Paul L. Howes

American Petroleum Institute (API) is the only national trade association that represents all aspects of America's oil and natural gas industry. Its more than 400 corporate members, from the largest major oil company to the smallest of independents, come from all segments of the industry. They are producers, refiners, suppliers, pipeline operators and marine transporters, as well as service and supply companies that support all segments of the industry.

Newpark Drilling Fluids LLC provides field drilling fluid systems. The firm's products include DeepDrill, CyberDrill, and FlexDrill systems. It offers products for the subsea oil and gas industry. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Brentwood, TN.

The National Association of Manufacturers is an organization that works for the success of over 12.9 million people who are involved in manufacturing. The non-profit company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. The American company's work is based on four core values that drive the industry. The company commissioned a study in August 2015, which found that the EPA's proposed ozone rule could reduce GDP by $140 billion. The CEO of the company is Jay Timmons.

Astaris LLC is a customer-focused supplies phosphorus chemicals, phosphoric acid, and phosphate salts producing a complete line of phosphorus and derivative products in the industry. Astaris' focus is on quality and rapid response to customers' changing needs, hence the company’s tag line 'Quality Products, Exceptional Response.Astaris owns and operates facilities in Carondelet (St. Louis), Missouri; Carteret, New Jersey; Lawrence, Kansas; Ontario California; and Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil. In addition, Astaris sourcing operations are located in Cajati, Brazil; Pensacola, Florida; Sauget, Illinois; and Soda Springs, Idaho. Research facilities are located in Webster Groves, Missouri

Flint Ink is one of the world’s largest privately-owned manufacturer of top quality inks and coatings for publication, packaging, commercial, UV/EB and digital printing applications.

Talkroute, Inc. operates as a cloud hosted virtual phone manager. It unifies existing phone and service provides under one system. The company was founded by Paul L. Howes and is headquartered in Venice, CA.