Tauber Oil Company has earned it's reputation for reliable performance and untarnished character. Far more than a speculative trading company, Tauber is a service oriented marketing company where you can expect and receive the expertise of a specialist. No petrochemical product is taboo for oil refiner and marketer Tauber Oil. The company markets refined petroleum products, natural gas, carbon black feedstocks, liquefied petroleum gases, chemicals, and petrochemicals (including benzene, styrene monomer, and methanol). It buys and sells about 225,000 barrels of petroleum products a day. Tauber Oil is one of the US's leading suppliers of feedstocks for reforming and olefin cracking. Subsidiary Tauber Petrochemical was created in 1997 to beef up the company's international petrochemical business. Tauber Oil, which is owned by David and Richard Tauber, maintains a fleet of more than 500 rail cars to supply its customers.

The TOTAL brand has been marketed in the UK since 1955 and was set up as Total Oil Great Britain Ltd (TOGB) originally formed as part of the French Total SA group. It quickly established itself as an innovative petrol retailer increasing its number of service stations at a rapid rate. When it comes to the UK petroleum refining and distribution industry, TOTAL UK does it all. The company is a subsidiary of French oil giant TOTAL S.A.. It provides gasoline to about 850 retail services stations in the UK (about 10% of the British retail market) and operates a petroleum refinery capable of producing more than 220,000 barrels of petroleum products per day. The company also has a lubricant blending plant, a bitumen plant, and has oil storage facilities located all across the UK. Through the AIR TOTAL brand name, TOTAL UK supplies aviation fuels to airports in Heathrow, Gatwick, and Stansted.

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 Hiller Group, Inc. primarily supplies wholesale Chevron and Texaco branded aviation fuel and support services to more than 350 fixed-base operations (FBOs, or refueling sites) for the airline industry. Planes get their filler from The Hiller Group. The Hiller Group also operates through three other companies -- HG Equipment, Hiller Carbon, and Hiller Trading. HG Equipment finances and leases aircraft refuelers to FBOs. Hiller Carbon brokers carbon products to foundries and steel mills, shipping by rail domestically or marine vessel internationally. Hiller Trading imports and exports a variety of raw materials such as chemical, energy, industrial, and recycled products.

Lufkin Industries, Inc. and its subsidiaries manufacture and sell oil field pumping units and power transmission products. Lufkin Industries, Inc. operates through two segments, Oil Field and Power Transmission. The Oil Field segment manufactures and services artificial lift products, including artificial reciprocating rod lift equipment and related products. Lufkin Industries, Inc. also transports and repairs pumping units; and refurbishes used pumping units. In addition, this segment designs, manufactures, installs, and services computer control equipment and analytical services for artificial lift equipment, as well as operates an iron foundry to produce castings for new pumping units. Further, the Oil Field segment provides gas lift, plunger lift, and completion equipment. The Power Transmission segment designs, manufactures, and services speed increasing and reducing gearboxes for industrial applications. Lufkin Industries, Inc. also manufactures capital spares for customers in conjunction with the production of new gearboxes, as well as produces parts for after-market service. Lufkin Industries, Inc. operates in the United States, Europe, Canada, Latin America, the Middle East, and North Africa. Lufkin Industries was founded in 1902 and is based in Lufkin, Texas.

Penn West Energy Trust was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada. Penn West Energy Trust (formerly Penn West Petroleum) has been pumping gas and oil from Western Canada in hopes of keeping black ink flowing from its auditor's pen. The independent exploration and production company has holdings of 3.2 million net acres of undeveloped land in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia. In 2007 Penn West Energy Trust reported net proved and probable reserves of 644.2 million barrels of oil equivalent. Shareholders converted Penn West Energy Trust into a trust in 2005, making it one of Canada's largest oil and gas income trusts. It combined general partners Penn West, Northern Reef, Trocana, and Penn West Exploration.

Destiny Resource Services provides front-end seismic services, including survey and mapping, line clearing, and shot-hole drilling, through its subsidiaries. Destiny Resource Services Corp. offers GPS surveying and GIS mapping through its Destiny Survey and Mapping unit and line clearing through its Destiny Line Clearing subsidiary. Destiny Drilling provides seismic shot-hole drilling services. Destiny Resource Services Corp. also provides navigation and positioning technology (through Destiny Navigation Technologies) and locating services (through Advanced Locating Services). Destiny serves energy explorers and producers and seismic acquisition companies. Logan Oil Tools agreed to buy Destiny in 2009.

Sapp Bros. Petroleum was incorporated as a Nebraska corporation in 1980. Previous to that business was conducted as Sapp Bros. Truck Stops, which was started by the four Sapp brothers in Omaha at the junction of I-80 and Highway 50 in 1971. Sapp Bros. Truck Stops have grown since to a total of fifteen truck stops including the newest truck stop which opened in Nebraska City in June of 2001. Our logo that is recognized nationwide began as a simple water tower in 1971 to supply the needs of the businesses that were located to the west of the Omaha metropolitan area on Highway 50 and not accessible to the conveniences of city water and sewer. A few years later the coffee pot handle and pour spout were added to the refurbished water tower and the landmark became known to Omaha residents and I-80 travelers alike. Since then Sapp Bros. Petroleum as well as our truck stops have identified with the coffeepot symbol which welcomes all to our locations to be “Our Guest”.

Secunda Marine Services (Secunda) owns and operates a technologically advanced fleet of offshore support vessels servicing oil and gas companies nationally and internationally. Secunda, founded in Nova Scotia, has grown its fleet to 14 vessels and one training vessel on a solid foundation of highly experienced sailors, maritime work ethic, and philosophy of providing a superior service to our customers. Secunda Marine Services Provides supplies and services for oil and gas facilities off the east coast of Canada, the North Sea, and Gulf of Mexico, Secunda International boasts such long-term customers as Exxon Mobil, Petro-Canada, Apache, and Technip. From 1998 to 2006, Secunda Marine spent about $160 million to build two vessels and convert seven. J. Ray McDermott, a unit of McDermott International acquired the company in 2007 for about $260 million.

CNPC is China's largest oil and gas producer and supplier, as well as one of the world's major oilfield service providers and a globally reputed contractor in engineering construction. With a presence in almost 70 countries, China National Petroleum Corporation are seeking an even greater international role. China National Petroleum Corporation provide energy in a profitable manner, and always attach great importance to our social and environmental responsibilities. CNPC has exploration and production projects in China and 26 other countries, including operations in Azerbaijan, Canada, Indonesia, Iraq, Myanmar, Oman, Peru, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela. The company also operates some older refineries and an extensive oil and gas pipeline network in China. CNPC also operates a network of 1,650 gas stations. In 2007 CNPC reported estimated reserves of 3.1 billion metric tons of oil and 2.3 trillion cu. meters of natural gas.

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