Today, the Oxbow Group is made up of more than two dozen companies with yearly aggregate sales of over $3.7 billion, combined assets of over $1.7 billion and over 1200 employees worldwide. Oxbow’s primary businesses are the mining and marketing of energy and commodities such as coal, natural gas, petroleum, metallurgical and calcined coke. Oxbow Carbon LLC Company Profile Oxbow Carbon (formerly known as Oxbow Carbon & Minerals) distributes petroleum coke to customers worldwide, primarily in the cement, utilities, steel, and home heating industries. (Petroleum coke, a by-product of the oil refining process, is used as a fuel. Calcined petroleum coke, a refined form of petroleum coke, is used as a source of carbon, mainly by aluminum producers.) Oxbow Carbon also distributes metallurgical coke, a by-product of coal processing that is used by iron producers and sugar refiners. The company operates four bulk shipping terminals, located on the Gulf Coast and the West Coast of the US and in the Caribbean and South America. Oxbow Carbon is a unit of Oxbow.

ONEOK Partners gasses up and ships its products through interstate natural gas pipelines in 10 states. Its pipelines include Midwestern Gas Transmission, Guardian Pipeline, Viking Gas Transmission, and OkTex Pipeline. It operates 14,300 miles of gas-gathering pipeline and 5,630 miles of transportation pipeline, as well as gas processing plants and storage facilities. It also owns one of the US's top natural gas liquids (NGL) systems, and operates a parking garage and leases office space in Tulsa. ONEOK holds a 46% stake in ONEOK Partners and 100% of its general partner.

Parallel Petroleum seeks unparalleled success by exploring for and producing oil and natural gas. Parallel Petroleum Corporation operates primarily on the Gulf Coast of South Texas, in East Texas, and in the Permian Basin of West Texas, and well as in Colorado and Utah. In 2008 Parallel Petroleum Corporation reported proved reserves of 71.8 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and 21.2 million barrels of oil. Parallel Petroleum sells directly on a month-to-month basis to other oil and gas companies. In 2009 global investment firm Apollo Global Management acquired Parallel Petroleum for about $483 million.

Seitel, Inc. is a leading provider of seismic data and related geophysical expertise to the petroleum industry. The data, which is used to locate oil and gas, primarily covers the Gulf of Mexico, the US Gulf Coast, and western Canada. Seitel, Inc. contracts with third-party seismic crews to gather data but handles the processing itself through its Olympic Seismic, Seitel Data, Seitel Matrix, Seitel Solutions business units. The bulk of Seitel's total revenues comes from the acquisition and licensing of seismic data. The balance is primarily generated by its Seitel Solutions subsidiary, which gives customers access to the company's seismic database. Main focus of Seitel, Inc. is at Onshore, offshore, and transition zone of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, onshore East Texas, and Canada.

Energy Alloys provides global oil and gas manufacturers and service companies oilfield metals and equipment. Energy Alloys stocks oilfield specific inventories of bars, tubes, stainless steel, and engineered steel products. Energy Alloys also offers made-to-order capability for semi-finished components and expert materials consulting when clients need help selecting materials, material grades, or sizes. Energy Alloys has international sourcing expertise and is a global supplier with operations in the UK, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Canada, and the US. Energy Alloys was founded in 1995 by Dave Warren, Ralph Mullens, and Robert Pond.

The foundation of Unipetrol in 1994 represented the completion of one of the gradual conceptual steps in the privatisation of the Czech petrochemical industry. Unipetrol was meant to unite selected Czech petrochemical companies into a conglomerate that would be able to compete with strong international groups. Represented by the National Property Fund, the Czech state was the majority shareholder with 63 percent. The remaining shares were owned by investment funds and small shareholders. The original concept was that the state’s interest in the company should be privatised. Kaučuk, Chemopetrol, Benzina, Paramo, Koramo, Česká rafinérská, Unipetrol Trade, Spolana and Unipetrol Rafinérie were gradually integrated into Unipetrol.Effective from 1 January 1996, refineries of Chemopetrol in Litvínov and Kaučuk in Kralupy were separated to be united within Česká rafinérská.

Cooperation is a refined art and refining a cooperative art for the National Cooperative Refinery Association (NCRA), which provides three farm supply cooperatives (CHS, GROWMARK, and MFA Oil) with fuel through its oil refinery in Kansas. The refinery's production rate is 81,460 barrels per day. Fuel from the refinery is allocated to member/owners on the basis of ownership percentages. In addition to the refinery, NCRA owns Jayhawk Pipeline, minority interests in two other pipeline companies, and an underground oil storage facility. CHS owns 74% of the cooperative, GROWMARK, 19%, and MFA, 7%.

SBM is the managing holding company of a group of international businesses that provide supplies and construction services for the worldwide offshore oil and gas drilling industry. SBM Offshore N.V. activities include the engineering, supply, and offshore installation of most types of offshore terminals or related equipment. SBM Offshore N.V. has pioneered and patented numerous technologies related to offshore drilling and dredging operations, especially single point mooring (SPM) systems for offshore loading of oil tankers. SBM Offshore has operations in 15 countries.

KCA DEUTAG is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Abbot Group. In March 2008, Abbot Group plc was acquired by First Reserve Corporation, a US-based private equity firm. KCA DEUTAG Drilling Limited is a major land driller with more than 60 land rigs operating worldwide and is the largest offshore drilling contractor in the UK sector of the North Sea. KCA DEUTAG has more than 30 offshore platforms and 10 mobile offshore drilling rigs (including jackups) in the North Sea, the Caspian Sea, Angola, and Sakhalin. KCA DEUTAG Drilling Limited is also active in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Not just a contractor, KCA DEUTAG Drilling Limited also designs, engineers, and constructs platform rigs. KCA DEUTAG delivers rigs primarily to large international operators in the oil and gas industry. KCA DEUTAG Drilling Limited is a subsidiary of Abbot Group, a major UK-based oil field services concern.

The Sunoco® brand has stood for quality products and services for over 120 years. While we are proud of our excellent and long-standing reputation, we continue to grow to meet the needs of consumers in today’s fast-paced environment. Sunoco’s Retail Marketing business is comprised of approximately 4,700 retail gasoline outlets in 26 states, which are primarily supplied by four high-efficiency refineries. With over 5 billion gallons of gasoline sold and $700 million of merchandise sales per year, Sunoco is a major retailer and recognized brand in the sale of gasoline and convenience store items. Sunoco’s retail outlets are primarily located along the east coast of the United States, especially the I-95 corridor. Sunoco APlus® convenience stores are located along the east coast from Massachusetts to Florida and west into upstate New York and Ohio. Our 700 APlus stores carry national brand-named products, including: snacks, beverages, cigarettes, hot and cold lunches, and fresh-brewed Gulliver’s® coffee. Most of our stores are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days of the year.

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