Woburn Energy (formerly Black Rock Oil & Gas) is an oil and gas explorer which focuses its efforts on exploring in areas where commercial discoveries can be rapidly developed. Woburn Energy Plc is currently active in Colombia, and the UK North Sea. Woburn Energy had exploration acreage in Australia and Ireland but has exited those areas in order to focus on its core Colombia and UK assets. In 2008 Woburn Energy Plc tested for heavy oil at its Acacia Este exploration prospect in Colombia. Following re-completion, the well produced 40 barrels of oil a day in a long-term production test. In the UK Woburn Energy has a 15% stake in a block in the undeveloped but hydrocarbon-rich Monterey gas field in the Southern North Sea. Woburn Energy Plc’s strategy is to acquire low risk opportunities with a high chance of early success leading to production. This entails a current focus on projects in politically stable, financially attractive countries in Europe and South America. The management aim is to acquire, explore and appraise high potential in these core regions, to strive for near-term production and build Woburn Energy Plc on a solid financial basis.

Cheniere Energy, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Houston, Texas. Cheniere Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the development, construction, ownership, and operation of onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminals and natural gas pipelines along the Gulf Coast of the United States. Cheniere Energy, Inc. develops LNG receiving terminal projects on Sabine Pass LNG in western Cameron Parish, Louisiana on the Sabine Pass Channel; Corpus Christi LNG near Corpus Christi, Texas; Creole Trail LNG at the mouth of the Calcasieu Channel in central Cameron Parish, Louisiana; and Freeport LNG on Quintana Island near Freeport, Texas. Cheniere Energy, Inc. also engages in oil and natural gas exploration and development activities in the Gulf of Mexico.

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.

FairWest Energy, formerly Fairstar Explorations, is currently being steered by the fair winds of oil and gas exploration. FairWest Energy Corporation was exploring for precious metals at the Fenelon Property (38%-owned) located in northwestern Quebec, but the company disposed of those operations in 2005. (The company sold its West African mining assets in 2004.) In 2005 FairWest Energy Corporation bought Western Energy's oil and gas exploration business (located in Alberta and Saskatchewan), becoming a new entity called FairWest Energy. In 2007 and 2008FairWest Energy Corporation reported about 100 drilling locations on 72,640 undeveloped net acres and production of 528 barrels of oil equivalent per day. In 2008 FairWest Energy Corporation acquired private Canadian oil firm ExploreCo Energy Inc

PAA Natural Gas Storage has much in store for its customers. PAA Natural Gas Storage, LLC operates and manages natural gas storage facilities in Michigan and Louisiana. PAA Natural Gas Storage, LLC assets, which together contain a storage capacity of 40 bcf (billion cubic feet), include its Bluewater facility located near Detroit and its Pine Prairie facility in Evangeline Parish. PAA Natural Gas Storage, LLC serves customers in the local gas distribution, electric power generation and utilities, pipeline, and industrial sectors and generates the bulk of its revenue from fee-based contractual services. PAA Natural Gas Storage, LLC was established by oil transporter Plains All American Pipeline (PAA) and another investor in 2005. PAA Natural Gas Storage filed an initial public offering (IPO) in 2010.

Gale Force Petroleum prefers oil fractures to computer fractals. Founded in 1996 as Rolland Virtual Business Systems, Gale Force Petroleum Inc. shifted its focus to oil and gas in 2006 and renamed itself Rolland Energy. In 2008 the company changed names to Gale Force Petroleum. That year Gale Force Petroleum Inc. acquired Kentucky Shale Gas Property, consisting of 22,000 acres of oil and gas leases, nine gas wells, and five miles of gathering lines, including compressors. Gale Force Petroleum Inc. also holds stakes in a number of producing wells in Manitoba. Facing a tough market the company filed for bankruptcy protection in early 2009. That April its restructuring proposal won court approval, but a failed property acquisition forced to it to postpone the plan in July.

Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P., (NYSE:APL) (the “Partnership”) is a publicly-traded, energy master limited partnership (MLP) engaged in the transmission, gathering, and processing of natural gas in the Mid-Continent United States and the Appalachian Basin. APL was formed in August 1999 and completed its initial public offering in February 2000. In the Mid-Continent regions of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas and Texas, APL owns and operates 9,100 miles of active gathering pipeline, eight natural gas processing plants and one treatment facility. In the Appalachian Basin, Atlas Pipeline and the Williams Companies (NYSE: WMB) formed a joint venture (Laurel Mountain Midstream, LLC) to operate the over 1,800 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and Tennessee, to which more than 7,400 wells are currently connected. The predominant source of gas that APL gathers in the Appalachian Basin is from wells operated by Atlas Energy Resources, LLC (NYSE:ATN).

Making money is a major motive behind Motiva Enterprises, which operates the eastern and southeastern US refining and marketing businesses of Shell Oil and Saudi Aramco. The company operates three refineries with a total capacity of 740,000 barrels a day, and it sells fuel at about 7,700 Shell-branded gas stations. It also has stakes in more than 40 refined product storage terminals (with almost 20 billion barrels of storage capacity) in the East and Gulf Coast regions. Motiva and sister company Shell Oil Products US, which operates in the West and Midwest, together make up the #1 US gasoline retailer. Motiva is a 50-50 joint venture of Shell and Saudi Aramco.

Liquefied Natural Gas Limited brings a new concept of mid-scale liquefied natural gas ("LNG") projects to the international energy market in providing an "Energy Link" between smaller proven gas reserves than required for traditional large scale LNG projects, and existing LNG buyers and new niche energy markets seeking LNG as an alternative fuel. As a producer and distributor of liquefied natural gas, LNG turns coalbed methane gas supplied by third-party companies into liquid form for more efficient transport. Liquefied Natural Gas Limited operates more than 30 liquefaction plants around the world and targets energy users in developing markets that have little or no existing natural gas resources. Distributing its liquid gas products by land and sea, Liquefied Natural Gas Limited operates a fleet of more than 260 carriers, as well as 60 reception terminals located around the world. LNG was established as a public company in 2004.

Fred. Olsen Energy has its hold on drilling in the North Sea and in several other oil plays. Through its subsidiaries, Fred. Olsen Energy ASA provides offshore oil and gas drilling services. Through its Dolphin subsidiary, Fred. Olsen operates a fleet of nine semi-submersible rigs and one deepwater drillship used to support offshore drilling activities. Fred. Olsen also provides shipbuilding services through its Harland and Wolff subsidiary. Customers of the group have included Exxon Mobil, Kerr-McGee, Statoil, and Vaalco. Both Bonheur and Ganger Rolf hold about 27% of the company. Fred. Olsen Energy ASA focuses on rewarding long term customer relationships where innovative and integrated solutions are presented to the benefit of customers, shareholders and employees.

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