Zapata Energy Corporation is a Calgary-based junior oil and gas exploration and production company. Zapata Energy Corporation has oil and gas production and processing facilities as well as undeveloped petroleum and natural gas rights in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. Financially sound and conservatively managed, Zapata Energy Corporation acquires and develops promising energy assets offering reasonable risks and the potential for strong, stable cash flow and competitive rates of return. Zapata Energy Corporation has about 251,400 net acres in Alberta and 5,200 net acres in British Columbia. Zapata Energy has a large inventory of oil projects and its looking to team up with other oil firms and investors in order to exploit them.

China Petrochemical (Sinopec Group) sees no sin in making a profit off fossil fuels. Asia's largest oil refiner operates businesses in oil and gas exploration and production; crude oil processing; oil products trading, transportation, distribution and marketing; and petrochemical products production, marketing and distribution through its main subsidiary China Petroleum & Chemical (Sinopec Corp.). The parent also participates in investment management, electrical and mechanical manufacturing, engineering, IT research and development, and importing and exporting as allowed by the State. Government controlled Sinopec Group works from nine offices in Europe, Asia, Russia, North America, and the Middle East.

Pride International, Inc. was founded in 1966 and is based in Houston, Texas. Pride International, Inc. provides offshore contract drilling services to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies. Pride International, Inc. offers services through the use of mobile offshore drilling rigs in the United States and international waters. As of February 19, 2010, the company operated a fleet of 23 rigs consisting of 2 deepwater drillships, 12 semisubmersible rigs, 7 jackups, and 2 managed deepwater drilling rigs. Pride International, Inc. also offers rig management services on various rigs, including technical drilling assistance, personnel, repair and maintenance, and drilling operation management services. Pride International, Inc. have positioned our fleet in some of the world's largest and most active exploration and production areas, with a market presence in West Africa (Angola), Latin America (Brazil), the Gulf of Mexico, the Middle East and India.

Atlas Energy, Inc. operates as an independent natural gas and oil producer principally in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Tennessee. Atlas Energy, Inc. holds interests in various properties located in the Appalachian Basin; the New Albany shale in Indiana; the Antrim Shale located in northern Michigan; and the Chattanooga Shale located in Tennessee. Atlas Energy, Inc. also provides natural gas gathering services in the Anadarko, Arkoma, and Permian Basins, as well as the Golden Trend in the southwestern and mid-continent United States. In addition, Atlas Energy, Inc. offers natural gas processing and treatment services in Oklahoma and Texas; and interstate gas transmission services in southeastern Oklahoma, Arkansas, southern Kansas, and southeastern Missouri. Atlas Energy, Inc. owns and operates approximately 7,900 miles of intrastate gas gathering pipeline and a 565-mile interstate natural gas pipeline in the Mid-Continent region; and approximately 1,600 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines in Appalachia. Atlas Energy, Inc. is based in Moon Township, Pennsylvania.

Premier Power Limited owns and operates Ballylumford Power Station, which is situated on the north western tip of Islandmagee in Co. Antrim, separated from the west, from the sea port of Larne Lough.Premier Power sets the stage for power generation in Northern Ireland and Eire. The independent power producer, an operating subsidiary of BG Group, manages the largest generation facility in Northern Ireland. Its Ballylumford Power Station is a fossil-fueled plant with 1,300 MW of capacity. One of the largest power stations on the island of Ireland, Premier Power Limited provides over 50% of Northern Ireland's total generating capacity, and approximately 17% of the all-Ireland capacity. Premier Power Limited sells most of its energy to distribution utility Northern Ireland Electricity.

Quicksilver Gas Services LP engages in gathering and processing natural gas and natural gas liquids on the Barnett Shale formation of the Fort Worth Basin located in north Texas. Quicksilver Gas Services LP provides its gathering and processing services to Quicksilver Resources Inc. and natural gas producers under fee-based contracts. As of December 31, 2008, Quicksilver Gas Services LP owned the Cowtown Pipeline, which consists of a pipeline gathering system and gas compression facilities in the southern portion of the Fort Worth Basin; and the Cowtown Plant that comprises two natural gas processing units, as well as the Corvette Plant, which consists of a natural gas processing unit in Hood County, Texas. Quicksilver Gas Services GP LLC serves as the general partner of Quicksilver Gas Services LP. Quicksilver Gas Services LP was founded in 2004 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas. Quicksilver Gas Services LP operates as a subsidiary of Quicksilver Resources Inc.

Russia's Sakhalin Island is Big Oil nirvana. The area's estimated reserves top 500 billion cubic meters of natural gas and 150 million tons of oil. Sakhalin Energy is a consortium of Royal Dutch Shell, Russia's Gazprom, and Japan's Mitsui and Mitsubishi formed to exploit those resources. Its facilities include offshore platforms, an oil pipeline terminal and a natural gas liquefaction plant, which the company hopes will give it an edge in serving the growing demand in Asia. Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. was formed in 1994 to develop the Piltun-Astokhskoye oil field and the Lunskoye gas field in the Sea of Okhotsk offshore Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East. Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. began producing and exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2009. The first delivery was to Japan in March of that year.

Chesapeake Energy Corporation was founded in 1989 and is based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Chesapeake Energy Corporation, an oil and natural gas exploration and production company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of properties for the production of crude oil and natural gas from underground reservoirs. It also provides marketing and midstream services for natural gas and oil for other working interest owners in properties it operate. Chesapeake Energy Corporation properties are located in Oklahoma, Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kansas, Montana, Colorado, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, New York, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming. As of December 31, 2008, it owned interests in approximately 41,200 producing natural gas and oil wells; and had 12.051 trillion cubic feet equivalent of proved reserves.

Helmerich & Payne International Drilling was established in 1958, when Helmerich & Payne began drilling for oil and natural gas in Venezuela. Helmerich & Payne International Drilling raises the platform for Latin American crude. The contract oil and gas driller (a subsidiary of Helmerich & Payne) operates 11 drilling rigs in Venezuela. Ecuador is a second core area, with eight rigs in operation there. Helmerich & Payne International Drilling also drills in Argentina (three rigs), Colombia (two rigs), Tunisia (one rig), Bolivia (one rig), and Chile (one rig). In 2007 Helmerich & Payne International Drilling continued operations under a management contract for a customer's rig located offshore Equatorial Guinea, and completed a drilling consulting services contract in Russia.

Wood Group ESP provides oil and gas production equipment and services. The centerpiece of the company's products is its suite of electric submersible pumps (ESPs). Wood Group ESP, Inc. also offers related products such as motors, seals, gas separators and intakes, downhole sensors, electric submersible power cables, and motor controls. In addition, Wood Group ESP, Inc. provides repair and service of its submersible pumping equipment. Wood Group ESP's customers include major oil and gas companies operating worldwide. Wood Group ESP, Inc. is a subsidiary of John Wood Group.

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