Douglas Pferdehirt

Technip SA engages in the fields of project management, engineering and construction for the energy industry, which offers comprehensive portfolio solutions and technologies. It provides services for basic and detail engineering, procurement, construction and project management. The company operates its business through two segments: Subsea and Offshore/Onshore. The Subsea segment provides integrated design, engineering, manufacturing and installation services for infrastructures and subsea pipe systems used in oil and gas production and transportation. The Offshore/Onshore segment includes all types of onshore facilities for the production, treatment and transportation of oil and gas as well as petrochemicals and other non-oil and gas activities of the Group. It also designs and builds infrastructures in particular hydrogen production units, electricity units and sulfur recovery units as well as storage units. Technip was founded on April 21, 1958 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

FMC Technologies, Inc. provides technology solutions for the energy industry and other industrial markets. It engages in the designing, manufacturing and marketing of service technologically sophisticated systems and products, such as subsea production and processing systems, surface wellhead systems, high pressure fluid control equipment, measurement solutions and marine loading systems for the oil and gas industry. The firm operates through the following segments: Subsea Technologies, Surface Technologies and Energy Infrastructure. The Subsea Technologies segment designs and manufactures systems and provides services to oil and gas companies involved in deepwater exploration and production of crude oil and gas. The Surface Technologies segment designs and manufactures systems and provides services to oil and gas companies involved in land and offshore exploration and production of crude oil and gas. It also designs, manufactures and supplies technologically advanced high pressure valves and fittings for oilfield service companies. The Energy Infrastructure segment manufactures and supplies liquid and gas measurement and transportation equipment and systems to customers involved in the production, transportation and processing of crude oil, natural gas and petroleum-based refined products. The company was founded in November 2000 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

American Heart Association, Inc. operates a voluntary health organization funded by private contributions. The organization offers services for coronary heart diseases and strokes, high blood cholesterol & physical inactivity, obesity, and diabetes. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

American Petroleum Institute (API) is the only national trade association that represents all aspects of America's oil and natural gas industry. Its more than 400 corporate members, from the largest major oil company to the smallest of independents, come from all segments of the industry. They are producers, refiners, suppliers, pipeline operators and marine transporters, as well as service and supply companies that support all segments of the industry.

The National Petroleum Council operates as a council for national petroleum. The private company is based in Washington.