BPZ Resources Inc

Founded in 1910, CITGO Petroleum Corporation is a locally owned and operated company that produces a range gasoline, diesel, kerosene and motor distillate fuels. It is a transporter and marketer of petrochemicals and other industrial products. The company is one of the largest refiners that produces more than 1 million barrels of crude oil every day in the United States. It markets more than 600 types of lubricants. CITGO Petroleum Corporation operates a network of refineries in Texas, Louisiana and Illinois. It supplies lubricants for the protection of cars, trucks, tractors, trains, lawnmowers and leaf blowers. The company s fuel facilities include Lake Charles Refinery, Corpus Christi Refinery, and Lemont Refinery. It also manufactures and processes asphalt, heating oils, refined waxes, soft drinks and sunflower seeds. CITGO Petroleum Corporation is owned by PDV America, which is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Petr leos de Venezuela.

Mark L. Shidler, Inc is a privately held oil and gas exploration and production company based in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1978, the company has grown to include operations in five states. Our primary corporate objectives are the acquisition, management and optimization of long life proved developed producing oil and gas reserves.

Isramco operates in two industry segments that include the exploration, development, production and transportation of oil and natural gas in Israel and in the United States, and the holding and leasing of its luxury cruise line vessel. In Israel, the company holds a participation interest in two long-term offshore leases and serves as an operator of one. It also holds a participation interest in an offshore license, and also serves as the operator. In the United States, Isramco, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Jay Petroleum and Jay Management, is involved in oil and gas exploration and production. The company's luxury cruise liner was purchased in March 2004. The vessel, a Bahamas flagged ship, contains nearly 270 passenger cabins spread out through nine decks. Isramco maintains headquarters in Houston.