Petróleos de Venezuela S.A., the state-owned corporation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is responsible for the efficient, profitable, and dependable exploration, production, refining, transport and commerce of hydrocarbons. This company is deeply committed to environmental protection and its main objectives are to foster the harmonic development of the country, to guarantee sovereignty of national resources, to increase endogenous development and to serve and benefit the Venezuelan people, who correspond to their share of the country’s national wealth. The Venezuelan State is PDVSA’s sole stockholder under the provisions of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and represents the economic and political sovereignty exerted by the Venezuelan people over oil, their major energy resource.

ShawCor has the pipeline industry sealed up. The company provides products and services for the pipeline and pipe services, and petrochemical and industrial segments of the oil and gas industry and other industrial markets worldwide. ShawCor Ltd. pipeline segment makes specialty coating systems and joint-protection products, and provides weld inspections services, and pipeline inspection and repair. Products made by the petrochemical and industrial segment include wiring, cables, and heat-shrink tubing. ShawCor operates through Bredero Shaw, Canusa-CPS, DSG-Canusa, Guardian, ShawFlex, and Shaw Pipeline Services, and has offices in more than 20 countries.

Pioneering the squeezing of oil and gas profits from mature properties in the Rockies that other oil companies have sold as marginal producers is the work of Pioneer Oil and Gas. Pioneer Oil and Gas acquires oil and gas properties from oil explorers, sells producing wells, and acquires new oil and gas leases on properties located in Colorado, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. Pioneer Oil and Gas has estimated proved reserves of 1 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and about 30,000 barrels of oil. The oil and gas exploration and production independent was established in 1980. Brothers and top executives Gregg and Don Colton control Pioneer Oil and Gas.

CAMAC was founded in 1986. CAMAC is headquartered in Houston and maintains offices in London, Lagos, Abuja and Johannesburg. The CAMAC Group is a global energy corporation with three primary business activities: exploration & production; engineering services; and crude oil and refined products trading. CAMAC International Corporation primary business objective is to continue our expansion into the African energy markets and selective opportunities around the world. CAMAC International Corporation rely upon the power of partnership: our growth strategy includes forming strong alliances with industry leaders to reduce risk in energy exploration and development and acquisition opportunities. CAMAC Trading’s Houston office directs the crude oil and refined products trading operations in North America and Latin America, while the London office focuses on Africa, Europe and Asia.

Trafina is focused on growth: dynamic growth through mergers, exploitive growth through the drilling of coal bed methane assets and portfolio growth through exploration. Trafina's plan is to stay disciplined financially and increase its operatorship as it grows. Trafina is a junior oil and gas company based in Calgary, Alberta. The Company's main areas of interest are in the Rangeview and Divide areas of southwest Saskatchewan and in the Pembina area of Alberta with other operated production in Wetaskawin, Retlaw and Ronalane in Alberta. TRAFINA Energy produces and explores for oil and natural gas in Alberta, Canada. TRAFINA Energy Ltd. drills conventional well and brings up oil and gas using unconventional drilling as well. More than half the company's revenues come from operational activities in the Wetaskiwin area of Alberta (a vast majority are natural gas sales). In addition to its Wetaskiwin projects where TRAFINA Energy Ltd. is the driller and operator, TRAFINA also has non-operated oil and gas properties in the area and in other parts of Alberta. TRAFINA Energy Ltd. produces an average of more than 300 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Chairman and CEO Roland Valentine founded TRAFINA in 1991.

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.

Sprague Energy Corp., founded in 1870 as a coal and oil supplier, has grown into one of the largest fuel suppliers on the US's Eastern Seaboard. A portfolio company of investment firm Axel Johnson, Sprague Energy's products include diesel, gasoline, home heating oil, and residual fuels. The company distributes about 170 billion cu. ft. of natural gas, 2.5 billion gallons of petroleum products, and 3 million tons of bulk materials each year and owns or operates some 20 oil terminals.

ERG (formerly known as Raffineria Edoardo Garrone) lives up to its name -- ergo, it's in the energy business. Italy's largest independent oil refiner (accounting for about 11% of Italy's oil refining capacity), ERG is engaged in refining, marketing, and distributing crude oil and refined products such as diesel and lubricants. The group processes about 380,000 barrels of crude oil a day. With a nationwide network of about 2,000 Ergo-branded service stations, ERG holds about 7% of Italy's retail market share. The company also distributes oil products directly to agricultural, industrial, and utility customers. In addition, the company has interests in power generation. The Garrone family owns about 63% of ERG.

XTO Energy was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. XTO Energy Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, development, exploitation, and exploration of producing oil and gas properties in the United States. XTO Energy Inc. also engages in the production, processing, marketing, and transportation of oil and natural gas. The company's properties are concentrated in Texas, Arkansas, Montana, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Utah, Kansas, West Virginia, Colorado, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, and North Dakota. As of December 31, 2008, XTO Energy Inc. had estimated proved reserves of 11.80 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, 76 million barrels of natural gas liquids, and 268 million barrels of oil; and owned interests in 18,235.7 net producing wells. XTO Energy markets its gas to brokers, local distribution companies, and end-users. XTO Energy Inc. was formerly known as Cross Timbers Oil Company and changed its name to XTO Energy Inc. in June 2001.

Fairborne Energy (formerly Fairborne Energy Trust) holds oil and gas investments in Western Canada. Fairborne Energy Ltd. has oil assets in central Alberta and gas properties in west-central Alberta. In 2005 Fairborne Energy Ltd. was converted to Fairborne Energy Trust and a junior exploration company, Fairquest Limited. Fairborne Energy Ltd. owns more than 229,930 net acres of undeveloped land and has proved and probable reserves of 50.7 million barrels of oil equivalent. In 2004 Fairborne Energy acquired land assets from BP Canada and exploration and production company Case Resources. In 2007 the trust acquired total control of Fairquest and became Fairborne Energy.

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