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Sable Island, a low, 44-kilometer-long strip of sand lying some 300 kilometers southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, has a fearsome FEATURES
LONG-DISTANCE RUNNER
Born on a farm in Carstairs some 35 miles northwest of Calgary, Gwyn Morgan grew up not so much counting ...
PLYING A NEW NICHE
One of the most intriguing challenges for investors in the know is how to identify the next Pennaco, or the ...
E-HELP OR HYPE?
During the past year, a tidal wave of e-commerce companies has flooded the energy industry with promises to revolutionize the ...
TWO DOWN,...
Mergers between drilling contractors are notoriously difficult to arrange, but Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. seems to have the process down ...
SEEKING PEARLS
For the North American energy company on the prowl, seeking natural gas reserves especially, the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin is ... NEWSWELL
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FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
DEBATE THE POSSIBILITIES, NOT FANTASIES
When will well-meaning, smart people give up and admit that it is not possible to orchestrate a sane world oil ... COMPLETIONS
WHAT WE DID THIS SUMMER
A là The Perfect Storm, the bestseller and this summer's blockbuster movie, exploration editor Peggy Williams and photo editor Lowell ... TRENDS AND ANALYSIS
Triton Energy Ltd. (NYSE-OIL)
"We are initiating coverage of Triton Energy with a Strong Buy rating and a 12-month stock price target of $60 ...
Marine Drilling Cos. Inc. (NYSE-MRL)
With the company's strong exposure to the Gulf of Mexico, Marine Drilling provides the highest leverage of any offshore driller ... E&P MOMENTUM
EXPLORATION HIGHLIGHTS
GULF COAST
1 An Eocene Wilcox discovery made by Devon Energy Production Co. LP, Portland, Texas, in Zapata County, Texas, yielded a ...
MIDCONTINENT & PERMIAN BASIN
1 Four discoveries and a confirmation test, all completed producing gas from Mississippian, are in Comanche County, Kan., reports IHS ...
WESTERN U.S.
1 Seitel Inc., Houston, says its wholly owned subsidiary, DDD Energy, has participated in a gas discovery on the Tonga ...
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
Worldwide offshore production already depends heavily on floating production units, and a recent study by Roger Read at Houston-based Simmons ...
NORTHEAST/SOUTHEAST
1 Pioneer Oil Co. Inc., Lawrenceville, Ill., and partner Jones Oil Co. are moving in rotary tools to drill the ... NEW FINANCINGS
EQUITY
Oil States International Inc. (to be NYSE: OIS), Houston, has registered an initial public offering of common stock with the ...
DEBT
Tengasco Inc. (Amex: TGC), Knoxville, Tenn., and its Tengasco Pipeline Corp. subsidiary lined up $5.6 million of financing with a ... COMPANY BRIEFS
ING Barings: 18; Prudential: -18
ING Barings, the corporate and investment banking arm of ING Group, has hired 18 energy team members away from Prudential ...
Anadarko, Alberta Energy hedge Far North bets
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and Alberta Energy Co. Ltd. essentially are hedging their bets in an exchange of Arctic properties that ...
PanCanadian buying E&P assets of Montana Power
PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd., Calgary, emerged as top bidder for Butte, Mont.-based Montana Power Co.'s oil and gas assets, offering C$702 ...
Additional briefs
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. and R&B Falcon Corp. are merging, which will form the world's third-largest oilfield service company-behind ...
E-commerce briefs...
Applied Terravision Systems Inc. is being purchased by a Canadian subsidiary of The Petroleum Place Inc., Denver, for C$105 ...
International Briefs
Shares of Petroleos Brasileiro SA are now trading on the New York Stock Exchange as American Depositary Receipts as ... ON THE MONEY
CAN CANADIANS DRILL ENOUGH GAS?
Last October, our cover story featured the surge in natural gas prices and drilling activity in western Canada, and the ... EDITORS COMMENT
HEADLINES
COMPANIES IN THIS ISSUE
Companies in This Issue
3Tec Energy Corp. 72 A.G. Edwards & Sons 15 ABB 54, 94 Abrahms National Bank 84 Abraxas Petroleum Corp. 75 AEC Oil & Gas (USA) ... |
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