Phoenix Technology Income Fund (formerly Phoenix Technology Services) looks to bring new life, in terms of profits, over and over again. It provides contracting services for oil and gas well drilling, specializing in directional and horizontal drilling. It also provides equipment, supervision, and technology services to oil and gas enterprises worldwide and has drilled more than 6,000 wells. In addition to drilling services, it sells its own drilling guidance systems. The income fund operates in Canada through Phoenix Technology Services and in the US through Nevis Energy Services. Phoenix Technology has operated since 1985 and was reorganized as a trust in 2004.

Petro Andina Resources is an oil and gas exploration, development, and production company which focuses its operations in South America Petro Andina Resources Inc. main operations are located on 628,000 acres of land found in the Neuquen Basin in Argentina. Petro Andina averages more than 11,000 barrels of oil per day and boasts that it is one of the largest producers of crude oil in Argentina. In addition, through a partnership with Voyager Energy Ltd., Petro Andina Resources Inc. held a 50/50 exploration interest in two properties located in the Caribbean island country of Trinidad and Tobago. In 2009 Argentina-based rival PlusPetrol Resources acquired Petro Andina Resources.

Willbros Group, Inc. provides engineering, procurement, and construction services to the oil and gas, refinery, petrochemical, and power industries primarily in the United States, Canada, and Oman. Willbros Group, Inc. operates through two segments: Upstream Oil and Gas, and Downstream Oil and Gas. The Upstream Oil and Gas segment provides engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services to design, build, or replace large-diameter cross-country pipelines; fabricate engineered structures, process modules, and facilities; and build oil and gas production facilities, pump stations, flow stations, gas compressor stations, gas processing facilities, gathering lines, and related facilities. The Downstream Oil and Gas segment provides specialty construction, turnaround, repair, and maintenance services to the downstream energy infrastructure market, which primarily consists of oil companies, independent refineries, product terminals, and petrochemical companies; and to EPC firms, independent power producers, government entities, specialty process facilities, and ammonia and fertilizer manufacturing plants and facilities. Willbros Group, Inc. was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Desire Petroleum is a UK-based independent exploration company with a strong desire to explore for oil and gas in the waters offshore the Falkland Islands. Desire Petroleum plc holds extensive oil and gas exploration licenses in the North Falkland Basin. Desire Petroleum is trying to overcome legal, operational, and logistical hurdles to its drilling program. Since acquiring a 3D seismic survey in 2004 Desire Petroleum plc has identified new prospects and is making progress toward resuming drilling in the North Falkland Basin. Desire Petroleum plc, founded in 1996 to participate in the offshore licensing of the Falkland Islands, was named after HMS Desire, the British ship whose crew discovered the islands in 1592.

Cloud Peak Energy operates three wholly owned coal mines located in the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming. Cloud Peak Energy Inc. coal is sold mainly to utilities and accounts for 6% of the electricity generated in the US. Cloud Peak Energy Inc., formerly a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, produces about 100 million tons of coal annually and controls 1 billion tons in proved and probable reserves. Cloud Peak Energy Inc. was formed in 1993 as Kennecott Coal, changed its name to Rio Tinto Energy America (RTEA) in 2006, and went public as Cloud Peak Energy two years after that. Rio Tinto retained just less than 50% ownership of Cloud Peak, post-spinoff.

Newpark Resources, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide fluids management, waste disposal, and well site preparation products and services primarily to the oil and gas exploration and production industry. Newpark Resources, Inc. operates in three segments: Fluids Systems and Engineering, Mats and Integrated Services, and Environmental Services. The Fluids Systems and Engineering segment offers drilling fluids products and technical services to drilling projects involving subsurface conditions, such as horizontal, directional, geologically deep, or deep water drilling. This segment also provides completion fluids and equipment rental services. The Mats and Integrated Services segment offers mat rentals, location construction, and related well site services to exploration and production customers in the onshore U.S. Gulf Coast, western Colorado, and northeast U.S. regions; and mat rentals to the utility industry in the United Kingdom. It also installs access roads and temporary work sites for pipeline, electrical utility, and highway construction projects. Newpark Resources, Inc. provides its products and services primarily in the United States Gulf Coast, west Texas, east Texas, Oklahoma, North Louisiana, Rocky Mountains, and northeast region of the United States, as well as Canada, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and North Africa. Newpark Resources, Inc. was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.

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.

Syncrude Canada is the world's largest producer of light sweet crude oil from oil sands, and operates the Syncrude Project, a large oil sand mine and supporting plants that produce value-added light, sweet crude oil. Located in the Athabasca Oil Sands, the Project is the #1 single source of oil in Canada, producing 111.3 million barrels annually. The Syncrude Project is a joint venture operated by Syncrude Canada and owned by seven oil and gas entities, including Canadian Oil Sands Trust, Imperial Oil, and Suncor Energy. In 2009 ConocoPhillips announced plans to sell its 9% stake in order to reduce debt. Syncrude supplies about 13% of Canada's crude oil needs.

Transneft operates one of the largest networks of oil pipelines in the world. The company moves crude oil through more than 30,000 miles of pipeline stretching across Eastern Europe and Asia. After the breakup of the Soviet Union, the government agency that controlled the Russian oil industry and the pipeline system (Glavtransneft) reorganized and in 1991 formed the joint-stock company Transneft. Transneft operates a transportation network consisting of more than 30,000 miles of pipeline, about 390 oil refilling (pump) stations, and more than 830 reservoirs capable of storing more than 15 million cu. meters of petroleum products. The company transports about 93% of the oil produced in Russia.

Blue Ridge Group, Inc was incorporated in August of 1993 as a Nevada Corporation. Once focused on Appalachia, holding company Blue Ridge Group, through its 14%-owned Bayou City Exploration unit, is now engaged in oil and gas exploration primarily in Texas and Louisiana. Bayou City Exploration conducts its activities through partnerships and the acquisition of direct stakes in oil and gas properties, and in exploratory and development wells. Blue Ridge Group, Inc. has four projects in Aransas, Willacy, and Kenedy Counties in coastal and south Texas, with estimated project reserves totalling 54.5 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent.

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