Korea Gas Corporation is the world's largest importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), KOGAS single-handedly helps South Koreans stay warm and chill out. Korea Gas Corporation is the sole provider of LNG to the country (24.6 million tons imported annually), operating three terminals and a nationwide pipeline network. KOGAS supplies LNG to power plants and utility companies throughout South Korea, and produces and supplies LNG products to domestic and overseas markets. Most of its imports come from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Oman, and Qatar. It is seeking new sources in Canada. KOGAS development initiatives include natural gas vehicles, LNG chiller/heater systems for homes, and fuel cells. The Korean government owns about 27% of the company.

Basic Energy Services, Inc. provides a range of well site services to oil and gas drilling and producing companies in the United States. Basic Energy Services, Inc. Well Servicing segment provides services in a mobile well servicing rig, including installation and removal of downhole equipment, elimination of obstructions in the well bore, and plugging and abandonment services. This segment operates a fleet of 405 well servicing rigs and related equipment. Basic Energy Services, Inc. Fluid Services segment provides oilfield fluid supply, transportation, and storage services, which include transportation of fluids used in drilling and workover operations; sale and transportation of fresh and brine water; operation of company-owned fresh water and brine source wells; rental of portable frac tanks and test tanks; and preparation, construction, and maintenance of access roads, drilling locations, and production facilities. Basic Energy Services, Inc. owns and operates nine land drilling rigs. Basic Energy Services, Inc. operates in onshore oil and natural gas producing regions located in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Colorado, Utah, and Montana. Basic Energy Services, Inc. is based in Midland, Texas.

Glen Rose Petroleum Corporation was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Glen Rose Petroleum Corporation, through its subsidiary, UHC Petroleum Corporation, operates as an independent producer of natural gas and crude oil. Glen Rose Petroleum Corporation operates the Wardlaw Field located in Edwards County, Texas. As of March 31, 2009, Glen Rose Petroleum Corporation had 103 wellbores, of which 90 are capable of production and 44 are producing wellbores. Glen Rose Petroleum Corporation was formerly known as United Heritage Corporation and changed its name to Glen Rose Petroleum Corporation in May 2008.

Big Oil in Japan means Nippon Oil (formerly Nippon Mitsubishi Oil), the country's largest oil importer and distributor. Nippon Oil operates seven refineries with a total capacity of more than 1.2 million barrels per day. It has exploration activities in Canada, the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea, South America, Australia, and Southeast Asia. Nippon Oil, which has a 25% share of the Japanese gasoline market, operates 10,400 service stations across Japan. It also generates and sells electricity and has extensive petrochemical operations. The company has a broad cooperation pact with Cosmo Oil.

Apache was formed in 1954 with $250,000 of investor capital with the simple concept of becoming a significant and profitable oil company. Today, Apache Corporation is one of the world's top independent oil and gas exploration and production companies. Apache North Sea manages exploration and production activities in the Forties field for its parent Apache Corporation. Apache North Sea began drilling in the field in 2004. A core production area for Apache (averaging 70,000 barrels per day, up from 40,000 a day in 2003), the Forties field has estimated proved reserves of 189 million barrels of oil equivalent. In 2008 Apache North Sea's production of 21.9 million barrels of oil equivalent, accounted for approximately 11% of Apache's total production. In 2009 Apache North Sea Limited boosted output by bringing some seven development wells into production.

Global Industries, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides construction and subsea services to the offshore oil and gas industry. Global Industries, Ltd. services include pipeline construction, platform installation and removal, project management, construction support, diving services, diverless intervention, and marine support services. As of December 31, 2009, Global Industries, Ltd. fleet included eight derrick lay barges, one heavy lift ship, one pipelay barge, four multi-service vessels, three dive support vessels, one offshore supply vessel, and one cargo barge. Global Industries, Ltd. has operations in North America, Latin America, West Africa, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific/India regions. Global Industries, Ltd. customers include oil and gas producers, and pipeline companies. Global Industries, Ltd. was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Carlyss, Louisiana.

Imperial Oil Limited engages in the exploration, production, and sale of crude oil and natural gas in Canada. The company operates through three segments: Upstream, Downstream, and Chemical. The Upstream segment engages in the exploration and production of conventional crude oil, natural gas, synthetic oil, and bitumen primarily in the Western Provinces, the Canada Lands, and the Atlantic Offshore. Its primary conventional oil producing asset includes the Norman Wells oil field in the Northwest Territories. The Downstream segment engages in the transportation and refining of crude oil, as well as blending, distribution, and marketing of refined products. It owns and operates crude oil, and natural gas liquids and products pipelines in Alberta, Manitoba, and Ontario. The Chemical segment engages in the manufacture and marketing of various petrochemicals, including ethylene, benzene, aromatic and aliphatic solvents, plasticizer intermediates, and polyethylene resin. As of December 31, 2009, Imperial Oil Limited had 1,204 million oil-equivalent barrels of proved undeveloped reserves; maintained a nation-wide distribution system, including 24 primary terminals, to handle bulk and packaged petroleum products moving from refineries to market by pipeline, tanker, rail, and road transport; and sold petroleum products through 1,850 Esso retail service stations, of which about 540 were company owned or leased. The company was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada. Imperial Oil Limited is a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation.

Shell is a leading oil and gas producer in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, a recognized pioneer in oil and gas exploration and production technology and one of America’s leading oil and natural gas producers, gasoline and natural gas marketers and petrochemical manufacturers. We operate in 50 states and employ more than 22,000 people delivering energy in technically innovative ways. Shell Oil doesn't shilly-shally around, it explores for, produces, and markets oil, natural gas, and chemicals. The company's Shell Exploration & Production unit focuses its exploration on the deepwater plays in the Gulf of Mexico. Shell partners with Saudi Aramco in a US refining and marketing venture (Motiva), and owns Motiva's sister company Shell Oil Products US (formerly Equilon). Shell also produces petrochemicals (Shell Chemical) and liquefied natural gas (Shell US Gas & Power), and markets natural gas and electricity. Shell's parent, Royal Dutch Shell, is the world's #2 petroleum company (behind Exxon Mobil).

Strata Oil & Gas is a publicly-traded company leading the field in the exploration and development of bitumen from carbonates in Alberta. Formerly a provider of knowledge worker automation software used to manage relationships, organize time allocations, and synchronize data, Strata Oil & Gas Inc. has sold its software assets and shifted its focus to exploration and development of oil sands and heavy oil in Canada. Strata has is focusing on carbonate-hosted bitumen deposits in the Peace River area of Alberta. Strata Oil & Gas Inc. total land holdings consist of approximately 112,692 acres with 111,692 acres (165 sections) located in the Peace River area. In 2007 Strata Oil & Gas Inc. announced a major bitumen discovery.

We are an independent energy company, organized in the State of Wyoming in 1977, engaged in crude oil refining and the wholesale marketing of refined petroleum products. We operate refineries in Cheyenne, Wyoming and El Dorado, Kansas with a total annual average crude oil capacity of approximately 187,000 barrels per day. Both of our refineries are complex refineries, which means that they can process heavier, less expensive types of crude oil and still produce a high percentage of gasoline, diesel fuel, and other high value refined products. We focus our marketing efforts in the Rocky Mountain region and the Plains States, which we believe are among the most attractive refined products markets in the United States. Long after the Spanish gave up looking for El Dorado and its reputed gold on the high plains of the New World, Frontier El Dorado Refining is processing black gold in El Dorado, Kansas. A subsidiary of Frontier Oil, the company operates the El Dorado 130,000 barrels-per-day refinery, the largest refinery and the only petrochemical plant in Kansas. The El Dorado Refinery's product mix includes gasoline (55%), diesel and jet fuel (34%) and asphalt, chemicals and other refined petroleum products (11%). Frontier El Dorado ships its products to markets in the Plains and Rocky Mountain states.

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