Kinder Morgan (formerly Knight) pipes in profits by operating 36,000 miles of natural gas pipelines in the US and Canada. Kinder Morgan, Inc. also distributes natural gas to more than 1.1 million customers, primarily in the Midwest, and it operates gas-fired power plants along its pipelines. Through Kinder Morgan Management, it controls Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, which transports refined products and operates 170 terminals that handle coal, petroleum coke, and other materials. In 2007 chairman and CEO Richard Kinder, who owns 31% of the company, led a group of investors in taking Kinder Morgan private and adopted the Knight name. To take advantage of its better-known brand, it reverted to Kinder Morgan in 2009.

PetroKazakhstan Inc. was founded in Canada in 1986 as Hurricane Hydrocarbons Ltd. The integrated oil and gas company, a joint China and Kazakhstan venture, produced some 54.5 million tons of oil in 2007. PetroKazakhstan Inc. primary assets are the Shymkent refinery, the Kumkol oil field, and 50% stakes in the Kazgermunai and Turgai Petroleum joint ventures). The group also owns a fleet of more than 4,000 railcars. PetroChina, a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), owns two-thirds of PetroKazakhstan. Kazakhstan's KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (KMGEP) owns the remaining balance of shares. PetroKazakhstan’s business represents an integrated process chain covering activities from exploration and production of oil up to its processing into top-quality oil products and a developed marketing and transportation system.

Trident Resources Corp. produces natural gas by releasing it from coalbed seams. Canadian subsidiary, Trident Exploration, is that country's largest coalbed methane company. Trident Resources Corp. is a natural gas exploration and development company, principally focused on coal bed methane ("CBM"), from resource plays in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin ("WCSB"). Trident Resources controls two significant beds (Mannville and Horseshoe Canyon) in Alberta and a shale gas play in British Columbia. Land holdings (Canada and Northwestern US) total more than a 1.3 million acres. Trident Resources Corp. has proved reserves of 394.9 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Failing to secure funds to pay down its rising debt, in 2009 Trident Resources filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Merrimac Energy Group was founded in 1988 by Mary Hazelrigg, Merrimac Energy Group brings expert solutions to your greatest fuel supply and management challenges.Merrimac Energy Group also provides environmental services. Its products include aviation fuels, diesel, food grade oil, generator fuel, gasoline, industrial oil, marine fuels, bulk propane, and transportation lubricants. The largest independent woman-owned energy company in California, Merrimac Energy serves construction companies, governmental agencies, industrial and commercial clients, and utilities.

BPZ Resources is committed to exploring for oil and gas resources in South America. BPZ Resources, Inc. once provided information technology services, including security and access services, application integration, and software development but has been focusing on oil and gas exploration and production in recent years. BPZ Resources, Inc. operates through its BPZ Energy subsidiary and that unit's BPZ Energy International Holdings subsidiary. BPZ Resources owns 2.4 million acres, in four blocks, of oil and gas properties in northwest Peru. BPZ Resources, Inc. also holds acreage in Ecuador. In 2008 BPZ Resources, Inc. reported proved reserves of 17.2 million barrels of oil equivalent.

Thai Oil Public Company Limited, Owner and operator of a highly complex refinery which integrated in related to petrochemical production that utilizes modern processing technologies to produce petroleum products predominantly for domestic distribution, Thaioil has expanded into energy-related industries of petrochemicals and lube base production, power generation, as well as marine and pipeline transportation systems for petroleum products and petrochemicals. Owner and operator of a highly complex refinery which integrated in related to petrochemical production that utilizes modern processing technologies to produce petroleum products predominantly for domestic distribution, Thaioil has expanded into energy-related industries of petrochemicals and lube base production, power generation, as well as marine and pipeline transportation systems for petroleum products and petrochemicals.

Noble Drilling (U.S.) follows a long and noble tradition of drilling for oil and gas on behalf of other companies. A subsidiary of global contract drilling behemoth Noble Corporation, the unit provides drilling equipment and contract drilling services for the oil and gas industry in the US, primarily in the Gulf of Mexico. In 2007 US-based contract drilling services accounted for 22% of Noble Corp.'s total revenues. The bulk of the US contract drilling revenues was generated by contracts with major oil companies. The balance came from contracts with other independent operators.

SK Group, one of South Korea's top five "chaebol" (industrial conglomerates), covers a broad spectrum of businesses through its affiliates. The company has about 40 affiliated companies, with operations ranging from energy, telecommunications, finance, and construction. Its energy and chemical arm, SK Energy, is Korea's largest petroleum refiner. Like other "chaebol" under government orders to reorganize in the wake of the Korean financial collapse of the late-1990s, SK Group has pared down its affiliates. The slimmer SK Group is focusing on three core businesses: information and telecommunications (through SK Telecom), energy and chemicals (through SK Energy), and trading and services (SK Networks).

Pacific Energy Resources Ltd. (TSX: PFE) is a company headquartered in Long Beach, California and is engaged in the acquisition, exploitation, and development of oil and gas properties, primarily in the United States. Pacific Energy Resources Ltd. was formerly named Shamrock Resources. The company specialized in redeveloping mature oil and gas fields by using advanced production technology. Pacific Energy Resources had proved reserves of 50.4 million barrels of oil equivalent. In 2009 the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and subsequently sold all of its assets to creditors.

Gastar Exploration Ltd. was founded in 1987 and is based in Houston, Texas. Gastar Exploration Ltd., an independent energy company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas and oil in the United States and Australia. Gastar Exploration Ltd. also involves in the development of coal bed methane (CBM). Gastar Exploration Ltd. owns and operates exploration and development acreage in the deep Bossier gas play of East Texas; and has exploration operations in the Marcellus Shale in West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania. Gastar Exploration Ltd. primary CBM properties are in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, the United States; and in the Gunnedah Basin of New South Wales, Australia.

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