Alliance Pipeline began operations on December 1, 2000, transporting natural gas through a 3,719-kilometre (2,311-mile) pipeline system that collects gas in northeastern British Columbia and northwestern Alberta, running underground through Saskatchewan, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, and terminating in Illinois, the heart of the U.S. Midwest. Alliance delivers more than 1.6 billion cubic feet per day of rich, high-energy natural gas to the Chicago market. With more than 300 dedicated employees across our North American operations, we strive to be good neighbors who support the communities where we live and work, while we seek new business opportunities to transport natural gas, the cleanest burning fossil fuel available today.

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.

The Company, headquartered in El Dorado, Arkansas, was originally incorporated in Louisiana in 1950 as Murphy Corporation. It was reincorporated in Delaware in 1964, at which time it adopted the name Murphy Oil Corporation. But, the Company's roots go back to a lumber and banking business in South Arkansas and, more directly, to 1907, when the first oil production was established in the Caddo Field in North Louisiana. Thereafter, oil and gas were important phases of the business. Until the mid 1930's however, oil and gas remained subordinate to timber operations and banking. Today, Murphy Oil Corporation is a worldwide oil and gas exploration and production company with refining and marketing operations in the United States and the United Kingdom. The Company's farm, timber and real estate subsidiary was spun-off to shareholders in 1996 and is now known as Deltic Timber Corporation.

The South Texas Project Electric Generating Station is one of the newest and largest nuclear power facilities in the nation. STP's two units produce 2,700 megawatts of carbon-free electricity, providing clean energy to two million Texas homes. Through its uncompromising commitment to nuclear safety and a continuous focus on improving plant operations, STP has emerged as an industry leader. STP Nuclear Operating Company is jointly owned by NRG Energy (44%), CPS Energy (40%), and Austin Energy (16%). AEP Texas Central sold its former 25% stake in STPNOC to CPS Energy and NRG Energy.

Stratic Energy Corporation is a Canadian-incorporated international oil and gas company involved in the production, development, appraisal and exploration of hydrocarbons. Stratic Energy Corporation key interests are in the North Sea (UK and Dutch sectors) and Italy, with further interests in Turkey, Syria, Slovenia and Morocco. The oil and gas exploration independent identifies international exploration opportunities in high-impact oil patches that are either underdeveloped or in the early stages of exploration. Since its formation in 1997, Stratic has acquired very early exploration phase concessions, and then partnered with major oil companies to develop these prospects. Stratic has operations and interests in Morocco, Slovenia, Syria, Turkey, and the UK North Sea. All told, the company has proved and possible reserves of more than 19 million barrels of oil equivalent. To raise cash, in 2009 it agreed to sell its Italy-based gas assets to Enel.

Bronco Drilling Company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Edmond, Oklahoma.Bronco Drilling Company, Inc. provides contract land drilling and workover services to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in the United States and Mexico. As of February 28, 2009, Bronco Drilling Company owned a fleet of 56 land drilling rigs operated in Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, Utah, North Dakota, Louisiana, and Mexico; owned a fleet of 61 workover rigs operated in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, Louisiana, and New Mexico; and owned a fleet of 63 trucks and related transportation equipment to transport drilling rigs to and from drilling sites. Bronco Drilling Company markets its drilling and workover rigs through employee marketing representatives.

Schlumberger Limited and its subsidiaries supply technology, integrated project management, and information solutions to the oil and gas industry worldwide. Schlumberger Limited operates in two segments, Oilfield Services and WesternGeco. The Oilfield Services segment provides a range of exploration and production services required during the life of an oil and gas reservoir. Schlumberger Limited offers Wireline technologies comprising open-hole and cased-hole services; directional-drilling, measurement-while-drilling, and logging-while-drilling services; exploration and production pressure and flow-rate measurement services at the surface and downhole; services used during oil and gas well drilling and completion; and services used to maintain optimal production throughout the life of a well. Schlumberger Limited also provides well completion services and equipment; artificial lift; data and consulting services; and information solutions, including consulting, software, information management, and IT infrastructure services that support oil and gas industry operational processes. The WesternGeco segment provides reservoir imaging, monitoring, and development services, as well as operates data processing centers, and multiclient seismic library. Schlumberger Limited services range from 3D and time-lapse (4D) seismic surveys to multi-component surveys for delineating prospects and reservoir management. Schlumberger Limited has a joint venture agreement with National Oilwell Varco, Incorporated to provide high speed drill string telemetry systems. Schlumberger Limited was founded in 1927 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Gary-Williams Energy Corporation (GWEC) is a small, independent oil and gas company, headquartered in Denver, with operations primarily in the Mid-Continent region of the United States. With approximately 300 employees, the company's subsidiaries include Wynnewood Refining Company (Oklahoma), Gary-Williams Production Company and Gary-Williams Real Estate Company. Refining and wholesale marketing are now the company's primary businesses. The company maintains a small marketing office in Oklahoma City. Today, the company's major asset is a 70,000 BPD crude oil refinery in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, purchased from Kerr-McGee in mid-1995, and operated as Wynnewood Refining Company (WRC). The refinery produces gasoline, diesel fuel, military jet fuel, solvents and asphalt.

Haycock Petroleum offers fleet fueling and lubricating services to its customers in the West. The company's products and services include automated fueling, commercial and industrial lubricants, commercial CardLock fuel locations, fleet fueling management reporting, on site heavy equipment service, propane, spill response service, unleaded, diesel and racing fuel, and wholesale, retail, and on site delivery. Haycock Petroleum operates from 15 locations in California, Nevada, and Utah, including full service facilities in Bishop, California and Caliente, Nevada. Haycock Petroleum Co. was acquired by Texas-based petroleum marketer C. L. Thomas in 2009.

Approach Resources takes a different approach to natural gas and oil exploration, development, and production. Specializing in finding and exploiting unconventional reservoirs, Approach Resources Inc. operates primarily in West Texas' Ozona Northeast field. Approach Resources Inc. also has operations in western Kentucky, and northern New Mexico. The company's unconventional designation results from a focus on developing natural gas reserves in tight gas sands and shale areas, necessitating a reliance on advanced completion, fracturing and drilling techniques. In 2008 Approach Resources reported proved reserves of 193.7 billion cu. ft. of oil equivalent, with a reserve life index of about 19 years. Yorktown Energy Partners controls the company.

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