Addax Petroleum Corporation specializes in exploring and producing oil and gas, focusing on regions in West Africa and the Middle East. Addax Petroleum, which has properties in Nigeria, Gabon, Cameroon, and the Kurdistan region of Iraq, produces about 137,000 barrels of crude oil a day. In 2008 Addax Petroleum reported proved and probable reserves of 536.7 million barrels of oil equivalent and held 4.4 million acres of exploration, development and production properties. That year the company was acquired by China's Sinopec for about $7.5 billion.

Wood Group ESP provides oil and gas production equipment and services. The centerpiece of the company's products is its suite of electric submersible pumps (ESPs). Wood Group ESP, Inc. also offers related products such as motors, seals, gas separators and intakes, downhole sensors, electric submersible power cables, and motor controls. In addition, Wood Group ESP, Inc. provides repair and service of its submersible pumping equipment. Wood Group ESP's customers include major oil and gas companies operating worldwide. Wood Group ESP, Inc. is a subsidiary of John Wood Group.

Petroleum Traders Corporation barters with fuel. Petroleum Traders Corporation provides wholesale gasoline, diesel fuel, and heating oil to fuel distributors, government agencies, and other large consumers of fuel such as businesses with vehicle fleets. The largest pure wholesale fuel distributor in the country, Petroleum Traders operates and trades in 39 US states. Petroleum Traders Corporation supplies #1 and #2 low sulfur diesel fuels, biodiesel, high sulfur heating oil and kerosene, and conventional, ethanol, and reformulated blends of gasoline in regular, midgrade, and premium octane ratings.

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. was founded in Moji, Kita-Kyushu, in 1911 under the name of Idemitsu Shokai to engage in oil distribution. Since its foundation, Idemitsu has worked hard under the fundamental principle of social contribution through business, always maintaining respect for human beings in carrying out business operations. During its 97-year history, the Company has deployed its expertise globally in a wide range of strategic businesses, such as Core Businesses, including fuel products and basic chemicals; High Value- Added Businesses, including lubricants, performance chemicals, engineering plastics and such electronic materials as organic light emitting diode (OLED) materials, developed based on its own technologies cultivated in the Core Businesses; and Resource Businesses, including coal, uranium and geothermal energy in addition to oil exploration and production. As long as Japanese drive Toyotas, there will be a role for Idemitsu Kosan. The company is the #2 oil refiner in Japan (behind Nippon Oil). At its four refineries in Japan (processing 640,000 barrels per day) Idemitsu Kosan produces petroleum products, such as gasoline and other fuels, kerosene, and lubricants. It markets its fuel products through a network of 4,600 service stations. Idemitsu Kosan sells heavy oil and jet fuels to industries and kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to the residential sector. The company also has interests in oil exploration and production, as well as in other energy sources, including coal and uranium.

TrueStar Petroleum wants to shine its light on new prospects for oil and gas exploration in Central and North America. TrueStar Petroleum Corporation has acquired oil and gas assets located in the Newart East Gas Field in Denton, County, Texas, which are being developed by US subsidiary Trinity Barnett LLC. The junior natural resource company has interests in 34 producing natural gas wells, and working interest partners in its various holdings include Devon Energy and Carrizo Oil & Gas. TrueStar Petroleum Corporation also is has a 10% interest in a license for oil and gas development on 554,000 acres in Guatemala. TrueStar Petroleum Corporation has proved reserves of 9.8 billion cu. ft. equivalent of natural gas. Formerly named Trinity Plumas, the company changed its name in 2005.

Penn Virginia Corporation was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania with its additional offices in Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia.Penn Virginia Corporation is an independent oil and gas company primarily engaged in the development, exploration and production of natural gas and oil through our wholly owned subsidiary, Penn Virginia Oil & Gas Corporation, or PVOG. Penn Virginia Corporation also own partner interests in Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P., (NYSE: PVR), which is involved in the coal and natural resource management and natural gas midstream businesses, and Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P., or PVG, which owns PVR’s general partner.We have a geographically diverse asset base with core areas of operation in the East Texas, Mid-Continent, Appalachian, Mississippi and Gulf Coast regions of the United States. As of December 31, 2008, Penn Virginia Corporation had proved natural gas and oil reserves of approximately 916 Bcfe, of which 82% were natural gas and 51% were proved developed, with an SEC pre-tax PV-10 value of $908.0 million and standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows of $729.4 million.

Great Plains Exploration has been exploring for oil and gas in the Great Plains of Canada since its spinoff from Eurogas Corporation. Great Plains focuses its drilling and exploration activities on properties in Alberta (including the Peace River Arch, Pembina, and Randell areas). In 2005 Great Plains Exploration Inc. acquired Calgary-based Rock Creek Resources. Great Plains Exploration Inc. has grown rapidly through acquisition with the additions of Energy Explorer and assets in the Altares area of northeastern British Columbia. In 2008 Great Plains Exploration Inc. acquired undeveloped lands and a large exploration block in northeastern British Columbia. Great Plains Exploration Inc. has proved plus probable reserves of 6.9 million barrels of oil equivalent.

Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., through its subsidiaries, engages in the natural gas midstream, and intrastate transportation and storage businesses in the United States. The company’s midstream operations focus on the gathering, compression, treating, blending, processing, and marketing of natural gas in the Austin Chalk trend of southeast Texas, the Permian Basin of west Texas and New Mexico, the Barnett Shale in north Texas, the Bossier Sands in east Texas, and the Uinta and Piceance Basins in Utah and Colorado. Its intrastate transportation and storage operations focus on transporting natural gas from various natural gas producing areas through connections with other pipeline systems, as well as through its Oasis pipeline and natural gas pipeline and storage assets. The company’s interstate transportation operations transports natural gas to the California border; and delivers natural gas from the east end of its system to Texas intrastate and Midwest markets. In addition, it sells propane and propane-related products and services to residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural customers. As of December 31, 2009, the company owned and operated approximately 14,800 miles of in service natural gas gathering and intrastate transportation pipelines, 3 natural gas processing plants, 11 natural gas treating facilities, 11 natural gas conditioning facilities, and 3 natural gas storage facilities located in Texas. Energy Transfer Partners GP, L.P. serves as a general partner of the company. Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. was founded in 2002 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

A proud tradition was born on May 1, 1916, when Harry Sinclair formed Sinclair Oil from the assets of eleven small petroleum companies. Sinclair quickly grew to become the seventh largest oil company in the United States. The original Sinclair Oil Company began marketing the apatosaurus (brontosaurus) in 1930 and now after more than 70 years, "Dino" still remains one of the most recognizable corporate logos in the world. Way out west, where fossils are found, brontosaur signs appear all 'round. They belong to Sinclair Oil's more than 2,600 service stations and convenience stores in 21 western and midwestern US states. The company also operates three oil refineries, pipelines, exploration operations, and a trucking fleet, all in the western US. It owns a 71,500-barrels-per-day refinery in Rawlins, Wyoming, a 20,000-barrels-per-day unit in Casper, Wyoming, and a 75,000-barrels-per-day refinery in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A diversified company, Sinclair also owns the Grand America Hotel, the Little America hotel chain, and two ski resorts (Sun Valley in Idaho and Snowbasin in Utah). The company is owned and led by R. Earl Holding.

Tri-Valley Corporation was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Bakersfield, California. Tri-Valley Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, acquisition, and development of petroleum, metal, and mineral properties. Tri-Valley Corporation principal oil and gas properties include the Ekho property and Sunrise-Mayel Natural Gas project located in California. Tri-Valley Corporation operates precious metals properties in Alaska comprising the Richardson claim block consisting of 28,720 gross acres located in the north of Richardson Highway; and the Shorty Creek project in the Livengood District of Alaska. Tri-Valley Corporation also holds industrial minerals project, which consists of the Admiral calcium carbonate mine located on the north-west side of Prince of Wales Island. In addition, Tri-Valley Corporation involves in oil and gas drilling and development operations.

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