Now here's a company that pipes in the goods that keep the South fueled, naturally. Southern Natural Gas operates an 7,600-mile long natural gas pipeline (SNG System), which serves major markets across the southeastern US. This system transports more than 3 billion cu. ft. of natural gas per day. The SNG pipeline system has about 60 billion cu. ft. of underground working natural gas storage capacity. Major customers include Atlanta Gas Light Company, Alabama Gas, Southern Company, and SCANA. Southern Natural Gas is a part of El Paso Corporation's Pipeline Group.

Quest Energy Partners, L.P. engages in the acquisition, exploitation, and development of oil and natural gas properties in the Cherokee basin of southeastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma (the Cherokee Basin Operations), and the Appalachian Basin in West Virginia and New York. Quest Energy Partners, L.P. Appalachian Basin operations primarily focus on the development of the Marcellus Shale; and Cherokee Basin Operations focus on developing coal bed methane gas production. As of December 31, 2008, Quest Energy Partners, L.P. had a total of approximately 167.1 billion cubic feet equivalent of net proved reserves. Quest Energy Partners, L.P. also operated approximately 2,438 gross gas wells in the Cherokee Basin and 27 gross oil wells. In addition, Quest Energy Partners, L.P. had approximately 4,000 oil and gas leases covering approximately 559,084 net acres; and owned the development rights to approximately 557,603 net acres throughout the Cherokee Basin. Quest Energy GP, LLC serves as the general partner of Quest Energy Partners, L.P. Quest Energy Partners, L.P. is based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Quest Energy Partners, L.P. is a subsidiary of Quest Resource Corporation.

HOVENSA is among the top ten largest refineries in the world. The company became the owner and operator of the former Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp. (HOVIC) refinery on October 30, 1998. HOVIC, a wholly owned Virgin Islands subsidiary of Hess Corporation, was established to construct and operate an oil refinery in coordination with the Virgin Islands Government’s efforts in the 1960’s to diversify the economy of the islands. HOVENSA provides employment to approximately 2,500 people in a culturally diverse workforce through its payroll and that of several maintenance contractors.

Enerplus Resources Fund was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada. Enerplus Resources Fund, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an open-end investment trust. Enerplus Resources Fund owns a diversified portfolio of crude oil and natural gas producing properties in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, western Canada; and in the states of Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, and Utah, the United States. As of December 31, 2008, Enerplus Resources Fund had proved plus probable reserves of approximately 120,694 thousand barrels of light and medium crude oil; 45,929 thousand barrels of heavy crude oil; and 17,817 thousand barrels of natural gas liquids and 1,487,668 million cubic feet of natural gas.

Fortress Energy Inc. is an Alberta-incorporated company whose primary focus is exploration, development and production of natural gas reserves in Western Canada. Fortress Energy Inc. exited its drug discovery business in 2004, and began acquiring oil and gas companies. In 2005 Fortress Energy (as SignalEnergy) acquired Predator Exploration, as well as Privateco, whose main asset resided in the Chigwell region of Central Alberta. Predator had natural gas properties in northeastern British Columbia and in West-Central and Central Alberta. In 2009 Fortress Energy reported it had 160,464 gross acres and net proved reserves of 30.8 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent.

Bronco Drilling Company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Edmond, Oklahoma.Bronco Drilling Company, Inc. provides contract land drilling and workover services to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in the United States and Mexico. As of February 28, 2009, Bronco Drilling Company owned a fleet of 56 land drilling rigs operated in Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, Utah, North Dakota, Louisiana, and Mexico; owned a fleet of 61 workover rigs operated in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, Louisiana, and New Mexico; and owned a fleet of 63 trucks and related transportation equipment to transport drilling rigs to and from drilling sites. Bronco Drilling Company markets its drilling and workover rigs through employee marketing representatives.

GeoTomo develops high-end geophysical software products that help geophysicists around the world to image beneath the subsurface. Oil and gas companies use GeoTomo’s software solutions to significantly reduce the risk and cost of finding and producing hydrocarbons. Geophysical engineering companies use GeoTomo’s software products to image buried objects or near-surface layers. GeoTomo LLC services include 2D and 3D seismic and tomographic imaging and java software development used for the presentation of results. Software designers, programming engineers, and collaborating users work together to design, implement, and test the company's products.

Questerre Energy's quest is the exploration for and production of oil and gas in Canada. The company focuses on developing large-scale natural gas projects, in Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. Questerre Energy's key asset is in the shales of the St. Lawrence Lowlands, between Montreal and Quebec City. It also holds assets in the Beaver River field, a large natural gas field in northeastern British Columbia, and has exploration acreage in the Hector and Westlock areas of central and southern Alberta. In 2008 the company reported proved plus probable reserves of 2.9 million barrels of oil equivalent. The Company’s common shares trade on the TSX and Oslo Stock Exchange under the symbol QEC.

From the tanker to the main, Enagás keeps gas moving. Enagás is engaged in the construction and operation of Spain's natural gas distribution pipeline infrastructure and the transportation and storage of natural gas to distributors and transporters in the region. It operates more than 4,750 miles of high-pressure gas pipeline, and a network of regulation and measurement stations, compression stations, regasification plants, and storage facilities. About 37% of the company's natural gas comes from sources in Algeria; 24% from Nigeria. Enagás, founded in 1972, has restructured its debt and reorganized its management structure in an effort to modernize its business.

PSEG Energy Holdings is the holding company for two of Public Service Enterprise Group's unregulated businesses -- international energy distribution and independent power production unit, PSEG Global, and its energy investment unit, PSEG Resources. PSEG Global owns interests in independent power plants and other energy assets, primarily in North America. PSEG Resources makes energy infrastructure investments, including marketable securities, operating and leveraged leases, leveraged buyout funds, and limited partnerships, in an attempt to produce steady earnings.

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