Petron Corporation's patrons are Filipinos. The company is the Philippines' largest oil refining and marketing company. Its refinery has a capacity of 180,000 barrels per day and produces almost 40% of the country's oil requirements. Petron distributes its products (including lubes, grease, asphalt, and specialty products) through a network of 32 bulk plants and terminal to more than 1,400 service stations. The Philippine government and Saudi Aramco each owned 40% of the company until both groups sold their stakes to private investment firm Ashmore Group in 2008. In 2009 local business power player San Miguel acquired a controlling stake in Petron.

W&T Offshore, Inc. are an independent oil and natural gas acquisition, exploitation and exploration company. W&T Offshore, Inc. are focused primarily in the Gulf of Mexico area, where W&T Offshore, Inc. have developed significant technical expertise and where the high production rates associated with hydrocarbon deposits have historically provided us the best opportunity to achieve a rapid payback on our invested capital. W&T Offshore, Inc. has interests in approximately 77 producing fields in federal and state waters; leases covering approximately 0.6 million net acres in the outer continental shelf off the coasts of Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama; and interests in approximately 288 structures. As of December 31, 2009, W&T Offshore, Inc. had proved reserves of 371.0 billion cubic feet of gas equivalent. W&T Offshore, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Houston, Texas.

SHV Holdings is a superheavyweight in Dutch commerce. SHV Holdings N.V., which is the largest private company in the Netherlands, has global interests in energy, retail, and raw-material distribution businesses. SHV Holdings N.V. is one of the world's top liquefied petroleum gas companies, and owns German metal recycling firm TSR Recycling. SHV also operates the Makro store chain, which has more than 170 stores in Asia and South America selling to small and medium-sized retailers. SHV Holdings N.V. Mammoet unit provides heavy lifting and transport services to the chemicals industry as well as to power plants. SHV is run by chairman Paul Fentener van Vlissingen and controlled by his family, which founded SHV more than a century ago.

American Oil & Gas, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in Denver, Colorado.American Oil & Gas, Inc., an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of crude oil and natural gas in the western United States.American Oil & Gas Inc. controls approximately 53,000 gross acres in the Fetter Project area, located in the southern Powder River Basin, Wyoming; approximately 128,000 gross acres in the Krejci Project, located in Niobrara County, Wyoming; approximately 87,000 gross acres in the Goliath Project, located in the Williston Basin, North Dakota; and approximately 175,000 gross acres in the Bigfoot Project, located in the U.S. Rocky Mountain area. American Oil & Gas Inc., through its subsidiary, Tower American Corporation, also involves in oil and gas exploration and production operations in Colorado.

Chugach Alaska Corporation is a vision of indigenous people running their own businesses on their own land. Chugach Alaska was formed following the activation of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (which was passed by the US Congress in 1971), to provide land management services for the 928,000-acre Chugach region of Alaska. Chugach Alaska Corporation derives the bulk of its sales from oil and gas production, mining, commercial timber, and tourist activities that occur in the region. Chugach Alaska's shareholders consist of Aleut, Eskimo, and Indian natives.

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.

Now here's a company that pipes in the goods that keep the South fueled, naturally. Southern Natural Gas operates an 7,600-mile long natural gas pipeline (SNG System), which serves major markets across the southeastern US. This system transports more than 3 billion cu. ft. of natural gas per day. The SNG pipeline system has about 60 billion cu. ft. of underground working natural gas storage capacity. Major customers include Atlanta Gas Light Company, Alabama Gas, Southern Company, and SCANA. Southern Natural Gas is a part of El Paso Corporation's Pipeline Group.

Crimson Exploration, Inc. was founded in 1987 and is based in Houston, Texas.Crimson Exploration, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, development, exploitation, and exploration of oil and natural gas properties, primarily in the onshore U.S. Gulf Coast and South Texas regions. Crimson Exploration, Inc. also has operations and prospective acreage in the Denver Julesburg Basin of Colorado; and owns acreage positions in the Haynesville Shale play in East Texas. As of December 31, 2008, it had a total of 358 gross oil and natural gas productive wells, as well as estimated proved reserves of approximately 131.9 billion cubic feet of natural gas equivalent. Crimson Exploration, Inc. was formerly known as GulfWest Energy, Inc. and changed its name to Crimson Exploration, Inc. in May 2005.

Datang Power is a zinger in the Chinese power market. Datang International Power Generation (Datang Power), formerly Beijing Datang Power Generation, operates and develops power plants, sells electricity, and provides power equipment maintenance services throughout the country. Datang International Power Generation Company is one of China's largest independent power producers; it has a generating capacity of about 25,100 MW from interests in coal-fired, wind powered, and hydroelectric facilities. Datang Power owns and operates four power plants and manages more than 50 power and power-related companies in 18 provinces across China. Government-owned China Datang Corp. owns about 34% of Datang Power.

Houston American Energy Corp. was founded in 1981 and is based in Houston, Texas.Houston American Energy Corp. engages in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas, crude oil, and condensate. Houston American Energy Corp. primarily focuses on properties in the U.S. onshore Gulf Coast Region, principally Texas and Louisiana, as well as focuses on the development of concessions in the South American country of Colombia. Houston American Energy Corp. also holds interests in producing wells in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana; Matagorda County, Texas; and Ellis County, Oklahoma. As of December 31, 2008, its net proved and proved developed reserves consisted of 211,475 barrels of oil in South America and 1,941 barrels of oil in North America.

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