TXCO Resources Inc. is a full-cycle, U.S.-based, oil and gas exploration and production company with a diversified exploitation, development and exploration project inventory. Based in San Antonio, TXCO has more than 720,000 net acres under lease (1.3 million gross acres). TXCO Resources Inc. leverages its geological and geophysical expertise to increase shareholder value. TXCO Resources Inc. applies new technology to overlooked opportunities in high-potential areas that offer multiple resource plays and thousands of drilling prospects. Through its direct efforts and joint ventures with other oil and gas firms, the company explores for oil and natural gas in the Dakotas, Montana, and South Texas. In 2008 TXCO Resources Inc. reported estimated proved reserves of 81.7 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. TXCO Resources sells its oil and gas wholesale through independent marketers. Facing tough economic times, TXCO Resources Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May, 2009.

Concho Resources explores and develops properties, located primarily in the Permian Basin region of eastern New Mexico and West Texas, for the production of oil and gas. Concho Resources Inc. also owns properties in North Dakota and Arkansas. More than half of the company's 550 billion cu. ft. in proved reserves is made up of crude oil, while the rest consists of natural gas. Concho Resources gets two-thirds of its sales from crude oil. Two customers, energy marketers Navajo Refining Company (60% of 2007 sales) and DCP Midstream (23%), account for a great majority of Concho's sales. Concho Resources Inc. has more than 85 producing wells in operation.

Petroleum Traders Corporation barters with fuel. Petroleum Traders Corporation provides wholesale gasoline, diesel fuel, and heating oil to fuel distributors, government agencies, and other large consumers of fuel such as businesses with vehicle fleets. The largest pure wholesale fuel distributor in the country, Petroleum Traders operates and trades in 39 US states. Petroleum Traders Corporation supplies #1 and #2 low sulfur diesel fuels, biodiesel, high sulfur heating oil and kerosene, and conventional, ethanol, and reformulated blends of gasoline in regular, midgrade, and premium octane ratings.

The BG in BG Group stands for British Gas, but BG Group finds not only gas but also oil, all over the world. In addition to conducting its core oil and gas exploration and production operations, BG Group plc is involved in the downstream operations of liquefied natural gas (LNG) production, gas transmission and distribution, and power generation. BG Group plc is one of the largest exploration and production companies operating in the North Sea, and in 2008 BG Group plc reported proved reserves of 2.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent and an annual production averaging 226.7 million barrels of oil equivalent. In 2009 it moved into the lucrative US shale gas market, forming an alliance with EXCO Resources.

Unit Corporation operates as a contract drilling company. The company operates in three segments: Contract Drilling, Oil and Natural Gas, and Mid-Stream. The Contract Drilling segment engages in the land contract drilling of natural gas and oil wells. Unit Corporation has operations in the provinces of Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and North Dakota. The Oil and Natural Gas segment involves in the exploration, development, acquisition, and production of oil and natural gas properties. Unit Corporation producing oil and natural gas properties, undeveloped leaseholds, and related assets are located primarily in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico, as well as in Arkansas, North Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Alabama, Kansas, Mississippi, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and a small portion in Canada. The Mid-Stream segment engages in buying, selling, gathering, processing, and treating natural gas. Unit Corporation operates 3 natural gas treatment plants, 8 operating processing plants, 33 active gathering systems, and 839 miles of pipeline in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and Pennsylvania. Unit Corporation also operates a total fleet of 130 drilling rigs. The company was founded in 1963 and is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Oil and gas explorer Regal Petroleum is looking for royalties and more as Regal Petroleum plc explores for and produces oil and natural gas in eastern Europe and North Africa. Regal Petroleum plc operates in Egypt, Greece, Liberia, Romania, and Ukraine, with more than 70% of its reserves in Ukraine. Local oil player Chernihivnaftogasgeolgia (CNGG) legally challenged the validity of Regal's two production licenses in Ukraine. In 2006 the court ruled in favor of Regal Petroleum. Regal Petroleum plc has proved reserves of 403.5 billion cu. ft. of natural gas. In 2007 Regal Petroleum announced an oil find in Egypt.

Atlas Energy, Inc. operates as an independent natural gas and oil producer principally in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Tennessee. Atlas Energy, Inc. holds interests in various properties located in the Appalachian Basin; the New Albany shale in Indiana; the Antrim Shale located in northern Michigan; and the Chattanooga Shale located in Tennessee. Atlas Energy, Inc. also provides natural gas gathering services in the Anadarko, Arkoma, and Permian Basins, as well as the Golden Trend in the southwestern and mid-continent United States. In addition, Atlas Energy, Inc. offers natural gas processing and treatment services in Oklahoma and Texas; and interstate gas transmission services in southeastern Oklahoma, Arkansas, southern Kansas, and southeastern Missouri. Atlas Energy, Inc. owns and operates approximately 7,900 miles of intrastate gas gathering pipeline and a 565-mile interstate natural gas pipeline in the Mid-Continent region; and approximately 1,600 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines in Appalachia. Atlas Energy, Inc. is based in Moon Township, Pennsylvania.

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. was founded in Moji, Kita-Kyushu, in 1911 under the name of Idemitsu Shokai to engage in oil distribution. Since its foundation, Idemitsu has worked hard under the fundamental principle of social contribution through business, always maintaining respect for human beings in carrying out business operations. During its 97-year history, the Company has deployed its expertise globally in a wide range of strategic businesses, such as Core Businesses, including fuel products and basic chemicals; High Value- Added Businesses, including lubricants, performance chemicals, engineering plastics and such electronic materials as organic light emitting diode (OLED) materials, developed based on its own technologies cultivated in the Core Businesses; and Resource Businesses, including coal, uranium and geothermal energy in addition to oil exploration and production. As long as Japanese drive Toyotas, there will be a role for Idemitsu Kosan. The company is the #2 oil refiner in Japan (behind Nippon Oil). At its four refineries in Japan (processing 640,000 barrels per day) Idemitsu Kosan produces petroleum products, such as gasoline and other fuels, kerosene, and lubricants. It markets its fuel products through a network of 4,600 service stations. Idemitsu Kosan sells heavy oil and jet fuels to industries and kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to the residential sector. The company also has interests in oil exploration and production, as well as in other energy sources, including coal and uranium.

Petroplus Holdings (formerly Petroplus International) handles plus-sized amounts of petroleum. The company, which was founded in 1993 by Marcel van Poecke and Willem Willemstein, specializes in oil refining, storage, and marketing. Petroplus owns refineries in France, Germany, Switzerland, and the UK. These refineries have a total capacity of 816,000 barrels per day. RIVR, an investment vehicle jointly owned by US private equity firms Carlyle Group and Riverstone Holdings, spent about $300 million in 2005 to acquire Petroplus and take it private. It went public again in 2006. Our goal is to be the leading independent refiner and supplier of unbranded petroleum products in Europe and to be an industry leader in returning value to our shareholders.

Destiny Resource Services provides front-end seismic services, including survey and mapping, line clearing, and shot-hole drilling, through its subsidiaries. Destiny Resource Services Corp. offers GPS surveying and GIS mapping through its Destiny Survey and Mapping unit and line clearing through its Destiny Line Clearing subsidiary. Destiny Drilling provides seismic shot-hole drilling services. Destiny Resource Services Corp. also provides navigation and positioning technology (through Destiny Navigation Technologies) and locating services (through Advanced Locating Services). Destiny serves energy explorers and producers and seismic acquisition companies. Logan Oil Tools agreed to buy Destiny in 2009.

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