James E. Rief

Lufkin Industries, Inc. engages in the provision of rod lift products and technologies. It offers surface pumping units, downhole pumps, automation, progressing cavity pumps (PCPs), hudraulic lift, and oilfield services. The company was founded by Joseph Hubert Kurth, Sr., Frank Kavanaugh, Sr., Frank Kavanaugh, Jr., Eli Wiener, and Simon Wood Henderson, Sr. in 1902 and is headquartered in Missouri City, TX.

Mobil Corp. operates primarily in the petroleum industry. The company is headquartered in The Woodlands, TX.

Plains Resources, Inc. engages in acquisition and exploitation of mature, underdeveloped oil properties, preferably an entire field in which a major integrated or large independent producer has controlling interest, simplifying the acquisition process. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

NATCO Group, Inc. provides equipment technology for oil & gas production and processing. Its services include construction & maintenance, manufacturing, operating & leasing engineer equipment and training. The company also provides equipment solutions including oil treating, separation, gas conditioning, water quality, measurement systems and automation & controls. NATCO Group was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Cimarron Energy, Inc. manufactures oil and natural gas production and processing equipment. Its products include flares, gas production units, LACT units, line heaters, oil treating, sand separators, separation, storage tanks, interconnecting pipe skids, slug catchers, vapour recovery units and vapour recovery towers. The company was founded by John W. Moore Jr. in 1976 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Glori Energy Technology, Inc. provides oil recovery interface of biology, chemistry and engineering. It designs customized microbe and nutrient treatment systems, including Activated Environment for the Recover of Oil System for oil producers to install into existing production infrastructure to increase oil recovery. The company was founded by John A. Babcock, Suresh Kumar Soni and Rajendra Kumar Pachauri in 2005 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Atlas Resources Public 18 2008-A LP engages in the drilling of oil and gas wells. It operates wells located in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Michigan, Indiana, West Virginia and Ohio. The company was founded on April 8, 2008 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Columbia Gas System, Inc. distributes and sells natural gas. The private company is based in Wilmington, DE and has subsidiaries in the United States.

Part of The Williams Cos., Inc., Transco Energy Co. LLC is a company that operates natural gas pipelines. The company is based in Houston, TX. Transco Energy Co. was acquired by The Williams Cos., Inc. on January 19, 1995 for $430.50 million.

Part of The Williams Cos., Inc., Transco Exploration Co. is an oil and American gas production company. The company is based in OK. Transco Exploration was acquired by Forest Oil Corp. from Transco Energy Co. LLC on July 10, 1992 for $45 million.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

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.

National Association of Corporate Directors provides online and print information services to directors of public companies. It offers in-boardroom education, evaluation, governance reviews, board composition and succession planning, board recruitment, ongoing advisory, insights, and analytics services. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

SCF Partners LLC (SCF Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of SCF Partners, Inc. founded in 1989 by L.E. Simmons. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Flare Industries LLC develops combustion and pollution control technology and equipment. Its products include enclosed combustion systems and gas compression and vapor recovery systems. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Turnbridge Capital LLC (Turnbridge Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2008 by Todd M. Tomlin, Robert B. Horton and Kent Sweezey. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Pipe Pros LLC provides casing and tubing running services. It offers services for casing fill up tools, handling equipment, power tongs, torque monitoring systems, pick up, lay-down machines and tubing services for hydraulic tongs and chrome handling instruments. The firm provides tubing services to the oil and natural gas sectors. The company was founded by Gary Edwards in July 2009 and is headquartered in Corpus Christi, TX.

Aereon, Inc. engages in the provision of gas and vapor handling, combustion, and recovery technologies and services. Its brands include Flare Industries, Jordan Technologies, Mactronic, and Abutec - Advanced Burner Technologies. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Cimarron Energy Holdco, Inc. operates as a holding company. The company is headquartered in Dallas, TX.