Dragon Oil plc is an independent oil development and production company, registered in Ireland and listed under a dual primary listing on the London and Irish Stock Exchanges. Approximately 52% of the Company’s equity is held by the Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) L.L.C. (“ENOC”), a company owned by the Government of Dubai. Dragon Oil is headquartered in Dubai and its principal development and production activity is the development of its asset in the Cheleken Contract Area, offshore Turkmenistan by a Group subsidiary, Dragon Oil (Turkmenistan) Limited. Dragon Oil had proved and probable oil reserves at 30 June 2008 of 645 million barrels and 3.2 trillion cuft of gas resources. The company reports recoverable proved and probable reserves of 645 million barrels of oil and condensate in the Cheleken area. Dragon Oil PLC is a subsidiary of the Emirates National Oil Company. Dragon Oil PLC owns a 52% stake in Dragon Oil, but in 2009 bid to acquire 100%. Shareholders rebuffed the offer.

MFA Oil Company was organized in 1929 by Missouri farmers who wanted to be assured of a reliable supply of quality petroleum products at a fair price. The first bulk plant was located at Wright City, MO and seven more plants were established the same year. The energy cooperative, controlled by its farmer-members, produces fuel and lubrication products and manages bulk petroleum and propane plants in the Central US. Operating more than 100 propane plants, the company sells more propane for farm use and home heating than any other company in Missouri. MFA Oil Company also operates nearly 100 bulk plants and serves customers in Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Additionally, MFA Oil Company operates 76 convenience stores under the Break Time brand, more than 160 Petro-Card 24 fueling locations, and owns 10 Jiffy Lube and 10 Big O Tire franchises.

J. Ray McDermott is a leading worldwide marine solutions company with fabrication facilities in the Americas, Middle East, Caspian and Asia Pacific. J. Ray McDermott (JRM) is ocean-deep in projects to design, fabricate, and install platforms, vessels and pipelines for offshore oil and gas production. A subsidiary of engineering group McDermott International, the marine construction company offers project management, engineering, and subsea trenching services. JRM operates a diversified fleet of vessels used for derrick work, pipelaying, and pipe burying. J. Ray McDermott, S.A. primary areas of operation include the Gulf of Mexico, the Asia/Pacific region, the Middle East, and the Caspian Sea.

Holly Energy Partners is having a jolly good time piping petroleum. The company transports refined petroleum products and crude oil from Holly Corporation's Navajo refinery in New Mexico and Woods Cross refinery in Utah, and Alon USA's Big Spring refinery in Texas, to customers in the southwestern US. It operates 1,330 miles of refined petroleum pipelines (including 340 miles of leased pipelines), 11 distribution terminals, one jet fuel terminal, and two truck-loading facilities used to transport gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. Holly Corporation, the parent of the company's general partner (Holly Logistics), holds a 46% stake in Holly Energy Partners.

Now here's a company that pipes in the goods that keep the South fueled, naturally. Southern Natural Gas operates an 7,600-mile long natural gas pipeline (SNG System), which serves major markets across the southeastern US. This system transports more than 3 billion cu. ft. of natural gas per day. The SNG pipeline system has about 60 billion cu. ft. of underground working natural gas storage capacity. Major customers include Atlanta Gas Light Company, Alabama Gas, Southern Company, and SCANA. Southern Natural Gas is a part of El Paso Corporation's Pipeline Group.

Zapata Energy Corporation is a Calgary-based junior oil and gas exploration and production company. Zapata Energy Corporation has oil and gas production and processing facilities as well as undeveloped petroleum and natural gas rights in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. Financially sound and conservatively managed, Zapata Energy Corporation acquires and develops promising energy assets offering reasonable risks and the potential for strong, stable cash flow and competitive rates of return. Zapata Energy Corporation has about 251,400 net acres in Alberta and 5,200 net acres in British Columbia. Zapata Energy has a large inventory of oil projects and its looking to team up with other oil firms and investors in order to exploit them.

Questar Pipeline Company is an interstate natural gas pipeline company that provides transportation and underground storage services in Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. Questar Pipeline owns and operates slightly more than 2,500 miles of pipeline with total daily capacity of 4,155 Mdth. Questar Pipeline’s system is strategically located in the Rocky Mountains — one of the the fastest-growing natural gas producing regions in the U.S. — near large reserves of natural gas in six major producing areas, including the Greater Green River, Uinta and Piceance basins. Questar Pipeline transports gas from these areas to other major pipeline systems for delivery to expanding markets in the West and Midwest including the Questar Gas local distribution system serving natural gas utility customers in Utah, southwest Wyoming and southern Idaho.Through wholly-owned subsidiaries, Questar Pipeline also owns and operates the Overthrust Pipeline in southwestern Wyoming and the eastern segment of Southern Trails Pipeline, extending 488 miles from the Blanco Hub to just inside the California state line. Questar Pipeline owns 50% of the White River Hub in western Colorado. These facilities connect with six interstate pipeline systems and a major processing plant near Meeker, Colorado. Questar Pipeline owns and operates the Clay Basin storage facility. Located on the Wyoming-Utah border, Clay Basin is the largest underground storage reservoir in the Rocky Mountain Region.

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.

Southwestern Energy Company was founded in 1929 and is based in Houston, Texas. Southwestern Energy Company engages in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas and crude oil in the United States. Southwestern Energy Company operates in two segments, Exploration and Production, and Midstream Services. The Exploration and Production segment involves in the development of the unconventional gas reservoir located on the Arkansas side of the Arkoma Basin, as well as exploration and production activities in Oklahoma, Texas, and Pennsylvania. This segment also engages in conventional drilling programs in the Arkansas part of the Arkoma Basin; and conducts development drilling and exploration programs in the Oklahoma portion of the Arkoma Basin, Texas and Pennsylvania, as well as operates drilling rigs in the Fayetteville Shale play and in East Texas. The Midstream Services segment engages in the marketing of its own gas production, as well as third party natural gas; and transportation of natural gas. As of December 31, 2008,Southwestern Energy Company estimated proved natural gas and oil reserves were approximately 2,185 billion cubic feet of gas equivalent.

HKN, Inc. was founded in 1973 and is based in Southlake, Texas.HKN, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, exploitation, development, and production of oil and gas properties primarily in the onshore and offshore Gulf Coast regions of south Texas and Louisiana. HKN, Inc. also explores and develops coal bed methane in Indiana and Ohio. As of December 31, 2008 HKN, Inc. operated or owned a non-operating working interest in 66 oil wells, 68 gas wells, and 12 injection wells.

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