Clayton Williams Energy

Former Texas gubernatorial candidate Clayton Williams once devoted his energy to politics. Now he's devoted to the independent oil and gas firm that he founded. Clayton Williams Energy explores for oil and gas deposits primarily in Louisiana, New Mexico, and Texas and exploits those resources. In 2010 the company reported proved reserves of 51.1 million barrels of oil equivalent, located mainly in the Permian Basin and South Texas. It has stakes in 6,790 gross producing oil and gas wells and 1 million gross undeveloped acres. It also operates 108 miles of gas pipeline and a small natural gas processing infrastructure in Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Texas.