The TOTAL brand has been marketed in the UK since 1955 and was set up as Total Oil Great Britain Ltd (TOGB) originally formed as part of the French Total SA group. It quickly established itself as an innovative petrol retailer increasing its number of service stations at a rapid rate. When it comes to the UK petroleum refining and distribution industry, TOTAL UK does it all. The company is a subsidiary of French oil giant TOTAL S.A.. It provides gasoline to about 850 retail services stations in the UK (about 10% of the British retail market) and operates a petroleum refinery capable of producing more than 220,000 barrels of petroleum products per day. The company also has a lubricant blending plant, a bitumen plant, and has oil storage facilities located all across the UK. Through the AIR TOTAL brand name, TOTAL UK supplies aviation fuels to airports in Heathrow, Gatwick, and Stansted.

Constellation NewEnergy is a star player in the new energy arena of deregulation. The company is a competitive retail supplier that provides energy and related services to more than 19,000 large commercial and industrial customers. Constellation NewEnergy, a subsidiary of Constellation Energy Group, markets electricity and natural gas in 31 US states. It also supplies energy to customers in three Canadian provinces. The company delivers more than 13,000 MW of peak load electricity and 354 billion cu. ft. of annual natural gas consumption. Constellation NewEnergy serves numerous FORTUNE 500 companies, including Staples, 3M, and Kimberly-Clark.

Valvoline International helps the Tin Man get loose, the squeaky wheel get the grease, and your car flip its odometer. The division of Ashland produces all manner of automotive lubricants and fluids, motor oil and transmission fluids being only the most ubiquitous. Through its Valvoline Instant Oil Change division, the company also operates more than 800 oil change centers -- both company-owned and franchised -- across 38 US states, making it the second largest such operation in the nation (behind Royal Dutch Shell's Jiffy Lube). It also offers automotive cleaning products under the Eagle One brand name. Valvoline serves more than 100 countries worldwide.

Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. (NYSE: SXL) is a publicly traded master limited partnership formed in 2002 to acquire, own and operate a diverse mix of crude oil and refined products pipelines, and terminaling and storage facilities, as well as crude oil acquisition and marketing assets. Our business is characterized by extensive industry and safety experience, strong financial fundamentals, as well as operational flexibility. Collectively, a strong asset base and the successful execution of our business strategies have consistently delivered substantial returns to unitholders. On February 8, 2002, we completed our initial public offering of 5.75 million common units at a price of $20.25 per unit. The units are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "SXL". Click on News Releases for ongoing updates about Sunoco Logistics or on Financial Information to access SEC filings, distribution history, tax information, analyst coverage and more.

Toreador Resources was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Paris, France. Toreador Resources Corporation operates as an independent international energy company. Toreador Resources Corporation engages in the acquisition, development, exploration, and production of crude oil. Toreador Resources Corporation holds interests in developed and undeveloped oil properties in France. Toreador Resources primarily focuses on the Paris Basin Oil Shale. Toreador Resources Corporation was formerly known as Toreador Royalty Corporation and changed its name to Toreador Resources Corporation.

Syntroleum Corporation has come a long way since its founding in 1984 by Kenneth L. Agee. The company’s synthetic fuel technologies make it a recognized force in the renewable fuels, biomass-to-liquids (BTL), gas-to-liquids (GTL), and coal-to-liquids (CTL) industries, and is one of the most vocal about introducing the possibilities of these technologies to the world. Syntroleum’s recent announcement regarding its renewable synthetic fuels venture with Tyson Foods is the latest example of its leadership in the industry. Together with Tyson, Syntroleum will construct the world’s first renewable synthetic fuels plant utilizing its Bio-synfining™ technology and Tyson sourced agricultural feedstock. With an investment of over $150 million and the creation of over 300 jobs, the initial 75 million gallon per year plant will not only have a positive impact on the local economy where the plant is located, but will contribute much needed incremental clean and environmentally friendly fuel to our nation’s transportation fuel supply.

Torque Energy Inc. is a Canadian based oil and natural gas company focusing on exploration, development and acquisition of opportunities related to the operation and production of oil and natural gas properties. Torque Energy Inc. presently conducts its activities in the provinces of Ontario and Alberta. The common shares of Torque Energy Inc. trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "TQE". Currently the company has 13,837,698 common shares issued and outstanding. Torque Energy Inc. has major properties in the Petrolia East, Corey East, and Dover East areas of Ontario, which together represent about 72% of the company's total daily production. Most of its assets were acquired from bankrupt oil and gas company CanEnerco. Torque Energy, which produces about 156 barrels of oil equivalent per day, has stakes in about 20 producing wells at various other locations in Southwestern Ontario.

Provident Energy Trust was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada. Provident Energy Trust operates as an open-ended energy income trust that owns and manages an oil and gas production business, and a natural gas liquids midstream services and marketing business. Provident Energy Trust primarily focuses on its core energy asset areas comprising Dixonville, and northwest, southern, and west central Alberta, Canada. Provident Energy Trust also extracts, processes, stores, transports, and markets natural gas liquids in central Canada and the eastern United States. In addition, Provident Energy offers fractionation, storage, loading, and marketing services to upstream producers.

Yangarra Resources Ltd. wants to yank some oil and natural gas from reserves in Western Canada. The exploration and production company (formed from the 2005 merger of TriOil and the former Yangarra Resources Inc.) has three core operating areas in the province of Alberta: Ferrier, Medicine Hat, and Jaslan. Yangarra Resources Ltd. also has noncore operations in Saskatchewan and other areas of Alberta. Yangarra Resources Ltd. has an inventory of more than 50 locations that are prospects for drilling. Yangarra Resources has proved and probable reserves of 2.9 million barrels of oil equivalent. In 2009 it filed for Canada's version of bankruptcy protection and then bought Athabaska Energy, which also produced natural gas in Alberta.

Tesoro Refining and Marketing manages the refining and marketing businesses of Tesoro Corporation. The parent company's seven refineries have a capacity of 658,000 barrels per day and produce a range of motor fuels and other petroleum products. Tesoro Refining and Marketing markets fuel to 880 branded retail gas stations (including 290 company-owned stations under the Tesoro, Shell, Mirastar, and USA Gasoline brands), in Alaska, Hawaii, and 15 western states. On the wholesale side, it markets 643,000 barrels of oil products per day. It also supplies jet fuel to the vast majority of commercial airlines with routes in the West.

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