ERHC Energy Inc. was founded in 1986 and is based in Houston, Texas. ERHC Energy Inc. engages in the exploration and exploitation of oil and gas reserves in the Gulf of Guinea offshore of central west Africa. ERHC Energy Inc. has rights to working interests in exploration acreage in the Joint Development Zone between the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe and the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as well as in the territorial waters of Sao Tome. ERHC Energy Inc. also involves in the supply and trade of oil and natural gas.

NXT Energy Solutions, (formerly Energy Exploration Technologies) depends on a quantum physics-based technology to explore for oil and gas. NXT Energy Solutions Inc. is working to commercialize a remote-sensing airborne survey technology known as Stress Field Detector (SFD), and it plans to use the technology in its quest to become a global leader in oil and gas exploration in Canada, Africa, and the Middle East. Unlike other remote methods, SFD solutions deliver unique indicators of structure and reservoir potential, which enable companies to quickly focus their exploration activities on the most prospective areas. SFD data offers an independent verification of reservoir potential that can be used to significantly reduce exploration risk when empirically correlated to other data and known reservoir analogs. NXT Energy Solutions Inc. wide-area reconnaisance surveys are used to prioritize oil and gas prospects for further evaluation through conventional seismic and drilling technologies. CEO George Liszicasz, who invented the technology in 1992, owns 17% of the company.

New Concept Energy, Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is based in Dallas, Texas. New Concept Energy (formerly CabelTel International) is looking to put a new face on some really old resources. New Concept Energy, Inc., which operates a residential community for senior citizens in Oregon, is looking to diversify into the shale-sourced natural gas business. New Concept Energy's retirement home offers programs ranging from meal preparation and housekeeping to transportation and recreational activities. New Concept Energy, Inc. formerly owned an outlet shopping mall, but sold that in 2007. It also rescinded its acquisition of cable operator CabelTEL AD that year.

St. Mary Land & Exploration Company was founded in 1908 and is based in Denver, Colorado. St. Mary Land & Exploration Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, exploitation, development, acquisition, and production of natural gas and crude oil in North America. St. Mary Land & Exploration Company primarily operates in the ArkLaTex, the Mid-Continent, the Gulf Coast, the Permian, and the Rocky Mountain regions. As of December 31, 2008, it had estimated proved reserves of 51.4 million barrels of oil and 557.4 billion cubic feet of natural gas.

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.

Stratic Energy Corporation is a Canadian-incorporated international oil and gas company involved in the production, development, appraisal and exploration of hydrocarbons. Stratic Energy Corporation key interests are in the North Sea (UK and Dutch sectors) and Italy, with further interests in Turkey, Syria, Slovenia and Morocco. The oil and gas exploration independent identifies international exploration opportunities in high-impact oil patches that are either underdeveloped or in the early stages of exploration. Since its formation in 1997, Stratic has acquired very early exploration phase concessions, and then partnered with major oil companies to develop these prospects. Stratic has operations and interests in Morocco, Slovenia, Syria, Turkey, and the UK North Sea. All told, the company has proved and possible reserves of more than 19 million barrels of oil equivalent. To raise cash, in 2009 it agreed to sell its Italy-based gas assets to Enel.

Koch companies strive for world-class performance and cost-effective operations. And Koch companies have earned recognition for superior performance in environmental protection, health and safety. Maintaining strong financial health has always been a priority for Koch companies, which cultivate a disciplined style of managing their businesses and investments. As a private company, our approach has been to reinvest 90 percent of our earnings. This willingness to forgo larger dividends in the short term has allowed us to complete more than $32 billion in acquisitions and investments since 2003. Since 1960, the value of the Standard & Poor's 500 grew about 70-fold, assuming the reinvestment of dividends. During that same period, the value of Koch Industries grew more than 2,200-fold, using the same assumptions. The growth of Koch companies has been achieved both through acquisitions and through expansion and broadening of existing businesses. Koch companies also exit or decrease their investments in businesses based on a continuous evaluation process that compares their internal value to their market value.

McMoRan Exploration Co. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. McMoRan Exploration Co., through its subsidiary, McMoRan Oil & Gas LLC, engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore in the Gulf Coast area. McMoRan Exploration Co. also engages in the incorporation of 3-D seismic interpretation, offshore drilling to total depths, and horizontal drilling. As of December 31, 2008, McMoRan Exploration Co. owned or controlled interests in 380 oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore Louisiana, and Texas covering 1.22 million gross acres. McMoRan Exploration Co. had proved oil and natural gas reserves of approximately 344.8 billion cubic feet equivalent, of which 70 percent represented natural gas reserves.

Hiland Partners is looking for the higher ground of increased profits. Hiland Partners, LP was formed through the combination of Hiland Partners LLC and Continental Gas, a former subsidiary of Continental Resources. Hiland provides natural gas gathering and processing services to customers in the Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain regions of the US through 14 gas gathering systems with 2,024 miles of pipeline, five natural gas processing plants, seven natural gas treating facilities, and three NGL fractionation plants. Hiland Partners, LP also provides air compression and water injection services for oil and gas recovery operations in North Dakota. Chairman Harold Hamm owns 61% of the company, but has made a bid for total ownership.

NOCO owns and operates a diverse group of businesses primarily focused on the sale and distribution of energy and petroleum products. For over 75 years, NOCO has provided quality energy products and services to a wide variety of residential and commercial customers. NOCO is loco for fuel. NOCO Energy distributes residential heating oil, industrial lubricants, gasoline, and diesel fuel to customers located throughout the Eastern US. Through its heating and cooling division, NOCO Energy Corp. sells, installs, and services air conditioning equipment and oil, natural gas, propane, and electric heaters. Through NOCO Energy Corp. recovery division, NOCO Energy Corp. provides oil removal, filter collection, and reclamation services. NOCO also operates about 30 gasoline and convenience stores in Buffalo and Rochester. NOCO Energy Corp. is controlled by the founding Newman family.

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