Brooks Michael Shughart

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

First Reserve Management LP (First Reserve) is a private equity firm founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Forest Oil Corp. is an independent oil and gas company, engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of natural gas and liquids in the United States and selected international locations. The company's reserves and operational areas are in the Texas Panhandle, the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas, and the Ark-La-Tex area. Its core operational areas consist of drilling projects that have exposure to oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. Forest Oil was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Lazard Freres & Co. LLC provides corporate advisory, capital market, and asset management services. The company was founded on April 13, 1992 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

NFR Energy LLC engages in the acquisition, development, exploitation & exploration of natural gas and oil properties. Its core operating area is comprised of the Haynesville Shale formation and the Cotton Valley Sand formation in East Texas. The firm has operations in Colorado, Texas & Montana. The company was founded on July 2006 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Kipp, Inc. is a private company that specializes in manufacturing and distributing a variety of industrial products such as adjustable handles, indexing plungers, spring plungers, toggle clamps, pull handles, hinges, latches, and more. The company is based in Stevensville, MI and has subsidiaries in Germany.

KrisEnergy Holdings Ltd. provides oil and gas exploration services. It engages in acquiring grassroots exploration blocks, undeveloped discoveries and producing assets. The firm seeks to mitigate risk and defray costs by farming out to third parties all or a portion of the exploration drilling costs. The company was founded by Keith Gordon Cameron, Richard Allan Lorentz and Christopher Gibson-Robinson in 2009 and is headquartered in Singapore.