The BG in BG Group stands for British Gas, but BG Group finds not only gas but also oil, all over the world. In addition to conducting its core oil and gas exploration and production operations, BG Group plc is involved in the downstream operations of liquefied natural gas (LNG) production, gas transmission and distribution, and power generation. BG Group plc is one of the largest exploration and production companies operating in the North Sea, and in 2008 BG Group plc reported proved reserves of 2.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent and an annual production averaging 226.7 million barrels of oil equivalent. In 2009 it moved into the lucrative US shale gas market, forming an alliance with EXCO Resources.

SBM is the managing holding company of a group of international businesses that provide supplies and construction services for the worldwide offshore oil and gas drilling industry. SBM Offshore N.V. activities include the engineering, supply, and offshore installation of most types of offshore terminals or related equipment. SBM Offshore N.V. has pioneered and patented numerous technologies related to offshore drilling and dredging operations, especially single point mooring (SPM) systems for offshore loading of oil tankers. SBM Offshore has operations in 15 countries.

Glen Rose Petroleum Corporation was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Glen Rose Petroleum Corporation, through its subsidiary, UHC Petroleum Corporation, operates as an independent producer of natural gas and crude oil. Glen Rose Petroleum Corporation operates the Wardlaw Field located in Edwards County, Texas. As of March 31, 2009, Glen Rose Petroleum Corporation had 103 wellbores, of which 90 are capable of production and 44 are producing wellbores. Glen Rose Petroleum Corporation was formerly known as United Heritage Corporation and changed its name to Glen Rose Petroleum Corporation in May 2008.

Singapore and more. Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) refines and sells oil and petroleum products, both in Singapore and across Asia. A 50%-owner of the Singapore Refining Company (Chevron owns the other half), SPC converts crude products into fuels. It processes 51.5 million barrels of crude per year. The company is also engaged in oil storge and terminalling. SPC' also manages a network of 38 gas stations in Singapore. The group also has operations in mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Thailand. The company has exploration and production assets in Australia, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Singapore-based conglomerate Keppel owns 45% of SPC, but in 2009 agreed to sell this stake to PetroChina.

Exterran Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides operations, maintenance, service, and equipment for oil and natural gas industry. Exterran Holdings, Inc. Contract Operations segment offers natural gas compression and production, and processing services, as well as provides engineering, procurement, and on site construction of natural gas compression stations and/or crude oil or natural gas production and processing facilities. Exterran Holdings, Inc. Aftermarket Services segment sells parts and components, and provides operation, maintenance, overhaul, and reconfiguration services. Exterran Holdings, Inc. Fabrication segment designs, engineers, fabricates, installs, and sells natural gas compression units and accessories; and oil and natural gas production and processing equipment designed to heat, separate, dehydrate, and condition crude oil and natural gas. Exterran Holdings, Inc. products include line heaters, oil and natural gas separators, glycol dehydration units, dewpoint control plants, water treatment, mechanical refrigeration and cryogenic plants, and skid-mounted production packages designed for both onshore and offshore production facilities. This segment also provide engineering, procurement, and construction services primarily related to the manufacturing of process equipment for refinery and petrochemical facilities; the construction of tank farms; and the construction of evaporators and brine heaters for desalination plants. Exterran Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Weir Oil & Gas Division provides superior solutions to Oil & Gas Companies in upstream, production, transportation, refining and related industries. Upstream products include well service & stimulation pressure pumping and flow control products from Weir SPM and Weir Mesa. Downstream products include API 610 centrifugal pumps and spare parts for refining and petrochemical industries from Weir Gabbioneta. Weir SPM products include made-to-order well service pumps, basic control valves, piping, and high-pressure control components. Engineered mechanical and rotating equipment repairs and upgrades, oilfield and drilling equipment repair and certification, Advanced Parts Solutions (APS) including robust asset management and field engineering services are delivered globally by Weir Oil & Gas Services. Weir SPM makes all its products at its 190,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing plant in Fort Worth, Texas, and distributes finished products through stocking and service centers in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, North and South America, and the UK. SPM Flow Control was acquired by The Wier Group in 2007.

Samson is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma and maintains division offices in Houston, Denver, and Midland. Samson Investment is an independent oil and gas entity with exploration, development, and production activities in Canada and the US (19 states), as well as in Australia. Key producing regions include East Texas, Texas Gulf Coast, Anadarko, Permian, San Juan, Green River, and the Williston Basin. Samson Investment operates more than 4,000 wells and has stakes in more than 11,000 wells. Samson Investment Company strategy is to make acquisitions that complement its existing areas of operations and establish its presence in new core regions. In 2007 Samson Investment Company acquired PYR Energy, which has assets in the Gulf Coast, Texas, and Rocky Mountain regions.

Mullen Group has mulled over its future and has decided it is about oil field services and trucking. Mullen Group Ltd. oil field services unit moves overweight and oversized equipment, such as drilling rigs, for the oil and gas industry in Western Canada. Mullen Group Ltd. also transports heavy oil and offers drilling, production, and pipeline services. Mullen's trucking unit provides truckload and less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation in Canada, Mexico, and the US. (Mullen has acquired more than 20 companies since 2002, including its nearly $1 billion purchase of Producers Oilfield Services). Mullen Group Ltd. reorganized from an income trust into a traditional corporation in 2009 to allow for greater financial flexibility.

Texas Gas Transmission transmits natural gas from Texas to states in the South and Midwest. The company owns and operates a 5,900-mile natural gas pipeline system. The pipeline has the capacity to deliver 3.8 billion cu. ft. of gas a day to customers in eight states. Major customers include Anadarko Petroleum, Louisville Gas and Electric, and Memphis Light, Gas and Water. Texas Gas Transmission also owns nine underground gas storage fields in Indiana and Kentucky with a storage capacity of 180 billion cu. ft. of gas. The company is a subsidiary of Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP. Texas Gas is an interstate pipeline that moves natural gas from Gulf Coast and Fayetteville Shale supply areas to more distant on-system markets in the Midwest and to off-system markets in the Northeast via interconnections with third-party pipelines. It originates in the Louisiana Gulf Coast area and in East Texas and runs north and east through Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, and into Ohio, with smaller diameter lines extending into Illinois.

Russia's Sakhalin Island is Big Oil nirvana. The area's estimated reserves top 500 billion cubic meters of natural gas and 150 million tons of oil. Sakhalin Energy is a consortium of Royal Dutch Shell, Russia's Gazprom, and Japan's Mitsui and Mitsubishi formed to exploit those resources. Its facilities include offshore platforms, an oil pipeline terminal and a natural gas liquefaction plant, which the company hopes will give it an edge in serving the growing demand in Asia. Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. was formed in 1994 to develop the Piltun-Astokhskoye oil field and the Lunskoye gas field in the Sea of Okhotsk offshore Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East. Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. began producing and exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2009. The first delivery was to Japan in March of that year.

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