One of the four companies and examples of their exceptional performance during fiscal year 2006:

ConocoPhillips

ConocoPhillips submitted more than 1.5 million transactions of royalty and production data during Fiscal Year 2006 and paid approximately $540 million in royalties to the MMS. The company demonstrated quality performance by submitting electronic reports and payments with a royalty reporting accuracy rate of 99.2 percent, and a production reporting accuracy rate of 98.5 percent. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, ConocoPhillips conducts operations in more than 40 countries.