Progress Energy Resources Corp., or "Progress", was formed in January 2009 through the business combination of Progress Energy Trust and ProEx Energy Ltd. Progress's strategy focuses on growing reserves, production and cash flow while paying a dividend to shareholders. Progress Energy Resources Corp. two primary operating regions are the Deep Basin of Northern Alberta and the Foothills of Northern British Columbia. These regions are considered among the most desirable resource play regions in North America. New technologies are continually being applied and refined to economically recover the large natural gas resource-in-place. Progress Energy Resources Corp. also has operations in south-central Alberta and minor land holdings in Saskatchewan. Progress Energy Resources Corp. asset base includes 1.2 million net acres of undeveloped land. In 2008 Progress Energy Resources reported proved and probable reserves of I trillion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent.

In 1929, when the United States was just beginning to enter the era of the Great Depression, Joe H. Glenn, Jr. and Bert L. Bennett, Sr., were beginning an era of their own. These two men shared very little in common, other than the fact that they both had a dream of owning an oil distributorship. This dream seemed unrealistic in the economic conditions that were present in 1929, but Joe Glenn and Bert Bennett, Sr. would not stop dreaming and looked beyond adversity to opportunity to make this dream come true. Quality Oil Company was organized in December 1929. Initially, the Company had been created to launch a distributorship for the then unheard of, Shell Oil Company. This distributorship was originally owned by W. H. Leonard and an unknown partner. Joe Glenn and his uncle, Bert Bennett, Sr. bought the business in 1930. Although the partnership changed hands, the original name of the distributorship remained the same. W. H. Leonard went on to form his own oil company, Leonard Oil Company, which was purchased by Quality Oil Company sixty years later.

Covanta Energy is an internationally recognized owner and operator of Energy-from-Waste and power generation projects.The major operating arm of Covanta Holding, the power producer has interests in 60 power plants located in the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Its plants use a variety of fuels, including municipal solid waste, wood waste (biomass), landfill gas, water (hydroelectric), natural gas, coal, and heavy fuel. Covanta Energy has 30 waste to energy plants worldwide. These specialized plants can convert 16 million tons of waste into more than 8 million MW hours of electricity annually and create 10 billion pounds of steam that are sold to a variety of industries.

JAPEX is at the apex of Japan's oil and gas industry. Japan Petroleum Exploration (JAPEX) explores for and produces oil and gas in Japan and around the world and has proved reserves of 272 million barrels of oil equivalent. Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. exploration and production division sells crude oil, natural gas, and liquefied natural gas (LNG). Another division contracts for drilling projects and geological and geophysical surveys. Other operations include the sale of petroleum products such as LPG and fuel oil. Expanding its portfolio, in 2009 JAPEX acquired the oil product sales unit of a Mitsubishi Materials subsidiary. The Japanese government controls 34% of JAPEX.

Amalie Oil (named after the founders' grandmother) blends and supplies lubricants and other oil products including motor oils, transmission fluids, gear oils, and greases. To control costs, the company also manufactures its own bottles to store its products. Amalie Oil, which markets its products worldwide, has distribution operations in Dallas; Jacksonville, Florida; and Los Angeles. Amalie Oil blends and packages some 200 different products in package sizes ranging from 8-ounce plastic bottles to bulk rail transports.

Curlew Lake Resources explores for, develops, and produces oil and natural gas in Western Canada and the US. Curlew Lake Resources Inc. is also involved in precious metals exploration. The group has interests in the Turner Valley and Metis oil and natural gas projects in Alberta and in the Fosterton field in Saskatchewan. In the US Curlew Lake Resources Inc. is engaged in developing oil and gas assets in California and Nevada. Curlew Lake Resources Inc. mineral exploration operations focus on developing gold mining prospects in the Typhoon/Clear Creek District of the Yukon Territory, southeast of Dawson City.

Arawak Energy reserves its energy for former Soviet Union countries. An oil and gas exploration and production company, Arawak's assets include six properties in the Pre-Caspian Basin in western Kazakhstan, as well as four properties in the Komi Republic in Russia. Arawak Energy Ltd. also has exploration operations on properties in Azerbaijan. In 2008 the company's total proved and probable reserves were 61.8 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe); that same year, its total production topped 4 million boe, most of which was produced by its operations in Kazakhstan. Formerly a publicly-owned company, Arawak was acquired by a subsidiary of Vitol Group in 2009.

Excelsior Energy hopes to excel in producing oil from the vast bitumen sand deposits of Western Canada. Excelsior Energy Limited has a working interest in two prospective oil sands leases: Hangingstone and West Surmont, in the Athabasca oil sands of Alberta. Excelsior Energy's business model is to produce oil in-place using on-site thermal units, rather than the traditional model of transporting oil sands to a central processing plant. By 2009 Excelsior Energy Limited had done significant exploration drilling and found that Hangingstone could recover bitumen on an experimental basis, producing a maximum of 1,000 barrels of bitumen per day. Excelsior Energy plans to begin commercial production in the Hangingstone Project in 2011.

Melrose Resources plc is an Edinburgh-based oil and gas exploration, development and production company with interests in Egypt, Bulgaria, Romania, United States, France and Turkey. Melrose was founded in the 1990's and was listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in 1999. In 2008, Melrose was admitted to the FTSE 250 share index. Melrose Resources plc, which in 2006 had proved reserves (primarily in Egypt) of 17.3 million barrels of oil and 211.5 billion cu. ft. of natural gas, also produces and distributes ethanol in the US. Melrose Resources plc interests in the US are primarily in Texas and New Mexico. Melrose Resources' primary strategy for growth is to take large equity positions in upstream assets and ramp up the assets' value to shareholders. Melrose Resources plc range of activities include wildcat exploration, new field development, and enhanced recovery projects.

ANR Pipeline Company (ANR) enjoys a rich tradition in the natural gas pipeline business. From its founding as the Michigan-Wisconsin Pipe Line Company in 1945 to being a member of the TransCanada family of companies in 2007, ANR operates one of the largest interstate natural gas pipeline systems in the United States. Our broad array of competitively priced services is customer-and market-responsive, providing customers the flexibility they need to compete in today’s natural gas marketplace. We offer a full menu of transportation options, hub services, and several storage options.

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