Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - March 2010
Cover Story
Eagle Ford
The Eagle Ford shale is galloping into the ranks of the nation's top resource plays, due to rich gas, impressive flows and remarkably consistent results.
Feature
Crimson and Cobalt Tap Equity
From IPOs to shelf shares, E&Ps and their investment bankers are finding surprisingly receptive markets for equity issuances.
Meet the Montney Shale
Operators in British Columbia report better horizontal gas wells with more frac stages. In 2010, look for drilling and processing activity to ramp up.
New York's Marcellus Fracas
Lawmakers, oil and gas producers and activists are squaring off over Marcellus shale drilling in New York.
Oil-Sands Lessons
Improving the design and execution of large oil-sands capital projects could significantly reduce life-cycle costs, and research provides seven keys for managers of smaller projects.
Shale We Dance?
Natural gas shales have fundamentally changed the U.S. mergers, acquisitions and divestitures business.
Steve Ballmer's Vision
The chief executive of Microsoft Corp. was in Houston to talk with oil and gas executives about the future of collaboration and cloud computing.
Top Service Stocks, 2010
Can the service sector repeat its strong performance of 2009? Five analysts pick the stocks best positioned for growth.
A&D Trends
2010: Return of the A&D Market?
The ExxonMobil/XTO and Denbury/Encore mega-deals send out positive signals for 2010 activity.
At Closing
Oil Prices Lift Texas
Oil drilling is easing the industry's contraction in Texas.
Bright Spots
Meet Michael Hackett
GasRock Capital LLC's Michael Hackett says 2010 is the year to restock, do deals and grow.
Capital Markets
Company Briefs
Completions
E&P Momentum
Falkands to the Fore
A drilling campaign is under way offshore the remote Falkland Islands.
Eastern
From the Editor-in-Chief
Gulf Coast
Industry Icons
Stephen A. Holditch: Unlocking the Unconventional
Throughout his long career, Stephen A. Holditch has been fascinated by unconventional resources.
International Highlights
International Highlights
Egypt budgets $2 billion for in-country exploration and development.
Legends
Chatting with Gene Powell
Gene Powell weighs in on the outlook for the Barnett shale.