Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - March 2005 March 1, 2005 Feature 2004 OIL AND GAS INVESTOR EXCELLENCE AWARDS Leslie Haines BIG FISH Nissa Darbonne CEDAR HILLS Peggy Williams CREATING CREDIBILITY Brian Toal GOBBLE OR GO Nissa Darbonne GOODWILL AMBASSADORS Leslie Haines ONE HIGH-ENERGY GUY Leslie Haines SMOKIN' CAPITAL Brian Toal WEST COAST BUYSIDE Brian Toal Companies in This Issue Companies in This Issue Company Briefs Additional news Other Cimarex reserves to triple with Magnum Nissa Darbonne Jefferies gains A&D arm in buying Randall & Dewey Other M&A news... Pioneer does VPP on Hugoton, Spraberry output Other Pogo's plan has analysts on edge Other WTO applies creativity to oil-sands projects Leslie Haines Completions DOOR NO.3 Nissa Darbonne E&P Momentum WASHINGTON STATE WILDCAT AIMS DEEP Peggy Williams Exploration Highlights EASTERN U.S. GULF COAST INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS MIDCONTINENT & PERMIAN BASIN WESTERN U.S. From the Editor-in-Chief RIDING the WAVE Leslie Haines New Financings New Financings - Equity/Debt table NewsWell Canadian energy fund-raisers make record year: C$15.8B Other FERC: Storage is key, now that excess gay supply is gone Other Lenders finding it yet harder to place dollars in energy Other Libya could keep Occidental busy for a long time Other Murphy to lead majors in organic additions; Hess, Kerr-McGee to lag Peggy Williams Oil and gas project-financing volume up 164% in 2004 Brian Toal Small-cap E&Ps take the spotlight at IPAA symposium Leslie Haines Some E&P stocks may be overpriced at forecasted gas prices Other Source: W&T Offshore's IPO affected by market volatility Other Western Canadian CBM reserves could reach 9 Tcf by 2010 Peggy Williams On the Money EXPLOITING A NICHE Brian Toal Trends & Analysis BULLISH OUTLOOKS Leslie Haines