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Magazine - May 2008

Many North American E&Ps that ventured abroad in the 1990s are exiting and reinvesting the proceeds at home. Here are some, and why.


FEATURES
Appalachian Shales

Lower Huron and Marcellus Devonian gas shales are invigorating the Appalachian Basin, the world’s original producing province.

North Slope Newcomers

Northernmost Alaska is offering new explorationists wonderful promises and breathtaking challenges.

Fayetteville Give and Take

As Southwestern Energy Co. steps up its well count in Arkansas, it has stepped up its support of communities in and around its Fayetteville shale play.

Gomez in the Gulf

Houston-based ATP Oil & Gas Corp. has created a valuable asset out of a marginal deepwater field in the Gulf of Mexico. The Gomez Field is in approximately 3,000 feet of water on Mississippi Canyon Block 711.

Diminishing Frac Returns

Recent additions to pressure-pumping capacity have significantly reduced the pricing power oilfield-service companies once enjoyed.

Haynesville 101

The Haynesville shale play, quietly explored by Chesapeake Energy Corp. and others, has erupted in recent weeks as the hot new U.S. gas target. Here are the preliminary facts.

Management Noting the 'Triple Bottom Line'

Management and board members are increasingly noting that sustainability reporting is the future of good corporate governance.

NEWSWELL
SPECIAL REPORTS
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FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Celebrating Crummy Rock

How about unconventional oil?

COMPLETIONS
LNG Immunization

A weaker U.S. dollar is keeping the LNG away.

TRENDS & ANALYSIS
Well-Intervention Report

It seems to pay more to be an unconventional-gas player, according to new research.

CAPITAL MARKETS
Top 10 Credit Issues

Here are the Top 10 oil and gas industry trends that will affect credit quality in 2008.

M&A TRENDS
Regional Spotlight: Ark-La-Tex
R/P Analysis: MLP vs. C-Corp
EVENTS
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E&P MOMENTUM
Horizontal Stimulation

Three Texas Panhandle, Ark-La-Tex and Appalachia formations have uncommonly fine responses to multiple stimulations in horizontal wells.

EXPLORATION HIGHLIGHTS
Eastern U.S.

Highlights from Wayne County, Mich., New York's Yates County and more.

Western U.S.

Discoveries near the Prudhoe Bay in Alaska, and Froid in Montana.

Gulf Coast

Explorations from Anderson County and Hidalgo County, Texas, and much more.

International Highlights

Highlights include Canada, Brazil and India.

NEW FINANCINGS
See recent financings
COMPANY BRIEFS
Contango May Sell Dutch, Mary Rose
Energy XXI, Plains join in Blackbeard
TECHNOLOGY REPORT
BRIGHT SPOTS
Meet Todd Zehnder

PetroQuest Energy’s Todd Zehnder has quickly moved up the E&P executive ladder.

LEGENDS
Chatting with Sandy McCormick

Sandy McCormick is back, this time as chairman of Rimrock Energy LLC.

AT CLOSING
Gas Outlook Brightens

Several factors are making the outlook for U.S. natural gas prices more attractive, heading into the summer.