Heading up petroleum transportation around the Great Lakes is Enbridge Energy Partners, which owns the 1,900-mile US portion of the world's longest liquid petroleum pipeline. When combined with the Canadian segment (owned and operated by Enbridge Inc.), the pipeline system spans some 3,500 miles across North America. Other midstream assets include 5,300 miles of crude oil gathering and transportation lines and 28.9 million barrels of crude oil storage and terminaling capacity, and 11,700 miles of natural gas gathering and transportation pipelines. Enbridge Energy Management owns a 14% stake in the company. In 2008 Enbridge Inc. boosted its overall stake in the partnership to 27%.

Sword Energy Inc., formerly Thunder Energy Trust, engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Sword Energy Inc. is a privately-owned company. Sword Energy invests in oil and gas operations in Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan. Sword Energy Inc. (formerly called Thunder Energy Trust) has estimated proved reserves of about 26 billion barrels of oil equivalent, and produces about 7,800 barrels of oil equivalent a day (65% as natural gas). Sword Energy Inc. produces natural gas in Alberta's Peace River Arch and Deep Bain, as well as in Central, Northern and Western Alberta, and in Southeastern Saskatchewan. Aston Hill Financial, an investment group that specializes in the oil and gas business, owns Sword Energy.

Cygam Energy Inc. is a publicly traded exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange in Canada. Cygam Energy Inc. has producing oil and gas properties in Canada and extensive international exploration concessions. Cygam Energy Inc., formerly Sheer Energy, is an oil and gas exploration and production company seeking development opportunities in Western Canada and internationally. In a reverse takeover in 2005, Sheer Energy acquired Italian oil and gas exploration companies Rigo Oil and Vega Oil and changed its corporate name to Cygam Energy. The bulk of the company's revenues are generated from gas production. Cygam Energy Inc. is developing exploration assets in Italy and Tunisia. Cygam Energy Inc. has five exploratory concessions in Italy and four exploratory concessions in Tunisia, encompassing four million gross acres.

EnerJex was formed in 2006 by the merger of Millennium Plastics Corporation and Midwest Energy. EnerJex Resources, Inc. (EnerJex) oil and natural gas acquisition, exploration and development company. EnerJex’s principal strategy is to focus on the acquisition of oil and natural gas mineral leases that have existing production and cash flow. EnerJex Resources, Inc. works primarily in Eastern Kansas, buying producing properties that it feels are undervalued or that were abandoned by other oil companies when oil prices were below $10 a barrel. EnerJex Resources, Inc., which has proved reserves of 1.2 million barrels of oil equivalent, holds full or partial interest in half a dozen oil, gas, and oil and gas projects across Kansas. EnerJex Resources, Inc. uses enhanced drilling techniques to recover additional oil and gas from already explored fields.

Qatargas Operating Company Limited operates offshore in the North Field and onshore at Ras Laffan, a vast petroleum complex, where natural gas is cooled to a liquid form for easier transport by ship. The Middle East nation of Qatar is the world's #1 producer of liquified natural gas (LNG) and Qatargas, a subsidiary of Qatar Petroleum, owns a share of that rating. Qatargas Operating Company Limited produces more than 31 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG along with byproducts condensate, sulfur compounds, and helium. Qatargas' four trains, or plants, supply utility customers in Europe, Asia, and North America with Japan and Spain leading and China coming on fast. Major customers include CNOOC, Chubu Electric, and Gas Natural.

North American Energy Partners Inc. provides heavy construction and mining, piling, and pipeline installation services in Canada. North American Energy Partners Inc. operates in three segments: Heavy Construction and Mining, Piling, and Pipeline. The Heavy Construction and Mining segment provides surface mining support services for oil sands and other natural resources, including land clearing, stripping, muskeg removal, and overburden removal to expose the mining area; supplying labor and equipment to support customer's mining operations; construction related to the expansion of existing projects, such as site development and construction of infrastructure; and reclamation of mine sites to environmental standards. North American Energy Partners Inc. also offers general support services including road building, and repair and maintenance for mine and treatment plant operations; hauling of sand and gravel; and relocation of treatment plants. In addition, this segment provides industrial site construction for projects and underground utility installation for plant, refinery, and commercial building construction. The Pipeline segment provides small and large diameter pipeline construction and installation services to energy and industrial clients. North American Energy Partners Inc. services comprise installing transmission, distribution, and gathering pipes made of steel, fiberglass, and plastic. North American Energy Partners Inc. was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Acheson, Canada.

CSV markets and distributes finished petroleum products for home and industry, as well as for resale through a network of retailers and associate marketers. CityServiceValcon name represents the combination of two long-standing petroleum marketers, City Service and Valcon Distributing, with roots in Kalispell, Montana dating to the 1930's. The companies joined forces in October of 2003, combining facilities, product lines and personnel to strengthen CityServiceValcon long-term position in a shrinking field of peers. CityServiceValcon corporate office is located in picturesque Kalispell, near Glacier National Park. Through strategically positioned plants and support offices, CityServiceValcon serve customers from the Pacific Northwest to the Rockies and Plains states.

Integrated oil giant Rosneft conducts oil and gas exploration and production activities in Siberia, the Far East, the North Caucasus, Timan-Pechora, the Volga-Urals region, the Black, Caspian, and Azov Seas, and in Kamchatka. OAO Rosneft Oil Company also has exploration projects in Algeria, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan. OAO Rosneft Oil Company has proved, probable and possible reserves of 49 billion barrels of oil equivalent. OAO Rosneft Oil Company has seven refineries with an aggregate capacity of 56.7 million tonnes. Rosneft also operates shipping and pipeline companies, as well as a national network of 1,700 gasoline stations. The Russian government owns 75% of Rosneft.

CNPC (Hong Kong) Limited's mission is to find oil and gas for its customers. CNPC (Hong Kong) Limited specializes in the production and exploration for crude oil and natural gas in Asia, South America, and the Middle East. CNPC (Hong Kong) a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation has a production sharing agreement with PetroChina Company, as well as other production sharing contracts to develop and produce crude oil in certain regions in China. CNPC (Hong Kong) Limited has 14 oil exploration and production projects in seven countries. CNPC (Hong Kong) plans to expand its oil reserves primarily through exploration and production partnerships with other companies.

Abraxas Petroleum Corporation company was founded in 1977 and is based in San Antonio, Texas. Abraxas Petroleum Corporation (Abraxas) is an independent energy company primarily engaged in the development and production of natural gas and crude oil. At December 31, 2008, the Company’s properties are located in the Rocky Mountain, Mid-Continent, Permian Basin and Gulf Coast regions of the United States. On January 31, 2008, Abraxas Operating , LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Partnership, consummated the acquisition of certain oil and gas properties located in various states from St. Mary Land & Exploration Company (St. Mary) and certain other sellers. In October 2009, Abraxas Petroleum Corporation closed the merger with Abraxas Energy Partners, L.P.

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