The core business activities of the Shell Group consist of Exploration & Production, Oil Products, Gas & Power, Chemicals and Renewable Energy. In Japan, the Oil Products business is operated by Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., the Chemicals business by Shell Chemicals Japan Ltd., and Gas & Power business by Shell Gas & Power Japan Ltd. Show and tell? Showa Shell Sekiyu has plenty to talk about. Showa Shell, 40%-owned by Royal Dutch Shell, is one of Japan's leading oil refiners. The company, which was born in 1985 of a merger between Japan's Showa Oil and Royal Dutch Shell's Shell Sekiyu, imports, refines, and distributes petroleum products. The firm's three local refining affiliates, Showa Yokkaichi, Toa Oil, and Seibu Oil, have a collective refining capacity of 515,000 barrels a day. The company owns a network of 4,575 gas stations across Japan. In 2004 Royal Dutch/Shell sold a 10% stake of Showa Shell to Saudi Aramco.

Resolute Energy Partners, with estimated net proved reserves of about 75.5 million barrels of oil, mostly light, sweet crude used in oil refinery blending operations, operates and partially owns oil wells in Utah. The company's assets include about 265 active and 220 water and carbon dioxide injected wells on land in the Greater Aneth Field. Resolute Energy Partners shares ownership of the oil field with Navajo Nation Oil and Gas Company (NNOG), since the Aneth Field sits on reservation land. The field was discovered in 1956 and is considered mature and long-lived, making its operation less risky than newer, unproved fields.

Sterling Resources Ltd. is a Calgary based, publicly traded, energy company engaged in the exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas in selected areas of the world. The exploration and production independent explores for, develops, and produces crude oil and natural gas, primarily in the UK but also in France and Romania. In the UK Sterling Resources has prospects (27 blocks and 15 licenses) offshore in the North Sea. Sterling Resources Ltd. also holds an interest in a license to explore in the Aquitaine Basin of southern France and has interests in both onshore and offshore projects in Romania. In 2006 Sterling Resources Ltd. reported proved reserves of 1.1 million barrels of oil equivalent.

Linn Energy, LLC was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Linn Energy, LLC, through its subsidiaries, engages in the development and acquisition of gas and oil properties in the United States. Linn Energy, LLC has oil and gas, and natural gas reserves in Mid-Continent, which includes the Texas Panhandle operating area; and Western region comprising the Brea Olinda field of the Los Angeles Basin in California. As of December 31, 2007 the company had proved reserves of 1,945.5 billion cubic feet equivalent of oil and gas, and natural gas liquids. Linn Energy, LLC also operated 7,305 gross productive wells.

XTO Energy was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. XTO Energy Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, development, exploitation, and exploration of producing oil and gas properties in the United States. XTO Energy Inc. also engages in the production, processing, marketing, and transportation of oil and natural gas. The company's properties are concentrated in Texas, Arkansas, Montana, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Utah, Kansas, West Virginia, Colorado, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, and North Dakota. As of December 31, 2008, XTO Energy Inc. had estimated proved reserves of 11.80 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, 76 million barrels of natural gas liquids, and 268 million barrels of oil; and owned interests in 18,235.7 net producing wells. XTO Energy markets its gas to brokers, local distribution companies, and end-users. XTO Energy Inc. was formerly known as Cross Timbers Oil Company and changed its name to XTO Energy Inc. in June 2001.

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.

Merrimac Energy Group was founded in 1988 by Mary Hazelrigg, Merrimac Energy Group brings expert solutions to your greatest fuel supply and management challenges.Merrimac Energy Group also provides environmental services. Its products include aviation fuels, diesel, food grade oil, generator fuel, gasoline, industrial oil, marine fuels, bulk propane, and transportation lubricants. The largest independent woman-owned energy company in California, Merrimac Energy serves construction companies, governmental agencies, industrial and commercial clients, and utilities.

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. is a publicly traded master limited partnership (“MLP”) engaged in the transportation, storage, terminalling and marketing of crude oil, refined products and liquefied petroleum gas and other natural gas related petroleum products (together "LPG"). The Partnership is also engaged in the development and operation of natural gas storage facilities. We own and operate a diversified portfolio of strategically located assets that play a vital role in the movement of U.S. and Canadian energy supplies. On average we handle over 3 million barrels per day of crude oil, refined products and LPG through our extensive network of assets located in key North American producing basins and transportation gateways.

Energetix keeps the lights shining and the stoves burning for its customers in the Empire State. The company is a nonregulated retail energy supplier, providing natural gas, electricity, and related products and services to customers in central and upstate New York State. The company became a subsidiary of Iberdrola USA (formerly Energy East) when its parent company, RGS Energy, was acquired by Energy East in 2002. In order to focus on its distribution businesses, Energetix sold its Griffith Oil subsidiary, which marketed propane, heating oil, and other liquid fuels, to private investors. Energetix and sister company NYSEG Solutions serve 182,000 electricity customers and 55,000 natural gas customers.

Oil States International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides specialty products and services to the oil and gas drilling and production companies worldwide. Oil States International, Inc. operates in three segments: Well Site Services, Offshore Products, and Tubular Services. The Well Site Services segment offers a range of products and services that are used to establish and maintain the flow of oil and gas from a well throughout its lifecycle, and to accommodate personnel in remote locations. Oil States International, Inc. provides land drilling, remote site accommodations, tools rental, and temporary and permanent work force accommodation services. The Offshore Products segment designs and manufactures flexible bearings and connector products; sub sea pipeline products; marine winches, mooring and lifting systems, and rig equipment; and conductor casing connections and pipes, as well as provides blowout preventor stack assembly, integration, testing, and repair services, and drilling riser repair services. The Tubular Services segment distributes a range of casing and tubing products; provides threading, logistical, and inventory management services; and offers e-commerce pricing, ordering, tracking, and financial reporting capabilities. Oil States International serves national oil companies, major and independent oil and gas companies, onshore and offshore drilling companies, and other oilfield service companies. Oil States International, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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