Santos is an Australian oil and gas exploration and production company with high quality assets and projects throughout Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Santos Ltd supplies over 20% of eastern Australia’s domestic gas and produced 54.4 million barrels of oil equivalent in 2008. Santos has the largest Australian exploration portfolio by area of any company – 192,000 square kilometres. Santos is developing a multibillion-dollar project to build an LNG facility at Gladstone, Queensland – the world’s first project to convert coal seam gas to LNG on a large scale. Santos Ltd is already a producer of LNG through the Darwin LNG project, which has been exporting to Japan since 2006. Santos has interests in all major oil basins in Australia, including those offshore. Santos Ltd also operates in other countries, including Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Papua New Guinea, and Vietnam. At 31 December 2009, Santos had a total market capitalisation of approximately $12 billion, making it one of Australia’s Top 30 companies.

Lundin Petroleum AB was formed in 2001 as a result of the takeover of Lundin Oil AB by Canadian independent Talisman Energy. The oil and gas exploration and production company focuses on developing oil and gas assets in Cambodia, Congo, France, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Tunisia, the UK, and Vietnam. In 2009 Lundin Petroleum reported proved and probable reserves of 217.5 million barrels of oil equivalent, the bulk of which was in the UK and Norwegian sectors of the North Sea. Oil accounts for more than 85% of the Lundin Petroleum's total reserves. The Lundin family owns 24% of the company.

Itochu Enex is totally immersed in Japan's oil and gas markets. Itochu Enex Co., Ltd. operates two divisions which house more than 20 subsidiaries. The home life segment supplies liquefied petroleum gas (LP gas) to more than 1 million homes and businesses throughout Japan. Itochu Enex Co., Ltd. second division, formed from its previous car life and industrial materials divisions, operates full service gas stations and sells gasoline, kerosene, and oil to service stations. Additionally, Itochu Enex Co., Ltd. caters to the manufacturing, trucking, and shipping industries, selling them oil, LP gas, and coal, as well as secondary energy like electricity and heat, and industrial materials such as asphalt and cement. Itochu Enex Co., Ltd. was established in 1961.

Energy Corporation of America is an exploration and production independent focused on gas exploration in the Appalachian Basin, in Texas, and in New Zealand. One of the largest natural gas operators in the Appalachian Basin, ECA holds stakes in about 5,000 wells. Natural gas is the America-based energy that fuels the financial engine of Energy Corporation of America (ECA). Energy Corporation of America has proved natural gas reserves of nearly 400 billion cu. ft. equivalent. Energy Corporation of America pipeline system includes more than 50 compressor stations. Energy Corporation of America, which formed the Appalachian Gas Royalty Trust in 2005, is led by John Mork.

GeoGlobal Resources Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada. Oil and gas exploration and production company GeoGlobal Resources' resources are focused on the Indian subcontinent. Through its subsidiaries, GeoGlobal Resources Inc. is involved in production-sharing contracts with the Indian government, exploring four blocks in Gujarat, two in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin offshore eastern India, two in Maharashtra (in western India), and two in Rajasthan. GeoGlobal, along with its partners in the projects, has conducted 3D seismic surveying and multi-well drilling activities, but it is yet to commercially produce any oil or natural gas. President and CEO Jean Roy owns 49% of the company.

JAPEX is at the apex of Japan's oil and gas industry. Japan Petroleum Exploration (JAPEX) explores for and produces oil and gas in Japan and around the world and has proved reserves of 272 million barrels of oil equivalent. Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. exploration and production division sells crude oil, natural gas, and liquefied natural gas (LNG). Another division contracts for drilling projects and geological and geophysical surveys. Other operations include the sale of petroleum products such as LPG and fuel oil. Expanding its portfolio, in 2009 JAPEX acquired the oil product sales unit of a Mitsubishi Materials subsidiary. The Japanese government controls 34% of JAPEX.

Named after a powerful weasel (the mascot of the University of Michigan), Wolverine Pipe Line transports refined petroleum products across the US Midwest. It operates more than 1,000 miles of pipeline stretching through Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. The company supplies about 35% of Michigan's refined petroleum products. Sunoco Logistics Partners' Eastern Pipeline System controls nearly a third of Wolverine Pipe Line.

You won't find any tourist tchotchkes if you're shopping at Italy's electricity market. The Gestore del Mercato Elettrico (Manager of the Electricity Market, literally) was set up by the Gestore della Rete di Trasmissione Nazionale (Manager of the National Transmission Network) to oversee operations of the electricity market, also known as the Italian Power Exchange (IPEX). The bulk of the buying and selling takes place in the Day-Ahead Market; fine tuning is done in the Adjustment Market. In the Ancillary Services Market, Terna has a hand in controlling the power grid system operations. The Gestore del Mercato Elettrico (GME), operational since 2004, is owned by the Italian Ministry of Finance and the Economy.

Petrobras America is engaged in oil exploration and production in the Gulf of Mexico. Petrobras America Inc. also refines and markets oil and oil products and procures materials and equipment for its parent, PETROLEO BRASILEIRO (PETROBRAS). Petrobras America Inc. owns 50% of the Pasadena Refinery in Texas and has stakes in the Cascade, Chinook, and Cottonwood oil and gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico. Petrobras America is also engaged in the purchase and sale of petroleum products, including crude oil, fuel oil, gasoline, special products, naphtha, and liquid petroleum gas. Petrobras America Inc. procures oil services equipment and related supplies, primarily to support its operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Petrobras America Inc. Petrobras, a large integrated oil company is producing over 2. 2 million bbl/day worldwide and will be investing US$ 85 Billion over the next 5 years to increase this production to 3.5 million bbl/day. (PAI) was incorporated in 1987 in the United States. PAI corporate office is located in Houston, Texas.

Copano was founded in 1992 by John R. Eckel, Jr., who served as its Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer until his death in November 2009. Under his leadership, Copano grew from a single 23-mile pipeline to a successful midstream natural gas company with over 6,000 miles of pipe and seven processing plants. John maintained that Copano’s greatest asset was its people, and his commitment to Copano’s employees and producers was a constant that helped shape our company’s culture. We are a midstream natural gas company providing comprehensive services to natural gas producers, including natural gas gathering, intrastate transmission, processing, conditioning and treating. Our operations are located in Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming and Louisiana. We provide midstream services to producers of about 1,700,000 MMBtu per day of natural gas.

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