John C. Eads

Part of Chesapeake Energy Corp., Hugoton Energy Corp. is a company that explores for and produces oil and gas. The company is based in Wichita, KS. The company was founded by Floyd C. Wilson, William M. Johnson. Hugoton Energy was acquired by Chesapeake Energy Corp. on March 11, 1998 for $174.08 million.

TCW Asset Management Co. LLC (TCW) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1992 and is wholly-owned by The TCW Group, Inc. In 2013, TCW management and private investment funds affiliated with The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) acquired TCW Group from Société Générale. TCW provides investment management and advice for a wide array of investment strategies for institutional and individual investors through investment advisory accounts, private open- and closed-end commingled investment funds and structured investment vehicles such as collateralized debt obligations.

Koch Industries, Inc. engages in the manufacture and trade of chemical products. It operates in variety of industries such as polymers and fibers, fertilizers, electronics, automotive components, forest and consumer products, minerals, glass, process and pollution control systems, refining and biofuels, commodity trading, investments, and ranching. The company was founded by Frederick Chase Koch in 1940 and is headquartered in Wichita, KS.

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.

Part of Occidental Petroleum Corp., Placid Oil Co. is a company that deals with fuel oil and oil & gas production. The company is based in Dallas, TX. Placid Oil was acquired by Occidental Petroleum Corp. on December 30, 1994 for $250 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.

SWEPI LP engages in crude oil exploration. The company is headquartered in Sewickley, PA.

Denham Capital Management LP (Denham Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2004 by Stuart Denham Porter, Riaz Qamar Siddiqi and Carl John Tricoli. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Plantation Energy Australia Pty Ltd. manufactures and exports densified biomass fuel pellets and industrial grade fuel pallet. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Nedlands, Australia.

Connaught Oil & Gas Ltd. engages in the exploration of oil and natural gas. The firm is into international petroleum and natural gas exploration and production with operations in Western Canada, United States, and the United Kingdom. It operates through its wholly owned subsidiaries: Rathlin Energy Ltd. and Rathlin Energy (UK) Ltd. The company was founded on October 15, 2009 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Part of Frontera Energy Corp., Grupo C&C Energia (Brbados) Ltd. engages in the exploration, acquisition, development and production of oil resources. The company is based in St. Michael, Barbados.

Saudi Aramco Products Trading Co. engages in trading of petroleum products. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Tremont Master Holdings Co. provides investment advice services. It invests in African mining assets across all stages of the mining project life cycle. The company is headquartered in Port Louis, Mauritius.