Raymond L. LaGarde

Part of The Southern Co., Virginia Gas Co. explores for, produces, gathers, stores and distributes natural gas. The company is based in Abingdon, VA. Virginia Gas was acquired by NUI Corp., part of The Southern Co. on March 28, 2001 for $21.27 million.

PetroKazakhstan, Inc. produces oil and oil related products. It produces crude oil from eight different zones in the Kumkol Fields, both north, and south. PetroKazakhstan was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Mainland Resources, Inc. engages in the exploration of oil and gas resources. Its projects include: Buena Vista, Haynesville and Shale Gas. Mainland Resources was founded on May 12, 2006 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, TX.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

First International Oil Corp. explores for and produces crude oil. The company is based in Houston, TX. First International Oil was acquired by China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. on August 02, 2004 for $153 million.

Biocleave Ltd. develops and sells microbial technology for the production of renewable chemicals and biofuels. It also provides biobutanol and other C4 chemical products. The firm also engages in microbiology and metabolic engineering through fermentation and commercial production scale. Its products include biobutanol chemicals and fuel, acetone, and butyric acid. The company was founded by Edward M. Green in 2003 and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.

Viridis Petroleum Sezc Ltd. manufactures petroleum products. The private company is based in Houston, TX.

Aries Clean Energy LLC installs renewable energy solutions. It provides solar, biomass gasification, energy planning, and power conditioning installation services. The firm serves the commercial businesses, residences, and municipalities in the southeast. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Aries Gastification LLC develops, manufactures and installs industrial-grade downdraft gasification systems. Its solutions include downdraft gastification, it converts biomass into renewable energy; fluidized bed gastifiation, it reduce volume of biosolids; and clean gas technology, it improves power production. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Woodford Petroleum LLC provides crude petroleum and natural gas exploration services. The company is based in Houston, TX. The CEO of the company is Alex T. Warmath.