3Tec Energy Corp. 52 A2D Technologies 29 Agip 44, 82, 83 Alberta Energy Co. Ltd. 67, 86 Alberta Energy Corp. 14, 15 Allegro Development 55 Allegro Investments Inc. 76 Alpar Resources Inc. 78 Amerada Hess 41 American International Petroleum Corp. 88 Amoco Production Co. 79-80 Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 27, 76, 91 Andersen Consulting 63 Antrim Oil and Gas Ltd. 83 Apache Corp. 27 Apex Oil Co. Inc. 94 APF Energy Trust 88 Arco 63, 81, 82, 91, 93 Arkoma Holding Corp. 78 Armstrong Operating Inc. 80 Aspen Group Resources Corp. 96 Avner Oil Exploration LP 83 B.G. Group Plc 86 Baker Hughes 28 Baker Hughes Inc. 9, 29 Banc of America Securities LLC 27, 86, 88, 91 Banc One Capital Markets Inc. 88 Bank of America 88, 91 Bank of Nova Scotia 53 Bank of Oklahoma 53 Bank United 20 Bargo Energy Co. 93 Bateman Engineering Inc. 88 Baytex Energy Ltd. 70 Bechtel 65 Belden & Blake Corp. 93 Berco Resources LLC 80 Bernard Podolsky Oil Co. 74 Berry Petroleum Co. 22 BJ Services 13 Bligh Oil & Minerals Ltd. 83 Boggs Natural Gas 75 Bonavista Petroleum Ltd. 66 BP Amoco 9, 16, 21, 29, 63, 68, 81, 93, 96 Brigham Exploration 27 British Borneo 44, 83 Burlington Resources 81, 96 Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. 29, 96 Cal Dive International 94 Callon Petroleum Co. 27, 94 CamWest Exploration LLC 80 Canadian 88 Energy Corp. 93 Canadian Hunter Exploration Ltd. 66 Canadian Natural Resources 66 Canyon Energy Inc. 80 Caribou Capital Corp. 86 Cawley, Gillespie & Associates Inc. 20 Chartex Petroleum Co. 96 Chase Manhattan Bank 88, 91 Chase Securities Inc. 33, 88 Chevron Corp. 41, 77, 82, 91 Chi Operating Inc. 79 China National Petroleum Corp. 96 CIBC Inc. 53 CIBC World Markets 27 CK Cooper & Co. 33 Clipper Operating Co. 96 CMS Oil & Gas Co. 79, 93 CNG Producing Co. 77 Coastal Oil & Gas Corp. 21, 40, 76 Cody Texas LP 94 COGA 87 Columbia Energy Group 9 Columbia Natural Resources Inc. 74, 75 Comstock Resources Inc. 27, 76 Conoco 56, 81, 83, 96 Cotton Valley Resources Corp. 96 Credit Lyonnais Inside back cover Credit Suisse First Boston 40, 88, 91 Crest Energy Corp. 80 Cross Timbers Oil Co. 37 Cross Timbers Oil Co. 9, 27, 94 Crown Central Petroleum Corp. 94 Cypress Energy Inc. 70 Dain Rauscher Inc. 4, 5 Dain Rauscher Wessels 57 Dean Witter Morgan Stanley 21 Del-Rio Resources Inc. 80 Delek Drilling LP 83 Derek Resources Corp. 88 Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown 22, 27 Devon Energy Corp. 27, 29 Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette 9 Duke Energy 86, 91, 93 Dynegy Inc. 86 East Wood Equity Venture Inc. 96 EDB Energy LLC 96 EEX Corp. 94 El Paso Energy Corp. 21 EnCap Investments LLC 53 EnergyCareers.com 30 EnergyPortal.com 26 Energy Resource Technology Inc. 94 Energy Search Inc. 94 EnerNet.com 21 EnerVest Energy LP 96 Enex Resources Corp. 53 Enron 22, 83 Enterprises Holdings Inc. 65 Enterprise Oil 41, 65 Enterprise Products Operating LP 88 EOG Resources Inc. 94, 96 Equitable Resources 96 Esenjay Exploration Inc. 75, 94 Evergreen Exploration 36 Evergreen Resources Inc. 22 Exco Resources Inc. 96 Extreme Energy Corp. 96 Exxon Mobil 29, 41, 57, 63, 67, 79, 81 Fahnestock & Co. 91 Fairman Drilling Co. 74 Falcon Creek Resources Inc. 94 Fancher Oil LLC 80 First Boston Corp. 53 FirstEnergy Capital Corp. 93 FirstEnergy Capital Corp. 66 First Union Securities Inc. 9, 36, 88 FleetBoston Robertson Stephens 88 Floyd Oil Co. 53 Forcenergy Inc. 81 Forest Oil Corp. 80 Fortune Natural Resources Corp. 22 Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. 36 GCA Strategic Investment Fund Ltd. 88 Genesis Exploration Ltd. 66, 71 GeoNet Energy Services 11 Goldman, Sachs & Co. 91 Goodrich Petroleum Corp. 96 Grant Geophysical 16 Grant Geophysical Inc. 57 Great Lakes Chemical Co. 86 Greka Energy Corp. 21 Greka Energy Corp. 96 Gwiz Systems Inc. 29 Halliburton Co. 13 Halliburton Oil Producing Co. 96 Harken Energy Corp. 27 Harris Partners 66 Houston Exploration Co. 76 Howard, Weil, Labouisse, Friedrichs Inc. 27 HS Resources Inc. 27 HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc. 88 Hughes Eastern Corp. 75 Hugoton Energy Corp. 52 Husky Oil Operations Ltd. 93 Hyatt Hotels 22 HYTK Industries Inc. 96 Illinova Corp. 86 Inpex 83 Ionic Energy Inc. 71 J.P. Morgan & Co. 86, 91 Jabsco Oil Operating LLC 75 Japex 41 Johnson Rice & Co. 86 Kaiser-Francis Oil Co. 53 Kerr-McGee Corp. 41, 82, 83 Kestrel Energy Inc. 96 Key Production Co. Inc. 27, 77 Klabzuba Oil & Gas Inc. 78 Krescent Energy Co. LLC 96 Kvaerner U.S. Inc. 83 Lehman Brothers Inc. 86, 88 LeNorman Energy Corp. 96 LKB Financial LLP 88 Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas Corp. 76 Lucent Technologies 22 Lundin Oil AB 93 Madison Energy Advisors 95 Magellan Exploration 53 Magnum Hunter Resources 86 Magnum Hunter Resources 27 Mallon Resources Corp. 27 Mariner Energy Inc. 77 Marubeni 41 Masefield AG 88 Mayne & Mertz Inc. 76 McMoRan Exploration Co. 76 Meadco Properties 79 Medallion Exploration 75 Meridian Resources Corp. 22 Merrill Lynch & Co. 40, 86, 91 Middle Bay Oil Co. Inc 52 Miller Exploration Co. 77 Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. 91 Mogg Energy Services Inc. 96 Montana Power Co. 29 Moon-Hines-Tigrett Operating Co. Inc. 75 Morgan Stanley Dean Witter 86 Murfin Drilling Co. 78 Murphy Oil Corp. 27 Nabors Industries 13 National Bank Financial Inc. 88 NetworkOil Inc. Outside back cover Neutrino Resources Inc. 93 Newfield Exploration Co. 9, 27, 29, 94 Noble Affiliates 82 Noble Drilling 9, 13 North Coast Energy Inc. 93 Nova Chemicals Corp. 86 Novistar 8 Nuevo Energy Co. 9, 22 Nuon NV 93 Nutek Inc. 96 Nymex 35 O'Neal Drilling Co. Inc. 78 Ocean Energy Inc. 57 Odebrecht 41 OGI/Cosco Conference 95 Oil & Gas Dealmakers LLC 36 Oildex.com 85 Omimex Resources Inc. 96 Osca Inc. 86 Oxy USA Inc. 79, 94 Pacalta Resources Ltd. 86 PaineWebber Inc. 86 Panaco 10 PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd. 21, 82 Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co. 91 Paradigm Technologies 94 Patina Oil & Gas Corp. 84 Payne Drilling 74 Peake Energy Inc. 93 Peek Oil Co. 74 Peninsular Oil & Gas Co. 74 Pennaco Energy Inc. 27 Peters & Co. 66 Petrie Parkman & Co. 86, 93 Petro-Canada 67, 93 Petro-Hunt Corp. 76 Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. 86 Petrobras 38, 65 PetroChina Corp. 96 Petrogal 82 Petroleum Development Corp. 74 petroWEB.com 6 Petromet Resources Ltd. 70 Petronas Carigali and Triton Energy Ltd. 83 Petroz 83 Petsec Energy Ltd. 22 Phillips Petroleum 2 Phillips Petroleum 78, 83, 86. 91 Pinnacle Oil International Inc. 80 Pioneer Natural Resources 27, 77, 79, 82, 88 Plains Resources Inc. 22 Playa Minerals & Energy Inc. 81 Polaroid Corp. 22 PPX Producing Property Exchange 24, 25 Prize Energy Corp. 13 Prudential Capital 52 Prudential Securities Inc. 86 Queiroz Galvao 43 Questa Oil & Gas Co. 96 Quicksilver Resources Inc. 93 R&A Production 75 R&B Falcon Corp. 83 Raydon Exploration Inc. 78 Raymond James & Associates 9 RB Mediterranean Ltd. 83 Red Sea Oil Corp. 93 RedMeteor.com 23 Remington Oil & Gas Corp. 22, 77 Renaissance Energy Ltd. 94 Rentech Inc. 96 Repsol-YPF 44 Research Capital Corp. 88 Reservoir Research Corp. 74 Rothschild 40 Roundtree & Associates Inc. 75 Rowan Cos. Inc. 29 Royal Dutch/Shell 21, 65 S.G. Cowen & Co. 88 Salomon Smith Barney Inc. 86, 93 Samedan Mediterranean Sea 82 Samson Resources 86 Sanguine Ltd. 78 Santa Fe Snyder 16, 27, 41 Santos Ltd. 83 Sasol Ltd. 82 Savoy Exploration Inc. 74 Schlumberger Geco-Prakla 42 Schlumberger/ IndigoPool.com Inside front cover Schofield Energy Co. 74 Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. 88 Search Energy Corp. 70 Sharp Image Energy Inc. 79 Shell 16, 41, 42, 77, 83 Shell Capital 12 Sierra Well Service Inc. 86 Sime Darby 65 Simmons & Co. International 22, 86, 91 Skyline Resources Inc. 96 Small Steps Golf Tournament 92 Sonangol 82 Sonat Exploration GOM Inc. 77 Southern Mineral Corp. 93 Southwestern Energy Co. 57, 76 Spencer Stuart & Associates 57 St. Mary Land & Exploration Co. 84 Statoil Energy Inc. 96 Stephens Production Co. 78 Stone Energy Corp. 27, 76 Swift Energy Co. 31 Swift Energy Co. 27, 83 Syrian Petroleum Co. 83 Talisman Energy Inc. 66 Terra Energy Ltd. 93 Texaco 9, 41, 47, 77, 93, 96 The Oil & Gas Asset Clearinghouse 88 Tidewater Inc. 13, 29 Torch Energy Advisors 72 Toreador Royalty Corp. 77 TotalFina Elf 21, 41, 82, 83 Trans Alaska Pipeline System 91 Transocean Sedco Forex 29 TriGas Exploration Inc. 71 Triton Energy Ltd. 22 Union Bank of California 53 Union Pacific Resources 70, 91 Unit Corp. 76, 96 United Arab Emirates Offsets Group 83 Unocal 44 Vastar Resources Inc. 93-94 Vector Energy Corp. 96 Veritas Marine Surveys 50, 51 Victoria Petroleum NL 96 W/E Energy Co. LLC 53 Wabash Production & Development Inc. 74 Wellbid Inc. 32 Wells Fargo 88 Wells Fargo Bank 53 Wellspring Partners LLC 96 Westport Oil & Gas 77, 96 Will-Drill Production Co. Inc. 77 Williams Energy Services 34 Williams Production Co. 76 Wyoming Oil & Minerals Inc. 96 Yates Petroleum Corp. 79 Yorkton Securities Inc. 66 Zarara Oil & Gas 82 Ziff Energy Group 16