Tesoro Corporation, a Fortune 100 company, is an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products. Tesoro, through its subsidiaries, operates seven refineries in the western United States with a combined capacity of approximately 665,000 barrels per day. Tesoro's retail-marketing system includes over 870 branded retail stations, of which over 380 are company operated under the Tesoro®, Shell®, Mirastar® and USA Gasoline™ brands. A pioneer of oil refining in Alaska, Tesoro Alaska is a regional oil refinery and refined petroleum products marketing unit of Tesoro Corporation. The unit manages Tesoro Corporation's and Alaska's first oil refinery, at Kenai. The 72,000 barrels-a-day refinery produces gasoline, liquefied petroleum gas, heavy oils, bunker fuels, and liquid asphalt, as well as distillates (jet fuel, diesel fuel, and heating oil). The plant's primary product is jet fuel for Anchorage International Airport, located 70 miles from the refinery. A 40,000-barrels-per-day pipeline connects the refinery with the airport. The Kenai refinery also supplies gasoline and diesel to about 90 Tesoro-branded retail outlets in Alaska.

Blue Rhino, the cerulean rhinoceros with a flaming snout is displayed across all 50 states in the US and Puerto Rico. Blue Rhino exchanges propane cylinders (the ones used for gas grills). Customers exchange empty cylinders for prefilled ones at hardware and convenience stores, including Home Depot, Lowe's, Wal-Mart, and Circle K. In an effort to gain greater control over distribution, the company has acquired additional independent propane distributors that deliver the cylinders to stores. Blue Rhino also serves the paintball market through Rhino Power, which provides a retail-based CO2 tank exchange program. Blue Rhino is a unit of propane powerhouse Ferrellgas.

LG Group founder In Hwoi,Koo set LG history in motion with the establishment of the Lak Hui Chemical Industrial Corp. in 1947.In 1952, Lak Hui (currently LG Chem) became the first Korean company to enter the plastics industry. As the company expanded its plastics business, LG Group established Goldstar Co., Ltd., (currently LG Electronics Inc.) in 1958. In 1959, Goldstar produced Korea's first radio, opening a new era for the nation's electronics industry. In the early 1950s, LG had already established the foundation for its two major sectors-the chemical and electronics businesses-thereby leading the development of Korea's industries. LG has adopted new visions for the 21st century. Its new visions are to develop a corporation where employees reach their full potential, shareholders maximize their value, and consumers are satisfied and touched emotionally.

Petroleum Geo-Services sends shockwaves around the world. Petroleum Geo-Services ASA provides seismic data and other oil and gas data services to customers operating mainly in the North Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Geophysical services include acquiring and processing 2-D, 3-D, and 4-D seismic data, 4-D reservoir imaging, and reservoir characterization studies. Petroleum Geo-Services operates 15 seismic vessels, and 23 seismic data processing centers. To raise cash to invest in its core offshore business, in 2009 Petroleum Geo-Services sold its onshore seismic data acquisition business to leading US seismic firm Geokinetics for $184 million, and a 12% stake in the company. PGS has offices in over 25 countries with regional centers in London, Houston and Singapore. Our headquarters is in Oslo, Norway and the PGS share is listed on the Oslo stock exchange (OSE:PGS).

Cobalt’s strategic objective is to create distinctive value for investors by exploring for oil in the largest hydrocarbon rich plays in the deep offshore waters of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and West Africa, with an emphasis on sub-salt and pre-salt exploration, development, and production. Cobalt International owns interests in offshore properties located in the Gulf of Mexico and West Africa. Cobalt International Energy, L.P assets include majority and minority stakes in more than half-a-million acres in the Gulf and more than 2 million acres in blocks located off the coast of Gabon and Angola. Cobalt International Energy, L.P focuses primarily on searching for oil pockets encased beneath salt layers, which until recently was traditionally untapped geological territory in the oil industry. Founded in 2005, Cobalt International conducted its initial public offering (IPO) in 2009.

The Chinese petroleum handled by this company is in the other China, Taiwan. CPC (formerly Chinese Petroleum Corporation) is engaged in the exploration, production, refining, storage, transportation, and the sale of oil and oil products in Taiwan. To supplement oil supply to hydrocarbon-poor Taiwan, the state-owned monopoly has stakes in oil and gas exploration ventures in Australia, Chad, Ecuador, Kenya, Indonesia, Libya, the US, and Venezuela. Its refineries produce natural gas, kerosene, fuel oil, ethylene, propylene, and other refined products. CPC owns and operates more than 2,030 gas stations, as well as boat and aviation refueling stations. The Taiwanese government has CPC on track for privatization.

Bill Barrett Corporation was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Bill Barrett Corporation, an independent oil and gas company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas and crude oil in the Wind River, Uinta, Piceance, Powder River, Big Horn, and Paradox Basins and the Montana Overthrusts. Barrett holds about 1.2 million net undeveloped leasehold acres. Some 90% of the company's properties are unconventional resources, such as coal bed methane and shale gas. In 2008 the oil and gas firm had working interests in 950 drilling locations and had estimated net proved reserves of 818.3 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Bill Barrett Corporation also directly operates 97% of its net production.

YPF Sociedad Anonima engages in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil, natural gas, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Argentina. The company also involves in the refining, marketing, transportation, and distribution of oil and a range of petroleum products, petroleum derivatives, petrochemicals, LPG, and bio-fuels. As of December 31, 2008, its crude oil transportation network included approximately 2,700 kilometers of crude oil pipelines with approximately 640,000 barrels of aggregate daily transportation capacity of refined products; crude oil tankage of approximately 7 million barrels; and terminal facilities at 5 Argentine ports. In addition, it participates in 3 power stations with an aggregate installed capacity of 1,622 megawatts; and engages in gas separation and natural gas distribution businesses. As of December 31, 2008, its automotive petroleum products’ retail distribution network consisted of 1,642 YPF-branded service stations. The company was founded in 1977 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. YPF Sociedad Anonima is a subsidiary of Repsol YPF, S.A.

Yangarra Resources Ltd. wants to yank some oil and natural gas from reserves in Western Canada. The exploration and production company (formed from the 2005 merger of TriOil and the former Yangarra Resources Inc.) has three core operating areas in the province of Alberta: Ferrier, Medicine Hat, and Jaslan. Yangarra Resources Ltd. also has noncore operations in Saskatchewan and other areas of Alberta. Yangarra Resources Ltd. has an inventory of more than 50 locations that are prospects for drilling. Yangarra Resources has proved and probable reserves of 2.9 million barrels of oil equivalent. In 2009 it filed for Canada's version of bankruptcy protection and then bought Athabaska Energy, which also produced natural gas in Alberta.

Sippin Energy Products distributes heating fuel to customers in southwestern Connecticut. Sippin Energy Products heating oil services for customers include the removal of old oil tanks, and their replacement with new ones. Sippin Energy Products also sells and installs air conditioning systems and hot water heaters. In addition to its fleet of oil delivery trucks, Sippin Energy Products operates a 800,000 gallon storage tank. Sippin Energy Products is owned by the Sippin family which founded their fuel business in 1919.

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