Tri-Valley Corporation is a publicly traded oil, gas, and mineral exploration and production company. As a deep drilling specialist, Tri-Valley holds the North American record for the longest, fastest single bit run (10,045 feet in 116 hours on its 19,085 foot Ekho No. 1 deep well in the year 2000). The company is engaged in the exploration and development of oil, natural gas, and minerals primarily in California, Nevada, and Alaska. Tri-Valley derives the greater part of its revenue from oil and gas production.

Tri-Valley Corporation was incorporated in Delaware on September 27, 1971, and successfully taken public on January 6, 1972. Tri-Valley Corporation is listed on the NYSE AMEX exchange under the ticker symbol TIV. It is owned by approximately 5,500 shareholders worldwide. Our investors hold approximately 32,987,098 shares of common stock issued and outstanding from an authority of 100 million.

There are six outside directors on Tri-Valley’s seven-person board. The Company’s headquarters, operations, administrative offices and those of its subsidiaries, are all located in Bakersfield, California, USA.

You can find our SEC filings on the SEC's website:
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000022551&owner=include&count=40