Penn Octane has taken its foot off the gas (liquefied petroleum gas, or LPG), and throttled back on the octane. Penn Octane Corporation has no assets other than its role as 75% owner and manager of Rio Vista GP LLC, the general partner of pipeline and terminal company Rio Vista Energy Partners. Once a provider of LPG transportation and storage services, in 2006 Penn Octane sold its LPG assets to TransMontaigne Product Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of TransMontaigne, for $9.8 million, to pay down debt. Penn Octane Corporation also exited its gasoline and diesel fuel reseller operations in 2008 to further pay down expenses. Former chairman Jerome Richter controls about 28% of the company.

Petrobras Distribuidora is the retail distribution arm of Brazil's state-owned oil company, PETROLEO BRASILEIRO (PETROBRAS), which is also the country's largest government-controlled business. From its warehouses and 6,780 service stations, Petrobras Distribuidora (known by the brand name BR) furnishes the nation with petroleum derivative products, including gasoline, lubes, fuel oil, hydrated alcohol, and natural gas. Petrobras Distribuidora is also building up its market position in a number of neighboring countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Uruguay.

ATP Oil & Gas Corporation was founded in 1991 and is based in Houston, Texas.ATP Oil & Gas Corporation engages in the acquisition, development, and production of oil and natural gas properties in the Gulf of Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Dutch Sectors of the North Sea. As of December 31, 2008, ATP Oil & Gas Corporation had leasehold and other interests in 77 offshore blocks, 41 platforms, and 129 wells, including 22 subsea wells in the Gulf of Mexico; and interests in 10 blocks and 3 company-operated subsea wells in the North Sea. ATP Oil & Gas Corporation had estimated net proved reserves of 713.6 billion cubic feet equivalent, of which approximately 449.6 billion cubic feet equivalent were in the Gulf of Mexico and 264.0 billion cubic feet equivalent were in the North Sea. These reserves were comprised 321.7 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 65.3 million barrels of crude oil.

Cenovus Energy reserves the right to recover and refine oil in the US and Canada. With major operations in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Cenovus Energy Inc. has proved reserves of some 909 million barrels of oil equivalent and about 1.9 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas. Cenovus Energy Inc. also maintains ownership interest in two refineries in Illinois and Texas that are part of a 50/50 joint venture with ConocoPhillips. That venture provides integration of Cenovus' upstream oil production with downstream refining of such consumer products as diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel. Together, the refineries have a processing capacity of about 500,000 barrels of oil per day. Cenovus Energy was formed in late 2009 as a spinoff of EnCana.

Forest Oil Corporation was founded in 1916 and is based in Denver, Colorado with additional offices in Houston, Texas; and Calgary and Alberta, Canada.Forest Oil Corporation engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of natural gas and liquids primarily in North America. Forest Oil Corporation principally sells natural gas on a month-to-month basis in the spot market under short-term contracts. As of December 31, 2008, its proved reserves were approximately 2,668 billion cubic feet equivalent.

Arabian American Development Company was organized as a Delaware corporation in 1967. The company’s principal business activities include developing mineral properties in Saudia Arabia and the United States and manufacturing various petrochemical products. ARSD owns the rights to a significant undeveloped mine in Saudi Arabia. The Company has formed a joint stock corporation with Saudi investors. ARSD will contribute the mine rights to this corporation, and investors will contribute $60 million in cash to fund the construction of a $120 million processing facility to make the mine operational. The joint stock corporation will seek financing in the form of a credit line from a bank for the remaining amount. The construction of the facility is expected to take two years. ARSD also owns approximately 55% of the capital stock of a Nevada mining company, Pioche-Ely Valley Mines, Inc ("Pioche"). Pioche owns a 300-ton a day mill which is not currently operable. It also owns 48 patented and 5 unpatented claims totaling approximately 1,500 acres located in the Pioche Mining District, Lincoln County, Nevada. A significant expenditure would be required in order to put the mill into continuous operation if commercial mining is to be conducted on the property. ARSD believes that the real estate value of Pioche is greater than the metal value.

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.

C & C provides a wide range of survey and mapping services for the land and offshore oil and gas industry, the telecommunications industry and the U.S. government. The company has divisions including Land and Transition Zone Survey Division, the Marine Construction Survey Division, the Geophysical and Geoscience Division, the Geotechnical Division and the Worldwide DGPS Services Division. C & C’s operational divisions are sustained by several in-house support functions including a database department, a systems development department, an information technology department, an electronics department, a mechanical fabrication department, as well as an HSE and QA department.

Accent Energy, a New York electricity, natural gas and green power company, is a different kind of energy company. We care about our customers and we care about the future of our planet. We know you have the power to choose your energy company. That's why we provide the best value for your energy dollar. Accent offers the flexibility to build your own plan with multiple products for New York residents and businesses to choose from. Accent offers alternative energy plans, including 100% green power. With Accent, you have the power to choose your energy plan. You choose the kind of energy you need and the natural gas or electricity rate plan that’s right for you.

Encore Acquisition Company was founded in 1998 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.Encore Acquisition Company engages in the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas reserves from onshore fields in the United States. Encore Acquisition Company holds interests in various properties located in the Cedar Creek Anticline (CCA) in the Williston Basin of Montana and North Dakota; the Permian Basin of west Texas and southeastern New Mexico; the Rockies, which includes non-CCA assets in the Williston, Big Horn, and Powder River Basins of Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota; the Paradox Basin of southeastern Utah; and the Mid-Continent area, including the Arkoma and Anadarko Basins of Oklahoma, the north Louisiana Salt Basin, the east Texas Basin, and the Mississippi Salt Basin. As of December, 31, 2008, Encore Acquisition Company had estimated total proved reserves of 134.5 MMBbls of oil and 307.5 Bcf of natural gas. Encore Acquisition Company sells its products to marketers, processors, refiners, and other purchasers.

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