Anadarko Petroleum has ventured beyond its original area of operation -- the Anadarko Basin -- to explore for, develop, produce, and market oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, and related products worldwide. The large independent company has proved reserves of 1 billion barrels of crude oil and 8 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas, more than 70% of which are located in the Continental US. Other activities include coal, trona, and mineral mining. Anadarko operates seven gas-gathering systems in the mid-continent. Internationally, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has substantial oil and gas interests in Algeria's Sahara Desert, Venezuela, and western Canada.

CNOOC Limited was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Central, Hong Kong.CNOOC Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, production, and sale of crude oil, natural gas, and other petroleum products in offshore China. The company's oil and gas properties are located in offshore China, which include Bohai Bay, western south China Sea, eastern south China Sea, and east China Sea, as well as in Indonesia, Australia, and Africa. As of December 31, 2008, it had net proved reserves of 2.6 billion barrels of oil equivalent.CNOOC Limited operates as a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corporation.

Martin Resource Management likes to push around petroleum products. Martin Resource Management, Inc. flagship operation, Martin Midstream Partners, offers transportation, storage, marketing, and logistics management services for petroleum products, including sulfur, sulfur derivatives, fuel oil, liquefied petroleum gas, asphalt and other bulk tank liquids, primarily in the southern US. Martin Resource also manufactures and markets fertilizer and other processed sulfur products. Through its Midstream Fuel Service subsidiary, Martin Resource Management, Inc. offers inland marine supply and offshore support services.

U.S. Oil Co., Inc. supplies refined oil products to US residents in the Midwest, and does a lot more. In addition to the wholesale distribution of oil products (its largest revenue generator), the company operates gas stations, and installs gas pumps, tanks, and other petroleum-related equipment. U.S. Oil Co., Inc. also provides plumbing and HVAC services, operates a research laboratory for environmental analysis, collects used waste oil to be processed into burner fuel, and has a metal custom manufacturing unit.Smitten with the oil distribution business, the founding Schmidt family owns and operates U.S. Oil Co.

Encore Acquisition Company was founded in 1998 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.Encore Acquisition Company engages in the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas reserves from onshore fields in the United States. Encore Acquisition Company holds interests in various properties located in the Cedar Creek Anticline (CCA) in the Williston Basin of Montana and North Dakota; the Permian Basin of west Texas and southeastern New Mexico; the Rockies, which includes non-CCA assets in the Williston, Big Horn, and Powder River Basins of Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota; the Paradox Basin of southeastern Utah; and the Mid-Continent area, including the Arkoma and Anadarko Basins of Oklahoma, the north Louisiana Salt Basin, the east Texas Basin, and the Mississippi Salt Basin. As of December, 31, 2008, Encore Acquisition Company had estimated total proved reserves of 134.5 MMBbls of oil and 307.5 Bcf of natural gas. Encore Acquisition Company sells its products to marketers, processors, refiners, and other purchasers.

LOOP (Louisiana Offshore Oil Port) was organized in 1972 as a Delaware corporation and converted to a limited liability company in 1996. Marathon Pipe Line LLC, Murphy Oil Corporation, and Shell Oil Company are LOOP's owners.The port facility is located in the Gulf of Mexico, eighteen miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana, in 110 feet of water. LOOP is the only port in the U.S. capable of offloading deep draft tankers known as Ultra Large Crude Carriers (ULCC) and Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC). Along with offloading crude from VLCC’s, LOOP also offloads smaller tankers. The port consists of three single-point mooring buoys used for the offloading of crude tankers and a marine terminal consisting of a two-level pumping platform and a three-level control platform. The onshore oil storage facility, twenty-five miles inland (the “Clovelly facility”), is connected to the port complex by a 48-inch diameter pipeline. It provides interim storage for crude oil before it is delivered via connecting pipelines to refineries on the Gulf Coast and in the Midwest.

PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) was established for the sole purpose of searching for black gold, that is. PTT Exploration and Production Public engages in petroleum exploration and production, with more than 40 active projects in Algeria, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Oman, Thailand, and Vietnam. The company has proved reserves of 946 million barrels of oil equivalent. PTT Exploration and Production Public end products include crude oil, natural gas, liquid propane gas, and condensate. PTTEP also operates natural gas pipelines. PTT Exploration and Production Public was founded in 1985; PTT Public Co. owns 66% of its shares.

SmartestEnergy is licensed as an electricity supplier, a natural gas supplier and a natural gas shipper. The company began trading in October 2001, primarily to enable smaller embedded generators of primarily renewable energy to gain access to the deregulated energy market in the UK. SmartestEnergy relies on its quick-wittedness to survive in the highly competitive UK energy trading sector. The company, a subsidiary of leading Japanese trading company Marubeni, primarily markets electricity in the deregulated UK market through partnerships with independent power producers, including its sister company Marubeni Europower. SmartestEnergy also trades natural gas and other energy commodities, provides market analysis and risk management services, and provides retail energy supply services to commercial and industrial customers.

Cygam Energy Inc. is a publicly traded exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange in Canada. Cygam Energy Inc. has producing oil and gas properties in Canada and extensive international exploration concessions. Cygam Energy Inc., formerly Sheer Energy, is an oil and gas exploration and production company seeking development opportunities in Western Canada and internationally. In a reverse takeover in 2005, Sheer Energy acquired Italian oil and gas exploration companies Rigo Oil and Vega Oil and changed its corporate name to Cygam Energy. The bulk of the company's revenues are generated from gas production. Cygam Energy Inc. is developing exploration assets in Italy and Tunisia. Cygam Energy Inc. has five exploratory concessions in Italy and four exploratory concessions in Tunisia, encompassing four million gross acres.

Monument Resources, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is based in Denver, Colorado. Monument Resources, Inc. engages in the exploration, development, production, and sale of oil and gas from its properties in the United States. Monument Resources, Inc. also involves in acquiring and brokering mineral, and oil and gas properties, as well as operates a gas pipeline. Monument Resources, Inc. offers natural gas and crude oil to various producers, including pipeline companies. It owns interest in the Kansas gas project covering approximately 4,500 acres of oil and gas leases located in Leavenworth County, Kansas. As of September 30, 2008, Monument Resources owned interest in approximately 62 gas wells in Leavenworth County, Kansas. Monument Resources, Inc. was formerly known as Monument Resource Development, Inc. and changed its name to Monument Resources, Inc. in June 1987.

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