William Buese

QEP Resources, Inc. engages in the exploration and production of oil and natural gas properties. It focuses in the Northern Region primarily in North Dakota, Wyoming and Utah, and the Southern Region primarily in Texas and Louisiana geographical regions. The company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

MarkWest Energy Partners LP engages in the business of gathering, processing and transportation of natural gas; the transportation, fractionation, storage and marketing of natural gas liquids; and the gathering and transportation of crude oil. It operates through four segments: Marcellus, Utica, Northeast and Southwest. The Southwest segment includes the operations of processing facilities in Corpus Christi, Texas. The Northeast segment assets include the Kenova, Boldman, Cobb, Kermit and the Langley natural gas processing complexes, NGL pipeline and Siloam NGL fractionation facility. The Marcellus segment includes gathering, processing and fractionation infrastructure in the liquids-rich area of the Marcellus Shale The Utica segment provides fractionation services. The company was founded in January 2002 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.