Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - May 2002 May 1, 2002 Feature ARE YOU READY FOR A CRISIS? Other DEEPWATER GULF OF MEXICO Brian Toal JUST BUY IT Other SEISMIC IN THE 21ST CENTURY Peggy Williams WHAT'S IN THE INSTITUTIONAL PORTFOLIO? Other Company Briefs Additional briefs... Other Australia's Santos gains additional U.S. assets Other Canadian news... Other Capital providers Other Halliburton to separate oil, engineering businesses Other International news... Other T. Boone Pickens reappears onoil-consolidation scene Other Completions MAJOR BITES INDEPENDENT Nissa Darbonne From the Editor-in-Chief IT'S TIME, AMERICA: GET REAL LESLIE HAINES New Financings New Financings - Equity/Debt table NewsWell An end to the U.S. recession should help natural gas prices Other Analysts offer a refreshingly honest, but ironic, Sell recommendation Leslie Haines Analysts: 2003 could be excellent year for driller stocks Other Credit-rating agencies plan to look closer at rating-related triggers Other Former CEO tells the roller-coaster story of Michael Petroleum Nissa Darbonne LNG projects remain under way, despite up-and-down gas prices Other Service-company execs continue to expect better second half Other On the Money WYOMING'S DARBY THRUST Peggy Williams Trends & Analysis Low Drillbit Costs Kept Finding Costs Low Nick Snow