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British Columbia offers the oil and gas industry one of the most favorable places left to explore in North America. FEATURES
DOES SANER MARKETING PREVAIL?
Three years after mega-marketers exited the wholesale natural gas market under a cloud of scandal and financial troubles, how well ...
SUCCESSFUL DIVESTING
Successful oil and gas property sales involve determining clear objectives for the sale, evaluating the property, understanding the market conditions, ...
SCREENING FOR UPSIDE
Investors, take heed. This still may be an excellent time to buy the stocks of U.S. exploration and production companies, ...
BECOME A LOGICAL HEDGER
Most producers, while enjoying this extended stretch of historically high prices, are writing large checks each month to counterparties for ... NEWSWELL
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FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
MR. PRESIDENT, WHAT'S NEXT?
Mr. President, now that the election season is, mercifully, behind us, let's get back to work on some key issues ... COMPLETIONS
OUTSOURCING
By now, the presidential election will have been decided. Much was made of outsourcing during the campaign. Candidate Kerry suggested ... TRENDS AND ANALYSIS
Shares of 'Synthetic ExxonMobil' Outperform the Regular ExxonMobil
In 2001, John S. Herold Inc. introduced "Synthetic ExxonMobil," expecting the group of nine energy stocks would, on balance, outperform ... E&P MOMENTUM
THE DEEP HUNTON
For decades, the Silurian Hunton has been an intriguing E&P target in the deep Anadarko Basin. The first deep Hunton ... EXPLORATION HIGHLIGHTS
Eastern U.S.
1 Murphy Exploration & Production Co. USA, El Dorado, Ark., filed an exploration plan with the U.S. Minerals Management Service ...
Gulf Coast
1 Allied Energy Group, Bowling Green, Ky., and Fortune Operating Co., Willis, Texas, tested 188 bbl. of oil and 216,000 ...
Midcontinent & Permian Basin
1 Rosewood Resources Inc., Dallas, staked a deep wildcat 15 miles northwest of St. Francis in the northwestern corner of ...
Western U.S.
1 V.F. Neuhaus Properties, McAllen, Texas, and Makoil Inc., Las Vegas, both plan wildcats in Railroad Valley, Nevada's most prolific ...
International Highlights
Interest in the U.K. North Sea has rebounded, with companies still able to appreciate the region's potential. In its 22nd ... NEW FINANCINGS
New Financings - Equity/Debt table
Equity Company Exchange / Symbol Headquarters Amount Comments Dresser Inc. NYSE: DI Addison, Texas US$575 million Plans an initial public offering. Proceeds will be used to pay down ... COMPANY BRIEFS
EnCana focusing on ramping up gas portfolio
Big spender EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. is not looking for new U.S. acquisitions at this time, according to ...
Petrohawk buying growth platform for $425mm
Houston-based Petrohawk Energy Corp. plans to buy privately held Wynn-Crosby Energy Inc. and its estimated 200 billion cubic feet equivalent ...
Devon pushing out noncore North American assets
Devon Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, plans to sell 145- to 165 million BOE of proved reserves onshore North America and ...
Additional briefs
Gulf of Mexico-focused E&P Bois d'Arc Energy LLC plans an initial public offering of some $150 million of shares. ... ON THE MONEY
LADENBURG KEEPS AN EYE ON THE LITTLE GUY
For many small publicly traded exploration and production and oil-service companies-those with market caps below $250 million-gaining visibility with investors ... EDITORS COMMENT
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