TXCO Resources Inc. is a full-cycle, U.S.-based, oil and gas exploration and production company with a diversified exploitation, development and exploration project inventory. Based in San Antonio, TXCO has more than 720,000 net acres under lease (1.3 million gross acres). TXCO Resources Inc. leverages its geological and geophysical expertise to increase shareholder value. TXCO Resources Inc. applies new technology to overlooked opportunities in high-potential areas that offer multiple resource plays and thousands of drilling prospects. Through its direct efforts and joint ventures with other oil and gas firms, the company explores for oil and natural gas in the Dakotas, Montana, and South Texas. In 2008 TXCO Resources Inc. reported estimated proved reserves of 81.7 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. TXCO Resources sells its oil and gas wholesale through independent marketers. Facing tough economic times, TXCO Resources Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May, 2009.

Sapp Bros. Petroleum was incorporated as a Nebraska corporation in 1980. Previous to that business was conducted as Sapp Bros. Truck Stops, which was started by the four Sapp brothers in Omaha at the junction of I-80 and Highway 50 in 1971. Sapp Bros. Truck Stops have grown since to a total of fifteen truck stops including the newest truck stop which opened in Nebraska City in June of 2001. Our logo that is recognized nationwide began as a simple water tower in 1971 to supply the needs of the businesses that were located to the west of the Omaha metropolitan area on Highway 50 and not accessible to the conveniences of city water and sewer. A few years later the coffee pot handle and pour spout were added to the refurbished water tower and the landmark became known to Omaha residents and I-80 travelers alike. Since then Sapp Bros. Petroleum as well as our truck stops have identified with the coffeepot symbol which welcomes all to our locations to be “Our Guest”.

Western Gas Partners, LP engages in the acquisition, ownership, development, and operation of midstream energy assets in East and West Texas, the Rocky Mountains, and the Mid-Continent. The company involves in gathering, compressing, treating, and transporting natural gas for its ultimate parent, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, and third-party producers and customers. Its assets comprise nine gathering systems, six natural gas treating facilities, two gas processing facilities, and one interstate pipeline. Western Gas Holdings, LLC operates as the general partner of the company. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in the Woodlands, Texas. Western Gas Partners, LP operates as a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.

Making money is a major motive behind Motiva Enterprises, which operates the eastern and southeastern US refining and marketing businesses of Shell Oil and Saudi Aramco. The company operates three refineries with a total capacity of 740,000 barrels a day, and it sells fuel at about 7,700 Shell-branded gas stations. It also has stakes in more than 40 refined product storage terminals (with almost 20 billion barrels of storage capacity) in the East and Gulf Coast regions. Motiva and sister company Shell Oil Products US, which operates in the West and Midwest, together make up the #1 US gasoline retailer. Motiva is a 50-50 joint venture of Shell and Saudi Aramco.

Gulfport Energy Corporation engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas in the Louisiana Gulf Coast in the West Cote Blanche Bay and Hackberry fields. Gulfport Energy Corporation also has interests in properties located in West Texas in the Permian Basin, as well as in the Alberta oil sands in Canada. In addition, Gulfport Energy Corporation holds interest in properties in southeast Asia, including the Phu Horm gas field in Thailand. As of December 31, 2008, the company had total estimated proved reserves of approximately 25.5 million barrels of oil equivalent. Gulfport Energy Corporation is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Swedish oil refining, Saudi ownership. Preem Petroleum, the largest oil refining company in Sweden, operates two refineries and a network of about 500 service stations nationwide. Its refineries, Preemraff Lysekil and Preemraff Gothenburg, process 16 million tons of oil annually, making Preem the largest refiner in the Nordic region. The refining and marketing company purchases about 50% of its crude oil supply from the North Sea and 47% from Russia. It exports about two-thirds of its refined products. Preem is controlled by Saudi Arabian investor Mohammed Hussein Ali Al-Amoudi.

HOP Energy, LLC through its local branch operations provides fuel oil deliveries and heating and air conditioning service to homes and businesses from New England through the Mid-Atlantic. HOP Energy was formed in 1995 and has grown to become the premier leader of total energy services. Thousands of homes and businesses rely on us for their oil heating, commercial fuels, fleet fueling and heating and air conditioning equipment service needs. HOP Energy (formerly Heating Oil Partners) hops to it when it comes to serving about 150,000 commercial and residential customers in a six-state region from Boston to Philadelphia with heating oil, central air conditioning, commercial fuels, fleet fueling, and heating/air conditioning equipment services. The environmentally conscious company carefully maintains its own bulk storage fuel facilities. HOP Energy also conducts inspections and performs preventative maintenance on its customers' heating equipment to help improve fuel efficiency and reduce particulate emissions. HOP Energy, LLC is controlled by a private investment group led by Longroad Asset Management.

Crosstex Energy, L.P was founded in 1992 and is based in Dallas, Texas.Crosstex Energy, L.P gathers, transports, treats, and processes natural gas through more than 3,300 miles of natural pipeline, 10 processing plants, three fractionators, and 225 gas treating plants. Its revenues are generated through the purchase and resale of natural gas from more than 40 independent producers located along the US Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida. Through its treating division, Crosstex cleans carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide from natural gas, enabling it to meet pipeline quality requirements. Crosstex Energy Inc. owns and controls the general partner of Crosstex Energy.

Castle Oil, the largest independent heating oil distribution outfit in the New York metropolitan area. The company predominantly delivers heating oil to around 10,000 commercial, industrial, and real estate development customers through a fleet of more than 100 vehicles; it also provides homeowner delivery. Castle Oil owns three deep-water storage terminals in the area. It also markets natural gas as an alternative heating fuel to some 3,000 clients. The company was founded by Mauro Romita Sr., and is now owned and run by his descendants.

Chevron Pipe Line Company (CPL), headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation (Chevron). Chevron Pipe Line Company operates on its own behalf and for its affiliated companies, pipeline assets that transport crude oil, refined petroleum products, liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas and chemicals within the United States. Volumes in Chevron Pipe Line Company network of approximately 10,800 miles of pipe reach nearly 2.2 million barrels and 1.4 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas on a daily basis. Chevron Pipe Line Company moves additional volumes through joint ventures with other companies. Chevron Pipe Line Company is committed to the construction, operation, and maintenance of its pipeline systems in a safe, environmentally sound manner.

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