Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - October 2009

Cover Story

Granite Wash

The Midcontinent's Granite Wash offers a mélange of opportunities to operators seeking solid economics in these uncertain times.

Feature

Bakken Breakout

Recovering from last year’s oil-price slump, Bakken drillers are turning in some hefty well results and proving the worth of the Three Forks-Sanish.

China's Choke Point

China will emerge as the world’s economic superpower, but its thirst for energy—and lack of supply—could be its undoing.

Finding A&D Parity

As market sobriety sets in with sellers, more assets will come to market. Private-equity players and international oil companies are ready to buy.

Magnum Hunting Btus

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. CEO Gary C. Evans has one foot firmly planted in traditional energy sources and the other in renewables.

Peak Oil Economics

The oil supply’s inability to keep pace with demand growth was a key factor in the recession. More “peak-oil” recessions are likely to follow.

Redetermination Season: The Sequel

The much-dreaded spring redetermination season was milder than expected. Will the fall season be likewise, or will some already-low borrowing bases be further eroded?

Strategic Hedging

A holistic approach can rein in the overall risk-reward proposition for investors, employees and management.

A&D Trends

At Closing

Rules Change-Up

Bright Spots

Meet Ann Fox

SCF Partners' Ann Fox applies lessons learned in the U.S. Marine Corps to her job monitoring and guiding companies' performance.

Capital Markets

Rodman Private Capital Energy Index

Company Briefs

Completions

Gas Futures

Traders aren't factoring into forward prices any success in Washington in legislating greater natural gas use.

E&P Momentum

Shale Shangri-La

Eastern

From the Editor-in-Chief

Energy Rallies

An energy rally of epic proportions may be in the making.

Gulf Coast

International Highlights

Legends

Chatting With Kenneth Danneberg

Through the years, Kenneth Dannenberg has blended his expertise in U.S. E&P with business forays abroad.

MidContinent & Permian Basin

NewsWell

Western US