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Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Business Information, Profile, and History

Post Office Box 898 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is a state-owned enterprise engaged in all phases of the oil industry. It has a complex and intricate holding company structure involving, in a manner unusual for Middle East oil companies, equity links with large Western oil enterprises. Abu Dhabi is the largest of the seven states that formed the Unite…

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Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Business Information, Profile, and History

Post Office Box 898 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Company Perspectives: In cultivating customer relations we aim to be approachable, trustworthy and responsive to their needs and to pursue excellence in the quality of our products and the standards of our service. Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is one of the ten largest oil companies in the world. The state-owned enterprise is engaged in…

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Alberta Energy Company Ltd. Business Information, Profile, and History

#3900, 421-7 Avenue S.W. Calgary, Alberta T2P 4K9 Canada Alberta Energy Company Ltd. is the largest Canadian-based producer of North American gas and the largest North American independent gas storage operator. The company's total assets exceeded $50 million as of December 31, 2000. Alberta Energy Company's primary activities involve oil and natural gas exploration, development and production, an…

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Amoco Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

200 East Randolph Drive Chicago, Illinois 60601 U.S.A. Amoco Corporation is active in three main fields within the petroleum, natural gas, and chemical industries: exploration and production, petroleum products, and chemical products. Amoco is the largest producer of natural gas in North America, sells gasoline through more than 9,600 service stations in 30 states, and produces such chemical prod…

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Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

1201 Lake Robbins Dr. The Woodlands, Texas 77380-1046 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: At Anadarko, we strive for excellence in all that we do. We hire the best people in the business, then challenge and reward them for their efforts. We provide them training, technology and resources to do the job right. Our very low turnover rate is a true competitive advantage, helping us earn the reputation as a …

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Apache Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

One Post Oak Central 2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100 Houston, Texas 77056-4400 U.S.A. Apache Corporation is one of the leading independent crude oil and natural gas producers in the United States. The company, which has proven reserves of 613 million barrels of oil equivalent, maintains exploration and production efforts in the United States, Canada, Egypt, Australia, Poland, the People's Repu…

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Arctic Slope Regional Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

1230 Agvik Street Barrow, Alaska 99723 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Inupiat values have enabled our ancestors to survive successfully in the harsh Arctic environment for many centuries. ASRC embraces both Inupiat and Western cultural values to compete successfully in tomorrow's global business environment. The Corporation, our subsidiaries, all our employees, and shareholders are part of the Inup…

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Benton Oil And Gas Company Business Information, Profile, and History

15835 Park Ten Place Drive, Suite 11 Houston, Texas 77084 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Benton Oil and Gas Company continues to focus on its primary corporate objective: the creation of value for shareholders by identifying oil and gas accumulations with relatively low geological risk but with substantial reserve potential. Benton Oil and Gas Company is engaged in the exploration, development, and…

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Berry Petroleum Company Business Information, Profile, and History

28700 Hovey Hills Road Taft, California 93268 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Berry Petroleum Company is an independent oil producer with significant experience in heavy crude production. Berry Petroleum Company is a small independent oil producer whose reserves are mostly located in the California counties of Kern, Los Angeles, and Ventura. Virtually all of the company's reserves are heavy crude oi…

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Bill Barrett Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

1099 18th Street, Suite 2300 Denver, Colorado 80202 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We expect to generate long-term reserve and production growth predominantly through our drilling activities. Bill Barrett Corporation is a publicly traded, independent oil and gas exploration and development company, concentrating its efforts on five major Rocky Mountain sites: the Wind River Basin, the Uinta Basin, …

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Burlington Resources Inc. Business Information, Profile, and History

5051 Westheimer Houston, Texas 77056-5384 U.S.A. Burlington Resources Inc., the nation's largest independent natural gas exploration and production company, functioned in the mid-1990s as a holding company for its main operating subsidiary, Meridian Oil Inc. Originally created as a holding company for all of Burlington Northern's non-railroad assets, Burlington Resources quickly emerged as a powe…

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Chevron Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

575 Market Street San Francisco, California 94105-2856 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Chevron's goal is to exceed the performance of its strongest competitors with a total stockholder return averaging at least 15 percent a year--an aggressive target because worldwide petroleum demand is increasing only 2 percent annually. This goal demands an entrepreneurial spirit, and it signals a need for greate…

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China National Petroleum Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

Liupukang Beijing People's Republic of China Company Perspectives: CNPC, bred in the ever changing and developing petroleum industry in China, continues on its splendid course and carries on the high morale and spiritual values of painstaking efforts necessary in pioneering enterprises. Its great teamwork, high sense of social responsibility, and unceasing striving to improve make CNPC ready to f…

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Comstock Resources, Inc. Business Information, Profile, and History

5300 Town and Country Boulevard, Suite 500 Frisco, Texas 75244 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our business strategy is to continue to build shareholder value by exploiting our existing reserve base, pursuing exploration and acquisition opportunities in our core operating regions, maintaining a low cost structure, and having substantial financial flexibility. Comstock Resources, Inc. is a small inde…

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Conoco Inc. Business Information, Profile, and History

600 North Dairy Ashford Road Houston, Texas 77079 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our role is to find and develop oil and natural gas, to manufacture a wide range of petroleum products, and to transport and market them through a variety of channels. We do this in a superior way, and by doing so serve our customers very well. We benefit from being an integral part of Du Pont and strive in everything …

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Conocophillips Business Information, Profile, and History

600 North Dairy Ashford Street Houston, Texas 77079-1100 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Purpose: Use our pioneering spirit to responsibly deliver energy to the world. ConocoPhillips is the third largest U.S. integrated oil company, behind only Exxon Mobil Corporation and ChevronTexaco Corporation. The company was formed in August 2002 from the $15.12 billion merger of Conoco Inc. and Phillips Petro…

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Deutsche Bp Aktiengesellschaft Business Information, Profile, and History

Überseering 2 2000 Hamburg 60 Germany Deutsche BP Aktiengesellschaft is one of the top suppliers of petroleum products in the competitively fragmented German market. The company is actively engaged in all facets of the petroleum industry: exploration, crude oil supplies, refining, and petroleum products. Through its affiliates and subsidiaries, Deutsche BP is also involved in petroleum transport…

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Devon Energy Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

20 N. Broadway Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102-8260 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Devon is well positioned to continue its extraordinary path of growth and value creation for its shareholders. With its headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, publicly traded Devon Energy Corporation is the largest independent oil and gas producer based in the United States. It is also a leading North American indepe…

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Dynegy Inc. Business Information, Profile, and History

1000 Louisiana, Suite 5800 Houston, Texas 77002 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We Believe in People: People are the foundation of our success and the key to achieving our vision. We are committed to an environment in which all individuals have the opportunity and responsibility to achieve a high degree of personal and professional satisfaction and growth. We will recognize, reward and promote those…

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Edge Petroleum Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

1301 Travis Suite 2000 Houston, Texas 77002 U.S.A. Edge Petroleum Corporation is a Houston, Texas-based, publicly traded, independent energy company. Using 3-D seismic information and visualization software, it is engaged in the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas, concentrating its activities onshore in the Gulf of Mexico in south Texas and Louisiana, where the compan…

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Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

Palestine Street part 4 New Maadi Cairo Egypt Company Perspectives: EGPC is concerned with implementing all the plans and policies related to the petroleum activities of Egypt, with the objective of securing and developing the petroleum wealth and its best exploitation. The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) operates as a state-owned concern overseeing the petroleum industry in Egypt. …

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Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

Post Office Box 2130 Phalastin Street 4th Quarter, New Maadi Cairo Egypt The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) is the instrument by which Egypt's government manages its hydrocarbon resources. Responsible to the minister of petroleum and mineral resources for all aspects of Egypt's oil and petro-chemical industries, EGPC controls a group of companies involved in the exploration, extrac…

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Elf Aquitaine Sa Business Information, Profile, and History

Tour Elf 2, place de la Coupole La Défense 6 - 92400 Courbevoie France Company Perspectives: For Elf Aquitaine, the running of the company is, above all, an état d'esprit, based on three simple guiding principles shared by everyone: 1. Decisions taken in the long-term interests of shareholders--All major decisions are prepared collectively by the Executive Management Committee and taken by the …

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Encore Acquisition Company Business Information, Profile, and History

777 Main Street, Suite 1400 Fort Worth, Texas 76102 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Encore Acquisition Company, using the experience of our senior management team, has developed and refined an acquisition program designed to increase our reserves and to complement our core properties. We have over 30 engineering and geoscience professionals who manage our core properties and use their experience and…

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Eni S.P.A. Business Information, Profile, and History

Piazzale Enrico Mattei 1 Roma I-00144 Italy Company Perspectives: Mission: Eni is one of the most important integrated energy companies in the world operating in the oil and gas, power generation, petrochemicals, oilfield services construction and engineering industries. In these businesses it has a strong edge and leading international market positions. Eni's objective is to create new value to …

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Enron Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

1400 Smith Street Houston, Texas 77002-7369 U.S.A. Before filing for bankruptcy in 2001, Enron Corporation was one of the largest integrated natural gas and electricity companies in the world. It marketed natural gas liquids worldwide and operated one of the largest natural gas transmission systems in the world, totaling more than 36,000 miles. It was also one of the largest independent developer…

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Enterprise Oil Plc Business Information, Profile, and History

Grand Buildings Trafalgar Square London WC2N 5EJ United Kingdom Enterprise Oil plc is the largest independent oil exploration and production company in the United Kingdom. With a significant presence in the North Sea and interests in 17 countries overall, primarily concentrated in Italy, the Black Sea, Australia, and Southeast Asia, the company is a growing force in the discovery, development, an…

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Enterprise Oil Plc Business Information, Profile, and History

Grand Buildings Trafalgar Square London WC2N 5EJ United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Enterprise Oil aspires to be the world's leading independent exploration and production company. Our vision is to deliver a superior combination of growth in value and financial returns by harnessing the power of our creativity and knowledge with integrity and passion. Enterprise Oil PLC is the largest independe…

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Exxon Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

5959 Las Colinas Boulevard Irving, Texas 75039-2298 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Ours is a long-term business, with today's accomplishments a reflection of well-executed plans set in motion years ago. Likewise, Exxon's success at building shareholder value in the future is dependent on plans we develop and implement today. The following strategies have and will continue to guide Exxon as we striv…

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Forest Oil Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

1600 Broadway, Suite 2200 Denver, Colorado 80202-4722 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: "Management's role in achieving success is to provide a work environment and performance incentives that will attract and retain superior talent. Success in the oil and gas business requires determination, innovative thinking, proper application of technology and the relentless pursuit of the highest standards of p…

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Fortum Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

Snellmaninkatu 13 Post Office Box 1 00048 Helsinki Finland Company Perspectives: Fortum wants to be the preferred supplier of innovative, versatile energy products and services. To achieve this, we need the trust of customers, employees and society. Fortum Corporation is an international energy group formed from the 1998 merger of two state-owned Finnish firms: Neste Oy, the nation's main oil and…

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Hunt Consolidated, Inc. Business Information, Profile, and History

Fountain Place 1445 Ross at Field Dallas, Texas 74202 U.S.A. Hunt Consolidated, Inc. is the holding company for Hunt Oil Company, and is run by Ray Hunt, the son of H. L. Hunt, renowned as one of the wealthiest men in the United States in the 1940s. A private company with extensive oil and gas exploration and production facilities throughout North America, Hunt Oil has made a reputation for itsel…

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Husky Energy Inc. Business Information, Profile, and History

707 8th Ave. SW, Box 6525, Station D Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G7 Canada Company Perspectives: Husky is entering into an era of large-scale project developments while continuing to optimize current operations. The major challenge for the Company will be in the successful implementation of those projects, while maintaining a focus on current operations and financial discipline. Husky Energy Inc. is on…

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Imperial Oil Limited Business Information, Profile, and History

111 St. Clair Avenue West Toronto, Ontario M5W 1K3 Canada Company Perspectives: Imperial Oil Limited is one of Canada's largest corporations and has been a leading member of the country's petroleum industry for more than a century. The company's mission is to create value for its shareholders through the development and sale of hydrocarbon energy and related products. Imperial Oil Limited is Cana…

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Maxus Energy Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

717 North Harwood St. Dallas, Texas 75201-6594 U.S.A. Maxus Energy Corporation is an independent crude oil and natural gas exploration and production company based in Dallas, Texas, with international activity in Indonesia and 13 other countries and domestic activity primarily in the mid-continent and Gulf of Mexico regions of North America. Maxus was created in April 1987 from the domestic and i…

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Mitchell Energy And Development Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

P.O. Box 4000 The Woodlands, Texas 77387-4000 U.S.A. Mitchell Energy & Development Corporation is one of the Houston-Galveston area's leading real estate developers and one of the nation's largest independent natural gas and liquid hydro-carbons producers. Its largest real estate development project is The Woodlands, a 25,000-acre community with a population of more than 33,000. Among energy rela…

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Mitsubishi Oil Co., Ltd. Business Information, Profile, and History

2-4, Toranomon 1 chome Minato-ku, Tokyo 105 Japan Mitsubishi Oil Co., Ltd. is one of Japan's leading oil importers and refiners. Associated with the Mitsubishi industrial conglomerate, the company has had a turbulent history, suffering first the effects of war and subsequently the fluctuations and uncertainties of the world petroleum trade. The roots of Mitsubishi Oil go back to 1924, when the fu…

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National Iranian Oil Company Business Information, Profile, and History

Hafez Crossing, Taleghani Avenue Tehran Iran Company Perspectives: Now in its 24th year of self-reliance, the national petroleum industry is moving on with full strength and confidence utilizing up-to-date technology, powerful and innovative management, highly skilled and creative manpower resources, and a futuristic approach to planning development projects. The second largest producer of oil am…

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National Iranian Oil Company Business Information, Profile, and History

Ayatollah Taleghani Street Tehran Iran National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) is the state-owned oil company of Iran, which was Persia until 1935. Its evolution has been shaped by the turbulent history of that country since World War II. Today NIOC is a very large oil-producing company, but one whose future continues to depend on political developments in Iran. NIOC was formed as a result of tension…

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National Oil Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

Bashir Sadawi Street Tripoli Libya Company Perspectives: NOC is carrying out exploration and production operations through its own affiliated companies, or in participation with other companies under service contracts or any other kind of petroleum investment agreements. This is in addition to marketing operations of oil and gas, locally and abroad. For this purpose, NOC has its own fully owned c…

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Newfield Exploration Company Business Information, Profile, and History

363 N. Sam Houston Parkway East, Suite 2020 Houston, Texas 77060 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We rely on a proven growth strategy--balancing acquisitions with drill bit opportunities. Newfield Exploration Company, based in Houston, Texas, is one of the most successful independent crude oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in the United States. Its performance has been used by …

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Nexen Inc. Business Information, Profile, and History

801 7th Avenue Southwest Calgary Alberta T2P 3P7 Canada Company Perspectives From the ocean swells in the North Sea to the frosty north of Alberta's oil sands and desert heat of Yemen, our philosophy is to build sustainable businesses. Sustainable value comes from our solid core assets that provide superior returns and ongoing free cash flow. It also comes from strong development projects expecte…

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Ngc Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

13430 Northwest Freeway Houston, Texas 77040 U.S.A. NGC Corporation is North America's leading energy commodity and service provider, offering "one-stop" gathering, processing, marketing, and transportation of natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil, and electricity. Led almost since its formation by Chairman and CEO Charles L. (Chuck) Watson, NGC has achieved its market dominance through two…

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Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

NNPC Towers Herbert Macaulay Way, Central Business District Garki Abuja Nigeria Company Perspectives: The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is the driving force behind the economic development of Nigeria, providing fuel and feedstock for the nation's industrial facilities and meeting the energy needs of individual customers and commercial enterprises. NNPC is the major revenue earner…

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Nippon Oil Company, Limited Business Information, Profile, and History

3-12, Nishi Shimbashi 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 105 Japan Nippon Oil Company, Limited is Japan's largest petroleum-products distributor. The company imports and distributes petroleum products, and it also operates a refinery. Through its subsidiaries, Nippon is engaged in a number of related activities that include the manufacture of petrochemicals and petroleum gas, as well as oil transport, oil s…

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Noble Affiliates, Inc. Business Information, Profile, and History

110 West Broadway P. O. Box 1967 Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 U.S.A. One of the leading independent energy companies in the United States, Noble Affiliates, Inc. was involved in oil and gas exploration, development, and production through its principal subsidiary, Samedan Oil Corporation. Noble Affiliates' predecessor began drilling for oil in the United States during the 1920s, then, as the company g…

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Occidental Petroleum Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

10889 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90024 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Clean, efficient and reliable energy supplies are critical to the growth and development of the global economy. In the United States and other industrialized nations, energy is often taken for granted, but cheap, reliable energy is what fuels economic vitality and makes possible our high-tech world, our modern lif…

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Oil And Natural Gas Commission Business Information, Profile, and History

Tel Bhavan Dehradun-(U.P.) 248003 India The Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC), India's largest petroleum exploration and production entity, is organized as a state statutory body rather than a public company, but is run on a profit-making basis with these revenues flowing to the Indian Exchequer. In 1989-1990 ONGC claimed to have posted the biggest profit in "India's corporate world." ONGC an…

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Oneok Inc. Business Information, Profile, and History

100 West Fifth Street P.O. Box 871 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74102-0871 U.S.A. ONEOK Inc. (pronounced "one oak") is a diversified energy company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Among its utility subsidiaries, Oklahoma Natural Gas Company serves three-quarters of Oklahoma and, in terms of the number of customers it serves, is the twentieth-largest gas utility company in the United States. ONG Transmission…

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Oryx Energy Company Business Information, Profile, and History

P.O. Box 2880 Dallas, Texas 75221-2880 U.S.A. Oryx Energy Company, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is one of the world's largest independent oil and natural gas companies. The company's main activities include finding, acquiring, developing, and producing oil and gas throughout the world, chiefly in the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea, Indonesia, and Ecuador. A relatively young company, Oryx emerge…

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Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. Business Information, Profile, and History

4-1-2 Hiranomachi Chuo-ku Osaka 541 Japan Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (Osaka Gas) is Japan's second largest supplier of city gas, after Tokyo Gas. It supplies gas to over 15 million people in the Kansai area's major cities of Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto, and surrounding suburban areas. Traditionally the company was involved only in the distribution of gas for lighting, heating, and power, but it has diversifi…

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Patina Oil Gas Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

1625 Broadway, Suite 2000 Denver, Colorado 80202 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Patina plans to increase its reserves, production and cash flow in a cost-efficient manner primarily through: selectively pursuing consolidation and acquisition opportunities; efficiently controlling operating and overhead costs; operating its properties in order to enhance production through well workovers, development…

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Pennzoil Company Business Information, Profile, and History

Pennzoil Place Post Office Box 2967 Houston, Texas 77252-8200 U.S.A. Pennzoil Company is a major energy company consisting of three main operating units: Pennzoil Exploration and Production Company, which has about 100 oil and gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico and the gulf coast, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Canada, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Qatar, Australia, and Venezuela; Pennzoil Products Company, whic…

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Pertamina Business Information, Profile, and History

Jalan Merdeka Timur Number 1 Jalan Perwira Jakarta 2-4-6 Indonesia Besides agriculture, oil and natural gas are Indonesia's most important assets. Oil production amounts to upward of 500 million barrels exported annually since 1986, contributing more than 40% of the state's current income. The importance of oil production underlies the continuing importance of PERTAMINA, Indonesia's state oil and…

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Pertamina Business Information, Profile, and History

Jalan Medan Merdeka Timur Number 1 A Jakarta 101110 Indonesia Company Perspectives: Pertamina strives to be an excellent, progressive, and respected leading company. Our mission is to carry out business in energy and petrochemicals; to contribute added value for the shareholders, clients, workers, and the society and to support national economic growth; and to be a professionally managed, competi…

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Petro Canada Limited Business Information, Profile, and History

Post Office Box 2844 Calgary Alberta T2P 3E3 Canada Petro-Canada Limited is Canada's second-largest oil company. It acts as a holding company for its principal operating subsidiary, Petro-Canada. Its resources division explores, produces, and markets crude oils, natural gas and its liquids, sulfur, and bitumens. Its products division refines, markets, and distributes various petroleum products an…

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Petrobras Energia Participaciones S.A. Business Information, Profile, and History

Maipu 1 Buenos Aires, C.F. C1084ABA Argentina Company Perspectives: We strive to create the highest possible value for our shareholders, customers, employees, investors, suppliers and for the communities in which our business activities take place. We will be a leading, renowned, integrated energy company in Latin America, working toward international expansion. Petrobras Energia Participaciones …

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Petrofina S.A. Business Information, Profile, and History

52 rue de l'Industrie B-1040 Brussels Belgium Company Perspectives: Our mission: To maximize added value throughout the entire industrial and commercial process by pursuing a clear strategic line, using company resources efficiently and safely and yielding the necessary profit to remunerate shareholders and ensure the Company's growth; to play a constructive role within the communities in which w…

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Petroleum Development Oman Llc Business Information, Profile, and History

Post Office Box 81 Muscat Oman Like most countries in the Persian Gulf area, Oman's economic prosperity is closely linked with the oil industry. It was the development of the oil industry and the use of the resulting revenues for economic and infrastructural development purposes that enabled Oman's gross national product per capita to expand by 8% in real terms from 1965 to 1987, according to Wor…

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Petronas Business Information, Profile, and History

Peti Surat 12444 Menara Dayabumi, Kompleks Dayabumi Jalan Sultan, Hishamuddin 50778 Kuala Lumpur Federation of Malaysia In 1988 Malaysia had the world's 22nd-largest reserves of oil and the 16th-largest reserves of natural gas. Its exports of the two commodities accounted for 15% of Malaysia's foreign exchange income in that year. The exclusive ownership and control of both resources rests with P…

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Phillips Petroleum Company Business Information, Profile, and History

Phillips Building Bartlesville, Oklahoma 74004 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: By pursuing our business model and seizing the new opportunities it created, we have redefined Phillips as an emerging major in the industry. We are pleased that the new Phillips will open up even more opportunities for our employees--not only those with us when we began our growth strategy, but also the new members of th…

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Pioneer Natural Resources Company Business Information, Profile, and History

5205 N. O'Connor Boulevard, Suite 1400 Irving, Texas 75039 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: "We have the right strategy, the financial strength and the organizational agility to sustain an aggressive pace. Our strategy for growth combines selective investment in exploration balanced with aggressive development in our core areas and complementary acquisitions." --Scott D. Sheffield, chairman, presiden…

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Pogo Producing Company Business Information, Profile, and History

5 Greenway Plaza P.O. Box 2504 Houston, Texas 77252-2504 U.S.A. Pogo Producing Company is engaged in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas both domestically and at selected onshore sites in Canada and Hungary and offshore sites in the Gulf of Thailand and in the United Kingdom and Danish sectors of the North Sea. Its major regions in the United States are Louisiana and Texas…

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Qatar General Petroleum Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

Post Office Box 3212 Doha Qatar The transformation of Qatar from a nomadic society, largely dependent on pearl trading, into a modern, urban state, with living standards that are among the world's highest, is the direct result of the development of the Qatari oil industry. Even at the beginning of the 1990s, despite intense efforts to diversify its economy, the Qatari government remains dependent…

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Range Resources Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

777 Main Street, Suite 800 Fort Worth, Texas 76102 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Company seeks to build value primarily through lower-risk development drilling and acquisitions while, to a lesser degree, pursuing higher-risk exploitation and exploration projects on its extensive inventory of underdeveloped acreage. Range Resources Corporation is a Fort Worth, Texas, oil and gas company, primar…

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Santos Ltd. Business Information, Profile, and History

Level 29 Santos House 91 King William Street Adelaide Australia Company Perspectives VISION: Santos has a vision that by the end of the decade it will become the leading energy company in South East Asia with a share price that continues to grow and a reputation for sustainability in its operations. Santos' vision of future success is to be a safe, low cost, fast-moving explorer and producer and …

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Shell Oil Company Business Information, Profile, and History

One Shell Plaza Houston, Texas 77002 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Shell Oil follows the Royal Dutch/Shell Group's 'Blueprint for Success' and strives to be passionate in taking care of customers; to become the model of diversity for corporate America; to be an organization where people can achieve their full potential; to achieve the leading-edge in financial performance, health, safety, and envi…

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Sonatrach Business Information, Profile, and History

Djenane El Malik, Hydra 160335 Algiers Algeria Sonatrach, formerly Entreprise Nationale Sonatrach, is the Algerian state-owned oil and gas company. It has control--both direct and indirect--over all aspects of the country's hydrocarbons and has guided Algeria toward its present status as the second largest global supplier of liquefied natural gas. Sonatrach produces about 90 percent of all Algeri…

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Spinnaker Exploration Company Business Information, Profile, and History

1200 Smith Street, Suite 800 Houston, Texas 77002 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Spinnaker's goals are to expand its reserve base, increase cash flow and net income and to generate an attractive return on capital. Spinnaker Exploration Company is a Houston, Texas-based natural gas and oil exploration company operating in the Gulf of Mexico. Although most of its success has come from drilling in sha…

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Statoil Asa Business Information, Profile, and History

Forusbeen 50 N-4035 Stavanger Norway Company Perspectives: We make a positive contribution to the development of the communities in which we work. In all our operations, we will be among the front runners with environmental protection and safety. Formerly known as Den Norske Stats Oljeselskap AS, Statoil ASA is Norway's oil and gas powerhouse. With operations in 25 countries, Statoil is involved …

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Suncor Energy Inc. Business Information, Profile, and History

112 4th Avenue Southwest Calgary, Alberta T2P 2V5 Canada Company Perspectives: Suncor Energy is a unique and sustainable energy company dedicated to vigorous growth in worldwide markets through meeting or exceeding the changing expectations of our current and future stakeholders. We will actively dialogue and create congruence with our colleagues, investors, customers, partners and communities. W…

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Swift Energy Company Business Information, Profile, and History

16825 Northcase Drive, Suite 400 Houston, Texas 77060 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: As a natural resource company, Swift Energy's mission has always been to achieve efficient, sustained growth in the volume and net present value of its proved reserves. The underlying premise is that reserves growth leads to increases in oil and gas production and sales, which in turn lead to higher cash flows and …

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Talisman Energy Inc. Business Information, Profile, and History

Suite 3400 855 3rd Street S.W. Calgary, Alberta T2P 5C5 Canada Company Perspectives: Talisman's continuing growth worldwide is supported by our large Canadian operations base. Growth in Canada will come from natural gas exploration and development, with increasing emphasis on larger, deeper prospects. Talisman's strategy is to develop core areas near infrastructure, while maintaining a high level…

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The British Petroleum Company Plc Business Information, Profile, and History

Britannic House 1 Finsbury Circus London EC2M 7BA England Company Perspectives: BP is more than a collection of assets. It is people working together. Our culture, our leadership style and our management processes all endeavour to reflect this belief. If we are to achieve our business objectives, we must focus on some enduring themes: establishing and maintaining a motivating and supportive dialo…

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The Columbia Gas System, Inc. Business Information, Profile, and History

20 Montchanin Road Wilmington, Delaware 19807 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Columbia Gas System, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is active in pursuing opportunities in all segments of the natural gas industry and in related energy resource development. Exemplified by Columbia's three-star logo, these separately managed companies strive to benefit: system shareholders, through enhancing the val…

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The Louisiana Land And Exploration Company Business Information, Profile, and History

909 Poydras Street P.O. Box 60350 New Orleans, Louisiana 70160 U.S.A. The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company (LL&E) is one of the largest independent oil and gas exploration companies in the United States. Headquartered in New Orleans, it operates a crude oil refinery near Mobile, Alabama, and conducts exploration and production operations in the United States and selected foreign countries. …

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Ultra Petroleum Corporation Business Information, Profile, and History

363 N. Sam Houston Parkway East, Suite 1200 Houston, Texas 77060 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Ultra Petroleum is a publicly traded (AMEX - UPL), rapidly growing independent exploration and production company focused on its core properties in the Green River Basin of southwestern Wyoming and the shallow waters of Bohai Bay, China. With its headquarters in Houston, Texas, Ultra Petroleum Corporatio…

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Union Texas Petroleum Holdings, Inc. Business Information, Profile, and History

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