Indeck Energy Services tries to make sure it always has a project on deck. Indeck Energy Services, Inc. owns and operates 13 fossil-fueled, one hydroelectric, and four biomass generation plants located in the US (primarily in the Northeast) and in Canada, Guatemala, and the UK. Indeck Energy Services operates two plants (400-MW of capacity) in the northeastern US for NRG Energy. Affiliate Indeck Power Equipment rents or leases boilers and generators, and Indeck Operations runs and maintains power and steam plants. Chairman and CEO Gerald Forsythe owns Indeck Energy Services, which was founded in 1985.

EV Energy Partners is a natural gas and oil exploration and production company, which operates in the Appalachian Basin, primarily in West Virginia and Ohio, as well as in Louisiana, Michigan, Oklahoma, and Texas. In 2007 EV Energy Partners reported estimated proved reserves of 250 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and 4.5 million barrels of oil. Its base in the Appalachian Basin puts EV Energy Partners in close proximity to the nation's major consuming markets, allowing for stronger pricing power. EV Energy Partners was formed in 2006 by Canadian energy industry investment group EnerVest, which owns 71% of EV Energy Partners' general partner.

Aker Solutions is a leading global provider of engineering and construction services, technology products and integrated solutions. The business within Aker Solutions comprises several industries, including Oil & Gas, Refining & Chemicals, Mining & Metals and Power Generation. The parent company in the group is Aker Solutions ASA. Aker Solutions has aggregated annual revenues of approximately NOK 58 billion and has approximately 22 500 employees and 9 500 contract staff in about 30 countries. Aker Solutions ASA subsidiaries' services range from installing complex projects in the North Sea to smaller facilities in shallow waters. Process equipment for upstream oil and gas companies, well logs for oil and gas companies, downhole services, drilling equipment, deck machinery, and mooring systems are all part of the group's offerings. Holding company Aker ASA controls 40% of the company, the Norwegian government 30%.

Savanna Energy Services provides field services to oil and gas customers in Canada. Savanna Energy Services Corp. provides well servicing through subsidiaries Great Plains Well Servicing, Accell Well Services, and Command Coil, and drilling services through Trailblazer Drilling Corp., Lakota Drilling, and Akuna Drilling. Savanna Energy maintains a fleet of 99 drilling rigs, 56 well servicing rigs, and eight coiled tubing units. Savanna Energy Services Corp. operates primarily in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Savanna Energy was formed in 2001 and completed a public offering in 2004. In 2007 Savanna Energy Services Corp. sold its Ultraline Services subsidiary, which provides cased hole wireline services, to Halliburton.

Pengrowth Energy Trust was founded in 1988 and is based in Calgary, Canada. Pengrowth Energy Trust is one of North America's largest energy royalty trusts. Majority-owned subsidiary Pengrowth Corp. serves as administrator of the trust, and Pengrowth Management serves as its manager. Pengrowth Corp. acquires and manages working interests and royalty interests in oil and natural gas properties in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Nova Scotia. Pengrowth Energy Trust has an average 62% working interest in 200 project area properties; daily production was expected to average between 80,000 and 82,000 barrels or oil equivalent per day in 2008. In 2007 Pengrowth Energy Trust reported proved plus probable reserves of 319.9 million barrels of oil equivalent.

Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Midland, Texas.Clayton Williams Energy, Inc., an independent oil and gas company, engages in the exploration for and production of oil and natural gas properties primarily in Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico. As of December 31, 2008, it had 6,704 gross producing oil and gas wells; leasehold interests in approximately 1.2 million gross undeveloped acres; and proved reserves of 228.6 billion cubic feet of natural gas equivalents. Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. also has equity interest in a joint venture with Lariat Services, Inc. to construct, own, and operate 12 drilling rigs. In addition, Clayton Williams Energy owns and operates natural gas service facilities consisting of 94 miles of pipeline, 3 treating plants, 1 dehydration facility, 3 compressor stations, and 4 wellhead type treating and compression facilities.

Largo Vista is in the business of supplying liquid petroleum gas (LPG) through pipelines and in bottles to consumers in the People's Republic of China. Largo Vista Group, Ltd. conducts its operations through strategic partnerships with Chinese companies Zunyi Shilin Xinmao Petrochemical Industries and Jiahong Gas. Largo Vista Group, Ltd. purchases and resells LPG in the retail and wholesale markets to both residential and commercial customers in the city of Zunyi, in Guizhou Province. Largo Vista has closed its unprofitable storage depot operations in that city and is focusing on supplying LPG in bottles and via pipelines. Largo Vista Group, Ltd. is eyeing further expansion in both China and Vietnam.

Nippon Mining Holdings is involved in mining and energy operations. Subsidiary Japan Energy is engaged in both upstream and downstream oil and gas activities as well as petrochemical manufacturing. The company refines oil at its three refineries and markets its petroleum products through a network of 3,300 JOMO service stations throughout Japan. Petroleum products include gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, petrochemicals, lubricants, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Subsidiary Nippon Mining & Metals is engaged in resources development activities such as smelting and refining, recycling and environmental services, metal fabrication, and the manufacture of electronic materials.

Alon Brands is gaining some independence, but it won't be going it alone in its new venture. Trading on the 7-Eleven and FINA brands, Alon Brands operates convenience stores and, through its wholesale marketing segment, provides motor fuels, supplies, and services to distributors in the southern US. The company is the largest 7-Eleven licensee in the US, with more than 300 convenience stores located in Texas and New Mexico. Alon Brands is also the sole licensee of the FINA brand for motor fuels in the South Central and Southwestern US. Alon USA Energy formed Alon Brands in 2008 as a holding company for its retail and wholesale marketing segments, with the intention of spinning the company off in an IPO.

Warren Equities fills car tanks and stomachs in the US Northeast. The holding company sells fuel and groceries from more than 300 Xtra Mart brand service stations and convenience stores from Maine to Virginia. Warren's distribution companies supply those stores, as well as independent outlets, with gasoline, grocery, and tobacco products. Other Warren companies trade and store petroleum, provide environmental testing services, and make promotional signs and clothing. Founder Warren Alpert's foundation gives annual grants to medical researchers. Alpert died in 2007.

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