Mitsui E & P USA LLC

Hess is engaged in the exploration for and production of crude oil and natural gas, as well as in refining and marketing refined petroleum products, natural gas and electricity.

CenterPoint Energy is a domestic energy delivery company that engages in electricity transmission and distribution, natural gas distribution and sales, and interstate pipeline and gathering operations. The company provides natural gas service to more than 2 million customers and both electricity and gas service to a combined customer base of more than 4 million. In addition to providing utilities for the Houston metropolitan area, the company serves customers located throughout the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas. The company s pipelines division owns and operates two interstate pipelines, gathers natural gas, provides maintenance and technical services to third-party clients and installs the company s remote wellhead monitoring and measuring product, ServiceStar. David M. McClanahan has been the chief executive officer of CenterPoint Energy for more than four years. He has been with the utility company for over 34 years. McClanahan earned a BS degree from the University of Texas-El Paso, and a MBA from the University of Houston. An employer of more than 9,000 people, CenterPoint Energy is headquartered in Houston.

KBR is one of the world's largest providers of products and services to the oil and gas industries. The company adds value through the entire lifecycle of oil and gas reservoirs. It provides and integrates products and services, starting with exploration and development, moving through production, operations, maintenance, conversion and refining, to infrastructure and abandonment. It offers a broad array of products and services to upstream oil and gas customers worldwide, ranging from the manufacturing of drill bits and other downhole and completion tools to pressure pumping services. KBR is located in Houston.