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For NAPE, A Return To Form After Two Years Of Industry Gloom

Darren Barbee Senior Editor, Oil and Gas Investor Hart Energy
Monday, February 12, 2018 - 11:58am
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Thousands gathered at the George R. Brown Convention Center for the NAPE Summit with a brighter outlook and a mind to do deals. Source: NAPE.

HOUSTON—For the first time in two long years, the oil and gas industry has apparently regained its mojo: in tone, swagger and genuine optimism, the annual Nape Summit was back to form.

With attendance of 12,299, Houston’s grand oil and gas show was bigger in 2018, drawing nearly 1,100 more people than last year’s exposition. Crowds swarmed an exhibition hall packed with E&Ps, financers and service companies.

Exhibitors held court in spruced-up booths. Neatly stacked prospect sheets and maps were deployed and the usual tradeshow trinkets—footballs, flash drives and personal manicure sets—were for the taking.

But the key for an exhibition that prides itself on being “where deals happen” was that transactions were indeed done.

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Darren Barbee

Darren Barbee is senior editor for Hart Energy’s Digital News Group. He serves as the point person for A&D transactions and as a writer for Oil and Gas Investor magazine.

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