Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada. Advantage Oil and Gas Ltd. is an intermediate oil and natural gas corporation with properties located in Western Canada. The Corporation's common shares trade on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges under the symbol AAV with its head office in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In 2008 the company reported about 547,912 net acres of undeveloped land, and proved and probable reserves of 174.8 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. It focuses on developing the Montney natural gas resource play located at Glacier, Alberta. The company was formerly known as Advantage Energy Income Fund and changed its name to Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd.

This company likes to keep gas in its pipes. Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline provides customers in the Upper Midwest region of the US with natural gas gathering, transportation, and underground storage services. It operates 3,350 miles of natural gas transmission pipeline, nearly 350 miles of gathering pipeline, and 30 compressor stations capable of holding more than 193 billion cu. ft. of natural gas. Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline's system connects major natural gas suppliers with markets between Canada and the Central region of the US. The company is an indirect subsidiary of MDU Resources. Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company provides a broad range of natural gas services that includes transportation, storage and gathering along with a full spectrum of energy-related administrative services including measurement, pipeline construction and maintenance.

Hyperdynamics was founded in 1996 and is traded on the NYSE Amex under the symbol HDY. Hyperdynamics has shifted its business focus from IT consulting services to oil and gas exploration, primarily in Africa. Hyperdynamics Corporation SCS Corporation subsidiary concentrates on developing an oil and gas concession located offshore the Republic of Guinea in West Africa. Hyperdynamics' HYD Resources subsidiary and gas exploration and production company focuses on low-risk shallow exploration projects in Louisiana, where in 2008 it held proved reserves of 150,435 barrels of oil. Chairman Kent Watts, who stepped down a CEO in 2009, owns 17% of Hyperdynamics. Hyperdynamics Corporation holds certain contract rights for the exploration and exploitation of oil and gas in an approximately 80,000 square kilometer concession off the coast of the Republic of Guinea.

Stallion Oilfield Services Ltd. provides wellsite support services and production & logistics services to the oilfield with over 1,700 employees in 65 locations. As the largest provider of quality auxiliary rentals and services for oil and gas operations in the domestic United States, we have been providing reliable housing, water and sewer systems, waste management, satellite systems, solids control, wellsite construction and oilfield heavy hauling to the oil patch for many years. The wellsite support segment (its main revenue generator) provides living quarters for the workforce, equipment rental, satellite communications services, and solids control and waste handling coordination services. Overextended following a round of acquisitions, in late 2009, facing heavy debts, the company sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, from which it emerged in early 2010.

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.

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is based in Houston, Texas.Carrizo Oil & Gas sees its future in 3-D. Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. is an independent exploration and production company that explores for oil and gas in the Barrett Shale play of North Texas, and in proven onshore fields along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana, Carrizo aggressively acquires 3-D seismic data and arranges land lease options in conjunction with conducting seismic surveys. As part of a new strategy, Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. is exploiting the Marcellus Shale play (New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Virginia). Carrizo has additional properties in the Rockies, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, New Mexico, and in the North Sea. In 2008 the firm reported proved reserves of 432.1 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent.

Shell Global Solutions International BV was formed in 1998. Shell Global Solutions coordinates the operations of half a dozen of Royal Dutch Shell technology businesses worldwide. Shell Global Solutions International BV provides research and technical services to a range of petroleum-related industry segments including additive process industries; automotive manufacture and supply; exploration and production; chemicals; gas and LNG processing; motorsports; refining; oil marketing; and supply and distribution. Shell Global Solutions International BV services include chemical analysis, crude oil evaluation, engineering, energy optimization, gas-to-liquids conversion, gasification, hydrocracking, inspections, thermodynamics, and water treatment.

Woodside is an independent Australian oil and gas company playing a key role in supplying energy to our region. Woodside Petroleum Ltd. are one of the world’s leading producers of liquefied natural gas, helping meet the demands for cleaner energy from Japan, China, Korea and other countries in the Asia Pacific region. Woodside was formed in 1954, focused initially on oil exploration off Australia’s south coast. Major natural gas discoveries off the Western Australian coast in the 1970s changed the company’s direction, and today Woodside is one of the world’s preeminent producers of LNG. Woodside Petroleum Ltd. operate the $27 billion North West Shelf project, which in 2009 celebrated 25 years of natural gas production and 20 years of LNG production.

Cudd Energy Services began operations in 1977 uder the name Cudd Pressure Control, Inc. in Woodward, Oklahoma with eight employees and a hydraulic snubbing unit. The level of activity was high in Western Oklahoma which allowed for immediate growth. A second snubbing unit was added in this region and then a third in Rock Springs, Wyoming in 1978. Expansion into Texas and Louisiana followed in 1979 with the acquisition of several other companies. Cudd Energy Services, a subsidiary of RPC, provides coil tubing injections, snubbing (a process used to repair damaged tubing in high-pressure wells), wireline, well control, and well pumping services to oil and gas companies operating worldwide. The oilfield services company's portfolio of equipment consists of coiled tubing units, snubbing units, nitrogen units, wireline units, fluid pumps, and lift boats. Cudd Energy Services' customers include Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Houston Exploration, and Shell.

Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P., together with its subsidiaries, engages in gathering, compressing, treating, processing, transporting, and selling natural gas, as well as in fractionating and transporting natural gas liquids (NGL). It also involves in acquiring, developing, and producing oil and natural gas working interests in Alabama and Texas; and acquiring and managing fee minerals and royalty interests. The company has natural gas gathering and processing assets in Texas Panhandle, east Texas/Louisiana, south Texas, west Texas, and the Gulf of Mexico. The Texas Panhandle operations include East Panhandle System and West Panhandle System. The East Panhandle System consists of approximately 1,100 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines; and 4 natural gas processing plants. The West Panhandle System has approximately 2,643 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines; 3 natural gas processing plants; 1 propane fractionation facility; and 1 condensate collection facility. The east Texas/Louisiana activities include approximately 1,195 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines; 2 cryogenic processing plants; 5 JT/refrigeration processing plants; and a 19-mile NGL pipeline. The south Texas operations consist of approximately 266 miles of natural gas pipeline; a compressor stations; and 3 processing stations. The Gulf of Mexico activities include approximately 40 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines; 2 cryogenic processing plants; and a NGL fractionator. Eagle Rock Energy GP, L.P. serves as the general partner of Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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