Mark N. Witt

Part of The Southern Co., Virginia Gas Co. explores for, produces, gathers, stores and distributes natural gas. The company is based in Abingdon, VA. Virginia Gas was acquired by NUI Corp., part of The Southern Co. on March 28, 2001 for $21.27 million.

Part of Enron Dissolution Corp., Enron Capital & Trade Resources Corp. explores oil and gas. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN.

GFI Oil & Gas Corp. provides oil and gas exploration services. It has operations in Thailand, Indonesia, and the United States. The company operates as a subsidiary of Salamander Energy Plc. GFI Oil & Gas was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Mainland Resources, Inc. engages in the exploration of oil and gas resources. Its projects include: Buena Vista, Haynesville and Shale Gas. Mainland Resources was founded on May 12, 2006 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, TX.

Greenfields Petroleum Corp. operates as an oil and natural gas exploration and development company. It focuses on the development and production of proven oil and gas reserves in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The company was founded by Richard E. MacDougal and Alex T. Warmath on November 28, 2007 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Prospect Capital Corp., a traded business development company invests in middle market companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies operating across a broad range of sectors. It provides debt and equity financing for buyout, growth, development, and recapitalization. It acts as a co-investor and takes controlling interest.

Biocleave Ltd. develops and sells microbial technology for the production of renewable chemicals and biofuels. It also provides biobutanol and other C4 chemical products. The firm also engages in microbiology and metabolic engineering through fermentation and commercial production scale. Its products include biobutanol chemicals and fuel, acetone, and butyric acid. The company was founded by Edward M. Green in 2003 and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.