R. Graham Whaling

Part of Chevron Corp., Monterey Resources, Inc. is a company that produces and develops oil and natural gas. The company is based in Bakersfield, CA. Monterey Resources was acquired by Texaco, Inc. on November 05, 1997 for $1,103.08 million.

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.

aPriori Capital Partners LP (aPriori Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1985 by Susan C. Schnabel and Colin Taylor. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Laredo Energy develops natural gas reserves. The company is in the process of acquiring leases and drilling wells based on approximately 1,100 square miles of 3-D seismic data. The company was founded by Scott G. Stevenson, Glenn D. Hart and Steven B. Jaques in October 2001 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Avista Capital Holdings LP (Avista Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Steven Webster and Thompson Dean. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Ryder Scott Co. LP is an oil and gas engineering and geological consulting company based in Houston, TX with subsidiaries in the United States. The private company performs enhanced recovery studies, feasibility reports, fluid injection project designs, horizontal drilling studies, and evaluates oil and gas properties. The company also provides expert witness testimony and technical research & analysis to assist in the preparation of legal cases. Ryder Scott's mission is to provide independent and expert guidance to their clients with the utmost professionalism and integrity, while their vision is to be the preferred oil and gas engineering and geological consultants, known worldwide for quality, reliability, and integrity.

Parkman Whaling LLC operates as an independent investment bank and financial advisory firm focused on the energy industry. The company was founded by Graham R. Whalin and James E. Parkman in 1989 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.