Shell makes a major contribution to the UK, not just through providing products and services to our customers, but also through employment, tax revenues and investment which boost the economy. We employ around 8,500 people directly in the UK. Shell is a key provider of the energy that millions of people use for heating and powering the UK. We produce around one tenth of the UK's oil and gas and operate almost a fifth. We are probably best known to the public for our service stations and we have around 900 retail sites in the UK. Our Stanlow refinery near Ellesmere Port in Cheshire is at the heart of Britain’s oil and chemical industry, producing a range of transport fuels, including Shell V-Power, and chemicals for industry.Our two main businesses are Shell U.K. Exploration and Production, an operating division of Shell U.K. Limited, and Shell U.K. Oil Products Limited. Each has its own board of directors and is a subsidiary of Shell Holdings (U.K.) Limited.

Aker Solutions is a leading global provider of engineering and construction services, technology products and integrated solutions. The business within Aker Solutions comprises several industries, including Oil & Gas, Refining & Chemicals, Mining & Metals and Power Generation. The parent company in the group is Aker Solutions ASA. Aker Solutions has aggregated annual revenues of approximately NOK 58 billion and has approximately 22 500 employees and 9 500 contract staff in about 30 countries. Aker Solutions ASA subsidiaries' services range from installing complex projects in the North Sea to smaller facilities in shallow waters. Process equipment for upstream oil and gas companies, well logs for oil and gas companies, downhole services, drilling equipment, deck machinery, and mooring systems are all part of the group's offerings. Holding company Aker ASA controls 40% of the company, the Norwegian government 30%.

Pioneering the squeezing of oil and gas profits from mature properties in the Rockies that other oil companies have sold as marginal producers is the work of Pioneer Oil and Gas. Pioneer Oil and Gas acquires oil and gas properties from oil explorers, sells producing wells, and acquires new oil and gas leases on properties located in Colorado, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. Pioneer Oil and Gas has estimated proved reserves of 1 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and about 30,000 barrels of oil. The oil and gas exploration and production independent was established in 1980. Brothers and top executives Gregg and Don Colton control Pioneer Oil and Gas.

Since 1995, Pepco Energy Services has successfully evolved to become one of the leading providers of energy-saving and sustainable energy products and services for a wide range of energy users, including: large commercial; institutional; industrial; and government users. Pepco Energy Services currently provides services from North Carolina to Massachusetts and from New York to Tennessee and Illinois. A wholly owned, separately managed subsidiary of Pepco Holdings, Inc. (PHI), Pepco Energy Services provides both energy suppliers and large energy users such as utilities, municipalities, cooperatives and aggregators with an array of energy management services including the management of power generation assets. PHI is the energy holding company formed as a result of the merger between Pepco and Conectiv. The company delivers a combined 50,000 gigawatt hours of power to nearly 1.9 million customers in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland and New Jersey, making it one of the largest electricity delivery companies in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Titan Petrochemicals Group provides transportation, storage, distribution, and supply of oil products and petrochemicals throughout Asia. Titan transports crude oil from the Middle East to countries in the Asia/Pacific region and distributes and store in the region as well. China, naturally enough, is its largest customer, accounting for nearly a third of sales. Titan's storage operations serve oil tankers passing through Singapore in Malaysian waters, while its distribution operations focus on the ship refueling market. Titan Petrochemicals Group Limited supply operations primarily procure oil products for major Malaysian, Singaporean, and Chinese refineries. Titan Petrochemicals Group Limited was formed in 2002.

Fred. Olsen Energy has its hold on drilling in the North Sea and in several other oil plays. Through its subsidiaries, Fred. Olsen Energy ASA provides offshore oil and gas drilling services. Through its Dolphin subsidiary, Fred. Olsen operates a fleet of nine semi-submersible rigs and one deepwater drillship used to support offshore drilling activities. Fred. Olsen also provides shipbuilding services through its Harland and Wolff subsidiary. Customers of the group have included Exxon Mobil, Kerr-McGee, Statoil, and Vaalco. Both Bonheur and Ganger Rolf hold about 27% of the company. Fred. Olsen Energy ASA focuses on rewarding long term customer relationships where innovative and integrated solutions are presented to the benefit of customers, shareholders and employees.

Concho Resources explores and develops properties, located primarily in the Permian Basin region of eastern New Mexico and West Texas, for the production of oil and gas. Concho Resources Inc. also owns properties in North Dakota and Arkansas. More than half of the company's 550 billion cu. ft. in proved reserves is made up of crude oil, while the rest consists of natural gas. Concho Resources gets two-thirds of its sales from crude oil. Two customers, energy marketers Navajo Refining Company (60% of 2007 sales) and DCP Midstream (23%), account for a great majority of Concho's sales. Concho Resources Inc. has more than 85 producing wells in operation.

Encore Energy Partners LP was founded in 2007 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas. Encore Energy Partners LP, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploitation, and development of oil and natural gas properties. Encore Energy Partners LP has oil and natural gas properties in the Big Horn Basin in Wyoming and Montana, primarily in the Elk Basin field; the Permian Basin in West Texas; and the Williston Basin in North Dakota. As of December 31, 2008, its proved reserves included 16.6 millions stock tank barrel of oil and 56.5 billions cubic feet of natural gas. Encore Energy Partners LP also had 744 operated wells and 1,367 non-operated wells. Encore Energy Partners GP LLC serves as the general partner of Encore Energy Partners LP. Encore Energy Partners LP operates as a subsidiary of Encore Acquisition Company.

CNOOC Limited was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Central, Hong Kong.CNOOC Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, production, and sale of crude oil, natural gas, and other petroleum products in offshore China. The company's oil and gas properties are located in offshore China, which include Bohai Bay, western south China Sea, eastern south China Sea, and east China Sea, as well as in Indonesia, Australia, and Africa. As of December 31, 2008, it had net proved reserves of 2.6 billion barrels of oil equivalent.CNOOC Limited operates as a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corporation.

New Concept Energy, Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is based in Dallas, Texas. New Concept Energy (formerly CabelTel International) is looking to put a new face on some really old resources. New Concept Energy, Inc., which operates a residential community for senior citizens in Oregon, is looking to diversify into the shale-sourced natural gas business. New Concept Energy's retirement home offers programs ranging from meal preparation and housekeeping to transportation and recreational activities. New Concept Energy, Inc. formerly owned an outlet shopping mall, but sold that in 2007. It also rescinded its acquisition of cable operator CabelTEL AD that year.

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