Mr. Netherland currently serves as Chairman of the Board of FMC Technologies. Mr. Netherland served as Chief Executive Officer of FMC Technologies from 2001 to March 2007, when he retired as an executive officer of the Company. Mr. Netherland was President of FMC Technologies from 2001 to February 2006. Previously, Mr. Netherland served as a director of FMC Corporation from 1998 to 2001 and as Executive Vice President of FMC Corporation from 1998 until his appointment as President. Mr. Netherland was the General Manager of FMC Corporation's Energy and Transportation Group from 1992 to 2001. Mr. Netherland became General Manager of FMC Corporation's former Petroleum Equipment Group and General Manager of its former Specialized Machinery Group in 1985 and 1989, respectively. He serves on the Boards of Directors of the American Petroleum Institute, the Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association and Newfield Exploration Company. Mr. Netherland is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Department of Engineering at Texas A&M University.

Mr. Burguieres has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EMC Holdings, LLC since 2000. Mr. Burguieres is Vice Chairman of the Houston Texans, and is Chairman Emeritus of Weatherford International. From 1981 to 1989, Mr. Burguieres served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cameron Iron Works, Inc. Mr. Burguieres served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Weatherford International from 1991 to 1997. Mr. Burguieres currently serves as a director of Newfield Exploration Company and JP Morgan Chase Texas.

Mr. Bowlin served as Chairman of Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) from 1995 until his retirement in April 2000 and as its Chief Executive Officer from July 1994 until his retirement. From 1992 until his election to Chief Executive Officer of ARCO in 1994, Mr. Bowlin served as Executive Vice President and then as President and Chief Operating Officer of ARCO. Mr. Bowlin joined ARCO in 1969 and became President of ARCO Coal Company in 1985. Mr. Bowlin served as Senior Vice President, from 1987 to 1992, and President, from 1992 to 1993, of ARCO International Oil and Gas Company. Mr. Bowlin serves on the Board of Directors of Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. Mr. Bowlin is a director of the University of North Texas Foundation and is a former Chairman of the Board of the American Petroleum Institute.

Ms. Devine served as President and Managing Director of ExxonMobil Corporation's Norwegian affiliate, ExxonMobil Norway, Inc., from 1996 to 2000. Prior to the merger of ExxonMobil, she served as Secretary of Mobil Corporation from 1994 to 1996. From 1990 to 1994, Ms. Devine managed Mobil's international government relations. From 2000 to 2003, Ms. Devine was a Fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Prior to joining Mobil, Ms. Devine served 15 years in the United States government in positions at the White House, the American Embassy in Paris, France, and the U.S. Department of Justice. Ms. Devine serves on the Board of Directors of Det Norske Veritas (DNV), the Washington Jesuit Academy, and the National Foreign Language Center. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

A resident of Washington, D.C., Ms. Devine's prior energy industry experience includes serving 12 years in executive positions at Exxon Mobil Corporation, including Chairman, President and Managing Director of Mobil Exploration Norway and Corporate Secretary of Mobil Corporation. Prior to joining ExxonMobil, she served 15 years in the U.S. government in positions at the White House, the American Embassy in Paris and the U.S. Department of Justice.

In addition to the DNV Board, Ms. Devine serves on the Board of Directors of Independence Air, Inc., a regional airline that serves the Eastern and Midwestern United States. She also served as a Fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs from 2000 to 2003.

Mr. Hamilton served as the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of EEX Corporation from January 1997 until his retirement in November 2002. From 1992 to 1997, Mr. Hamilton served as Executive Vice President of Pennzoil Company and as President of Pennzoil Exploration and Production Company. Mr. Hamilton was a director of BP Exploration, where he served as Chief Executive Officer of the Frontier and International Operating Company of BP Exploration from 1989 to 1991 and as the General Manager for East Asia/Australia/Latin America from 1988 to 1989. From 1985 to 1988, he held the position of Senior Vice President of Exploration at Standard Oil Company, prior to its merger with BP. Mr. Hamilton serves on the Board of Directors of TODCO.

Peter D. Kinnear is the President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of FMC Technologies, Inc., a leading global provider of technology solutions for the energy industry and other industrial markets. FMC Technologies designs, manufactures and services a broad range of products and services that create solutions for customers worldwide and generate $3.8 billion in revenues. FMC Technologies employs approximately 12,000 people at 33 manufacturing facilities in 19 countries.

Mr. Kinnear served as President and Chief Operating Officer of FMC Technologies, Inc. from March 2006 to March 2007. Mr. Kinnear served as Executive Vice President of the Energy Systems business segment from March 2004 to February 2006. Mr. Kinnear has served as Vice President of FMC Technologies since February 2001 and previously as Vice President of FMC Corporation prior to the spin-off of FMC Technologies as a separate independent company in June, 2001 traded on the NYSE under the symbol "FTI".

He joined FMC in 1971 as a Business Planner for FMC's Machinery Group. In 1972 he transferred to Houston as Manager of Business Development for the Wellhead Division. From 1975-1979 he managed FMC's Wellhead business unit in the Far East living in Singapore, Republic of Singapore. He became Global Wellhead Operations Manager in 1982. He became Division Manager of FMC's Fluid Control Division in 1985, Division Manager of its Wellhead Equipment Division in 1992 and General Manager of its Petroleum Equipment and Subsea Systems Division in 1994.

Mr. Kinnear received his bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering in 1969 from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He then completed his MBA at the University of Chicago in 1971 and joined FMC Corporation in Chicago upon graduation.

He currently serves on the boards of Tronox, Incorporated (NYSE: TRX), the Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association and the National Association of Manufacturers. Mr. Kinnear also serves on the Board of Trustees of Spindletop International and on the Policy Committee of the American Petroleum Institute.

Mr. Larsen served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Saga Petroleum ASA from January 1979 until his retirement in May 1998. He served as President of Sagapart a.s. (limited) in 1973 and from 1976 as Vice President (Economy and Finance) of Saga Petroleum. From 1966 to 1973, Mr. Larsen was a manager of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association. Mr. Larsen is currently Chairman of the Board of Belships ASA and Vice Chairman of the Board of Saga Fjordbase AS. Mr. Larsen is also a member of the Board of Selvaag Gruppen AS and of the Board of DONG Energy AS (Copenhagen) and a member of its Audit Committee.

Mr. Mooney served as Délégué Général—North America, Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux from March 2000 until his retirement in March 2001. From 1994 to 2000, Mr. Mooney was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nalco Chemical Company. He serves on the Boards of Directors of FMC Corporation, The Northern Trust Company, Cabot Microelectronics Corporation and PolyOne Corporation.

Mr. Pattarozzi served as Vice President of Shell Oil Company from March 1999 until his retirement in January 2000. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer for both Shell Deepwater Development, Inc. and Shell Deepwater Production, Inc. from 1995 until 1999. Mr. Pattarozzi serves on the Boards of Directors of Global Industries, Ltd., Stone Energy Corporation, Tidewater, Inc. and Superior Energy Services, Inc.

Mr. Ringler currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Teradata Corporation. Mr. Ringler served as Vice Chairman of Illinois Tool Works Inc. until his retirement in 2004. Prior to joining Illinois Tool Works, he was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Premark International, Inc. from October 1996 until Premark merged with Illinois Tool Works in November 1999. Mr. Ringler joined Premark in 1990 and served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer until 1996. From 1986 to 1990, he was President of White Consolidated Industries' Major Appliance Group, and from 1982 to 1986, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of The Tappan Company. Prior to joining The Tappan Company in 1976, Mr. Ringler was a consulting manager with Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Ringler serves on the Boards of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company, Corn Products International, Inc. and Autoliv Inc.

Governor Thompson served as the Chairman of the Chicago law firm of Winston & Strawn LLP from January 1993 to September 2006. He joined the firm in January 1991 after serving four terms as Governor of the State of Illinois. Prior to his terms as Governor, he served as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois from 1971-1975. Governor Thompson served as the Chief of the Department of Law Enforcement and Public Protection in the Office of the Attorney General of Illinois, as an Associate Professor at Northwestern University School of Law and as an Assistant State's Attorney of Cook County. Governor Thompson was a member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9/11 Commission). He is the Chairman of the United HEREIU Public Review Board and serves on the Boards of Directors of FMC Corporation, Navigant Consulting Group, Inc. and Maximus, Inc