Syncrude Canada is the world's largest producer of light sweet crude oil from oil sands, and operates the Syncrude Project, a large oil sand mine and supporting plants that produce value-added light, sweet crude oil. Located in the Athabasca Oil Sands, the Project is the #1 single source of oil in Canada, producing 111.3 million barrels annually. The Syncrude Project is a joint venture operated by Syncrude Canada and owned by seven oil and gas entities, including Canadian Oil Sands Trust, Imperial Oil, and Suncor Energy. In 2009 ConocoPhillips announced plans to sell its 9% stake in order to reduce debt. Syncrude supplies about 13% of Canada's crude oil needs.

Aker Solutions is a leading global provider of engineering and construction services, technology products and integrated solutions. The business within Aker Solutions comprises several industries, including Oil & Gas, Refining & Chemicals, Mining & Metals and Power Generation. The parent company in the group is Aker Solutions ASA. Aker Solutions has aggregated annual revenues of approximately NOK 58 billion and has approximately 22 500 employees and 9 500 contract staff in about 30 countries. Aker Solutions ASA subsidiaries' services range from installing complex projects in the North Sea to smaller facilities in shallow waters. Process equipment for upstream oil and gas companies, well logs for oil and gas companies, downhole services, drilling equipment, deck machinery, and mooring systems are all part of the group's offerings. Holding company Aker ASA controls 40% of the company, the Norwegian government 30%.

Pyramid Oil has been in business for more than a century, focusing on the exploration, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas. Pyramid Oil Company major operations and all of its income-producing assets are located in Kern and Santa Barbara counties in Southern California, where Pyramid Oil Company owns and operates about 30 oil and gas leases. Pyramid Oil also holds minority stakes in some oil and gas leases in New York, Texas, and Wyoming. In 2008 Pyramid Oil reported proved reserves of more than 470,000 barrels of oil and 330 million cu. ft. of natural gas. Company chairman Michael Herman owns about 36% of Pyramid Oil. Crude oil and natural gas produced from Pyramid’s properties are sold to various refineries and pipeline companies. The majority of all oil and gas properties that Pyramid owns and operates is for its own account. Pyramid also participates in joint ventures with other companies in the development of oil and gas properties.

Cairn is an oil and gas exploration and production company based in Edinburgh. Cairn has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1988. Cairn Energy PLC current focus is on India, where it is developing significant production in Rajasthan, and Greenland where Cairn Energy PLC has established a material exploration position.The company's producing fields are Sangu offshore Bangladesh and Lakhsmi, Gauri, and Ravva in India; Cairn Energy's gross production in early 2008 was 80,873 barrels of oil equivalent per day. In 2007 Cairn Energy spun off its Indian business as Cairn India Limited. Its other subsidiary, Capricorn Energy, explores in South Asia, Greenland, and the Mediterranean.

Tristream Energy, which provides natural gas producers with a range of gathering, transportation, fractionation, processing, marketing, treating, and related services. Tristream Energy, LLC. develops, acquires and operates infrastructure downstream of producer facilities in major US producing basins (in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, and the Rockies). Tristream Energy, LLC. was formed by Ken Purgason, Tony Catalano, and Mike Urban (all formerly of Sago Energy) in 2005. Sago Energy had been owned and operated by president Purgason and Catalano. Tristream Energy, LLC. sold its major operating subsidiaries (Sago Jameson, LEDCO, Louisiana State Gas, and LEDCO Gas Gathering) in 2004.

Castle Oil, the largest independent heating oil distribution outfit in the New York metropolitan area. The company predominantly delivers heating oil to around 10,000 commercial, industrial, and real estate development customers through a fleet of more than 100 vehicles; it also provides homeowner delivery. Castle Oil owns three deep-water storage terminals in the area. It also markets natural gas as an alternative heating fuel to some 3,000 clients. The company was founded by Mauro Romita Sr., and is now owned and run by his descendants.

Desire Petroleum is a UK-based independent exploration company with a strong desire to explore for oil and gas in the waters offshore the Falkland Islands. Desire Petroleum plc holds extensive oil and gas exploration licenses in the North Falkland Basin. Desire Petroleum is trying to overcome legal, operational, and logistical hurdles to its drilling program. Since acquiring a 3D seismic survey in 2004 Desire Petroleum plc has identified new prospects and is making progress toward resuming drilling in the North Falkland Basin. Desire Petroleum plc, founded in 1996 to participate in the offshore licensing of the Falkland Islands, was named after HMS Desire, the British ship whose crew discovered the islands in 1592.

Zion Oil and Gas is on a mission in Israel. As an oil and gas exploration company, Zion has exploration operations primarily on two onshore properties that cover about 162,000 acres between Tel-Aviv and Haifa. Zion Oil and Gas, Inc. operates through two licenses that were issued by the State of Israel, and it owns 100% of the working interest in both licenses. When Zion Oil and Gas, Inc. eventually discovers oil and gas, Zion has stated that it will focus its production operations on helping Israel become a more energy-independent country. Zion Oil and Gas, Inc., which was founded in 2000 by chairman John M. Brown, went public in 2007.

Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. is a publicly traded Delaware limited partnership and is listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “EPE”. The current business of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. is the ownership of general and limited partner interests of publicly traded partnerships engaged in the midstream energy industry and related businesses. Currently, investments are held in Enterprise Products Partners, L.P. and Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. and their respective general partners. Enterprise Products Partners is a publicly traded North American midstream energy company providing a wide range of services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, and certain petrochemicals. In addition, Enterprise Products Partners is an industry leader in the development of pipeline and other midstream energy infrastructure in the continental United States and Gulf of Mexico. Enterprise Products Partners is listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “EPD”.

Flint Hills Resources has sparked an interest in fuel production. Flint Hills Resources, LP, a subsidiary of Koch Industries, is a major producer of fuels, base oils for lubricants, and other petrochemical products. Flint Hills Resources, LP has stakes in crude oil marketing, transportation, and storage activities in Canada. Flint Hills Resources, LP also has refining complexes in Alaska, Minnesota, and Texas, that together have a total processing capacity of more than 800,000 barrels of crude oil per day. Flint Hills has associated marketing activities and petrochemical production and trading businesses. Flint Hills Resources, LP markets gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, heating oil, and other fuels, owns stakes in common carrier pipelines, and has an interest in base oil producer Excel Paralubes.

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