Boots & Coots, Inc. provides a suite of integrated pressure control and related services to onshore and offshore oil and gas exploration and development companies primarily in North America, Asia, South America, north and west Africa, and the Middle East. Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc. operates in three segments: Pressure Control, Well Intervention, and Equipment Services. The Pressure Control segment offers prevention and risk management services, including training, risk analysis, contingency planning, well plan reviews, audit programs, inspection services, and engineering services, as well as the prevention and control of blowouts and the mitigation of risks related to installations to reduce the number and severity of critical well events. This segment also involves in the rental and sale of firefighting equipment; provision of snubbing services, pre-event engineering services, specialized drilling engineering, and training services. Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc. was formerly known as Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc. and changed its name to Boots & Coots, Inc. in May 2009. Boots & Coots, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Far East Energy Corporation was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Far East Energy Corporation, a development stage company, together with its subsidiaries, focuses on the exploration, development, production, and sale of coalbed methane gas in the People's Republic of China. Far East Energy Corporation owns interests in three production sharing contracts, which cover the 485,000-acre Shouyang Block in Shanxi Province; the 573,000-acre Qinnan Block in Shanxi Province; and the Enhong and Laochang areas, which total 265,000 acres, in Yunnan Province. Far East Energy Corporation has a strategic alliance with Arrow Energy International Pte Ltd.

Petron Corporation's patrons are Filipinos. The company is the Philippines' largest oil refining and marketing company. Its refinery has a capacity of 180,000 barrels per day and produces almost 40% of the country's oil requirements. Petron distributes its products (including lubes, grease, asphalt, and specialty products) through a network of 32 bulk plants and terminal to more than 1,400 service stations. The Philippine government and Saudi Aramco each owned 40% of the company until both groups sold their stakes to private investment firm Ashmore Group in 2008. In 2009 local business power player San Miguel acquired a controlling stake in Petron.

Trafina is focused on growth: dynamic growth through mergers, exploitive growth through the drilling of coal bed methane assets and portfolio growth through exploration. Trafina's plan is to stay disciplined financially and increase its operatorship as it grows. Trafina is a junior oil and gas company based in Calgary, Alberta. The Company's main areas of interest are in the Rangeview and Divide areas of southwest Saskatchewan and in the Pembina area of Alberta with other operated production in Wetaskawin, Retlaw and Ronalane in Alberta. TRAFINA Energy produces and explores for oil and natural gas in Alberta, Canada. TRAFINA Energy Ltd. drills conventional well and brings up oil and gas using unconventional drilling as well. More than half the company's revenues come from operational activities in the Wetaskiwin area of Alberta (a vast majority are natural gas sales). In addition to its Wetaskiwin projects where TRAFINA Energy Ltd. is the driller and operator, TRAFINA also has non-operated oil and gas properties in the area and in other parts of Alberta. TRAFINA Energy Ltd. produces an average of more than 300 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Chairman and CEO Roland Valentine founded TRAFINA in 1991.

Newpark Mats & Integrated Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Newpark Resources, makes mat systems used to create temporary roads and walkways on wet, soft, and environmentally sensitive areas around drilling and construction sites. Newpark Mats & Integrated Services, LLC also provides pipeline construction services. Newpark Mats & Integrated Services' pipeline crews test soils, lay mats, dig trenches, install pipe, and restore disturbed areas to pristine condition. Newpark Mats & Integrated Services, LLC also provides environmental remediation services, pit design, and well connection and maintenance.

Helmerich & Payne, Inc. was founded in 1920 and is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Helmerich & Payne, Inc. engages in the contract drilling of oil and gas wells in the United States and internationally. Helmerich & Payne, Inc. provides drilling rigs, equipment, personnel, and camps on a contract basis to explore for and develop oil and gas from onshore areas and from fixed platforms, tension-leg platforms, and spars in offshore areas. Helmerich & Payne, Inc. conducts domestic land drilling primarily in Oklahoma, California, Texas, Wyoming, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Utah, Arkansas, New Mexico, and North Dakota; and offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore of California, Trinidad, and Equatorial Guinea. As of September 30, 2009, Helmerich & Payne, Inc. had 201 land drilling rigs in the United States; 9 offshore platform rigs; and international land rigs, including 1 in Venezuela, 6 in Colombia, 4 in Ecuador, 9 in Argentina, 1 in Tunisia, and 6 rigs in Mexico. In addition, Helmerich & Payne engages in the ownership, development, and operation of commercial real estate properties, as well as the research and development of rotary steerable technology.

Gulfport Energy Corporation engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas in the Louisiana Gulf Coast in the West Cote Blanche Bay and Hackberry fields. Gulfport Energy Corporation also has interests in properties located in West Texas in the Permian Basin, as well as in the Alberta oil sands in Canada. In addition, Gulfport Energy Corporation holds interest in properties in southeast Asia, including the Phu Horm gas field in Thailand. As of December 31, 2008, the company had total estimated proved reserves of approximately 25.5 million barrels of oil equivalent. Gulfport Energy Corporation is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Parker Drilling parks its oil rigs off the beaten path. Parker Drilling Company helicopter-transportable rigs allow the drilling contractor to work in otherwise inaccessible desert, mountain, and remote jungle locations. Parker Drilling Company barge rigs allow the company to drill in transition zones (such as bays and marshes). Parker Drilling owns 28 land rigs and 17 US-based barge drilling and workover rigs. Parker Drilling Company drills worldwide (in nine countries in 2008) and has worked in 54 countries since its founding. Subsidiary Quail Tools provides rental tools for oil and gas drilling and workover activities, with operations in the Gulf Coast, the Rocky Mountains, and West Texas regions. Parker Drilling also has a drilling rig construction unit.

PDTI Holdings (dba Particle Drilling Technologies) is developing an advanced drilling technology it hopes will provide a dramatic increase in penetration rates for drilling oil and gas wells. PDT's role in the energy industry is to dramatically improve drilling efficiency; thereby making new energy reserves economically available through a significant reduction in finding and development costs. PDTI Holdings LLC Particle Impact Drilling System advanced drilling technology is designed to drill through deep, hard, and abrasive zones or other difficult-to-drill geologic formations. The Particle Impact Drilling System uses a custom-built drill bit fitted with jetting nozzles and polycrystalline diamond compact cutting structures. Never able to make the technology profitable, PDTI Holdings LLC filed for and emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2009.

Tidal Energy Marketing Inc. is a full service crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGLs) marketer headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Tidal currently markets over 75,000 bpd of Western Canadian hydrocarbons for over 100 small to medium sized producers.A gatherer of North American crude oil, Tidal purchases and trades volumes that cover the full range of crude types including Condensate, Light Sweet and Sour, as well as several Heavy blends. Tidal's primary business focus is on creating value for our suppliers. We draw upon our excellent relationships with a comprehensive network of trading partners throughout the North American energy community. Our business is, and will continue to be, built upon a long term focus.

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