Oil and chemicals group OMV is Austria's largest industrial company. It explores for natural gas and crude oil, refines crude oil, and imports, transports, and stores gas. A leading oil and gas company in Central and Eastern Europe, OMV has proved reserves of 1.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent. OMV has a 20% retail market share in Central and Eastern Europe. The bulk of OMV's sales comes from refining and marketing. It produces about 320,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day and sells 13 billion cubic feet of gas annually. OMV's largest shareholders are Austrian state holding company �IAG (32%) and the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) of Abu Dhabi (18%).

Royale Energy, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is based in San Diego, California. Royale Energy, Inc. operates as an independent oil and natural gas producer in the United States. Royale Energy, Inc. engages in the production and sale of oil and natural gas; acquisition of oil and gas lease interests and proved reserves; drilling of exploratory and development wells; and sale of working interests in wells to be drilled. Royale Energy, Inc. also owns wells and leases located principally in the Sacramento Basin and San Joaquin Basin in California, as well as in Utah, Texas, and Louisiana. In addition, Royale Energy, Inc. holds proved developed producing reserves of oil and natural gas in Texas and Louisiana. As of December 31, 2008, Royale Energy operated 49 natural gas wells in California; owned an interest and operated 6 natural gas wells in Utah; and had non-operating interests in 17 oil and gas wells in Texas, 3 in Oklahoma, 1 in California, and 2 in Louisiana. Royale Energy, Inc. also had proved developed reserves of 3,185 MMcf and total proved reserves of 3,377 MMcf of natural gas; and proved developed oil reserves of 25 Mbbl and total proved oil reserves of 25 Mbbl.

Petroleum Geo-Services sends shockwaves around the world. Petroleum Geo-Services ASA provides seismic data and other oil and gas data services to customers operating mainly in the North Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Geophysical services include acquiring and processing 2-D, 3-D, and 4-D seismic data, 4-D reservoir imaging, and reservoir characterization studies. Petroleum Geo-Services operates 15 seismic vessels, and 23 seismic data processing centers. To raise cash to invest in its core offshore business, in 2009 Petroleum Geo-Services sold its onshore seismic data acquisition business to leading US seismic firm Geokinetics for $184 million, and a 12% stake in the company. PGS has offices in over 25 countries with regional centers in London, Houston and Singapore. Our headquarters is in Oslo, Norway and the PGS share is listed on the Oslo stock exchange (OSE:PGS).

Gulf Oil bridges the gap between petroleum producers and retail sales outlets. The petroleum wholesaler distributes gasoline and diesel fuel to more than 2,400 Gulf-brand stations in 11 northeastern states. Gulf Oil, which owns 12 (and operates a network of more than 60) storage terminals, also distributes motor oils, lubricants, and heating oil to commercial, industrial, and utility customers. Gulf Oil Limited Partnership has alliances with terminal operators in areas in the Northeast where it does not have a proprietary terminal. Gulf Oil boasts one of the oldest and most recognizable brands in the oil business. Regional convenience store chain and gas retailer Cumberland Farms controls the company.

RKA Petroleum is a regional wholesale distributor of petroleum products to commercial and retail fueling locations in the US. Led by the RKA Petroleum Terminal in Romulus, Michigan, RKA Petroleum Companies, LLC has storage capacity of more than 13 million gallons of product, including an additional storage capacity of more than 60,000 gallons for alternative fuels.

This can get Kinder complicated: Kinder Morgan Management (KMM) was created in 2001 by pipeline operator Knight (formerly Kinder Morgan, Inc., or KMI), to become general partner of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP). KMM oversees KMP's business segments: pipelines that transport refined petroleum products (including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and natural gas liquids); natural gas pipelines; pipelines that transport carbon dioxide for oil field use; bulk terminals that handle coal, petroleum coke, and other products; and liquids terminals that handle refined petroleum products and chemicals. Knight controls KMM and, indirectly, KMP.

Cobra Venture is posied to strike in the oil patches of Western Canada. Cobra Venture Corporation is an emerging exploration and production company focused on the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas reserves in Western Canada. Cobra Venture Corporation core properties are located in Viewfield in Saskatchewan (8 producing light oil wells on the Frobisher and Bakken formations, and 2,000 acres under development); Pembina in Alberta (40% interest in seven sections of land, with 10-12 potential drilling locations); and Inga in British Columbia (640 acres held under lease, expiring in 2011).

SmartestEnergy is licensed as an electricity supplier, a natural gas supplier and a natural gas shipper. The company began trading in October 2001, primarily to enable smaller embedded generators of primarily renewable energy to gain access to the deregulated energy market in the UK. SmartestEnergy relies on its quick-wittedness to survive in the highly competitive UK energy trading sector. The company, a subsidiary of leading Japanese trading company Marubeni, primarily markets electricity in the deregulated UK market through partnerships with independent power producers, including its sister company Marubeni Europower. SmartestEnergy also trades natural gas and other energy commodities, provides market analysis and risk management services, and provides retail energy supply services to commercial and industrial customers.

Exterran Partners, L.P. provides natural gas compression services in the United States and internationally. Exterran Partners, L.P. offers contract operations services, which include designing, sourcing, owning, installing, operating, servicing, repairing, and maintaining equipment for oil and gas production, processing, and transportation applications. Exterran Partners, L.P. serves companies operating in the oil and natural gas industry, including natural gas producers, processors, gatherers, transporters, and storage providers. Exterran General Partner, L.P. operates as the general partner of Exterran Partners, L.P. Exterran Partners, L.P. was formerly known as Universal Compression Partners, L.P. and changed its name to Exterran Partners, L.P. in August 2007. Exterran Partners, L.P. is based in Houston, Texas.

Delta Petroleum Corporation engages in the exploration, acquisition, development, production, and sale of natural gas and crude oil in the United States.Delta Petroleum Corporation owns producing and non-producing oil and natural gas interests, undeveloped leasehold interests, and related assets in 17 states, as well as interests in a producing Federal unit offshore California and undeveloped offshore Federal leases near Santa Barbara, California.Delta Petroleum Corporation also engages in contract drilling operations, as well as marketing trucking services in the Casper, Wyoming area. As of December 31, 2008, it had approximately 827.7 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 9.5 Mmbbls of crude oil.Delta Petroleum Corporation was founded in 1984 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

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