NOVATEK is a major player in the Russian natural gas market . OAO NOVATEK is the country's largest independent gas producer and second largest producer of natural gas (behind state-owned Gazprom). Established in 1994, NOVATEK explores for and processes natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons, boasting 4.7 billion barrels of oil equivalent reserves. OAO NOVATEK sells natural gas directly throughout the country. NOVATEK focuses its production on the prolific Yamal-Nenets region, the world's largest natural gas area. Power generation plants, metallurgical plants, and wholesale gas suppliers are among the company's main customers.

Petroleum Traders Corporation barters with fuel. Petroleum Traders Corporation provides wholesale gasoline, diesel fuel, and heating oil to fuel distributors, government agencies, and other large consumers of fuel such as businesses with vehicle fleets. The largest pure wholesale fuel distributor in the country, Petroleum Traders operates and trades in 39 US states. Petroleum Traders Corporation supplies #1 and #2 low sulfur diesel fuels, biodiesel, high sulfur heating oil and kerosene, and conventional, ethanol, and reformulated blends of gasoline in regular, midgrade, and premium octane ratings.

Our strategy seeks to reinforce our position as a leader in the oil and gas industry in order to provide a competitive shareholder return while helping to meet global energy demand in a responsible way. Royal Dutch Shell (formerly Royal Dutch/Shell Group) sits on an oil and gas throne that is only slightly lower than that of #1 oil company Exxon Mobil. The company has worldwide proved reserves of 10.9 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Most of the oil giant's crude is produced in Nigeria, Oman, the UK, and the US. Royal Dutch Shell is also investing heavily in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project, which extracts bitumen from oil sands in Alberta and converts it to synthetic crude oil. It operates 45,000 gas stations, the world's largest retail fuel network. The company also produces refined products and chemicals, transports natural gas, trades gas and electricity, and develops renewable energy sources.

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.

Cobra Venture is posied to strike in the oil patches of Western Canada. Cobra Venture Corporation is an emerging exploration and production company focused on the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas reserves in Western Canada. Cobra Venture Corporation core properties are located in Viewfield in Saskatchewan (8 producing light oil wells on the Frobisher and Bakken formations, and 2,000 acres under development); Pembina in Alberta (40% interest in seven sections of land, with 10-12 potential drilling locations); and Inga in British Columbia (640 acres held under lease, expiring in 2011).

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.

In addition to its exploration activities, the Corporation was given powers and operational interests in refining, petrochemicals and products transportation as well as marketing. Between 1978 and 1989, NNPC constructed refineries in Warri, Kaduna and Port Harcourt and took over the 35,000-barrel Shell Refinery established in Port Harcourt in 1965. Whether it's downstream or upstream, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) goes with the flow of oil and gas. NNPC oversees the petroleum industry of one of the top, albeit politically turbulent, oil-producing countries in the world. the NNPC produces oil through dominant positions in partnerships with major world oil companies. The company has four refineries, in Port Harcourt (2), Warri, and Haduna) with a total capacity of 445,000 barrels per day. NNPC also oversees the nation's natural gas industry and has liquefied natural gas operations. It oversees 5,000 kilometers of oil and gas pipeline, 21 storage tanks and nine LPG depots.

Wenzel Downhole Tools Ltd. (WZL) and its predecessor companies has been a leading supplier of downhole drilling tools to the oil and gas industry for over thirty years. Wenzel Downhole Tools Ltd. has and continues to pioneer and patent new concepts in motor capabilities for numerous drilling applications. Wenzel Downhole Tools Ltd. makes drilling tools (drilling motors, shock tools, and drilling jars) used by the oil and gas drilling industry. Among the company's products are coatings (installation of protective coatings), downhole motors (straight hole, short radius, coiled tubing, and multi-point drilling motors), fabricated equipment, solids-control equipment (screens), and underground tooling. Wenzel Downhole Tools Ltd. also provides oil field equipment rental and repair. Wenzel Downhole Tools operates from Canada and the US; the company offers its products to customers worldwide.

Marubeni Corporation was founded in May 1858.One of Japan's largest "sogo shosha" (general trading companies), Marubeni is involved in the handling of products and provision of services in a broad range of sectors. These areas encompass importing and exporting, as well as transactions in the Japanese market, related to food, textiles, materials, pulp and paper, chemicals, energy, metals and mineral resources, iron and steel products, and transportation machinery, and includes offshore trading. Marubeni Corporation activities also extend to power projects and infrastructure, plants, ships and industrial machinery, real estate development and construction, and finance, logistics and information. Additionally, Marubeni conducts business investment, development and management on a global level.

Paramount Petroleum Corporation is a major manufacturer and producer of paving and roofing asphalt products for the paving and roofing industry. The heart of our company is our 54,000 BPD refinery located in Paramount, California and our 35,000 BPD in Long Beach, CA. Our refineries are capable of processing approximately 89,000 barrels per day. We process crude oil into a variety of products including specialized road and roofing asphalts, diesel fuel, jet fuel, heating oil, and gasoline components. The process involves heating the crude oil under controlled conditions until it separates into fractions that meet certain specifications. Many of these fractions are sent on to other refineries for further processing. Except for asphalt products, almost all of our products are shipped through pipelines to terminals and other refineries in Southern California. In addition to asphalt products, the refinery produces transportation fuels such as jet fuel, diesel fuel and gasoline.

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