Fred James Smith

The Willis Group LLC provides business consulting, staffing, and information technology management services. The firm focuses on assisting clients in their organizational and process improvement, talent acquisition and alignment, resourcing, and career enhancement. Its service areas include data discovery and privacy, financial consulting, document management, business intelligence, project management, and consultative resourcing. The company was founded by Mark A. Willis in 1997 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Sirius Solutions LLLP provides business consulting services. The company specializes in compliance, financial reporting, technology solutions, energy consulting areas. The firm serves the agriculture, banking, biotechnology, capital markets, chemicals, commodity trading, construction, consumer services, and entertainment industries. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Magnum Hunter Production, Inc. provides oil exploration and drilling services. The company also provides evaluation of geological and geophysical information. It provides services to non-operators and other industry partners. Magnum Hunter Production is headquartered in Irving, TX

Triad Hunter LLC explores for oil and natural gas. The company is headquartered in Marietta¸OH.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

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.

Davis Petroleum Corp. provides private oil and gas exploration, development and production services. The firm specializes in drilling, completions, production operations, pipelines, and marketing staff. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Founded in 2004, KA Fund Advisors LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Houston, Texas. The firm is a subsidiary of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP and their ultimate parent is Kayne Anderson Investment Management, Inc. KA Fund Advisors manages investments for pension and profit sharing plans and other pooled investment vehicles, including hedge funds. They manage the KA First Reserve LLC

California Institute of Technology provides education focusing on science, engineering, academia, business, and public service. The company was founded in 1891 and it is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

Lucas Energy Partners LLC (Lucas Energy Ventures) is a private equity/venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Lucas Capital Management LLC founded in 2004 by Russell James Lucas. The firm is headquartered in Red Bank, US.

Howard Midstream Energy Partners LLC owns and operates natural gas pipelines. The firm also offers gathering, treating and compression, processing, marketing, stabilization, and rail, terminals, and storage services. The company was founded by Brad Bynum and J. Michael Howard in 2011 and is headquartered in San Antonio, TX.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

PetroCloud LLC offers cloud based oilfield automation and monitoring products for the oil and gas industry that enables its customers to remotely access, view, and control its oil well location and equipment using its mobile phone or computer. The firm system utilizes a proprietary cloud platform and 3G, 4G/LTE technology to enable 2 way communications with field devices, gauges and sensors. The company was founded BY White Lance in 2012 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

Howard Midstream Partners LP owns, operates, develops and acquires midstream energy infrastructure assets in North America. It operates through the following segments: Natural Gas and Liquids. The Natural Gas segment includes five natural gas gathering systems located in South Texas and northeastern Pennsylvania and a cryogenic natural gas processing plant and related infrastructure located in South Texas. Liquids segment includes NGL handling and processing services. The company was founded on November 2, 2016 and is headquartered in San Antonio, TX.

Catalyst Midstream Partners LLC operates as a joint venture company between the affiliates of Howard Energy Partners LLC and WPX Energy Inc. The company is headquartered in San Antonio, TX.

P.O. & G. Resources LP explores oil and gas assets. The company was founded by Steven A. Pfeifer in 1999 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Part of Arco Alaska, Inc., Arco Oil & Gas Co. is a company that produces and sells oil and gas. The company is based in Plano, 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.

Hall-Houston Exploration Partners LLC provides geophysical, geological, and other exploration services for oil and gas. The private company is based in Houston, TX.

The Independent Petroleum Association of America manufactures oil and natural gas. The non-profit company is based in Washington. Barry Russell has been the CEO of the American company since 1980.