Charles Pepper

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.

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.

Unocal Corp. explores, develops, produces, and markets crude oil and natural gas. The firm also produces geothermal energy in Indonesia and the Philippines and makes petroleum coke, graphite's and silicon carbide materials. The company was founded on October 17, 1890 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.

Van Dyke Energy Co. explores oil and related products. It develops unconventional oil and gas assets in Latin America. The company was founded by Gene Van Dyke in 1952 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

International Oil & Gas Technology Ltd. is an authorized closed-ended investment company with revenues of $2 to $20 million. It provides investors with capital growth potential by investing long-term expansion capital in companies that provide services and technology to the upstream oil and gas industry.

CITIC Canada Petroleum Ltd. provides oil and gas exploration and production services. The company operates in Switzerland, Texas, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan. It was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada

Part of Bank of America Corp., PT Merrill Lynch Sekuritas Indonesia is a financial and investing Indonesian research company that offers market insights and strategies. The company is based in Jakarta, Indonesia. The company serves businesses, corporations, and institutions worldwide with a wide range of capabilities. The company was founded in 1994. Mira Arifin has been the CEO of the company since 2011.

Benchmark Group Pte Ltd. provides management consulting services. The private company is based in Singapore, Singapore.

Part of The Asia Foundation, Give2Asia is a nonprofit organization that facilitates donor-advised grantmaking to the Asia-Pacific. The company is based in San Francisco, CA, and Barnett F. Baron has been the CEO of the company since 2011. The company has an extensive track record of funding trusted NGOs in 23 countries across the region, having facilitated over $342 million of charitable grants since 2001. Give2Asia played a significant role in fundraising for the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and other disaster events in the region.

Penn America Energy Holdings LLC provides natural gas distribution services. The private company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded in 2015 by James Franc. James Franc has been the CEO since 2015.