The Magazine

Cover

April 2013

Cover Story
Feature

  • 4Q VALUATION BLUES

    Most people involved in the A&D market are aware of the adage that the fourth quarter of each year is ...

  • THE PERMIAN WOLFCAMP

    The Permian Basin contains multiple unconventional shale and tight-oil formations being developed using a variety of techniques.

    The Wolfcamp shale ...

  • A REDEFINING PURPOSE

    Turning nouns into verbs is a trend that seems to be catching on more and more, and the same is ...

  • CUTTING DEALS IN CANADA

    A captive of its own success, the oil and gas industry in North America is looking for a way to ...

  • HIGH GROWTH TIMES AT BHP BILLITON

    BHP Billiton Petroleum is the Houston-based, global oil and gas arm of the world’s largest mining company, BHP Billiton, headquartered ...

  • GOING DEEP IN THE ANADARKO

    Oil and gas operators are solving the Anadarko Basin’s geologic and engineering puzzle one layer at a time, moving the ...

  • SHALE-GAS GOES TO COLLEGE

    It is often said there is no use arguing politics or religion, because the facts will take a back seat ...

  • REDUCING JVs’ ANTITRUST RISK

    Energy companies frequently enter into collaborative ventures with their competitors. There are many legitimate reasons for such joint arrangements. But ...

  • MEET A MIDSTREAM REIT

    Call it a midstream makeover. An affiliate of Tortoise Capital Advisors is breaking new ground by transforming an energy business ...

  • FINANCING STRATEGIES

    With its planned $4.3-billion acquisition of Berry Petroleum Co., Linn Energy LLC has launched its strategy for CCorp acquisitions and ...
From The Editor-In-Chief

  • POST HASTE

    In the post-dinner scene, players retire to the lounge to sip a leisurely glass of wine. In the post-war era, ...
Completions

  • CHECK THE BAROMETER

    One of the barometers of upstream activity—pressure pumping utilization—sank in 2012, as low natural gas prices choked drilling in some ...
E&P Momentum

  • LONG LIVE THE BARNETT

    Did Barnett shale production peak in 2011? That intriguing question is a side issue to a recently completed, comprehensive University ...
Bright Spots

  • MEET NIK SOLICH

    Who better to learn the world of A&D from than Thurmon Andress, managing director of BreitBurn Energy Partners? That is ...
Legends

  • CHATTING WITH ERNIE COCKRELL

    Ernest H. Cockrell is chairman of Cockrell Interests LLC in Houston, which includes oil and gas, investment, ranching, and farming ...
At Closing

  • THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING

    We say goodbye to Aubrey Kerr McClendon, the co-founder, former chairman and now former chief executive of Chesapeake Energy Corp., ...