Koch companies strive for world-class performance and cost-effective operations. And Koch companies have earned recognition for superior performance in environmental protection, health and safety. Maintaining strong financial health has always been a priority for Koch companies, which cultivate a disciplined style of managing their businesses and investments. As a private company, our approach has been to reinvest 90 percent of our earnings. This willingness to forgo larger dividends in the short term has allowed us to complete more than $32 billion in acquisitions and investments since 2003. Since 1960, the value of the Standard & Poor's 500 grew about 70-fold, assuming the reinvestment of dividends. During that same period, the value of Koch Industries grew more than 2,200-fold, using the same assumptions. The growth of Koch companies has been achieved both through acquisitions and through expansion and broadening of existing businesses. Koch companies also exit or decrease their investments in businesses based on a continuous evaluation process that compares their internal value to their market value.

Nicklos Drilling Company provides land and offshore contract drilling services in the Texas Gulf Coast, Southeast Texas, and Southwest Louisiana. Nicklos Drilling has four differently configured rigs capable of drilling in a depth range from 6,500 feet depth maximum to 17,000 feet maximum. Nicklos Drilling Company is owned and managed by Texas oil industry veterans Jim Nicklos (whose previous oil contracting business had gone bankrupt in the mid-1980s) and Jack Blanton (a one-time VP of family-owned Scurlock Oil). Nicklos Drilling Company by providing valuable oil field services that Nicklos Drilling makes its money.

Eden Energy is an exploration-stage oil and gas company with assets in Colorado, Nevada, and Alberta. Eden Energy Corp. primary focus is the Ant Hill Unit on the eastern flank of the White River Dome field in the Piceance Basin, Colorado. (Ant Hill is a 20,000-acre federal lease operated by EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.) Eden Energy drills wells outside EnCana's operating areas. In 2008 Eden Energy Corp. had four operating wells with proved reserves of 5.5 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Eden Energy Corp. also has exploratory projects in the Noah and Cherry Creek projects in Nevada, and the Chinchaga project in Alberta.

Sterling Resources Ltd. is a Calgary based, publicly traded, energy company engaged in the exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas in selected areas of the world. The exploration and production independent explores for, develops, and produces crude oil and natural gas, primarily in the UK but also in France and Romania. In the UK Sterling Resources has prospects (27 blocks and 15 licenses) offshore in the North Sea. Sterling Resources Ltd. also holds an interest in a license to explore in the Aquitaine Basin of southern France and has interests in both onshore and offshore projects in Romania. In 2006 Sterling Resources Ltd. reported proved reserves of 1.1 million barrels of oil equivalent.

Getty Petroleum Marketing distributes gasoline and heating fuels. Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc., a subsidiary of Russian oil giant LUKOIL, has more than 2,000 gas stations (some of which maintain convenience stores, auto repair centers, or car washes) in 13 northeastern and mid-Atlantic US states. Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. sells more than 2 billion gallons of gasoline a year. the company sells heating oil through its KOSCO subsidiary. Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. also has six petroleum terminals and 170 delivery vehicles. Getty Petroleum Marketing is converting its stations to the LUKOIL brand as LUKOIL tries to build the brand awareness and customer loyalty that the Getty brand has long enjoyed in the US.

In addition to its exploration activities, the Corporation was given powers and operational interests in refining, petrochemicals and products transportation as well as marketing. Between 1978 and 1989, NNPC constructed refineries in Warri, Kaduna and Port Harcourt and took over the 35,000-barrel Shell Refinery established in Port Harcourt in 1965. Whether it's downstream or upstream, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) goes with the flow of oil and gas. NNPC oversees the petroleum industry of one of the top, albeit politically turbulent, oil-producing countries in the world. the NNPC produces oil through dominant positions in partnerships with major world oil companies. The company has four refineries, in Port Harcourt (2), Warri, and Haduna) with a total capacity of 445,000 barrels per day. NNPC also oversees the nation's natural gas industry and has liquefied natural gas operations. It oversees 5,000 kilometers of oil and gas pipeline, 21 storage tanks and nine LPG depots.

Sharpe Resources Corporation, a mineral resources company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of coal, shale gas, and coal bed methane primarily in the northern and central Appalachian region of the eastern United States. Sharpe Resources Corporation, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sharpe Energy Company, owns oil and gas royalty interests in Texas. Sharpe Resources Corporation also holds a 100% coal mineral rights on 17,000 acre property located in Preston County, West Virginia. Sharpe Resources Corporation was formerly known as Sharpe Energy & Resources Limited and changed its name to Sharpe Resources Corporation. Sharpe Resources Corporation was incorporated in 1980 and is based in Heathsville, Virginia.

Iroquois was created in response to dramatic increases in natural gas demand and anticipated future needs. Fresh from the energy crisis of the 1970s, the Northeast Region found itself increasingly dependent on petroleum products. The discovery of vast reserves of natural gas in Western Canada during the 80’s opened up new possibilities allowing for the creation of a new partnership, designed to link the Canadian supplies with the Northeast markets. Since beginning full operations in 1992, we have expanded our system to meet the needs of our customers while minimizing the impact on local communities. Through the addition of seven compressor stations, a 36-mile marine pipeline extension and 1.6-miles of pipeline loop, Iroquois has operationally doubled the amount of natural gas transported on its system.

Legacy Reserves LP was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Midland, Texas. Legacy Reserves LP, an independent oil and natural gas limited partnership, engages in the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas properties, primarily located in the Permian Basin and Mid-continent regions of the United States. As of December 31, 2008, Legacy Reserves LP had proved reserves of approximately 30.8 million barrels of crude oil equivalent. Legacy Reserves LP owned interests in producing oil and natural gas properties in 270 fields in the Permian Basin, Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma, and various other states; operated 1,603 gross productive wells; and owned non-operated interests in 2,247 gross productive wells. Legacy Reserves GP, LLC serves as the general partner of Legacy Reserves LP.

Tuscany Energy Ltd. that was founded in 1990s and has gone through numerous changes, its latest one in 2009 with the amalgamation with Goldmark Minerals Ltd. Tuscany Energy Ltd. the oil and gas exploration company. Tuscany Energy Ltd. is focused on acquiring production-based properties for exploration and development operations within the Western Canadian Basin. Tuscany Energy Ltd. two core properties are in the Evesham and Macklin areas situated in west-central Saskatchewan, which produce 162 billion barrels per day of oil and 468 million cubic feet per day of natural gas. Most of Tuscany's revenue comes from its gas production. Tuscany Energy Ltd. bought Goldmark Minerals in 2009, hoping the gold exploration and development company could help it finance its energy operations.

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