Qatar Petroleum (QP) is the government-owned oil and gas conglomerate of the small Mideast country. Qatar Petroleum has upstream (exploration, drilling, production) and downstream (refining) operations for crude oil, natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and other refined products. Its Dukhan oil field can produce up to 335,000 barrels per day. QP has onshore crude oil reserves of 1,842 million barrels and onshore gas reserves of some 8 trillion cubic feet. Its two offshore production stations produced almost 90 million barrels of oil in 2008. Through partnerships with such companies as ExxonMobil, Occidental, and TOTAL, QP supplies oil and gas to North America, Asia and Europe.

PetroLiance LLC distributes fuels, lubricants, and petroleum products to customers in the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, and Ohio. PetroLiance was founded to anticipate and respond to the fundamental changes that are occurring in the industry, by implementing an innovative new approach to petroleum product distribution and marketing. The ultimate outcome of this endeavor will be improved operations, a higher level of service and responsiveness and, above all, greater profitability for our customers. PetroLiance LLC lubricant products include automotive and aviation lubricants, industrial greases, and metal processing fluids. Boncosky Oil, an authorized distributor of Exxon Mobil brand products in the Chicago area, merged with three other regional ExxonMobil distributors: Commercial Ullman Lubricants Company of Ohio; Lubricant Technologies, active in North and South Carolina, and Georgia; and Young Oil Company of Florida, to form the much stronger national player, PetroLiance.

US Power Generating Company (”USPowerGen”) owns and operates fifty-eight generating units at six facilities with a total capacity of over 5,000 Megawatts (MW). USPowerGen subsidiaries sell their energy and capacity into the NYISO and ISO-New England deregulated markets. The combined company represents generation sufficient to serve approximately 20% of the overall load in New York City as well as approximately 50% of the overall load in the Boston metropolitan area. USPowerGen is led by Mark Sudbey, the CEO, and a management team headquartered in New York City. US Power Generating Company sells electricity as well as capacity (utilities are required to carry extra capacity), and ancillary services including automatic generation control, operating reserves, reactive supply, and voltage support.

Total E&P Canada Ltd. (Total Canada) is a wholly owned subsidiary of one of the world’s largest integrated energy companies, Total SA (Total) of Paris, France. Total E&P Joslyn Ltd is an Athabasca oil sands development concern that uses horizontal drilling techniques and steam to develop oil sands and produce oil. Total E&P Joslyn holds an 74% working interest in and is the operator of more than 50,000 acres in Oil Sands Lease 24 and Permit 70, collectively known as the Joslyn Project. Total E&P Joslyn's primary asset, the Joslyn Project is in the regional municipality of Wood Buffalo, some 50 miles north of Fort McMurray. Total E&P Canada, a subsidiary of TOTAL S.A., acquired the company in 2005 and took the company private.

Samson is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma and maintains division offices in Houston, Denver, and Midland. Samson Investment is an independent oil and gas entity with exploration, development, and production activities in Canada and the US (19 states), as well as in Australia. Key producing regions include East Texas, Texas Gulf Coast, Anadarko, Permian, San Juan, Green River, and the Williston Basin. Samson Investment operates more than 4,000 wells and has stakes in more than 11,000 wells. Samson Investment Company strategy is to make acquisitions that complement its existing areas of operations and establish its presence in new core regions. In 2007 Samson Investment Company acquired PYR Energy, which has assets in the Gulf Coast, Texas, and Rocky Mountain regions.

Tristream Energy, which provides natural gas producers with a range of gathering, transportation, fractionation, processing, marketing, treating, and related services. Tristream Energy, LLC. develops, acquires and operates infrastructure downstream of producer facilities in major US producing basins (in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, and the Rockies). Tristream Energy, LLC. was formed by Ken Purgason, Tony Catalano, and Mike Urban (all formerly of Sago Energy) in 2005. Sago Energy had been owned and operated by president Purgason and Catalano. Tristream Energy, LLC. sold its major operating subsidiaries (Sago Jameson, LEDCO, Louisiana State Gas, and LEDCO Gas Gathering) in 2004.

Panda Energy has a twenty-five year track record of success in building large-scale, state-of-the-art power generation facilities.Panda Energy International develops, owns, and operates clean, low-cost power plants. The company has built more than 9,000 MW of electric generation capacity in the US. Panda Energy has sold its interests in four gas-fueled power plants in Arkansas, Arizona, and Texas to TECO Energy, and its stakes in projects in China and Nepal. Panda Energy has built the two largest gas-fueled, combined-cycle independent electric generation facilities in the US, totaling 4,500 MW of generating capacity. CEO Bob Carter and his wife, EVP Janice Carter, own a controlling stake in Panda Energy, which they founded in 1982.

Sibir Energy plc is a fully integrated independent energy company with exploration and production operations in Western Siberia and refining and marketing in the City of Moscow and the Moscow region. Since its creation in 1996, Sibir has grown its attributable reserves to over 680 million barrels (Russian classification A+B+C1+C2) and daily production to over 80,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) making Sibir one of the largest UK-listed energy companies. In ten years of doing business in Russia, Sibir’s Western management team has partnered with its largest Russian shareholder to overcome the challenges of doing business in this dynamic market and has strengthened the company at each turn. Upstream, Sibir’s production comes from its Yuzhnoye field, operated by Magma Oil Company (95% Sibir owned), and its joint venture with Shell in the Shell-operated Salym group of fields (50% Sibir owned). Sibir’s total current production is over 80,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd), including its 50% of production from the Salym Fields and its wholly owned Magma production unit. By the end of 2009 Sibir’s total production is expected to exceed 100,000 bopd.

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.

State-owned Perusahaan Pertambangan Minyak Dan Gas Bumi Negara (Pertamina) controls the entire oil and gas industry in Indonesia, and is the world's largest producer and exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Pertamina also works with foreign petroleum companies, but solely on a contract basis. Pertamina has estimated proved reserves of 4 billion barrels of oil and 2.7 trillion cu. meters of natural gas, and operates seven oil refineries, and has numerous LNG, LPG, shipping, and fuel businesses. Pertamina also invests heavily in the development of geothermal energy as an alternative energy source.

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