Steven A. Kranker

Forest Oil Corp. is an independent oil and gas company, engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of natural gas and liquids in the United States and selected international locations. The company's reserves and operational areas are in the Texas Panhandle, the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas, and the Ark-La-Tex area. Its core operational areas consist of drilling projects that have exposure to oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. Forest Oil was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Shell Oil Co. manufactures petrochemicals and distributes gas and oil products. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

HighPoint Operating Corp. engages in the development, acquisition, and exploration of oil and natural gas resources. It holds interest in the Denver-Julesburg Basin and the Uinta Oil Program in the Uinta Basin. The company was founded by William J. Barrett, Fredrick J. Barrett, and John Frank Keller in January 2002 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Earth Energy Reserves, Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration and development of unconventional gas resources. The company focuses primarily on oil, natural gas, unconventional coal bed methane (CBM) utilizing underbalanced, multi-lateral horizontal drilling techniques. The company was founded by James E. Hogue on February 12, 2002 and is headquartered in Estes Park, CO.

Whiting Petroleum Corp. engages in the development, production, acquisition, and exploration of oil and gas properties. It operates in the Rocky Mountains regions. The company was founded by Kenneth R. Whiting and J. Bert Ladd in January 1980 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Society of Petroleum Engineers, Inc. provides petroleum engineering services. The non-profit company is based in Allen, TX and has subsidiaries in United States, India and Canada.

Brunei Shell Petroleum Co. Sdn. Bhd. engages in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas from onshore and offshore fields. It also owns the Brunei Refinery. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Seria, Brunei.