petroleum gas, asphalt and other bulk tank liquids, primarily in the southern US. Martin Resource also manufactures and markets fertilizer and other processed sulfur products. Through its Midstream Fuel Service subsidiary, Martin Resource Management, Inc. offers inland marine supply and offshore support services.

EDF Energy has the London Bridge and Big Ben wired. The company, formerly London Electricity Group, provides retail electric services to customers across the UK. EDF Energy trades energy on the wholesale market and has power generation assets (three power plants) that give it 4,900 MW of capacity. EDF Energy generates about 6% of the power generated in the UK. It operates regulated transmission and distribution assets that deliver electricity to 7.9 million homes and businesses in London and eastern and southeastern England, and it also provides gas supply and infrastructure construction services. EDF Energy is a subsidiary of French utility giant Electricity de France (EDF).

Pioneer Drilling Company was founded in 1968 and is based in San Antonio, Texas. Pioneer Drilling Company, formerly South Texas Drilling & Exploration, provides contract drilling services to oil and gas companies in Texas, and to a lesser degree in Oklahoma, the Rockies, and Colombia. Pioneer Drilling operates 70 land drilling rigs that can reach depths of 8,000-18,000 feet. In addition, Pioneer Drilling Company Pioneer Production Services Division provides workover rig services, wireline services, and fishing and rental services to US-based oil and gas producers. Pioneer Drilling Company focus is to operate in prolific oil and natural gas production regions in the United States and Latin America, positioning ourselves for maximum return to our shareholders.

Cal Dive International, Inc., a marine contracting company, provides manned diving, pipelay and pipe burial, platform installation, and platform salvage services to the offshore oil and natural gas industry. Cal Dive International, Inc. offers marine contracting services in support of the offshore oil and natural gas infrastructure throughout the production lifecycle, including services on production platforms, risers, subsea production systems, and pipelines. Cal Dive International, Inc. primarily operates in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf, the northeastern United States, Latin America, southeast Asia, China, Australia, the Middle East, India, and the Mediterranean. Cal Dive International provides its services to oil and natural gas producers, pipeline transmission companies, and offshore engineering and construction firms. As of December 31, 2009, Cal Dive International, Inc. owned and operated a fleet of 31 vessels, including 21 surface and saturation diving support vessels, 6 pipelay/pipebury barges, 1 pipebury barge, 1 combination derrick/pipelay barge, and 2 derrick barges. Cal Dive International, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

HOP Energy, LLC through its local branch operations provides fuel oil deliveries and heating and air conditioning service to homes and businesses from New England through the Mid-Atlantic. HOP Energy was formed in 1995 and has grown to become the premier leader of total energy services. Thousands of homes and businesses rely on us for their oil heating, commercial fuels, fleet fueling and heating and air conditioning equipment service needs. HOP Energy (formerly Heating Oil Partners) hops to it when it comes to serving about 150,000 commercial and residential customers in a six-state region from Boston to Philadelphia with heating oil, central air conditioning, commercial fuels, fleet fueling, and heating/air conditioning equipment services. The environmentally conscious company carefully maintains its own bulk storage fuel facilities. HOP Energy also conducts inspections and performs preventative maintenance on its customers' heating equipment to help improve fuel efficiency and reduce particulate emissions. HOP Energy, LLC is controlled by a private investment group led by Longroad Asset Management.

EGPI Firecreek Inc., is focused on oil and gas production with an emphasis on acquiring existing oil fields with proven reserves and upside potential. EGPI Firecreek, Inc. specializes in the rehabilitation of potentially high throughput oilfields, resource properties and inventories. EGPI Firecreek has refocused on US oil and gas activities. EGPI Firecreek, Inc. produces and sells oil and natural gas from wells in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, and Knox County, Texas. EGPI Firecreek, Inc. had a strategic alliance with Sahara Group, an oil and gas concern with expertise in Eastern Europe, North Africa, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine, but wound this down in 2008. In 2009 in a diversification move, EGPI Firecreek subsidiary Asian Ventures Corp. acquired M3 Lighting as EGPI Firecreek, Inc. expanded into light and traffic fixture manufacturing.

Ellora Energy was founded in 1995. Ellora Energy is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of low risk onshore domestic oil and gas properties. The firm owns properties in the Haynesville Play and other assets in East Texas (including adjacent property in western Louisiana), and in Kansas (the Hugoton field). Ellora Energy Inc. has built up a land base of 910,000 gross acres with about 1,060 identified drilling locations. In 2008 Ellora Energy reported that Ellora Energy Inc. was operating 426 gross (319 net) producing wells and controlled proved reserves of approximately 194 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Investment firm Yorktown Energy Partners owns about 64% of the company.

Over the past 40 years, GS Caltex, which aims to be a total energy service leader, has been pushing to not only perform in the petroleum and petrochemical businesses, but also to diversify its energy business, thus leading the energy industry. GS Caltex (formerly LG-Caltex) operates the world's largest plant producing benzene, which is used in in the production of unleaded gas. Korea's #2 oil refiner after SK Group, the company (jointly owned by GS Holdings and Chevron) has a refining capacity of 770,000 barrels of oil per day, and its aromatic plant can produce 2.8 million tons annually. It also operates 3,400 gas stations. GS Caltex operates a gas utility and is a major importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The company also has oil exploration, shipping, and electric power interests. GS Caltex was set up in 1967 as a joint venture of Lucky Ltd. (a predecessor of Korea's LG Group) and Caltex.

BP Marine has a presence in more than 50 countries and 300 ports globally, supplying customers with high quality fuels, technologically advanced lubricants and a wide range of innovative services. Committed to the environment, BP Marine is developing cleaner fuels, biodegradable lubricants and innovative emissions abatement technology and trading solutions. It is also currently rolling out a programme of upgrading infrastructure at its existing ports, further underlining its long term commitment to the maritime industry.

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