The Reliance Group, founded by Dhirubhai H. Ambani (1932-2002), is India's largest private sector enterprise, with businesses in the energy and materials value chain. Group's annual revenues are in excess of US$ 28 billion. The flagship company, Reliance Industries Limited, is a Fortune Global 500 company and is the largest private sector company in India. Backward vertical integration has been the cornerstone of the evolution and growth of Reliance. Starting with textiles in the late seventies, Reliance pursued a strategy of backward vertical integration - in polyester, fibre intermediates, plastics, petrochemicals, petroleum refining and oil and gas exploration and production - to be fully integrated along the materials and energy value chain.

Our strategy seeks to reinforce our position as a leader in the oil and gas industry in order to provide a competitive shareholder return while helping to meet global energy demand in a responsible way. Royal Dutch Shell (formerly Royal Dutch/Shell Group) sits on an oil and gas throne that is only slightly lower than that of #1 oil company Exxon Mobil. The company has worldwide proved reserves of 10.9 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Most of the oil giant's crude is produced in Nigeria, Oman, the UK, and the US. Royal Dutch Shell is also investing heavily in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project, which extracts bitumen from oil sands in Alberta and converts it to synthetic crude oil. It operates 45,000 gas stations, the world's largest retail fuel network. The company also produces refined products and chemicals, transports natural gas, trades gas and electricity, and develops renewable energy sources.

RWE npower is a leading integrated UK energy company and is part of the RWE Group, one of Europe’s leading utilities. We serve around 6.6 million customer accounts and produce more than 10% of the electricity used in England and Wales.We supply electricity and gas to residential and business customers through our retail business, npower, and we operate and manage a flexible portfolio of coal, oil and gas-fired power stations. We also manage a portfolio of cogeneration plant and, through RWE Power International, we sell our expertise in power generation to third parties. RWE npower has gone to the nth degree to bring to power in the UK. The company controls the UK holdings of the former National Power, whose non-UK businesses have been organized as International Power. The integrated energy company's primary business, npower, is a retail energy supplier that serves 6.6 million electricity customers and natural gas customers. RWE npower is also an energy trader, and has a generation capacity of about 10,000 MW (primarily fossil-fueled). Other operations include engineering services and energy conservation services. Affiliate npower renewables, part of RWE Innogy, leads the UK wind power market. German multi-utility RWE acquired the company in 2002.

In 1969, San Joaquin Refining set out on a mission to develop a sophisticated and state-of-the-art refining system capable of processing local feedstock's into premium naphthenic oils for specialty applications. Through aggressive acquisitions and select product line expansions, San Joaquin Refining has grown into a vital supplier to dozens of industries world wide. Our consistent quality, complemented by outstanding technical support, is what makes San Joaquin Refining the right choice for you. We specialize in supplying products for numerous applications including printing inks, lubricants, rubber and plastics, adhesives, paints and coatings, electrical insulating, fuels, road paving, asphalt recycling, and roofing.San Joaquin Refining is an independent refiner with manufacturing, sales, and support operations located in Bakersfield, California. Since our founding in 1969 San Joaquin Refining has grown to house 130 employees and generates over 400 million dollars in annual sales. We specialize in supplying products for numerous applications including printing inks, lubricants, rubber and plastics, adhesives, paints and coatings, electrical insulating, fuels, road paving, asphalt recycling, and roofing. Our state-of-the-art facilities and expert technical staff enable us to respond quickly to your needs.

Sapp Bros. Petroleum was incorporated as a Nebraska corporation in 1980. Previous to that business was conducted as Sapp Bros. Truck Stops, which was started by the four Sapp brothers in Omaha at the junction of I-80 and Highway 50 in 1971. Sapp Bros. Truck Stops have grown since to a total of fifteen truck stops including the newest truck stop which opened in Nebraska City in June of 2001. Our logo that is recognized nationwide began as a simple water tower in 1971 to supply the needs of the businesses that were located to the west of the Omaha metropolitan area on Highway 50 and not accessible to the conveniences of city water and sewer. A few years later the coffee pot handle and pour spout were added to the refurbished water tower and the landmark became known to Omaha residents and I-80 travelers alike. Since then Sapp Bros. Petroleum as well as our truck stops have identified with the coffeepot symbol which welcomes all to our locations to be “Our Guest”.

Saras, a leading European oil refining company based in Italy, produces an average of more than 300,000 barrels of oil per day at its Sardoch refinery based off the coast of Sardinia. While oil refining represents more than half of its business, Saras also owns other energy-related companies, including a wind farm in Sardinia, a biodiesel plant in Spain, and an industrial engineering research business. The company distributes its finished products -- including gasoline, diesel, kerosene, aviation fuel -- primarily through two subsidiaries: Arcola Petrolifera, which owns several storage facilities in Italy and Spain; and Saras Energia, a chain of owned and leased retail gas stations in Spain.

We add value to coal, oil and gas reserves, using these feedstocks to make liquid fuels, fuel components and chemicals through our unique Sasol proprietary technologies. We mine coal in South Africa and produce gas in Mozambique and oil in Gabon. Our chemical manufacturing and marketing operations span the globe. Sasol Limited operates as an integrated energy and chemical company. The company involves in the saleable coal and utilities coal mining businesses; distribution and marketing of natural gas and methane-rich gas in the Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Free State, and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa; provision of synthesis gas through coal gasification and natural gas reforming, and conversion of synthesis gas into synthetic fuel components, chemical feedstock, and pipeline gas; and marketing of blended fuels, such as petrol, diesel, jet fuel, illuminating paraffin, fuel oils, bitumen, and lubricants. It also develops and implements international ventures based on the Sasol SPD process; develops and manages upstream interests in oil and gas exploration and production in Mozambique, South Africa, Gabon, Nigeria, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the joint development zone between Nigeria and Sao Tome e Principe; and produces gas and condensate from Mozambique's Temane and Pande gas field and oil from the offshore Etame oil field in Gabon. In addition, the company offers polymers, including ethylene, propylene, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, chlor-alkali chemicals, and mining reagents; a range of solvents comprising alcohols and ketones, co-monomers consisting of hexene and octane, and acrylic acids and associated products; and surfactants and surfactant intermediates, n-paraffins, n-olefins, C6-C22 alcohols, aluminas, zeolites, and oleochemicals, as well as other chemical products, such as waxes, fertilizers, and mining explosive products. Further, it engages in technology research and development activities in energy and chemicals industries. The company primarily offers its products and services in South Africa and other parts of Africa, Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, India, North America, South America, the Southeast Asia, and Australasia. Sasol Limited was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Saudi Arabia is strategically positioned to provide new business opportunities for investors. It offers competitive energy costs, diverse and competitively priced feedstock options and an established infrastructure.Saudi Arabia's national oil company, Saudi Aramco, is a fully integrated petroleum company with operations in exploration and production, refining and marketing, and petrochemical manufacturing. It ranks first among oil companies worldwide in terms of petroleum production and exports. Saudi Aramco has a large customer base, an extensive supplier network and a long history of successful business relationships with major international and national energy companies. It can offer detailed knowledge of the energy industry as well as exceptional expertise in project development and management. Saudi Aramco also has world class technical expertise in many other related sectors such as engineering and industrial services.

Shell makes a major contribution to the UK, not just through providing products and services to our customers, but also through employment, tax revenues and investment which boost the economy. We employ around 8,500 people directly in the UK. Shell is a key provider of the energy that millions of people use for heating and powering the UK. We produce around one tenth of the UK's oil and gas and operate almost a fifth. We are probably best known to the public for our service stations and we have around 900 retail sites in the UK. Our Stanlow refinery near Ellesmere Port in Cheshire is at the heart of Britain’s oil and chemical industry, producing a range of transport fuels, including Shell V-Power, and chemicals for industry.Our two main businesses are Shell U.K. Exploration and Production, an operating division of Shell U.K. Limited, and Shell U.K. Oil Products Limited. Each has its own board of directors and is a subsidiary of Shell Holdings (U.K.) Limited.

Shell Trading supports the Shell businesses, in particular Oil Products, Gas & Power and Chemicals, by trading natural gas, electrical power, crude oil, refined products, chemical feedstocks and environmental products. We also manage one of the world's largest fleets of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) carriers and oil tankers. Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited (STASCO) has two jobs to perform for its parent company Royal Dutch Shell. STASCO trades and manages the commodity portfolios across the Royal Dutch Shell Group, and it also manages the shipments of the company's crude oil, gas, and other cargoes across the globe. These twin functions create a network that is responsible for trading about 5 million barrels of crude and shipping cargoes on some 140 deep-sea tankers and gas carriers around the world every day. STASCO was founded in 1995, when Royal Dutch Shell merged its Shell International Trading Company and Shell International Shipping Limited divisions.

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