SGCC was founded on Dec. 29th, 2002 as a pilot state-owned corporation by the State Council. As a backbone state-owned enterprise that may affect national energy safety and economic lifelines, SGCC's core business is to build and operate power grids and provides secure and reliable power supply for the development of the society. With a registered capital of RMB 200 billion yuan and service area covering 26 provinces,autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the jurisdiction of the Central Government which equals to 88% of the national territory. SGCC carries out the president responsibility system. The president is the legal corporate representative of SGCC. By the end of 2005, SGCC accumulated a total asset of RMB1176.7 billion yuan with a debt-asset ratio of 61.96%, and possessed 195,899 km of 220kV and above transmission lines with a transforming capacity up to 616.64 GVA. SGCC has 1.502 million employees and serves 128 million customers. In 2005, SGCC sold electric power up to 1464.6 TWh and achieved an operation income of RMB 721.4 billion yuan with a net profit of RMB14.4 billion yuan profit & tax of RMB 60.4 billion yuan. SGCC was ranked the 40th in the Fortune Global 500 in 2005.

CGG Services SA specializes in engineering and technical studies. The company was founded on January 4, 1996 and is headquartered in Massy, France.

State Grid Shanxi Electric Power Company Taiyuan Power Supply Company, established on 1980-08-04, Business scope includes power supply;Power transmission and transformation equipment and power line installation;Supply the power equipment of this system,Electrical machinery and equipment;Power technical service;power line measurement;Electrical Equipment Inspection,Correction,debugging,repair;Depict;Electric Vehicle Charging Facility Operation;Power engineering survey and design***(Items subject to approval by law,Business activities can only be carried out after approval by relevant departments)

The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System, a subsidiary of The University of Texas at Austin, is an American company located in Austin, TX. The firm oversees college activities.

BGP, Inc. offers geophysical survey and other services. The main business of BGP includes onshore, offshore, TZ seismic data acquisition; seismic data processing and interpretation; reservoir geophysics; borehole seismic surveys and micro-seismic; geophysical research and software development; GME and geo-chemical surveys; geophysical equipment manufacturing and multi-client services. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Zhuozhou, China.

Bell Geospace, Inc. provides three-dimensional full tensor gradient data to the oil and gas market. It offers Air-FTG data measures a three-dimensional gravity field with each individual component facilitating the identification and mapping of subsurface geological complexity. The company was founded by John J. Brett in 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) is an integrated international energy company. Based in China, we have oil and gas assets and interests in over 30 countries in Africa, Central Asia-Russia, South America, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific. CNPC is China's largest oil and gas producer and supplier, as well as one of the world's major oilfield service providers and a globally reputed contractor in engineering construction, with businesses covering petroleum exploration & production, natural gas & pipelines, refining & marketing, oilfield services, engineering construction, petroleum equipment manufacturing and new energy development, as well as capital management, finance and insurance services. - Crude output: 110.33 million tons per year - Natural gas output: 79.86 billion cubic meters per year - Crude oil production: 53% of China's total - Natural gas production: 74% of China's total - Crude runs: 147.16 million tons per year - Domestic service stations: 19,840 - Domestic pipelines: 66,801 kilometers, including 16,369 kilometers for crude oil (nearly 67% of China's total), 40,995 kilometers for natural gas (77% of China's total) and 9,437 kilometers for refined products ( 48% of China's total) - Providing oilfield services and engineering construction in 63 countries around the world.

Shanghai Survey and Design Institute (Group) Co., Ltd., established on 2003-11-27, Business scope includes licensed projects:Various construction activities;Construction engineering design.(Items subject to approval by law,Business activities can only be carried out after approval by relevant departments,The specific business items are subject to the approval documents or licenses of relevant departments) General project:Geotechnical Investigation,design,governance,Hydrogeological survey,engineering survey,test,detection,Geophysical prospecting,Geographic Information Systems Engineering,Geological disaster prevention engineering survey,construction,design,Earthquake Safety Evaluation,Geological Hazard Risk Assessment,Housing Quality Inspection,project consultancy,Computer software and hardware development and sales,Environmental governance engineering,foundation engineering construction,property management,Own house rental.(Except for projects subject to approval by law,Carry out business activities independently in accordance with the law with a business license)

Outotec Oyj engages in the provision of technology solutions and services that supports the entire life cycles of processes, including operation and maintenance. It operates through the following segments: Minerals Processing; and Metals, Energy and Water. The Mineral Processing segment provides suitable mineral processing solutions from pre-feasibility studies to complete plants and life cycle services. The Metal, Energy and Water Segments gives sustainable solutions for metal processing, renewable energy production, and industrial water treatment. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.

The Mosaic Co. engages in the production and marketing of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients. It operates through the following segments: Phosphates, Potash, and Mosaic Fertilizantes. The Phosphates segment is involved in the ownership and operation of mines and production facilities which produce concentrated phosphate crop nutrients and phosphate-based animal feed ingredients, and processing plants which produce concentrated phosphate crop nutrients. The Potash segment includes mining, processing, and selling potash. The Mosaic Fertilizantes segment focuses on mines, chemical plants, crop nutrient blending and bagging facilities, port terminals, and warehouses. The company was founded on March 25, 2004 and is headquartered in Tampa, FL.

Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources is a South Korean private company that provides geoscience research services.

PetroChina Co. Ltd. engages in the petroleum related products, services and activities. It operates through the following business segments: Exploration and Production; Refining and Chemicals; Marketing; Natural Gas and Pipeline; and Head Office and Other. The Exploration and Production segment involves exploration, development, production, and marketing of crude oil and natural gas. The Refining and Chemicals segment focuses on the refining of crude oil and petroleum products, production and marketing of primary petrochemical products, derivative petrochemical products, and other chemical products. The Marketing segment includes marketing of refined products and the trading business. The Natural Gas and Pipeline segment comprises transmission of natural gas, crude oil, and refined products and the sale of natural gas. The Head Office and Other segment relates to cash management and financing activities, the corporate center, research and development, and other business services supporting the operating business segments of the Group. The company was founded on November 5, 1999 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Rigaku Corp. designs and manufactures scientific instruments. Its products include X-ray diffraction instruments, X-ray fluorescence , small angle X-ray scattering , protein crystallography, handheld laser induced breakdown spectrometers, process elemental analyzers, thermal analysis , non-destructive testing, small molecule crystallography, stress analyzers, X-ray imaging, evolved gas analysis, and conductor metrology. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Geonics Ltd. manufactures and designs electromagnetic geophysical instrumentation. It offers conductivity meters, metal detectors, time domain systems, borehole probes, data acquisition, software, and third party software services. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

Komatsu Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of construction and mining equipment, utility devices, forest and industrial machineries. It operates through the following business segments: Construction Machinery and Vehicles, Retail Finance, Industrial Machinery, and Others. The Construction Machinery and Vehicle segment covers machineries for mining, loading, transportation, underground construction, and recycling. It also includes leveling roadbed for machinery, industrial vehicle, engine, other machineries and equipment, casting and logistics. The Retail Finance segment offers sales financing related to construction and mining machineries. The Industrial Machinery and Others segment covers forming and sheet metal machinery, machine tools, defense related, temperature controlled equipment, prefabricated house for business, and semiconductor exposure equipment for excimer laser. The company was founded by Meitaro Takeuchi on March 13, 1921 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Baker Hughes, Inc. is a private company headquartered in Houston, TX. The firm manufactures oilfield equipment.

Powerchina Huadong Engineering Corp. Ltd. is a company headquartered in Hangzhou, China and ultimately controlled by the Government of China, that provides industrial engineering services.

PGS Geophysical AS acquires, processes and provides seismic data. It sells seismic data to oil and gas companies that use this information to explore for hydrocarbon accumulations, to develop new oil and gas fields and to manage those fields in production. The company is headquartered in Lysaker, Norway.