Shell makes a major contribution to the UK, not just through providing products and services to our customers, but also through employment, tax revenues and investment which boost the economy. We employ around 8,500 people directly in the UK. Shell is a key provider of the energy that millions of people use for heating and powering the UK. We produce around one tenth of the UK's oil and gas and operate almost a fifth. We are probably best known to the public for our service stations and we have around 900 retail sites in the UK. Our Stanlow refinery near Ellesmere Port in Cheshire is at the heart of Britain’s oil and chemical industry, producing a range of transport fuels, including Shell V-Power, and chemicals for industry.Our two main businesses are Shell U.K. Exploration and Production, an operating division of Shell U.K. Limited, and Shell U.K. Oil Products Limited. Each has its own board of directors and is a subsidiary of Shell Holdings (U.K.) Limited.

The Nabors companies own and operate approximately 528 land drilling and approximately 763 land workover and well-servicing rigs in North America. Nabors' actively marketed offshore fleet consists of 37 platform rigs, 13 jack-up units and 3 barge rigs in the United States and multiple international markets. In addition, Nabors manufactures top drives and drilling instrumentation systems and provides comprehensive oilfield hauling, engineering, civil construction, logistics and facilities maintenance, and project management services. Nabors participates in most of the significant oil, gas and geothermal markets in the world. Nabors Drilling USA also provides well control equipment rental, equipment engineering, technical support and other rig-related services.

Quarles Petroleum, a Mid-Atlantic distributor and retailer of petroleum products. Quarles Petroleum distributes fuel oil, supplies propane, and owns and operates Quarles Fuel Network gas stations and fleet fueling sites in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US. Quarles Petroleum Incorporated operates more than 230 fueling sites in six states, as well as 12 Quarles Food Stores in Virginia. Through its Quarles Energy Services division, Quarles Petroleum Incorporated offers residential and commercial fuel delivery services, heating and air conditioning systems, and air purifier and humidifier installation.

Pavilion Energy Resources, Inc. (PVRE) is an emerging, energy development company focused on developing large-scale, wind power projects in the US and abroad. In 2007, Pavilion Energy Resources, Inc. acquired Energetics, a Texas-based oil and gas development company that holds an oil lease in Louisiana. In conjunction with the deal, executives from Energetics took over at Global Business Services, which then changed its name to Energetics Holdings. The next year, Pavilion Energy Resources, Inc. again changed its name and the two groups rescinded the 2007 agreement to sell the company. Pavilion Energy Resources also holds oil and gas assets in Tennessee and Kentucky.

This can get Kinder complicated: Kinder Morgan Management (KMM) was created in 2001 by pipeline operator Knight (formerly Kinder Morgan, Inc., or KMI), to become general partner of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP). KMM oversees KMP's business segments: pipelines that transport refined petroleum products (including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and natural gas liquids); natural gas pipelines; pipelines that transport carbon dioxide for oil field use; bulk terminals that handle coal, petroleum coke, and other products; and liquids terminals that handle refined petroleum products and chemicals. Knight controls KMM and, indirectly, KMP.

BP's French operations encompass a diverse palette of oil and energy offerings. BP France primarily runs one of the country's largest networks of service stations, with 430 sites nationwide. BP France markets heating and industrial fuels, bitumen, lubricants, and liquefied petroleum gas. It also produces specialty products for the marine and aviation sectors. BP France has manufacturing facilities outside Paris, Montpellier. Established in 1921, BP France foresees a broadening of its services, including the further development of gas, power, and renewable energy (primarily solar) operations.

Cobalt’s strategic objective is to create distinctive value for investors by exploring for oil in the largest hydrocarbon rich plays in the deep offshore waters of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and West Africa, with an emphasis on sub-salt and pre-salt exploration, development, and production. Cobalt International owns interests in offshore properties located in the Gulf of Mexico and West Africa. Cobalt International Energy, L.P assets include majority and minority stakes in more than half-a-million acres in the Gulf and more than 2 million acres in blocks located off the coast of Gabon and Angola. Cobalt International Energy, L.P focuses primarily on searching for oil pockets encased beneath salt layers, which until recently was traditionally untapped geological territory in the oil industry. Founded in 2005, Cobalt International conducted its initial public offering (IPO) in 2009.

United Refining Company is an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products. We fuel cars, trucks, airplanes, and farm and construction equipment, as well as the homes and industries in one of America's largest concentrations of people and commerce. Our market includes Pennsylvania and portions of New York and Ohio.United was founded in 1902 in the cradle of the world petroleum industry. From the start we have cherished a role of independence in an industry that has been dominated by the giants. For over 100 years we have remained a free and innovative force in the marketplace, helping to bring the benefits of healthy competition to the people of our region. United owns and operates a modern, fully equipped refinery. While primary emphasis is placed upon maximizing yields of motor gasoline and distillate fuels, the refinery produces a full range of petroleum products. In addition to unleaded gasoline, our products include kerosene, diesel fuel, Number 2 home heating oil, industrial fuels, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), propane, and several grades of asphalts.

SOCO International plc is the independent oil and gas exploration and production concern. SOCO International plc operates in a number of high-risk oil patches in Europe, Asia, and North Africa, including Thailand, Vietnam, and Yemen. SOCO International plc has sold its interests in Mongolia to Daqing for $93 million and is pursuing other exploration opportunities in West Africa, primarily in the Republic of Congo and neighboring Congo. In 2006 SOCO International had proved and probable reserves of 62.7 million barrels of oil equivalent. That year it produced an average of 6,766 barrels of oil per day.

NuTech Energy Alliance provides petrophysical, geological, geophysical, field study, and well site services to customers worldwide. By using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology and related interpretive software, NuTech offers clients detailed geographical data that can be used to analyze potential oil fields. By 2009 the company had evaluated more than 30,000 wells and more than 450 oil and gas companies around the world. NuTech offers five offices in the US and seven offices in other countries. NuTech is a privately-owned company founded in 1998 by ex-Schlumberger and Numar (now Halliburton) executives who pioneered Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) R&D.

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