Holly Energy Partners is having a jolly good time piping petroleum. The company transports refined petroleum products and crude oil from Holly Corporation's Navajo refinery in New Mexico and Woods Cross refinery in Utah, and Alon USA's Big Spring refinery in Texas, to customers in the southwestern US. It operates 1,330 miles of refined petroleum pipelines (including 340 miles of leased pipelines), 11 distribution terminals, one jet fuel terminal, and two truck-loading facilities used to transport gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. Holly Corporation, the parent of the company's general partner (Holly Logistics), holds a 46% stake in Holly Energy Partners.

Plains Exploration and Production Company was founded in 2002 and is based in Houston, Texas. Plains Exploration & Production Company engages in the acquisition, development, exploration, and production of oil and gas properties primarily in the United States. Plains Exploration and Production Company owns interests in various oil and gas properties located in the Onshore and Offshore California; the Gulf of Mexico; the Gulf Coast Region, including the Haynesville Shale and South and East Texas; the Mid-Continent Region; and the Rocky Mountains, as well as an interest in an exploration prospect offshore Vietnam. As of December 31, 2008, Plains Exploration and Production Company had proved reserves of approximately 292.1 million barrels of oil equivalent.

CNOOC Limited was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Central, Hong Kong.CNOOC Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, production, and sale of crude oil, natural gas, and other petroleum products in offshore China. The company's oil and gas properties are located in offshore China, which include Bohai Bay, western south China Sea, eastern south China Sea, and east China Sea, as well as in Indonesia, Australia, and Africa. As of December 31, 2008, it had net proved reserves of 2.6 billion barrels of oil equivalent.CNOOC Limited operates as a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corporation.

Apco Oil & Gas International Inc.was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Apco Oil & Gas International Inc. engages in the exploration and production of oil and gas properties. Apco Oil & Gas International Inc. owns interests in seven oil and gas concessions and one exploration permit in Argentina. The company primarily holds a 52.79% interest in the exploration, production, and development of oil and gas in the Entre Lomas concession located in the provinces of Rio Negro and Neuquen in southwest Argentina. Apco Oil & Gas International Inc. was formerly known as Apco Argentina Inc. and changed its name to Apco Oil & Gas International Inc. on July 16, 2009. Apco Oil & Gas International Inc. is a subsidiary of Williams Companies, Inc.

GeoPetro Resources Company was incorporated in 1994 and is based in San Francisco, California. GeoPetro Resources Company, an oil and gas company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration for, and leasehold acquisition, development drilling, and production of crude oil and natural gas reserves in North America, Australia, and Indonesia. GeoPetro Resources Company's projects encompass approximately 379,547 gross acres, consisting of mineral leases, production sharing contracts, and exploration permits that provide the right to explore for, develop, and produce oil and natural gas. GeoPetro Resources Company was formerly known as GeoPetro Company and changed its name to GeoPetro Resources Company in June 1996 as a result of merger with its subsidiary, GeoPetro Resources Subsidiary Company.

PDTI Holdings (dba Particle Drilling Technologies) is developing an advanced drilling technology it hopes will provide a dramatic increase in penetration rates for drilling oil and gas wells. PDT's role in the energy industry is to dramatically improve drilling efficiency; thereby making new energy reserves economically available through a significant reduction in finding and development costs. PDTI Holdings LLC Particle Impact Drilling System advanced drilling technology is designed to drill through deep, hard, and abrasive zones or other difficult-to-drill geologic formations. The Particle Impact Drilling System uses a custom-built drill bit fitted with jetting nozzles and polycrystalline diamond compact cutting structures. Never able to make the technology profitable, PDTI Holdings LLC filed for and emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2009.

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Formed by the merger of Conoco and Phillips Petroleum, ConocoPhillips is the #2 integrated oil and gas company in the US, behind Exxon Mobil, and consolidated that position by buying Burlington Resources (for a reported $35 billion). The company explores for oil and gas in more than 30 countries and has proved reserves of 10 billion barrels of oil equivalent (excluding its Syncrude oil sands assets). It has a refining capacity of more than 2.6 million barrels per day and sells petroleum at 8,340 retail outlets in the US under the 76, Conoco, and Phillips 66 brands, and at 1,260 gas stations in Europe. Other operations include chemicals, gas gathering, fuels technology, and power generation.

HKN, Inc. was founded in 1973 and is based in Southlake, Texas. HKN, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, exploitation, development, and production of oil and gas properties primarily in the onshore and offshore Gulf Coast regions of south Texas and Louisiana. HKN, Inc. also explores and develops coal bed methane in Indiana and Ohio. As of December 31, 2008 HKN, Inc. operated or owned a non-operating working interest in 66 oil wells, 68 gas wells, and 12 injection wells.

FEC Resources Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada. FEC Resources Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of natural resource and mineral properties. FEC Resources Inc. focuses on the development of oil, natural gas, iron ore, gold, and coal in the Philippines. FEC Resources Inc. was formerly known as Forum Energy Corporation and changed its name to FEC Resources Inc. in May 2005.

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