Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - December 2004 December 1, 2004 Feature CAPITAL CLOUT Brian Toal FROM ACROSS THE POND Brian Toal HIGH HOPES ON THE NORTH SLOPE Peggy Williams PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE CAPITAL Other SELLSIDE ANALYSIS TODAY Other STORING GAS Leslie Haines Company Briefs Additional briefs Other CNR wins bid for Anadarko western Canadian assets Other EnCana leaving North Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Ecuador Other M&A News Other Completions THE NEW BOSS Nissa Darbonne E&P Momentum THE FAYETTEVILLE SHALE DEBUT Peggy Williams Exploration Highlights Eastern U.S. Other Gulf Coast Other International Highlights Peggy Williams Midcontinent and Permian Basin Other Western U.S. Other From the Editor-in-Chief THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE Leslie Haines New Financings Equity Other NewsWell Competition among many challenges of global LNG market Leslie Haines Corporate standards make creativity a greater key to success Bertie Taylor Development spending sets new record; exploration declines Bertie Taylor Gas shortages, prices, legislation dominate IPAA discussions Leslie Haines New mezzanine capital source funded with public-markets dollars Other Oil states, IPAA made difference in election Leslie Haines Price-forecast gap widens between bankers and buyers Nissa Darbonne Reasons are few in support of lower oil, gas prices Taryn Maxwell Some U.K. energy stocks fully priced; some have steam left Other U.S. sellers pumping up volume of M&A in Canada A&D Watch On the Money EXPANDED FOOTPRINT Brian Toal Trends & Analysis Outlook for world oil supply not as bleak as current prices suggest Peggy Williams