Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - July 2010

Cover Story

Gas-Storage Strategies

Up to 600 billion cubic feet of gas-storage capacity will be required by 2030, driven by new shale-gas production and the need to backstop power generation fueled by alternative-energy sources.

Feature

Baird Branches Out

Two energy I-bank veterans discuss their new launch, the state of energy finance and potential aftershocks from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Credit-Capacity Boosts

These credit structures can help producers increase credit capacity and support growth, particularly in challenging financial times.

Executive Q&A: Kinnear's Perspective

Improved dialogue between industry and governments is integral to global development of energy sources, says this industry icon. But new fuels are needed, too.

Executive Q&A: Quantifying Quantum Resources

Under the watchful eye of Alan Smith, Quantum Resources Management picks up a $900-million package of conventional assets, tripling its production.

Fracing and the Courts

These congressional regulatory and legal initiatives may define companies' rights and potential liability.

Marcellus Madness

A recent flurry of high-dollar deals in Appalachia's premier resource play pushes acreage values higher, but has the run-up peaked?

Unconventional in Turkey

Led by Malone Mitchell, former head of Riata Energy Inc., TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. is applying North American shale know-how to Turkey’s vast resources.

A&D Trends

Negotiated Auctions

Auctions have morphed into negotiations.

At Closing

Fraconomics

Game-changing completion techniques refined in unconventional-gas plays now are changing the oil game.

Bright Spots

Meet Robert Norris

Oil States International's Robert Norris directs corporate development for the oilfield services enterprise.

Company Briefs

M&A News

Completions

Eyes of Newt

Newt's not happy with the government's response to BP's spill.

E&P Momentum

Marvelous Monterey

California's Monterey shale is a dynamo.

From the Editor-in-Chief

A Few Radical Proposals

Will lessons from the Gulf of Mexico spill be taken to heart?

Legends

Chatting with Ted Collins

After 50 years as an independent in Midland, Ted Collins is still doing deals in multiple basins.

NewsWell

Simmons & Co.; Bernstein: BP, Anadarko Remain Good Buys

The stocks of BP and Anadarko are down but certainly not out, say analysts.