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Geologists are eager to discover the next big field and place a notch on their belt; governments are anxious to FEATURES
NEW BOSS AT BHI
Michael E. Wiley, former president and chief executive officer of Vastar Resources, and then a top executive at Arco before ...
SERVICE WITH A SMILE
Conventional wisdom would have it that all the stocks in the oilfield-service sector have enjoyed such a run-up in price ...
3-D SEISMIC's POSTER CHILD
The Oligocene Hackberry onshore the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast has long been recognized as a prolific reservoir, but it ...
MIRROR, MIRROR
Corporate reputation-the cumulative perceptions of a company by its key audiences-has traditionally been seen as a "soft" concept: nice to ...
WATCH FOR DRILLING AHEAD
Independent oil and gas producers searched for North American natural gas at a frenzied pace in 2000, and domestically focused ...
THE STATE OF THE JUNIORS
Despite sustained enthusiasm in North American energy during recent months, as evidenced by rising indices and bolstered by unprecedented earnings ... NEWSWELL
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FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
SPRING FLINGS
This spring, we've seen some interesting things bloom in the energy garden. There is the disconnect between upstream fundamentals, wonderful ... COMPLETIONS
VERTICALLY CHALLENGED
It's good news for those who were short on FGH, the stock of Gulfport, Mississippi-based , but bad news for ... TRENDS AND ANALYSIS
Crossborder Hunters for Gas-Rich Assets Step up the Pace
Large and medium-size independents on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border are still actively pursuing a North American natural gas ... E&P MOMENTUM
WHERE, OH WHERE, WILL THE GAS LINE GO?
Alaska's North Slope bursts with tremendous stores of natural gas. The amount is prodigious: North Slope fields contain about 35 ... EXPLORATION HIGHLIGHTS
NORTHEAST/SOUTHEAST
1 Benchmark Properties Ltd., Olney, Ill., pumped 202 bbl. of oil per day at the #1 McCollister-Brockelsby Comm., an ...
GULF COAST
1 An Eocene Queen City discovery completed by Mestena Inc. in Jim Hogg County, Texas, had an initial flow ...
MIDCONTINENT & PERMIAN BASIN
1 Two new pays were added to Riverview East Field in Ellis County, Kan., when Kenmark Corp. , Hays, Kan., ...
WESTERN U.S.
1 Nuevo Energy Co. , Houston, says its #1-21 Golden in Kern County, Calif., is a relatively shallow gas discovery ...
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
Phillips Petroleum has won the prize block in Norway's North Sea 2000 licensing round. It was granted operations and a ... NEW FINANCINGS
New Financings - Equity/Debt table
Equity Company Exchange / Symbol Headquarters Amount Comments Hanover Compressor Co. (NYSE: HC) Houston US$88 million Sold 2.5 million common shares ... COMPANY BRIEFS
Devon, others ramping up in Indonesia China
When Devon Energy Corp. acquired Santa Fe Snyder Corp. about a year ago, one of the most promising international ...
BHP seeking greater access to capital
Melbourne, Australia-based BHP Ltd. is seeking globalization of its capitalization, with additional stock listings in Frankfurt, Paris and South ...
Additional briefs...
Ocean Energy Inc., Houston, plans to acquire EnSight Resources LLC 's oil and gas assets primarily in east ...
Canadian briefs...
Vintage Petroleum Inc., Tulsa, plans to acquire Calgary-based Genesis Exploration Ltd. for C$18.25 per share or a ...
Capital-provider news...
Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown Inc. , New York, has appointed Michael V. Johnson managing director and co-head of energy ...
International briefs...
ATP Oil & Gas Corp. , Houston, plans to purchase two North Sea properties with proved undeveloped reserves from ... ON THE MONEY
Luxuriant Ladyfern
The Ladyfern area of northeast British Columbia, about 65 miles northeast of Fort St. John, has been the hot spot ... EDITORS COMMENT
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