Colonial Pipeline Co. is an interstate common carrier of petroleum products. Each day, it delivers an average of 100 million gallons of gasolines, kerosenes, home heating oils, diesel fuels and national defense fuels to shipper terminals in 12 states and the District of Columbia. The 5,519-mile Colonial system transports these fuels primarily from refineries in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to 267 marketing terminals serving the communities across the South and Eastern United States.

The hunt for petroleum drives the Hunt family, which traces its oil interests back to legendary wildcatter H.L. Hunt. Petro-Hunt, L.L.C. controls Petro-Hunt, L.L.C. and Petro-Hunt International, L.L.C. (together known as the Petro-Hunt Group, one of the world's largest privately held independent energy concerns). Petro-Hunt, L.L.C. focuses on oil and gas exploration and production in the US. Petro-Hunt's other activities include gas processing, pipeline transportation and refining. Petro-Hunt, L.L.C. also controls Placid Refining Company, which operates a state-of-the-art 50,000 barrels-of-oil-per-day refinery in Louisiana. The Petro-Hunt Group, through the years, has also created separate stand alone companies in various sectors of the energy industry, some that have become the foundation for and/or substantial portions of other publicly traded companies.

TBX Resources, Inc. is an independent energy company engaged in the acquisition, production and development of proven domestic reserves. TBX Resources was formed in November of 1994 by its founder, Tim Burroughs. In 2006 TBX Resources, Inc. had proved reserves of 14,953 barrels of oil and 61.6 million cu. ft. of natural gas. Approximately 70% of TBX Resources, Inc. proved reserves are in the form of oil. TBX Resources owns or has interests in 23 oil wells in East Texas, two in Wise County, Texas, and four in the Anadarko Basin. Founder Tim Burroughs, the TB in TBX Resources, owns 9.4% of TBX Resources outright, and a further 13.1% through his family trust. TBX Resources also owns interest in 2 producing oil wells in Wise County; 1 producing gas well in Parker County; and 5 producing gas wells in Denton County, Texas, as well as a minor interest in 3 wells in Ellis County, Oklahoma. TBX Resources, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Gale Force Petroleum prefers oil fractures to computer fractals. Founded in 1996 as Rolland Virtual Business Systems, Gale Force Petroleum Inc. shifted its focus to oil and gas in 2006 and renamed itself Rolland Energy. In 2008 the company changed names to Gale Force Petroleum. That year Gale Force Petroleum Inc. acquired Kentucky Shale Gas Property, consisting of 22,000 acres of oil and gas leases, nine gas wells, and five miles of gathering lines, including compressors. Gale Force Petroleum Inc. also holds stakes in a number of producing wells in Manitoba. Facing a tough market the company filed for bankruptcy protection in early 2009. That April its restructuring proposal won court approval, but a failed property acquisition forced to it to postpone the plan in July.

Magellan Petroleum Corporation was founded in 1957 and is based in Portland, Maine. Magellan Petroleum Corporation and its subsidiaries engage in the exploration for, and development, production, and sale of oil and gas reserves in Australia, North America, and the United Kingdom. Its assets include the Mereenie, Palm Valley, and Dingo fields in Australia; the East Poplar and Northwest Poplar fields in Montana; and a series of licenses (Markwells Wood / Havant) in the onshore southern United Kingdom. The company has proved reserves of 13.5 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and 722,000 barrels of oil. MPAL's main customer is the Northern Territory's Power and Water Corporation.

Oil Search Limited was established in 1929.The company expanded its Papua New Guinea-based operations through a merger with oil and gas and mineral explorer Orogen Minerals. Oil Search ranks as Papua New Guinea's largest exploration and production company, with proved and probable reserves of 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent. As operator of Papua New Guinea's producing oil and gas fields, in 2007 Oil Search was responsible for generating 16% of Papua New Guinea's Gross Domestic Product and 22% of its export revenue. Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment Company owns 17.6% of Oil Search.

Western Gas Partners, LP engages in the acquisition, ownership, development, and operation of midstream energy assets in East and West Texas, the Rocky Mountains, and the Mid-Continent. The company involves in gathering, compressing, treating, and transporting natural gas for its ultimate parent, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, and third-party producers and customers. Its assets comprise nine gathering systems, six natural gas treating facilities, two gas processing facilities, and one interstate pipeline. Western Gas Holdings, LLC operates as the general partner of the company. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in the Woodlands, Texas. Western Gas Partners, LP operates as a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.

Penn Octane has taken its foot off the gas (liquefied petroleum gas, or LPG), and throttled back on the octane. Penn Octane Corporation has no assets other than its role as 75% owner and manager of Rio Vista GP LLC, the general partner of pipeline and terminal company Rio Vista Energy Partners. Once a provider of LPG transportation and storage services, in 2006 Penn Octane sold its LPG assets to TransMontaigne Product Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of TransMontaigne, for $9.8 million, to pay down debt. Penn Octane Corporation also exited its gasoline and diesel fuel reseller operations in 2008 to further pay down expenses. Former chairman Jerome Richter controls about 28% of the company.

Regency Energy Partners LP (NASDAQ: RGNC) is midstream natural gas services provider, committed to enhancing and building America’s energy infrastructure. Regency is a growth-oriented Master Limited Partnership that specializes in the gathering and processing, contract compression, and transportation of natural gas and natural gas liquids. Regency focuses on servicing the prolific natural gas producing regions in the United States. Regency’s general partner is owned by an affiliate of GE Energy Financial Services (GE EFS), a business unit of GE (NYSE: GE). Regency serves as a platform for GE EFS’ growth in the midstream sector, and has the ability to support a thriving and growing natural gas market for generations to come.

LiteWave is a development-stage oil and gas company that has been acquiring interests in leases and drilling natural gas wells in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. LiteWave Corp. is developing a gas play in Bourbon County, Kansas, an area with a rich history of oil and gas production from shallow levels. In Oklahoma, LiteWave has participated in a natural gas drilling project in Grant County, though production has not yet commenced. LiteWave Corp. originally started as Homefront Safety Services of Nevada in 1989; its name was changed to LiteWave in 1999. Another 10 years later, Lightwave decided to change its business again, buying platinum group metals (PGM) properties in Quebec.

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