RECORD OF EXCELLENCE

“Top-Performing Colorado Energy Stock for 2008”

(Denver Post Newspaper, January 1, 2009)

“Top-Performing 25 Stocks of the Past 25 Years”

(USA Today, April 16, 2007)
Number 17

“200 Best Small Companies”

(Forbes Magazine)
103^rd in 2008
74^th in 2006
14^th in 2004
89^th in 2001

“100 Fastest Growing Small Companies”

(Fortune Small Business Magazine)
23^rd in 2006
39^th in 2005
47^th in 2004
47^th in 2003

“Profitability Per Unit of Production”

Worldwide Oil and Gas (John S. Herold, Inc.)
10^th in 2004
14^th in 2003
8^th in 2002

“Finding and Development Costs”

Three-Year Average - U.S. (John S. Herold, Inc.)
14^th in 2004
25^th in 2003