Arawak Energy reserves its energy for former Soviet Union countries. An oil and gas exploration and production company, Arawak's assets include six properties in the Pre-Caspian Basin in western Kazakhstan, as well as four properties in the Komi Republic in Russia. Arawak Energy Ltd. also has exploration operations on properties in Azerbaijan. In 2008 the company's total proved and probable reserves were 61.8 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe); that same year, its total production topped 4 million boe, most of which was produced by its operations in Kazakhstan. Formerly a publicly-owned company, Arawak was acquired by a subsidiary of Vitol Group in 2009.

Although it may sound odd, but it's the pipe dreams of oil and gas exploration and production businesses that keep this company going. British Pipeline Agency manages onshore pipelines and oil and gas storage systems that transport refined petroleum products and natural gas to customers in the UK. IT also provides oil and gas support services including engineering, technical consulting, and oil and gas transport operations. The company, founded in 1969, is a joint venture between BP and Royal Dutch Shell. It has partial ownership of the Buncefield oil storage site, which experienced a massive fire in 2005.

The Company, headquartered in El Dorado, Arkansas, was originally incorporated in Louisiana in 1950 as Murphy Corporation. It was reincorporated in Delaware in 1964, at which time it adopted the name Murphy Oil Corporation. But, the Company's roots go back to a lumber and banking business in South Arkansas and, more directly, to 1907, when the first oil production was established in the Caddo Field in North Louisiana. Thereafter, oil and gas were important phases of the business. Until the mid 1930's however, oil and gas remained subordinate to timber operations and banking. Today, Murphy Oil Corporation is a worldwide oil and gas exploration and production company with refining and marketing operations in the United States and the United Kingdom. The Company's farm, timber and real estate subsidiary was spun-off to shareholders in 1996 and is now known as Deltic Timber Corporation.

Northern Natural Gas (NNG) keeps the pipes gassed up. The company operates 15,140 miles of pipeline stretching from the Permian Basin in Texas to the Great Lakes in the Midwest. It also provides transportation and storage services (five natural gas storage facilities) to some 75 utilities and a variety of other customers in the Upper Midwest. NNG has a 5.3 billion cu. ft. per day market area peak capacity. Dynegy took over NNG in 2002 from the pipeline unit's former parent, bankrupt energy giant Enron. The deal was part of Dynegy's proposed acquisition of Enron, which was called off. To strengthen its own balance sheet, Dynegy sold NNG to MidAmerican Energy Holdings later that year.

Spectrum ASA provides surveys, 2D and 3D seismic data processing, and electronic data management services for oil and gas exploration and production customers worldwide. Spectrum ASA provides information technology consultancy, network design, and system installation services, and has regional centers in Houston, London, Oslo, and Singapore. Spectrum ASA has also developed software that enables vintage seismic data to be loaded onto a workstation for interpretation. UK-based Spectrum Energy and Information Technology was founded in 1985. Spectrum ASA merged with Norway's Global Geo Services to form GGS-Spectrum Limited in 2005. Spectrum was spun out in 2008.

Fortune Oil sees success in oil and gas in its future. Through various subsidiaries and joint ventures, Fortune Oil PLC develops and operates projects that supply fuels to businesses and homes. Among its investments are a facility that delivers crude oil to one of Sinopec's largest refineries in China; an aviation refueling joint venture with BP and China National Aviation Fuel Company that supplies jet fuel to about 15 airports in central and southern China; a coal bed methane joint venture with the Shanxi provincial government; and a natural gas distribution business, sales of which rank in the top 10 of private-sector companies in China. Fortune Oil PLC is registered in England and Wales (number 2173279, main board symbol FTO) and is subject to UK Listing Rules and compliance regulations.

Cudd Energy Services began operations in 1977 uder the name Cudd Pressure Control, Inc. in Woodward, Oklahoma with eight employees and a hydraulic snubbing unit. The level of activity was high in Western Oklahoma which allowed for immediate growth. A second snubbing unit was added in this region and then a third in Rock Springs, Wyoming in 1978. Expansion into Texas and Louisiana followed in 1979 with the acquisition of several other companies. Cudd Energy Services, a subsidiary of RPC, provides coil tubing injections, snubbing (a process used to repair damaged tubing in high-pressure wells), wireline, well control, and well pumping services to oil and gas companies operating worldwide. The oilfield services company's portfolio of equipment consists of coiled tubing units, snubbing units, nitrogen units, wireline units, fluid pumps, and lift boats. Cudd Energy Services' customers include Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Houston Exploration, and Shell.

Weir Oil & Gas Division provides superior solutions to Oil & Gas Companies in upstream, production, transportation, refining and related industries. Upstream products include well service & stimulation pressure pumping and flow control products from Weir SPM and Weir Mesa. Downstream products include API 610 centrifugal pumps and spare parts for refining and petrochemical industries from Weir Gabbioneta. Weir SPM products include made-to-order well service pumps, basic control valves, piping, and high-pressure control components. Engineered mechanical and rotating equipment repairs and upgrades, oilfield and drilling equipment repair and certification, Advanced Parts Solutions (APS) including robust asset management and field engineering services are delivered globally by Weir Oil & Gas Services. Weir SPM makes all its products at its 190,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing plant in Fort Worth, Texas, and distributes finished products through stocking and service centers in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, North and South America, and the UK. SPM Flow Control was acquired by The Wier Group in 2007.

Exploration company Crescent Point Energy (formerly Crescent Point Energy Trust) has light and medium oil and natural gas assets in eight core properties in western Canada (Alberta and Saskatchewan). Crescent Point Energy Corp. has net proved plus probable reserves of 175.7 million barrels of oil equivalent. Crescent Point Energy Trust was formed through the reorganization of two junior oil and gas companies, Crescent Point Energy Ltd. and Tappit Resources Ltd. in 2003. More than 80% of Crescent Point Energy Corp. production is in southern Saskatchewan, where Crescent Point is the largest oil producer. In 2009 the Trust acquired Bakken explorer Wild River Resources Ltd. and converted to a corporation to improve shareholder value.

RAM Energy Resources, Inc. operates primarily in the Permian Basin, the Barnett Shale, the onshore Gulf Coast region, and in the Mid-Continent. RAM Energy, which was formed in 1987 and has grown through acquisitions, has proved reserves of about 90 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and 40 million barrels of oil equivalent. In 2007, it acquired Ascent Energy for about $285 million, greatly increasing its reserves in the process. The Jefferies Group, which has owned Ascent through subsidiary Jefferies & Company, now owns a quarter stake in RAM as a result of the deal. RAM Energy Resources, Inc. oil and natural gas assets are characterized by a combination of developing and mature reserves and properties. RAM Energy Resources, Inc. have mature oil and mature natural gas reserves located primarily in Jack, Wise, Wichita and Wilbarger Counties, Texas, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, and in several parishes in Louisiana.

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