Addax Petroleum Corporation specializes in exploring and producing oil and gas, focusing on regions in West Africa and the Middle East. Addax Petroleum, which has properties in Nigeria, Gabon, Cameroon, and the Kurdistan region of Iraq, produces about 137,000 barrels of crude oil a day. In 2008 Addax Petroleum reported proved and probable reserves of 536.7 million barrels of oil equivalent and held 4.4 million acres of exploration, development and production properties. That year the company was acquired by China's Sinopec for about $7.5 billion.

NGAS Resources, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is based in Lexington, Kentucky. NGAS Resources, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and production of natural gas principally in the southern portion of the Appalachian Basin in the eastern United States. NGAS Resources, Inc. also has interests in the New Albany shale play within the Illinois Basin in western Kentucky, as well as interests in a non-operated coalbed methane project in the Arkoma Basin and non-operated projects in West Virginia and Virginia. In addition, NGAS Resources, Inc. own rights to gold and silver properties covering 381 acres on Unga Island in the Aleutian Chain, southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. Further, NGAS Resources, Inc. owns and operates distribution systems for retail sales of natural gas for two communities in southcentral Kentucky. The company's customers include gas marketing intermediaries, pipelines, transmission companies, and local refineries.

Exterran Partners, L.P. provides natural gas compression services in the United States and internationally. Exterran Partners, L.P. offers contract operations services, which include designing, sourcing, owning, installing, operating, servicing, repairing, and maintaining equipment for oil and gas production, processing, and transportation applications. Exterran Partners, L.P. serves companies operating in the oil and natural gas industry, including natural gas producers, processors, gatherers, transporters, and storage providers. Exterran General Partner, L.P. operates as the general partner of Exterran Partners, L.P. Exterran Partners, L.P. was formerly known as Universal Compression Partners, L.P. and changed its name to Exterran Partners, L.P. in August 2007. Exterran Partners, L.P. is based in Houston, Texas.

The BG in BG Group stands for British Gas, but BG Group finds not only gas but also oil, all over the world. In addition to conducting its core oil and gas exploration and production operations, BG Group plc is involved in the downstream operations of liquefied natural gas (LNG) production, gas transmission and distribution, and power generation. BG Group plc is one of the largest exploration and production companies operating in the North Sea, and in 2008 BG Group plc reported proved reserves of 2.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent and an annual production averaging 226.7 million barrels of oil equivalent. In 2009 it moved into the lucrative US shale gas market, forming an alliance with EXCO Resources.

Zion Oil and Gas is on a mission in Israel. As an oil and gas exploration company, Zion has exploration operations primarily on two onshore properties that cover about 162,000 acres between Tel-Aviv and Haifa. Zion Oil and Gas, Inc. operates through two licenses that were issued by the State of Israel, and it owns 100% of the working interest in both licenses. When Zion Oil and Gas, Inc. eventually discovers oil and gas, Zion has stated that it will focus its production operations on helping Israel become a more energy-independent country. Zion Oil and Gas, Inc., which was founded in 2000 by chairman John M. Brown, went public in 2007.

Quicksilver Resources Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas with additional offices in Cut Bank, Montana; Glen Rose, Texas; and Calgary, Canada. Quicksilver Resources Inc., an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploitation, exploration, development, production, and sale of natural gas, natural gas liquids, and crude oil in North America. Quicksilver Resources Inc. also involves in marketing, processing, and transmission of natural gas. Quicksilver Resources Inc. has interests in the Barnett Shale play in the Fort Worth Basin in north Texas; and the Rocky Mountain properties located in Montana and Wyoming, as well as interests in 127,000 contiguous acres in the Horn River Basin in northeast British Columbia. Quicksilver Resources Inc. also holds interests in the Canadian CBM properties in Alberta, Canada, as well as exploring the Delaware Basin in West Texas. Quicksilver Resources Inc. sells natural gas and crude oil to various customers, including utilities, oil and natural gas companies or their affiliates, industrial companies, trading and energy marketing companies, and other users of petroleum products. As of December 31, 2008, Quicksilver Resources Inc. had total estimated total proved reserves of 2.2 trillion cubic feet equivalents of natural gas. Quicksilver Resources Inc. has a strategic alliance with Enia S.p.A. to explore properties in the Fort Worth Basin.

Kinder Morgan owns or operates approximately 37,000 miles of pipelines and 180 terminals in North America. Our companies include Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP), Kinder Morgan Management, LLC (NYSE: KMR) and Kinder Morgan, Inc., a private company which owns the general partner of KMP. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP) keeps energy on the move throughout the US. The company holds stakes in or more than 28,000 miles of natural gas and petroleum product pipelines and owns 170 bulk terminals and rail transloading facilities that handle more than 87 million tons of coal, petroleum coke, and bulk products annually. KMP transports refined petroleum products (gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel) through 8,300 miles of pipelines and stores the products in 60 terminals in the US. Through its CO2 subsidiary, KMP transports carbon dioxide. Knight owns 13.9% of KMP, and through its Kinder Morgan Management unit, acts as general partner.

McMoRan Exploration Co. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. McMoRan Exploration Co., through its subsidiary, McMoRan Oil & Gas LLC, engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore in the Gulf Coast area. McMoRan Exploration Co. also engages in the incorporation of 3-D seismic interpretation, offshore drilling to total depths, and horizontal drilling. As of December 31, 2008, McMoRan Exploration Co. owned or controlled interests in 380 oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore Louisiana, and Texas covering 1.22 million gross acres. McMoRan Exploration Co. had proved oil and natural gas reserves of approximately 344.8 billion cubic feet equivalent, of which 70 percent represented natural gas reserves.

Technip is one of the few groups able to provide at the lowest cost, either on an integrated or segmented basis, the near totality of services for offshore oil and gas production. One of Europe's largest engineering and construction firms, Technip builds drilling platforms, pipelines, gas processing plants, refineries, and petrochemical plants. Technip is organized into three business segments: Subsea, previously called SURF, (umbilicals, risers, and flowlines); Onshore (chemical plants, refineries, mining, and pipelines); and Offshore (oil and gas platforms). Technip also manages some 50 operations centers on five continents, a fleet of nearly 20 ships, and several production plants.

Spectra Energy Corp, through its subsidiaries and equity affiliates, engages in the ownership and operation of a portfolio of complementary natural gas-related energy assets. The company operates in four segments: U.S. Transmission, Distribution, Western Canada Transmission and Processing, and Field Services. The U.S. Transmission segment engages in the transportation and storage of natural gas for customers in various regions of the eastern and southeastern United States and the Maritime Provinces in Canada. As of December 31, 2009, its pipeline systems consisted of approximately 14,300 miles of transmission pipelines; and had 285 billion cubic feet of storage capacity. The Distribution segment provides retail natural gas distribution services in Ontario, Canada, as well as natural gas transportation and storage services to other utilities and energy market participants in Ontario, Canada and the United States. This segment had approximately 37,300 miles of distribution main and service pipelines serving approximately 1.3 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The Western Canada Transmission and Processing segment provides natural gas transportation, and gas gathering and processing services; and helps natural gas producers by removing impurities from the raw gas stream, including water, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and other. The Field Services segment gathers and processes natural gas, as well as fractionates, markets, and trades natural gas liquid. It engages in gathering raw natural gas through gathering systems located in nine natural gas producing regions consisting of the Mid-Continent, Rocky Mountain, east Texas-north Louisiana, Barnett Shale, Gulf Coast, South Texas, Central Texas, Antrim Shale, and Permian Basin. Spectra Energy Corp. is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Spectra Energy Corp. operates independently of Duke Energy Corp. as of January 2, 2007.

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