Natural gas and petroleum in The Woodlands, TX

With an estimated 2.3 billion barrels of proved reserves, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation is one of the largest independent oil exploration and production companies in the world. The company also markets approximately 3 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day throughout the United States and Canada. Anadarko s operational focus in North America extends from the Gulf of Mexico up through the Canadian Rockies and onto the north slope of Alaska. Its international operations are focused on major positions in Algeria, Venezuela and Qatar, as well as exploration or production operations in several other countries. James T. Hackett has been the chief executive officer of Anadarko Petroleum for more than two years. He has been with the petroleum and natural gas company for over two years. Hackett earned a BS degree from the University of Illinois, and a MBA from Harvard. Headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation employs approximately 3,400 people in locations throughout the world.

Earthstone Energy Inc. an independent oil and gas exploration company that focuses its efforts on discovering new sources of oil and natural gas reserves, acquiring strategically significant properties and boosting cash flows from existing oil and gas production. The company aims to capitalize on its knowledge and presence in the North Dakota and Montana portions of the Williston basin, the Denver-Julesburg basin of Colorado, the southern portions of Texas and along the Texas Gulf Coast. Based in Delaware and formed in 1969 as a geographical services company, it survived the collapse of oil prices in the mid-1980s by selling several key assets to pay off significant debt. After replacing management in 1993, the company began a decade of acquiring producing properties. Since 2002, Earthstone Energy has posted multiple profitable quarters and has reinvested cash into exploration drilling.

Excelerate Energy, L.P is an importer and marketer of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Based in Spring, Texas, it offers regasification services and a developer of market access points around the world. The company is one of the leaders in providing offshore LNG solutions. It also offers Excelerate GasNet, a logistic service connecting LNG suppliers and customers, which reduces the cost of both. Excelerate Energy, L.P has a fleet of proprietary Energy Bridge Regasification Vessels (EBRV) that involves the use of carriers for the transportation and vaporization of LNG through specially designed offshore and near shore receiving facilities. Additionally, the company has developed Gateways and GasPorts technology. It has also developed and implemented the first commercially viable program of LNG transshipment via ship-to-ship transfer.