Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - February 2013
Cover Story
De-risking the Delaware
Companies are delineating and testing the stacked-pay potential in this region of the Permian Basin, and so far, they like the size of the prize.
Feature
Executive Q&A: Midcontinent Move
With John Crum at the helm, Midstates Petroleum Co. has vaulted into the Mississippi Lime play and is testing horizontal techniques in the Wilcox trend.
Shale vs. Big Exploration
E&Ps must decide how to best allocate sparse capital between conventional and unconventional resource projects. But the comparative risks are only just now emerging.
The Legend of Ute Energy
A tribal nation in Utah stood at the brink of insolvency when an entrepreneur from the south appeared with a controversial plan to develop its mineral estate.
Tops in Service
Service companies will cool off and stabilize in 2013 as North American companies begin consolidation and some generate more free cash flow; solid bets are in deepwater and internationally leveraged firms.
Unconventional Repositioning
Energy executives have been adapting their companies’ strategies to position for growth in the unconventional space while mitigating threats or risks associated with changes in upstream economics.
At Closing
Bright Spots
Capital Markets
Mezzanine Moves
As resource-play development has grown in popularity, so has an alternative for financing projects.