Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - November 2012

Cover Story

Extending the Utica

Although data points remain limited, operations consider the wet-gas core of hio's Utica Shale play derisked. Now they're looking up, down and west-and liking the prospects

Feature

Behind the Falling Rig Count

Five themes are driving down the rig count as 2012 draws to a close, and they suggest continuing declines in activity and usage fro 2013.

Getting the Band Back Together

Tom Petrie, jon Hughes and colleagues are back with a new boutique investment bank focused on M&A&D.

Growing Pains

A demand-side revolution is cause for optimism regarding a gas-price recovery.

Letter from San Francisco

Aside from enthusiam for Permian Basin and MLP Stories, invertors at the recent OGIS in San Francisco exhibited the financial industry's current caution toward energy.

Reading the Energy Book

Oil and gas is an economic engine at present, and the visibility for loan demand ia reasonably good.

The Dragon in the Dataroom

Chinese E&PS have been voeacious buyers of upstream assets across the globe. Will CNOOC be permitted to gain and opreated interest in the Gulf of Mexico, and thus will Chinese E&PS become premium-paying candidates for more U.S. oil and gass properties?

At Closing

Bright Spots

Completions

The Big Buyers

E&P Momentum

One Mississippi, Two Mississippi

From the Editor-in-Chief

Legends

Regional Report

Rovuma Basin: Fueling Exploration

International companies look to assist explorers.

Rovuma Basin: Infrastructure

Overcoming infrastructure challenges will be vital to the success of the gas sector in both nations.

Rovuma Basin: Legal Framework

New legislation is set to shape the future of the sector.

Rovuma Basin: The South African Hub

Taking advantage of the East African gas boom.

Trends & Analysis

Plains Powers Into the Deep

Supersize the Oil Deals