Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - March 2008
Feature
Barnett Gas Unstranded
A challenge to Barnett shale development is sufficient gas take-away infrastructure. Pipeline companies such as Energy Transfer Partners LP, Crosstex Energy Inc. and Quicksilver Gas Services can't move fast enough.
Growing Prospects
M. Ray Thomasson talks about his exploration and business philosophy and prospect generation in today's world.
Illinois Flooding
The Illinois Basin's largest producer, Rex Energy Corp., plans to use ASP flooding in 100-year-old Lawrence Field.
Mezzanine Capital
Despite credit woes roiling the markets, most mezzanine energy-capital providers expect no slowdown in demand for their financing.
Private Capital Flow
As investors seek safety and diversification, here are four trends affecting E&P investments.
U.S. M&A
Upstream MLPs, fed by large strategic divestments, moved to the forefront of 2007 transactions.
At Closing
Time to buy
Wall Street sees a silver lining for nervous energy investors who are sitting on the sidelines.
Bright Spots
Meet Melinda Faust
A native of Slidell, Louisiana, Melinda Faust entered business after graduating from the University of New Orleans with a bachelor’s degree in marketing. After working for an independent E&P company, she joined start-up DrillingInfo.com, which provides online oil and gas industry data, consulting and mapping.
Completions
Reconsideration
Utility and coal player Consol Energy Inc.’s bid to re-roll up coalbed-methane producer CNX Gas Corp. may represent a new U.S. gas M&A trend, and further pressure on gas-acquisition prices.
Eastern
From the Editor-in-Chief
Too much gas?
Last year, natural gas at Henry Hub averaged $7.17 per million Btu. That’s not bad when you consider that U.S. storage held above the five-year average, the weather was mild, and some manufacturing plants that use gas were shut down.
Gulf Coast
International Highlights
International Highlights
Canadian Superior Energy's Victory well has found two prolific reservoirs offshore Trinidad and Tobago.
Legends
Chatting With John Brock
In the business for nearly 50 years, John Brock has built large E&P companies and legacy assets.
MidContinent & Permian Basin
NewsWell
Will Btu pricing parity between oil and gas ever return?
While the Btu (British thermal unit) pricing-parity ratio between oil and gas has historically been accepted as 6:1.
Trends & Analysis
Western US
Western U.S.
The major also completed the first horizontal Bakken producer in the Camel Butte Field area in McKenzie County. The #11-14H Anderson Ranch is in Section 14-151n-96w. Madison and Interlake producers are within a mile.