API is the largest national trade association representing all aspects of America's oil and natural gas industry.

Kelcy L. Warren is Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Energy Transfer LP, and has been a leader in the energy industry for nearly 40 years. Mr. Warren co-founded Energy Transfer in 1996, which began as a small intrastate natural gas pipeline operator and is now one of the largest and most diversified publicly traded energy companies in the industry. Today, the Energy Transfer family of partnerships includes Energy Transfer LP, Sunoco LP, and USA Compression Partners, LP.

Lynn heads the department responsible for oil and gas regulation in North Dakota.

The North Dakota Petroleum Council is a trade association representing oil producers and service companies active in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and throughout the Williston Basin.

Denbury is an independent oil and natural gas company with operations focused in the Gulf Coast and Rocky Mountain regions. Denbury’s primary corporate strategy and focus are aimed at developing significant stranded reserves of American oil from depleted reservoirs through CO2 EOR.

Crestwood owns and operates midstream assets located primarily in the Bakken Shale, Delaware Basin, Powder River Basin, Marcellus Shale, Barnett Shale and Fayetteville Shale.

Encana has a multi-basin portfolio with scale, anchored by large, contiguous positions in the heart of the Permian and Anadarko basins, and the Montney. Encana also holds positions in several high-quality plays, including the Bakken, Duvernay, Eagle Ford and Uinta basins.