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.

Nicklos Drilling Company provides land and offshore contract drilling services in the Texas Gulf Coast, Southeast Texas, and Southwest Louisiana. Nicklos Drilling has four differently configured rigs capable of drilling in a depth range from 6,500 feet depth maximum to 17,000 feet maximum. Nicklos Drilling Company is owned and managed by Texas oil industry veterans Jim Nicklos (whose previous oil contracting business had gone bankrupt in the mid-1980s) and Jack Blanton (a one-time VP of family-owned Scurlock Oil). Nicklos Drilling Company by providing valuable oil field services that Nicklos Drilling makes its money.

PetroBakken Energy is developing its holdings in the Bakken oil shale play in southeast Saskatchewan. Formerly an oil and gas explorer and producer in Alberta and Saskatchewan, in 2009 PetroBakken Energy Ltd. (as TriStar Oil and gas) combined with the Canadian business unit of Petrobank Energy and Resources to form PetroBakken Energy, solely focused on the Bakken Shale play. PetroBakken Energy has estimated proved plus probable reserves of 127 million barrels of oil equivalent, and produces about 37,000 barrels per day. Petrobank Energy controls about two-thirds of the company. In 2010 PetroBakken Energy agreed to buy Canadian junior oil and gas firms Berens Energy for $319 million and Result Energy for $480 million.

The Nabors companies own and operate approximately 528 land drilling and approximately 763 land workover and well-servicing rigs in North America. Nabors' actively marketed offshore fleet consists of 37 platform rigs, 13 jack-up units and 3 barge rigs in the United States and multiple international markets. In addition, Nabors manufactures top drives and drilling instrumentation systems and provides comprehensive oilfield hauling, engineering, civil construction, logistics and facilities maintenance, and project management services. Nabors participates in most of the significant oil, gas and geothermal markets in the world. Nabors Drilling USA also provides well control equipment rental, equipment engineering, technical support and other rig-related services.

Canadian Natural Resources Limited was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.Canadian Natural Resources Limited engages in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas. Canadian Natural Resources Limited also engages in the midstream activities, which include its pipeline operations and an electricity co-generation system. Canadian Natural Resources Limited conventional crude oil and natural gas operations are focused primarily in western Canada, the United Kingdom portion of the North Sea, and offshore West Africa. Canadian Natural Resources Limited holds interests in the Horizon Oil Sands project located in the north of Fort McMurray for producing synthetic crude oil through bitumen mining and upgrading operations.

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.

Always at the top of its game, Apex Oil sells, stores, and distributes petroleum products. Its range of refined products includes asphalt, biodiesel, kerosene, fuel oil, diesel fuel, heavy oil, gasoline, and bunker fuels. The company's terminals are primarily located on the East Coast and Gulf Coast, in California, and in the Midwest. Internationally, Apex Oil has operations in the Bahamas, Monaco, and the Netherlands. The company's subsidiaries include Apex Towing, a tug boat and barge business; Petroleum Fuel and Terminal, a storage and truck rack operation; and Enjet (oil and carbon black marketing). Apex Oil is controlled by CEO Tony Novelly.

Sure Energy (formerly Clear Energy) is an oil and natural gas exploration and production company with operations in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The Peace River Arch is one of its core areas, where it has operations in the Glacier area and in the Clear River, Gordondale, Balsam, and Gage areas. Sure Energy has proved reserves of 438.2 million barrels of oil equivalent and holds 39,000 net acres of undeveloped land. Sure Energy Inc. was formed in 2003 through the reorganization of Vermilion Resources into Vermilion Energy Trust and Clear Energy. In 2004 Clear Energy acquired fellow explorer Ranchgate Energy. Sure Energy Inc. teamed up with Sound Energy Trust in 2006 and became Sure Energy.

Shell makes a major contribution to the UK, not just through providing products and services to our customers, but also through employment, tax revenues and investment which boost the economy. We employ around 8,500 people directly in the UK. Shell is a key provider of the energy that millions of people use for heating and powering the UK. We produce around one tenth of the UK's oil and gas and operate almost a fifth. We are probably best known to the public for our service stations and we have around 900 retail sites in the UK. Our Stanlow refinery near Ellesmere Port in Cheshire is at the heart of Britain’s oil and chemical industry, producing a range of transport fuels, including Shell V-Power, and chemicals for industry.Our two main businesses are Shell U.K. Exploration and Production, an operating division of Shell U.K. Limited, and Shell U.K. Oil Products Limited. Each has its own board of directors and is a subsidiary of Shell Holdings (U.K.) Limited.

Diaz is an oil and gas exploration and development company with land holdings and production in Canada and the United States. Diaz Resources Ltd. principal business is the exploration for and marketing of natural gas with the majority of the Company's revenue being generated from gas production in Alberta and Texas. Diaz Resources Ltd. also explores for hydrocarbons in Saskatchewan. Diaz Resources has exploration operations in the Deep Wilcox Trend of Texas and in the Harmattan area of Alberta. Diaz Resources Ltd. is also involved in a shallow gas infill program at the Enchant and Retlaw areas of Alberta. In 2006 Diaz Resources Ltd. reported proved and probable reserves of 27.8 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and 437,000 barrels of oil and condensate. Diaz Resources Ltd. current focus is on the development of a heavy oil pool near Lloydminster, Alberta, and oil exploration in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

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