No, Cosmo Oil is no relation to former Cosmo publisher Helen Gurley Brown. The company is one of Japan's top oil refiners and a major petroleum distributor. Cosmo Oil has four refineries; it markets its products through a network of more than 4,120 gas stations. The company imports crude oil from the Middle East and has affiliates in Singapore, the UK, and the US. Cosmo Oil is streamlining operations; it is pruning back its chain of service stations, and it has formed a refining and distribution joint venture with Nippon Oil that controls 40% of Japan's oil refining market. In 2008 Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment Company acquired 20% of the company and became its top shareholder.

Mahalo was founded on the industry prediction that the declining availability of conventional natural gas creates a definite need for new and unconventional sources of gas. Based in Calgary, Alberta, Mahalo is already well-positioned as a junior front-runner in the unconventional sector. The Canadian petroleum and natural gas exploration company once owned properties in Alberta as well as in Oklahoma. Mahalo Energy's operations, in the development stage, were engaged in exploring both coal bed methane and shale gas projects. A difficult economic environment prompted the company to sell its Canadian assets in 2008, and in 2009 to place its US subsidiary (Mahalo USA) under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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 The next year, Pavilion Energy Resources, Inc. again changed its name and the two groups rescinded the 2007 agreement to sell the company.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.

Crimson Exploration, Inc. was founded in 1987 and is based in Houston, Texas.Crimson Exploration, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, development, exploitation, and exploration of oil and natural gas properties, primarily in the onshore U.S. Gulf Coast and South Texas regions. Crimson Exploration, Inc. also has operations and prospective acreage in the Denver Julesburg Basin of Colorado; and owns acreage positions in the Haynesville Shale play in East Texas. As of December 31, 2008, it had a total of 358 gross oil and natural gas productive wells, as well as estimated proved reserves of approximately 131.9 billion cubic feet of natural gas equivalent. Crimson Exploration, Inc. was formerly known as GulfWest Energy, Inc. and changed its name to Crimson Exploration, Inc. in May 2005.

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.

LUKOIL is one of the world’s leading vertically integrated oil & gas companies. Main activities of the Company are exploration and production of oil & gas, production of petroleum products and petrochemicals, and marketing of these outputs. Most of the Company's exploration and production activity is located in Russia, and its main resource base is in Western Siberia. LUKOIL owns modern refineries, gas processing and petrochemical plants located in Russia, Eastern and Western Europe, near-abroad countries. Most of the Company's production is sold on the international market. LUKOIL petroleum products are sold in Russia, Eastern and Western Europe, near-abroad countries and the USA. LUKOIL is the second largest private oil Company worldwide by proven hydrocarbon reserves. The Company has around 1.1% of global oil reserves and 2.3% of global oil production. LUKOIL dominates the Russian energy sector, with 18% of total Russian oil production and 19% of total Russian oil refining.

OPTI Canada is doing its best to optimize the value of Canadian oil sands. OPTI Canada Inc. uses its OrCrude technology to upgrade bitumen without natural gas, providing a more cost-efficient method of processing. Combined with other processes, the technology is expected to produce high-quality synthetic crude from oil sands. OPTI Canada is in a joint venture with energy company Nexen to develop the Long Lake Project in the Athabasca oil sands area of Alberta. The project is the first to integrate in-situ bitumen recovery with on-site upgrading. OPTI Canada owns about 1.5 billion barrels of synthetic crude (primarily premium sweet crude having a low-sulfur content) expected to be produced annually by the project.

C-Tech Oilwell Technologies Inc. is an innovative oil field technology development, sales and services company dedicated to developing coiled rod technology, products and bringing them to the market. C-Tech has been owned by Dover Corporation (NYSE: DOV) since June 2005. C-Tech operates under the Energy Products Group of the Fluid Management market segment of Dover. Through subsidiaries C-Tech provides customers with oil and gas field equipment and services. C-Tech Oilwell Technologies Inc. Pro-Rod subsidiary manufactures coiled rods, rod handling systems, and tubing. Its C-Tech Design and Manufacturing unit makes coiled tubing units and fabricates steel products, including shipping saddles, oil field boilers, and drilling rig modules. C-Tech also provides rig rebuilding, fabrication, and engineering services. Dover Corporation acquired C-Tech in 2005.

Petro Holdings, Inc. is a leading retail distributor of home heating oil in the US and sells provides more than 351 million gallons of heating oil a year to approximately 402,000 customers and propane to 7,000 customers in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Virginia. A unit of Star Gas Partners' Star/Petro subsidiary, Petro Holdings also sells home heating oil, gasoline, and diesel to some 28,000 customers on a delivery-only basis. Other activities include HVAC equipment repair, and home security and plumbing services to 11,000 customers.

Alon USA Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the refining and marketing of petroleum products primarily in the south central, southwestern, and western regions of the United States. The company operates in three segments: Refining and Unbranded Marketing, Asphalt, and Retail and Branded Marketing. The Refining and Unbranded Marketing segment refines crude oil into petroleum products, including gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, motor fuel, petrochemicals, feedstocks, and asphalts in its sour and heavy crude oil refineries in Big Spring, Texas, and Paramount and Long Beach in California; and light sweet crude oil refinery in Krotz Springs, Louisiana. The Asphalt segment markets paving and roofing grades of asphalt, including performance-graded asphalts, emulsions, and cutbacks through its 12 refinery/terminal locations in Big Spring, Texas; Paramount, Long Beach, Elk Grove, Bakersfield, and Mojave, California; Willbridge, Oregon; Richmond Beach, Washington; Phoenix, Flagstaff, and Fredonia, Arizona; and Fernley, Nevada. This segment also owns a 50% interest in Wright Asphalt Products Company, LLC, which specializes in patented tire rubber modified asphalt products. The Retail and Branded Marketing segment operates convenience stores that offer various grades of gasoline, diesel fuels, general merchandise, and food and beverage products to the general public, primarily under the 7-Eleven and FINA brand names. It also licenses the use of the FINA brand name and provides credit card processing services to approximately 240 licensed locations. As of December 31, 2008, this segment operated 306 convenience stores primarily in central and west Texas, and New Mexico. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Dallas, Texas. Alon USA Energy, Inc. is a subsidiary of Alon Israel Oil Company, Ltd.

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