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Magazine - July 2000

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FEATURES
ANOTHER SUPER-INDEPENDENT IS BORN

In an all-stock deal to be closed during the third quarter, Devon Energy Corp. and Santa Fe Snyder Corp. will ...

ABOVE THE CROWD

During a period of volatile commodity prices, it's not too much of a reach to imagine a large integrated oil ...

THE ARKOMA BASIN

"U.S. gas markets are headed for a train wreck next winter," says Marshall Adkins. In a recent report, the Raymond ...

SMOOTHER SAILING?

Like a storm-tossed sailor who finally has the home port in sight, most exploration and production companies were seeking a ...

MILLENNIUM MAN

Rick George, president and chief executive officer of Calgary-based Suncor Energy Inc., didn't so much choose the oil patch as ...

NEWSWELL
 
FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
GETTING ALL PUMPED UP

The second half of 2000 is shaping up very well. The federal government wants to help stave off oil production ...

COMPLETIONS
SUCCESS STORIES

This month's issue of Oil and Gas Investor is stuffed with news and analysis of oil and gas producer success-in ...

TRENDS AND ANALYSIS
Grey Wolf Inc. (NYSE-GW)

"Given the growing need for E&P companies to replace reserves and boost their production of natural gas, we expect further ...

Anderson Exploration Ltd. (TSE-AXL)

"Anderson Exploration is one of the more compelling opportunities in our coverage universe because of the company's near- and long-term ...

E&P MOMENTUM
EXPLORATION HIGHLIGHTS
NORTHEAST/SOUTHEAST

1 Parrish Oil Production Inc., Newton, Ill., has staked the #1 Orville Seesengood, an exploratory test in Richland County, Ill. ...

GULF COAST

1 Coastal Oil & Gas Corp., Houston, is drilling below 15,600 ft. at a proposed 19,000-ft. wildcat in Hidalgo County, ...

MIDCONTINENT & PERMIAN BASIN

1 The first horizontal test of Ordovician Viola in Kansas is being drilled by Ensign Operating Co., Denver, in Comanche ...

WESTERN U.S.

1 CVL Resources and Curlew Lake Resources Inc., both of Vancouver and both part of the Ekho Consortium that drilled ...

INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Kazakh government officials have indicated that the Offshore Kazakhstan International Operating Co.'s (OKIOC) first well in the Caspian Sea has ...

NEW FINANCINGS
Equity/Debt Table

In what would be the first public equity offering in many months by a U.S. producer, 3Tec Energy Corp. (Nasdaq: ...

COMPANY BRIEFS
Schlumberger, Baker shake up seismic world

Oilfield service giants Baker Hughes Inc. and Schlumberger Ltd. sent a jolt across the geophysical landscape as they agreed to ...

Vastar's value rises with more deepwater success

BP Amoco Plc had to open its wallet a little wider-to $83 per share-to take over Vastar Resources Inc. following ...

Varco-Tuboscope make 'smarter' company

Now that the merger of Varco International and Tuboscope Inc. has closed, chairman and chief executive George Boyadjieff and team ...

Additional Briefs

• Devon Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, is acquiring Santa Fe Snyder Corp., Houston, for $2.2 billion in stock plus the ...

E-commerce Briefs

• Petroleum Place Inc., Englewood, Colo., has agreed to acquire Paradigm Technologies, Denver. Paradigm provides enterprise resource planning software to ...

International Briefs

• American International Petroleum Corp., New York, has plans to sell a working interest in its License 1551 in Kazakhstan ...

ON THE MONEY
BOUYANT HOPES

A couple of notable events have enlivened the Michigan oil and gas industry during the past year. A major acquisition ...

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