Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - July 2000 July 1, 2000 Feature ABOVE THE CROWD Brian Toal ANOTHER SUPER-INDEPENDENT IS BORN Other MILLENNIUM MAN Brian Toal SMOOTHER SAILING? Leslie Haines SPINNING A WEB Other THE ARKOMA BASIN Peggy Williams Company Briefs Additional Briefs Other E-commerce Briefs Other International Briefs Heather H. Read Schlumberger, Baker shake up seismic world Other Varco-Tuboscope make 'smarter' company Leslie Haines Vastar's value rises with more deepwater success Other Completions SUCCESS STORIES Nissa Darbonne Exploration Highlights GULF COAST INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Peggy Williams MIDCONTINENT & PERMIAN BASIN NORTHEAST/SOUTHEAST WESTERN U.S. From the Editor-in-Chief GETTING ALL PUMPED UP New Financings Equity/Debt Table Other NewsWell BP Amoco leads movers and shakers in U.K. upstream Peggy Williams Deliver a high return when using this private equity Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette unveils its leaders and laggards Leslie Haines Experts say the world is running out of gas-and oil Other Fitch, Duff & Phelps define new ratings, as a result of their merger Other Have oil and gas mergers become fixtures of holidays? Other More gains seen for E&P stocks in second half Brian Toal Natural-gas storage low, headed into winter demand season Other Oxy aims to be a consolidator in the Permian Basin Nissa Darbonne With less spending, larger oils' reserves declined in 1999 Other On the Money BOUYANT HOPES Peggy Williams Trends & Analysis Anderson Exploration Ltd. (TSE-AXL) Grey Wolf Inc. (NYSE-GW)