The South Texas Project Electric Generating Station is one of the newest and largest nuclear power facilities in the nation. STP's two units produce 2,700 megawatts of carbon-free electricity, providing clean energy to two million Texas homes. Through its uncompromising commitment to nuclear safety and a continuous focus on improving plant operations, STP has emerged as an industry leader. STP Nuclear Operating Company is jointly owned by NRG Energy (44%), CPS Energy (40%), and Austin Energy (16%). AEP Texas Central sold its former 25% stake in STPNOC to CPS Energy and NRG Energy.

Cooperation is a refined art and refining a cooperative art for the National Cooperative Refinery Association (NCRA), which provides three farm supply cooperatives (CHS, GROWMARK, and MFA Oil) with fuel through its oil refinery in Kansas. The refinery's production rate is 81,460 barrels per day. Fuel from the refinery is allocated to member/owners on the basis of ownership percentages. In addition to the refinery, NCRA owns Jayhawk Pipeline, minority interests in two other pipeline companies, and an underground oil storage facility. CHS owns 74% of the cooperative, GROWMARK, 19%, and MFA, 7%.

Woburn Energy (formerly Black Rock Oil & Gas) is an oil and gas explorer which focuses its efforts on exploring in areas where commercial discoveries can be rapidly developed. Woburn Energy Plc is currently active in Colombia, and the UK North Sea. Woburn Energy had exploration acreage in Australia and Ireland but has exited those areas in order to focus on its core Colombia and UK assets. In 2008 Woburn Energy Plc tested for heavy oil at its Acacia Este exploration prospect in Colombia. Following re-completion, the well produced 40 barrels of oil a day in a long-term production test. In the UK Woburn Energy has a 15% stake in a block in the undeveloped but hydrocarbon-rich Monterey gas field in the Southern North Sea. Woburn Energy Plc’s strategy is to acquire low risk opportunities with a high chance of early success leading to production. This entails a current focus on projects in politically stable, financially attractive countries in Europe and South America. The management aim is to acquire, explore and appraise high potential in these core regions, to strive for near-term production and build Woburn Energy Plc on a solid financial basis.

XTO Energy was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. XTO Energy Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, development, exploitation, and exploration of producing oil and gas properties in the United States. XTO Energy Inc. also engages in the production, processing, marketing, and transportation of oil and natural gas. The company's properties are concentrated in Texas, Arkansas, Montana, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Utah, Kansas, West Virginia, Colorado, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, and North Dakota. As of December 31, 2008, XTO Energy Inc. had estimated proved reserves of 11.80 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, 76 million barrels of natural gas liquids, and 268 million barrels of oil; and owned interests in 18,235.7 net producing wells. XTO Energy markets its gas to brokers, local distribution companies, and end-users. XTO Energy Inc. was formerly known as Cross Timbers Oil Company and changed its name to XTO Energy Inc. in June 2001.

U.S. Oil Co., Inc. supplies refined oil products to US residents in the Midwest, and does a lot more. In addition to the wholesale distribution of oil products (its largest revenue generator), the company operates gas stations, and installs gas pumps, tanks, and other petroleum-related equipment. U.S. Oil Co., Inc. also provides plumbing and HVAC services, operates a research laboratory for environmental analysis, collects used waste oil to be processed into burner fuel, and has a metal custom manufacturing unit.Smitten with the oil distribution business, the founding Schmidt family owns and operates U.S. Oil Co.

Buckeye Partners, L.P. is a publicly traded partnership (NYSE: BPL) that owns and operates one of the largest independent refined petroleum products pipeline systems in the United States in terms of volumes delivered, with approximately 5,400 miles of pipeline; owns 67 active refined petroleum products terminals; operates and maintains approximately 2,400 miles of pipeline under agreements with major oil and chemical companies; owns a major natural gas storage facility in northern California; and markets refined petroleum products in certain of the geographic areas served by its pipeline and terminal operations.

EOG Resources, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is based in Houston, Texas.EOG Resources hogs a resource -- natural gas. The independent oil and gas company is engaged in exploring for natural gas and crude oil and developing, producing, and marketing those resources. In 2008 EOG, an independent offspring of the once powerful Enron, reported estimated proved reserves of 6.8 trillion cu. ft. equivalent, including 7.3 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas reserves and 225 million barrels of crude oil, condensate, and natural gas liquid (NGL) reserves. EOG Resources, Inc. operates in major production basins in Canada, offshore Trinidad, the US, the UK sector of the North Sea, and in China (Sichuan basin).

Colonial Pipeline Co. is an interstate common carrier of petroleum products. Each day, it delivers an average of 100 million gallons of gasolines, kerosenes, home heating oils, diesel fuels and national defense fuels to shipper terminals in 12 states and the District of Columbia. The 5,519-mile Colonial system transports these fuels primarily from refineries in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to 267 marketing terminals serving the communities across the South and Eastern United States.

Singapore and more. Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) refines and sells oil and petroleum products, both in Singapore and across Asia. A 50%-owner of the Singapore Refining Company (Chevron owns the other half), SPC converts crude products into fuels. It processes 51.5 million barrels of crude per year. The company is also engaged in oil storge and terminalling. SPC' also manages a network of 38 gas stations in Singapore. The group also has operations in mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Thailand. The company has exploration and production assets in Australia, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Singapore-based conglomerate Keppel owns 45% of SPC, but in 2009 agreed to sell this stake to PetroChina.

Miller Petroleum, Inc. was founded in 1967 and is based in Huntsville, Tennessee. Miller Petroleum, which operates as Miller Energy Resources, has been exploring and producing in the southern Appalachian region since 1967. Miller Petroleum, Inc. operates oil and gas wells, organizes joint drilling ventures with partners, and rebuilds and sells oil field equipment (including compressors, oil field trailers, and drilling rigs). Active in drilling and production in eastern Tennessee, in 2008 Miller had total proved reserves of 1.8 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and 74,413 barrels of crude oil. Miller Petroleum, Inc. is developing more than 43,490 acres of oil and gas leases. Diversifying, in 2009 it acquired Alaskan oil explorer Cook Inlet Energy.

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