Oil and chemicals group OMV is Austria's largest industrial company. It explores for natural gas and crude oil, refines crude oil, and imports, transports, and stores gas. A leading oil and gas company in Central and Eastern Europe, OMV has proved reserves of 1.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent. OMV has a 20% retail market share in Central and Eastern Europe. The bulk of OMV's sales comes from refining and marketing. It produces about 320,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day and sells 13 billion cubic feet of gas annually. OMV's largest shareholders are Austrian state holding company �IAG (32%) and the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) of Abu Dhabi (18%).

Berry Petroleum company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.Berry Petroleum Company engages in the production, development, acquisition, exploitation, and exploration of crude oil and natural gas in the United States. The company's properties are located in California, Texas, Utah, and Colorado. As of December 31, 2008, it had estimated proved reserves of 245.9 million barrels of oil equivalent. Berry Petroleum company also engages in the generation and sale of electricity. Berry Petroleum Company markets its crude oil to oil refiners or third party marketers.

Liquefied Natural Gas Limited brings a new concept of mid-scale liquefied natural gas ("LNG") projects to the international energy market in providing an "Energy Link" between smaller proven gas reserves than required for traditional large scale LNG projects, and existing LNG buyers and new niche energy markets seeking LNG as an alternative fuel. As a producer and distributor of liquefied natural gas, LNG turns coalbed methane gas supplied by third-party companies into liquid form for more efficient transport. Liquefied Natural Gas Limited operates more than 30 liquefaction plants around the world and targets energy users in developing markets that have little or no existing natural gas resources. Distributing its liquid gas products by land and sea, Liquefied Natural Gas Limited operates a fleet of more than 260 carriers, as well as 60 reception terminals located around the world. LNG was established as a public company in 2004.

ERG (formerly known as Raffineria Edoardo Garrone) lives up to its name -- ergo, it's in the energy business. Italy's largest independent oil refiner (accounting for about 11% of Italy's oil refining capacity), ERG is engaged in refining, marketing, and distributing crude oil and refined products such as diesel and lubricants. The group processes about 380,000 barrels of crude oil a day. With a nationwide network of about 2,000 Ergo-branded service stations, ERG holds about 7% of Italy's retail market share. The company also distributes oil products directly to agricultural, industrial, and utility customers. In addition, the company has interests in power generation. The Garrone family owns about 63% of ERG.

Rix Petroleum is the largest member of the Rix group of companies. It distributes and retails petroleum products throughout Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the Midlands, the East Coast of Scotland and now East Anglia.Rix Petroleum delivers competitively priced domestic heating oil to the home market using specialist vehicles designed with rural delivery challenges in mind. Boiler maintenance and tank services are just part of the service package.Over 100 Rix branded service stations fulfil the essential retail and social role previously provided by rural Post Offices and village shops and are serviced by the Rix fleet of articulated fuel tankers. The agricultural and haulage sectors are also serviced through the provision of fuels, oils, lubricants and a wide range of storage tankers.From refinery to customer, Rix Petroleum provides the complete fuel service delivered by a family company that cares.

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.

Hardy Oil and Gas is a hearty endorser of the booming oil and gas industry. The international oil and gas exploration and production company primarily focuses on India, with strategic positioning in the oil and gas basins on the east coast of India and off of the Saurashtra west coast, near the Bombay High field. Hardy Oil and Gas plc has also acquired development assets in the proven oil province of the Niger Delta of Nigeria. Hardy Oil and Gas (then known as Jehan Energy Ltd.) was founded by Sastry Karra (CEO) and Yogeshwar Sharma (COO) in 1997. Hardy Oil and Gas plc was renamed Hardy Oil and Gas in 2001 and became a public company in 2005.

Apache Corporation was founded in 1954 and is based in Houston, Texas.Apache Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids. Apache Corporation has exploration and production interests in the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf Coast, east Texas, the Permian basin, the Anadarko basin, and the Western Sedimentary basin of Canada; and onshore Egypt, offshore Western Australia, offshore the United Kingdom in the North Sea, and onshore Argentina, as well as on the Chilean side of the island of Tierra del Fuego. Apache Corporation sells its natural gas to local distribution companies, utilities, end-users, integrated oil and gas companies, and marketers; and crude oil to integrated oil companies, purchasers, transporters, and refiners. As of December 31, 2008, it had total estimated proved reserves of 1,081 million barrels of crude oil, condensate, and natural gas liquids, as well as 7.9 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

Habanero Resources hopes to become a hot item as an oil and gas, minerals, and precious metals prospector. Habanero Resources Inc. main assets are its stakes (an major acreage) in a handful of Alberta Oil Sands prospects. Traditionally an oil and gas explorer, Habanero Resources has diversified its operations as a hedge against lower oil prices. Habanero Resources Inc. holds significant acreage (more than 662,300 acres) in Yukon where it has set its sights on developing lithium prospects. Habanero Resources Inc. is also exploring for lithium in Alberta, holds two gold prospects in British Columbia, and has a silver prospect in the Yukon.

Frontier Refining & Marketing, a subsidiary of Frontier Holdings Inc. (which is a subsidiary of Frontier Oil Corporation), operates all of Frontier Oil's marketing, crude and product supply, planning, human resources, and accounting functions. Frontier Refining & Marketing primarily sells its gasoline and diesel to unbranded jobbers, but it also supplies retail operations of other oil companies. The company itself has no retail marketing locations, but does allow jobbers to use the Frontier logo on their retail outlets. Frontier Refining & Marketing is also a major marketer of asphalt to the Front Range area.

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