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

XTO Energy Inc.

XTO Energy Inc. submitted more than 137,000 transactions of royalty and production data during the fiscal year and paid approximately $62.7 million in royalties. XTO Energy boasted a royalty reporting accuracy rate of 99.8 percent, and a production reporting accuracy rate of 96.6 percent. Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, XTO Energy Inc. is a domestic natural gas producer with operations throughout Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado, Alaska, Utah and Louisiana.