Contango Oil & Gas Company was founded in 1986 and is based in Houston, Texas.Contango Oil & Gas Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, production, and acquisition of oil and natural gas properties primarily offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. Contango Oil & Gas Company also holds interests in an alternative energy company. Contango Oil & Gas Company has alliance with Juneau Exploration, L.P. for assembling natural gas and oil prospects.

Global Industries, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides construction and subsea services to the offshore oil and gas industry. Global Industries, Ltd. services include pipeline construction, platform installation and removal, project management, construction support, diving services, diverless intervention, and marine support services. As of December 31, 2009, Global Industries, Ltd. fleet included eight derrick lay barges, one heavy lift ship, one pipelay barge, four multi-service vessels, three dive support vessels, one offshore supply vessel, and one cargo barge. Global Industries, Ltd. has operations in North America, Latin America, West Africa, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific/India regions. Global Industries, Ltd. customers include oil and gas producers, and pipeline companies. Global Industries, Ltd. was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Carlyss, Louisiana.

FEC Resources Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada. FEC Resources Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of natural resource and mineral properties. FEC Resources Inc. focuses on the development of oil, natural gas, iron ore, gold, and coal in the Philippines. FEC Resources Inc. was formerly known as Forum Energy Corporation and changed its name to FEC Resources Inc. in May 2005.

Nederlandse Gasunie treats the Dutch to a steady supply of natural gas. The company transports natural gas throughout the Netherlands and Northern Germany through its 15,000-km. gas transmission it network. In 2007 its natural gas throughput totaled more than 95.9 billion cu. meters. Gasunie also provides research and engineering services. The company split off its gas wholesale trading arm as Gasunie Trading & Supply, (now GasTerra) in mid-2005. When the change occurred, the Dutch government's ownership stake in Gasunie went from 50% to 100%. (Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell still each indirectly hold 25% of GasTerra.)

Talisman Energy Inc. was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.Talisman Energy Inc. also explores in North Africa and in Latin America and the Caribbean region. In the North Sea the company operates more than 40 oilfields and has a large exploration holding in offshore Norway. Talisman Energy Inc. also has a vast acreage of natural gas reserves in Southeast Asia. In 2008 Talisman reported proved reserves of 1.4 billion barrels of oil equivalent and a production rate of 432,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.

On a barren piece of land in Harris County, Texas, just outside of Houston, a discouraged but still determined drilling crew struck “black gold” in 1917. Weeks after paychecks from the new Crown Oil and Refining Company had run dry, ‘Well Number 3’ finally spouted oil. What flowed from the well was more than just crude oil; it was the foundation of what became Crown Central Petroleum Corporation and has evolved into Crown Central LLC. The revenue generated by ‘Well 3’ enabled the young company to construct its own refinery. One of the very first refineries built on the Houston Ship Channel, the plant opened in 1920 with lube oil as its only product. But the range of products would begin to grow with the manufacturing of gasoline in 1925, the same year the Company was incorporated as Crown Central Petroleum Corporation.

Frontier Refining & Marketing, a subsidiary of Frontier Holdings Inc. (which is a subsidiary of Frontier Oil Corporation), operates all of Frontier Oil's marketing, crude and product supply, planning, human resources, and accounting functions. Frontier Refining & Marketing primarily sells its gasoline and diesel to unbranded jobbers, but it also supplies retail operations of other oil companies. The company itself has no retail marketing locations, but does allow jobbers to use the Frontier logo on their retail outlets. Frontier Refining & Marketing is also a major marketer of asphalt to the Front Range area.

Although it carries the ancient Sanskrit name for India (Bharat), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is a modern refining and distribution company. It vies with Hindustan Petroleum for the #2 slot behind Indian Oil. The company processes petroleum and petroleum products; its refinery in Mumbai processes 260,000 barrels of crude per day. It also controls refineries in Kochi and Numaligarh. BPCL sells engine oils and gasolines, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and kerosene. It has more than 6,550 gas stations, more than 1,000 kerosene dealers, and a national network of LPG distributors. The Indian government owns 55% of the firm, although it plans to sell this stake as part of industrywide deregulation.

Plains Exploration and Production Company was founded in 2002 and is based in Houston, Texas. Plains Exploration & Production Company engages in the acquisition, development, exploration, and production of oil and gas properties primarily in the United States. Plains Exploration and Production Company owns interests in various oil and gas properties located in the Onshore and Offshore California; the Gulf of Mexico; the Gulf Coast Region, including the Haynesville Shale and South and East Texas; the Mid-Continent Region; and the Rocky Mountains, as well as an interest in an exploration prospect offshore Vietnam. As of December 31, 2008, Plains Exploration and Production Company had proved reserves of approximately 292.1 million barrels of oil equivalent.

World Energy Solutions offers its customers some protection from the world of hurt that is rising energy prices. The company offers energy procurement, market analysis, and risk management services for industrial and commercial customers and government entities in deregulated regions of the US. World Energy Solutions analyzes clients' energy needs and provides savings on electricity and natural gas supply contracts through its online reverse auction platform; it also manages bill payments and monitors energy usage after the auction process. The company's more than 300 customers include Cargill Energy Marketing, Ford, SAIC, and the US Postal Service.

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