Duane F. Baumert

Synergy Technologies Corp. through its subsidiaries acquires and develops mineral, oil and gas resources. The company converts natural gas and other fossil fuels into hydrogen and carbon monoxide, referred to as synthetic gas or syngas, for use in a variety of applications. This process can also be used to extract hydrogen from hydrocarbon feedstocks for use as fuel for fuel cells and to separate hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide for use in the refining process. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Alberta, Canada.

Union Carbide Corp. engages in the production of chemicals and polymers. The firm operates through the following geographical segments: United States, Asia Pacific and Rest of the World. Its products include polyethylene and polypropylene, ethylene glycol, isopropanol, ethyleneamines, biocides, surfactants, deicing and anti-icing fluids, amines, solution vinyl resins and polyethylene glycols. The company was founded on November 1, 1917 and is headquartered in Seadrift, TX.