David R. Scharf

Gas Processors Association operates an association that creates industry standards for processing natural gas technology and procedures. The private company is based in Tulsa, OK.

FTN Equity Capital Markets Corp., formerly FTN Midwest Securities Corp., is an institutional equity research, sales and trading firm headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. They provide institutional investors with bottom-up, fundamental research on domestic companies in a broad array of industries including consumer, health care, manufacturing, business services, technology and financial services. The firm is also a full-service investment banking firm offering equity and debt underwriting and mergers and acquisition services. FTN Equity Capital Markets Corp is a registered broker/dealer and a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Tennessee Bank NA, which is owned by First Horizon National Corp. (NYSE: FHN). The firm is a member of the NASD and the SIPC.

Kinder Morgan Kansas, Inc. was a pipeline transportation and storage company based in North America. Its pipelines transported natural gas, refined petroleum products, crude oil, carbon dioxide and other products and terminals stored petroleum products, chemicals and handle bulk materials like coal and petroleum coke. The company was founded on May 18, 1927 and was headquartered in Houston, TX.

North Dakota Petroleum Council, Inc. operates as a non-profit organization. It provides governmental relations support to the companies it represents who are involved in all aspects of the oil and gas industry. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Bismark, ND.