Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - March 2011
Cover Story
Permian's Bone Spring
On the sleepy western edge of the storied Permian Basin, a new stacked horizontal oil play--the Bone Spring sands and Avalon shale--is changing everything.
Feature
Citi Slicker
?With more than 300 energy-industry deals on his CV, long-time investment banker Steve Trauber is leading Citigroup's new energy practice.
EnCap Engages
The private-equity market still likes the oil and gas story and its returns, as EnCap Investments' recent capital raise shows.
Green Acres
?Savvy deal-makers adhered to oil, shale-gas and Gulf of Mexico themes in second-half 2010, with a focus on resource rather than reserve value.
Haynesville Hangs In
?Haynesville shale action is ongoing, but the play’s hype has been muffled by low natural gas prices. Still, this giant’s time will come.
Service Stocks To Watch
?Analysts say tickers with an oil focus and international footprint lead the pack.
At Closing
The Starter Wife
More corporate level transactions are likely, some involving assets already in JVs.
Bright Spots
Meet Jarrett Vick
Jarrett Vick took the entrepreneurial route with crude transport.
Capital Markets
Energy Lender's Price Decks
Energy Lenders adjust their price forecasts as process strengthen.
Completions
Slipping On The Banana
U.S. energy policy disappears in a fog of politics.
E&P Momentum
Let's Talk Some Smack(Over)
New-era technology is being applied to the decades-old Smackover
Legends
Chatting With J.P. Bryan
J.P. Bryan is best known for collecting deals and growing companies.
Trends & Analysis
The Wolfberry
Impressive economics sustain transaction values in the Wolfberry play.