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China is an ancient country at the foot of its industrial age. It is in the midst of a dynamic, FEATURES
GULF COAST GROWTH
A long-time Appalachian Basin player, Houston-based Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. has revised its strategy in recent years, expanding from ...
THE OTCBBs
When many investors think of Bulletin Board-traded E&P stocks, it is often with a healthy dose of skepticism. More than ...
ALBERTA DEEP GAS
In the past few decades, a lot has changed in Canada's Western Sedimentary Basin but not the level of industry ...
START-UP SAVANT
Gas-industry maverick Paul Rady, chairman and chief executive of Denver-based Antero Resources Corp., doesn't claim to have a fool-proof plan ...
SHORTING MARKET RISK
Many market mavens on Wall Street are predicting $50 to $60 prices for crude oil for the near term-one energy ...
PROFILE UPGRADE
Wedged between Iraq, Saudi Arabia and looking out over the Persian Gulf, the territory of Kuwait is tiny. Its landmass ...
POSITIVE POSTURING
In this land of epics, oil has played a major role in the country's long history. Rather appropriately it was ... NEWSWELL
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FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
END OF THE BIG 'MO?'
If the prices of oil and gas pull back some this summer, that's not a bad thing for the U.S. ... COMPLETIONS
PROGNOSTICATION
Jeffrey Currie is a believer. A Goldman Sachs & Co. managing director, Currie believes the energy industry is only in ... TRENDS AND ANALYSIS
BOARD POLICY
Boards of directors of public companies are under intense scrutiny today throughout the U.S., with all the talk about improving ... E&P MOMENTUM
INVESTING IN CBM PROJECTS
With U.S. natural gas prices strong, and projected to remain robust throughout the year, coalbed-methane (CBM) projects are advancing in ... EXPLORATION HIGHLIGHTS
EASTERN US
1 A rank wildcat, some 40 miles east-southeast of the nearest production, earned a drilling permit for Dominion Black Warrior ...
GULF COAST
1 A 10,940-ft. wildcat in a remote area of Navarro County, Texas, (RRC 5) is on the drawing board for ...
MIDCONTINENT & PERMIAN BASIN
1 Blake Exploration LLC completed a wildcat in northwestern Ellis County, Kan., about eight miles southwest of Zurich, pumping ...
WESTERN US
1 Hamar Associations LLC, Ojai, Calif., plans two wildcats in Kern County, Calif., approximately four miles from the nearest production ...
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
Saskatchewan is enjoying renewed interest of late, in both land sales and drilling activity. The province collected C$28.98 million in ... NEW FINANCINGS
New Financings - Equity/Debt table
Equity Company Exchange / Symbol Headquarters Amount Comments GlobalSantaFe Corp. NYSE: GSF Houston US$809 million Priced an offering of 23.5 million shares at US$34.45 each to purchase an equivalent ... COMPANY BRIEFS
Energy-related IPOs line up at offering gate
Gulf of Mexico-focused Bois d'Arc Energy LLC's (NYSE: BDE) initial public offering of 13.5 million shares was priced at $13. ...
Apache's Plank not interested in selling
Houston-based Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) won't be lured into the latest M&A frenzy. "We like what we are doing," Raymond ...
Petroleum Place, Tristone complet C$101MM merger
Denver-based Petroleum Place LLC has completed its merger with Calgary- and Houston-based asset-sales and investment-banking firm Tristone Capital Inc. for ...
Mogan Keegan buys Albrecht & Associates
Memphis, Tenn.-based MK Holding Inc., the parent of investment banker Morgan Keegan & Co., has purchased upstream A&D advisory firm ...
Additional briefs
P. Richard "Dick" Gessinger has joined Connecticut-based GE Commercial Finance Energy Financial Services as vice president of origination in ... ON THE MONEY
A PRIVATE-CAPITAL FLOOD
Among the top 15 funds providing private capital to the energy sector today, there's some $15- to $20 billion available ... EDITORS COMMENT
Tight-Lipped Executives Pose Challenge To First-Quarter Previews
Increased reserves-reporting guidelines and investors still feeling burned by the likes of Shell Oil and El Paso may have made ...
Herold: Energy Jobs Disappearing Despite Strong Market
John S. Herold Inc. reports that employment by U.S. oil and gas companies dipped 4.1% in 2004-the 20th annual decline ...
Simmons: Today's Energy Pickle Should Be No Surprise
Today's all-out energy-industry situation would not be surprising if the industry had been paying attention, says Matt Simmons, chief executive ... HEADLINES
COMPANIES IN THIS ISSUE
Companies in This Issue
A&D Strategies and Opportunities 94 A.C.T. Operating Co. 81 A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. 79, 93 Acteon 98 Advest Inc. 93 Albrecht & Associates Inc. 46 Albrecht & Associates Inc. 97, 98 Amaranth Advisors ... |