Since we were founded in 1989, our management team has guided the company through various operational and industry challenges and extremes of natural gas and oil prices to create the second-largest producer of natural gas in the U.S., the 11th largest producer of oil and natural gas liquids, most active driller of new wells in the U.S., substantial marketing and oilfield service companies, an employer of more than 13,500 employees currently and an indirect employer of tens of thousands more, with an enterprise value of approximately $35 billion as of November 1, 2012.
The company takes pride in the innovative and aggressive implementation of its business strategy and strives to be as entrepreneurial today as it has been in its past. We have maintained an unusually flat organizational structure as we have grown to help ensure that important information travels rapidly through the company, and decisions are made and implemented quickly.