Jon Marshall

Global Marine, Inc. provides offshore drilling and management services. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

GlobalSantaFe Corp. is one of the leaders in the contract drilling industry. It provides offshore oil and gas drilling and drilling management services. It owns and operates about 61 marine drilling rigs, including premium and heavy-duty, harsh-environment jackups, semi submersibles and dynamically positioned ultra-deepwater drillships, as well as two semi submersibles operated for third parties under a joint venture agreement. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Noble Corp. Plc engages in the provision offshore drilling services for oil and gas industry. It focuses on a balanced fleet of floating and jackup rigs and the deployment of drilling rigs in oil and gas basins around the world. The company was founded by Lloyd Noble and Art Olson in 1921 and is headquartered in Sugar Land, TX.

Fluid Imaging Technologies, Inc. engages in the manufacture of particle analysis instrumentation based on digital imaging technology. Its products include FlowCam, which automated particle analysis instrument to use digital imaging for measuring size and shape of microscopic particles in a fluid medium. The company was founded by Chris Sieracki in 1999 and is headquartered in Scarborough, ME.

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.

Part of Transocean Ltd., Challenger Minerals, Inc. operates an oil and gas development and production company. The private company is based in Houston, TX.