Oil and chemicals group OMV is Austria's largest industrial company. It explores for natural gas and crude oil, refines crude oil, and imports, transports, and stores gas. A leading oil and gas company in Central and Eastern Europe, OMV has proved reserves of 1.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent. OMV has a 20% retail market share in Central and Eastern Europe. The bulk of OMV's sales comes from refining and marketing. It produces about 320,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day and sells 13 billion cubic feet of gas annually. OMV's largest shareholders are Austrian state holding company �IAG (32%) and the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) of Abu Dhabi (18%).

Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada. Advantage Oil and Gas Ltd. is an intermediate oil and natural gas corporation with properties located in Western Canada. The Corporation's common shares trade on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges under the symbol AAV with its head office in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In 2008 the company reported about 547,912 net acres of undeveloped land, and proved and probable reserves of 174.8 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. It focuses on developing the Montney natural gas resource play located at Glacier, Alberta. The company was formerly known as Advantage Energy Income Fund and changed its name to Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd.

Continental Energy is a junior oil and gas exploration company with assets in Indonesia. Continental Energy has production-sharing contracts giving it exclusive petroleum exploration and production rights in two significant exploration concessions, the Bengara-II (with about 1.2 million acres) and the Yapen block. The exploration and production company also had a concession to develop the Bangkudulis Oil Field, but sold it in 2005. In 2007 Continental Energy set up a biofuels subsidiary, Continental Biofuels. Directors and officers own about 24% of the Continental Energy.

Quarles Petroleum, a Mid-Atlantic distributor and retailer of petroleum products. Quarles Petroleum distributes fuel oil, supplies propane, and owns and operates Quarles Fuel Network gas stations and fleet fueling sites in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US. Quarles Petroleum Incorporated operates more than 230 fueling sites in six states, as well as 12 Quarles Food Stores in Virginia. Through its Quarles Energy Services division, Quarles Petroleum Incorporated offers residential and commercial fuel delivery services, heating and air conditioning systems, and air purifier and humidifier installation.

GMX Resources Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.GMX Resources Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, and production of properties for the production of crude oil and natural gas in Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico. The company's drilling, development, and production activities primarily focus on the Cotton Valley Sands in the Sabine Uplift of the Carthage, North Field of Harrison and Panola counties of east Texas. As of December 31, 2008, GMX Resources Inc. had proved reserves of 464.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas equivalent and 236 net producing wells.

Enbridge Energy Management, bridging the gap over a complex structure of pipeline partnerships, manages and controls the business of Enbridge Energy Partners (formerly Lakehead Pipe Line Partners). The company's only asset is its 10% limited partner interest and 2% general partner interest in Enbridge Energy Partners, which owns the US part of North America's longest liquid petroleum pipeline (Lakehead System) and also has interests in natural gas gathering, treating, processing, and transmission operations in East Texas. Enbridge Energy Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enbridge Inc., holds a 17% stake in the company, and serves as the general partner of Enbridge Energy Partners.

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.

GCA is an international advisory firm focused on the provision of integrated technical and managerial services and independent advice to all sectors of the oil and gas industry. Gaffney, Cline & Associates provides technical, operational, management, and commercial consulting services to the global oil and gas industry. Gaffney, Cline & Associates Ltd. portfolio includes reservoir appraisal, advice about field development, and refining and marketing, as well as integrated technical and management services. Gaffney, Cline & Associates Ltd. also provides independent certifications of oil and gas reserves and expert witness services or arbitration services for projects that involve legal, technical, or contractual disputes. Gaffney, Cline & Associates Ltd. has offices throughout the world, and clients include global oil and gas companies, national oil companies, governments, and private investors. Executives Peter Gaffney and Ben Cline founded the firm in 1962.

Zion Oil and Gas is on a mission in Israel. As an oil and gas exploration company, Zion has exploration operations primarily on two onshore properties that cover about 162,000 acres between Tel-Aviv and Haifa. Zion Oil and Gas, Inc. operates through two licenses that were issued by the State of Israel, and it owns 100% of the working interest in both licenses. When Zion Oil and Gas, Inc. eventually discovers oil and gas, Zion has stated that it will focus its production operations on helping Israel become a more energy-independent country. Zion Oil and Gas, Inc., which was founded in 2000 by chairman John M. Brown, went public in 2007.

NWF (from its earlier name, North Western Farmers) wants to feed the family and fuel the farm. NWF Group plc provides agricultural and distribution services to customers in the UK through three divisions: Feeds (feed manufacturing and supply of farm products), Food distribution (storing and distributing groceries to supermarkets), Fuels (providing fuels to commercial and residential customers). Through NWF Group plc fuels division, which accounts for more than 60% of NWF's sales, NWF Group plc is the largest independent distributor of the Chevron gasoline in Europe. NWF Group plc also distributes ConocoPhillips and TOTAL products. NWF has 13 oil depots and more than 1,000 fuel bunkering sites across the UK.

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