Enogex keeps the pipelines gassed up. The company, a subsidiary of OGE Energy, provides natural gas gathering, processing, transportation, and storage services, primarily in Arkansas and Oklahoma. It operates more than 7,800 miles of interstate pipeline, six processing plants, and storage facilities capable of holding 23 billion cu. ft. of natural gas. Enogex is connected to 15 other major pipelines at 65 pipeline interconnect points providing access to markets in the western United States, the Midwest, Northeast, and Gulf Coast in addition to Oklahoma and adjoining states.

Hercules Offshore, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides shallow-water drilling and marine services to the oil and natural gas exploration and production industry in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and internationally. Hercules Offshore, Inc. serves integrated energy companies, independent oil and natural gas operators, and national oil companies. As of March 31, 2009, the company owned a fleet of 31 jackup rigs, 17 barge rigs, 3 submersible rigs, 1 platform rig, and a fleet of marine support vessels operated through Delta Towing, a wholly owned subsidiary, as well as 60 liftboat vessels and 5 liftboat vessels owned by a third party. In addition, Hercules Offshore, Inc. owns 4 retired jackup rigs and 10 retired inland barges located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Hercules Offshore, Inc. was formerly known as Hercules Offshore, LLC and changed its name to Hercules Offshore, Inc. in November 2005. Hercules Offshore, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Rosetta Resources Inc., an independent oil and gas company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil and gas properties in North America. Rosetta Resources Inc. primarily operates in the Sacramento Basin of California; the Rockies; the Lobo and Perdido Trends in South Texas; the State Waters of Texas; and the Gulf of Mexico. As of December 31, 2008, Rosetta Resources Inc. had 398.2 billion cubic feet equivalent of proved oil and natural gas reserves, including 376.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 3,603 thousand barrels of oil and condensate; and drilled 184 gross wells. Rosetta Resources Inc. is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

The Hungarian Oil & Gas Company Plc (MOL Rt.) was founded in 1991, and that alone represents a milestone in the history of the Hungarian petroleum industry. It is not only a company that embraces the entire Hungarian petroleum industry, but one that has grown into one of the largest multinational corporations in Central Europe. The downstream operations of MOL Magyar Olaj-�s G�zipari Rt. (Hungarian Oil and Gas Company, or MOL) have moved it up to become Hungary's biggest company and one of Central Europe's top refiners. MOL's refineries produce 90,400 barrels of oil equivalent per day, and it operates 1,000 gas stations in Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the Ukraine. It plans to have 1,500 gas stations by 2010. Other activities include exploration and production in Hungary, Russia, and other areas of Central and Eastern Europe. In 2007 the company had proved and probable reserves of 434.2 million barrels of oil equivalent.

A proud tradition was born on May 1, 1916, when Harry Sinclair formed Sinclair Oil from the assets of eleven small petroleum companies. Sinclair quickly grew to become the seventh largest oil company in the United States. The original Sinclair Oil Company began marketing the apatosaurus (brontosaurus) in 1930 and now after more than 70 years, "Dino" still remains one of the most recognizable corporate logos in the world. Way out west, where fossils are found, brontosaur signs appear all 'round. They belong to Sinclair Oil's more than 2,600 service stations and convenience stores in 21 western and midwestern US states. The company also operates three oil refineries, pipelines, exploration operations, and a trucking fleet, all in the western US. It owns a 71,500-barrels-per-day refinery in Rawlins, Wyoming, a 20,000-barrels-per-day unit in Casper, Wyoming, and a 75,000-barrels-per-day refinery in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A diversified company, Sinclair also owns the Grand America Hotel, the Little America hotel chain, and two ski resorts (Sun Valley in Idaho and Snowbasin in Utah). The company is owned and led by R. Earl Holding.

The hunt for petroleum drives the Hunt family, which traces its oil interests back to legendary wildcatter H.L. Hunt. Petro-Hunt, L.L.C. controls Petro-Hunt, L.L.C. and Petro-Hunt International, L.L.C. (together known as the Petro-Hunt Group, one of the world's largest privately held independent energy concerns). Petro-Hunt, L.L.C. focuses on oil and gas exploration and production in the US. Petro-Hunt's other activities include gas processing, pipeline transportation and refining. Petro-Hunt, L.L.C. also controls Placid Refining Company, which operates a state-of-the-art 50,000 barrels-of-oil-per-day refinery in Louisiana. The Petro-Hunt Group, through the years, has also created separate stand alone companies in various sectors of the energy industry, some that have become the foundation for and/or substantial portions of other publicly traded companies.

China Petrochemical (Sinopec Group) sees no sin in making a profit off fossil fuels. Asia's largest oil refiner operates businesses in oil and gas exploration and production; crude oil processing; oil products trading, transportation, distribution and marketing; and petrochemical products production, marketing and distribution through its main subsidiary China Petroleum & Chemical (Sinopec Corp.). The parent also participates in investment management, electrical and mechanical manufacturing, engineering, IT research and development, and importing and exporting as allowed by the State. Government controlled Sinopec Group works from nine offices in Europe, Asia, Russia, North America, and the Middle East.

SmartestEnergy is licensed as an electricity supplier, a natural gas supplier and a natural gas shipper. The company began trading in October 2001, primarily to enable smaller embedded generators of primarily renewable energy to gain access to the deregulated energy market in the UK. SmartestEnergy relies on its quick-wittedness to survive in the highly competitive UK energy trading sector. The company, a subsidiary of leading Japanese trading company Marubeni, primarily markets electricity in the deregulated UK market through partnerships with independent power producers, including its sister company Marubeni Europower. SmartestEnergy also trades natural gas and other energy commodities, provides market analysis and risk management services, and provides retail energy supply services to commercial and industrial customers.

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.

Maxum Petroleum is a national marketer and logistics company for petroleum products, focused on providing a comprehensive fuel and lubricant offering to commercial and industrial industries.As energy managers for our client’s fuel consuming assets, innovation and customer service have been the hallmarks of our success for over 50 years. Hedging and financial management tools, proprietary fuel management applications, asset maintenance, engineering & testing services and custom products differentiate Maxum in the marketplace. Sweeping changes are occurring in the petroleum distribution industry, including the rationalization of the distributor base by the branded suppliers, technology demands by large clients, and the need for efficiencies of scale to simply compete. Rapidly changing market conditions are a challenge Maxum welcomes and we believe our philosophy and strategic vision position us well to meet future demands.

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