Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - February 2000 February 1, 2000 Feature CASPIAN GEOPOLITICS Other SETTING SAIL Brian Toal SPEAKING OF STOCK VALUE Other THE GULF OF MEXICO SHELF Peggy Williams THE SMALL LOAN Other Companies in This Issue Companies in This Issue Company Briefs Additional briefs... Other International briefs... Phillips, Duke to create midstream powerhouse Other Statoil selling Appalachian E&P gas assets to Equitable Other Unocal merging Permian, San Juan assets into Titan Other Completions MAKING HISTORY Nissa Darbonne Exploration Highlights GULF COAST Other INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Peggy Williams MIDCONTINENT & PERMIAN BASIN NORTHEAST/SOUTHEAST Other WESTERN U.S. From the Editor-in-Chief BUZZ OF THE KILLER BEES Leslie Haines New Financings DEBT Other EQUITY Other NewsWell 2000 E&P outlays may fall short of expectations Other China, Russia, Nigeria rate high for risk of political crisis Other Commodity-price stock-price connection has broken down Leslie Haines Conoco team visits abandoned company assets in Libya Other Herold: Oil stocks improved significantly in 1999, but not enough Nissa Darbonne NPC study: $1.5 trillion needed to meet U.S. gas demand by 2015 Other Oil services sector has long-run potential, short-term challenges Other Producers, bankers, back oil equipment, services online sales operation Other Salomon Smith Barney expects 11.4% hike in worldwide E&P outlays So who's this new big kid on the block? Brian Toal Some service firms to benefit from change in North Sea Brian Toal On the Money OPEN SESAME? NOT EXACTLY Brian Toal Trends & Analysis Conoco Inc. (NYSE-COCb) Pride International Inc. (NYSE-PDE)