TransMontaigne gathers, transports, stores, and markets refined petroleum products, chemicals, and crude oil. TransMontaigne Inc. operates primarily in the Mississippi River corridor and along the Colonial and Plantation pipelines, which run from the Gulf Coast to the eastern US, and through the TEPPCO, Explorer, and other pipeline systems. Through subsidiaries, the firm operates a supply, distribution, and marketing network, and provides supply management, terminal, pipeline, tug, and barge businesses. TransMontaigne Inc. controls the general partner of terminalling and storage spinoff TransMontaigne Partners. TransMontaigne is owned by Morgan Stanley Capital.

LUKOIL is one of the world’s leading vertically integrated oil & gas companies. Main activities of the Company are exploration and production of oil & gas, production of petroleum products and petrochemicals, and marketing of these outputs. Most of the Company's exploration and production activity is located in Russia, and its main resource base is in Western Siberia. LUKOIL owns modern refineries, gas processing and petrochemical plants located in Russia, Eastern and Western Europe, near-abroad countries. Most of the Company's production is sold on the international market. LUKOIL petroleum products are sold in Russia, Eastern and Western Europe, near-abroad countries and the USA. LUKOIL is the second largest private oil Company worldwide by proven hydrocarbon reserves. The Company has around 1.1% of global oil reserves and 2.3% of global oil production. LUKOIL dominates the Russian energy sector, with 18% of total Russian oil production and 19% of total Russian oil refining.

Atlas Energy, Inc. operates as an independent natural gas and oil producer principally in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Tennessee. Atlas Energy, Inc. holds interests in various properties located in the Appalachian Basin; the New Albany shale in Indiana; the Antrim Shale located in northern Michigan; and the Chattanooga Shale located in Tennessee. Atlas Energy, Inc. also provides natural gas gathering services in the Anadarko, Arkoma, and Permian Basins, as well as the Golden Trend in the southwestern and mid-continent United States. In addition, Atlas Energy, Inc. offers natural gas processing and treatment services in Oklahoma and Texas; and interstate gas transmission services in southeastern Oklahoma, Arkansas, southern Kansas, and southeastern Missouri. Atlas Energy, Inc. owns and operates approximately 7,900 miles of intrastate gas gathering pipeline and a 565-mile interstate natural gas pipeline in the Mid-Continent region; and approximately 1,600 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines in Appalachia. Atlas Energy, Inc. is based in Moon Township, Pennsylvania.

Pulse Seismic maintains a seismic data library of about 257,300 net kilometers of 2-D data and more than 12,800 net sq. km. of 3-D data covering primarily Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin plays. The information is sold to oil and gas companies to assist them in seeking commercially viable drilling locations. Pulse Data changed its name to Pulse Seismic in 2009 in order to promote its primary focus as a pure-play seismic data provider. Pulse Seismic Inc. proven business model includes continually augmenting its data library through acquisitions and participation surveys Pulse's business model is based on the enduring value of seismic data, which can be repeatedly re-used by the oil and natural gas industry. Continuous library expansion enables Pulse to generate increased revenues and improve operating efficiencies, supporting high cash operating margins and driving growth in cash EBITDA. Pulse's data library has an estimated replacement value of over $1 billion based on current field replacement cost.

State-owned Perusahaan Pertambangan Minyak Dan Gas Bumi Negara (Pertamina) controls the entire oil and gas industry in Indonesia, and is the world's largest producer and exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Pertamina also works with foreign petroleum companies, but solely on a contract basis. Pertamina has estimated proved reserves of 4 billion barrels of oil and 2.7 trillion cu. meters of natural gas, and operates seven oil refineries, and has numerous LNG, LPG, shipping, and fuel businesses. Pertamina also invests heavily in the development of geothermal energy as an alternative energy source.

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.

Twin Butte is an oil and gas exploration, development, and production company that has assets on more than 150,000 net acres in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Its half-a-dozen properties, located in Alberta and British Columbia, have proved net reserves of 23,212 MMcf (million cubic feet) of natural gas and 1,528 Mbbl (thousand barrels) of light and medium oil (in fiscal year 2008); it produces more than 2,700 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Twin Butte traces its roots back to 1997. Twin Butte Energy Ltd. intends to focus future growth in the Deep Basin areas of Ansell and Jayar, and the conventional heavy oil area of Frog Lake. Both of these areas provide repeatable plays on our current lands with lower risk wells at Frog Lake and strong, long life growth potential in the Deep Basin.

Singapore and more. Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) refines and sells oil and petroleum products, both in Singapore and across Asia. A 50%-owner of the Singapore Refining Company (Chevron owns the other half), SPC converts crude products into fuels. It processes 51.5 million barrels of crude per year. The company is also engaged in oil storge and terminalling. SPC' also manages a network of 38 gas stations in Singapore. The group also has operations in mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Thailand. The company has exploration and production assets in Australia, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Singapore-based conglomerate Keppel owns 45% of SPC, but in 2009 agreed to sell this stake to PetroChina.

Petrobras Distribuidora is the retail distribution arm of Brazil's state-owned oil company, PETROLEO BRASILEIRO (PETROBRAS), which is also the country's largest government-controlled business. From its warehouses and 6,780 service stations, Petrobras Distribuidora (known by the brand name BR) furnishes the nation with petroleum derivative products, including gasoline, lubes, fuel oil, hydrated alcohol, and natural gas. Petrobras Distribuidora is also building up its market position in a number of neighboring countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Uruguay.

Pipeline Engineering & Supply designs and manufactures pipeline pigging equipment (pistonlike mechanisms used to remove debris and clean products from existing pipelines), including brushes, pig launching and receiving traps, and pipeline recovery tools. Pipeline Engineering & Supply Co. also provides isolation and joint-testing systems. Pipeline Engineering & Supply Co. polyurethane engineering services include the manufacture of products used for ceramics, cable protection, and buoyancy equipment. In 2009 Pipeline Engineering & Supply Co. was acquired by industrial valvemaker CIRCOR International.

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