Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - December 2000 December 1, 2000 Feature AN EARNINGS MACHINE Nissa Darbonne FOLLOWING THE MONEY KNOW YOUR REG FD Other MAKING A BIGGER SPLASH Other SMALL COMPANIES, BIG PLANS Other STREET SQUEEZE Brian Toal THE BOSSIER Peggy Williams Companies in This Issue Companies in This Issue Company Briefs Additional briefs Amerada Hess to gain Iranian, Libyan interests Other Canadian briefs... E-commerce briefs... International briefs... Vastar's Pierce heading Southern Energy financeSouthern Energy Inc.'s energy capital group is the smallest piece of the newly public independent power producer, energy marketer and risk-management com Completions BOSSIER RUSH Nissa Darbonne Exploration Highlights GULF COAST INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Peggy Williams MIDCONTINENT & PERMIAN BASIN NORTHEAST/SOUTHEAST WESTERN U.S. From the Editor-in-Chief MERRY, MERRY MERGER Leslie Haines New Financings DEBT EQUITY NewsWell 2001 will be a banner year for oil industry M&A Nissa Darbonne All oilfield-service sector to see revenues grow in 2001 Other Independents try to use hedges to maximize high-gas-price benefits Leslie Haines Major oils; plans for record cash flow do include E&P spending Other New energy policies are coming, Gore or Bush Nissa Darbonne Time to sow winter wheat, advises E&P analyst at FAC/Equities Nissa Darbonne Two more banks open in Houston to finance oil and gas producers Other On the Money PERSISTENCE PAYS OFF IN CALIFORNIA Peggy Williams Trends & Analysis 3Tec Energy Corp. (NASDAQ-TTEN) Noble Drilling Corp. (NYSE-NE