Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - July 2006 July 1, 2006 Feature Don Hart, George Weigers and more - here's our story From the publisher Bob Jarvis Independents have made an industry of M&A Nissa Darbonne Investor's editors tell tales from Thailand to the Sahara Desert Various Money, Money, Money: Financiers share their forecasts Brian A. Toal Picture! Picture! Photo editor Lowell Georgia shares some of his favorites Lowell Georgia Remember 1981? 1986? Here's a round up of events that have mattered in the past 25 years Brian A. Toal and Bertie Taylor The peak oil debate continues...here The plain-spoken Alex Cranberg talks about peak-ist views and Chinese interest in U.S. assets Taryn Maxwell The view from Raymond Plank There are tools for it: experts describe how we'll extract oil and gas reserves in the future Peggy Williams Want facts about U.S. energy? Here they are. Bertie Taylor What does the future hold? The experts answer. Peggy Williams What oil industry leader would you like to be for a day? Bertie Taylor Headlines Addax Plans To Acquire Pan-Ocean's Gabon Assets Canada Southern Rejects Canadian Superior's New Bid Canadian Superior Raises Bid For Canada Southern Coldren Aquires GOM Assets From Noble Escondido Acquires Olmos Trend Assets Exco Plans To Acquire Winchester Energy Former Enron CEO Ken Lay Dies At 64 Ketcham To Retire From Energen At Year's End Linn Energy To Acquire California and Oklahoma Assets Marathon Acquires Colorado Assets From Petroleum Development Petro-Canada Drops Out of Canada Southern Bidding War Petrohawk Closes Merger With KCS Energy PrimeWest Closes Acquisition Of U.S. Assets Provident Plans To Acquire Alberta Assets Santos Plans To Acquire Delhi Petroleum Shell Canada Closes BlackRock Acquisition Storm Cat To Acquire Wyoming Assets From Bill Barrett Vermilion Acquires French Assets From ExxonMobil Companies in This Issue Company Index Company Briefs Additional news Stephen Payne and Bertie Taylor Chesapeake, XTO drop $950MM in Barnett Stephen Payne and Bertie Taylor Energy Partners trumps Plains bid for Stone Stephen Payne and Bertie Taylor In Memoriam M&A news Completions BIG BET2 Nissa Darbonne, Executive Editor E&P Momentum Social Responsibility Peggy Williams Editors Comment Canadian Juniors' Median Share Price Slips In Early 2006 Bertie Taylor Citigroup: Producers' Latest Capex Plans Highest Since 2001 Taryn Maxwell Happy 25th! Leslie Haines Herold: Capex Soared In 2005; Field Costs Grew Bertie Taylor Independent Securities Dealers Take Larger Canadian Market Share Taryn Maxwell Independents Report Production, Earnings Success In First Quarter Bertie Taylor Quantum, Wolf Et Al. To Launch $1B E&P Company Bertie Taylor Record Gas-Storage Inventories Could Pose Gas-Price Risk Brian Toal The Unfolding Future Peggy Williams Exploration Highlights Eastern U.S. Other Gulf Coast Other International Highlights Peggy Williams Midcontinent & Permian Basin Other Western U.S. Other From the Editor-in-Chief Happy 25th! Leslie Haines New Financings Equity/Debt Table Other NewsWell Canadian juniors' median share price slips in early 2006 Bertie Taylor Capital sources cautious on prices, firm on placement Bertie Taylor Citigroup: Producers'latest capex plans highest since 2001 Taryn Maxwell Frontier plays luring smaller independents Bertie Taylor Herold: Capex soared in 2005; field costs grew Bertie Taylor Independents report production, earnings success in first quarter Bertie Taylor Nigeria to become major gas provider by 2010 Stephen Payne Nymex launches 24-hour trading on CME Globex Leslie Haines Quantum, Wolf et al. to launch $1-billion E&P company Bertie Taylor Record gas-storage inventories could pose gas-price risk Brian A. Toal Start-up executives describe when to choose private equity Taryn Maxwell On the Money Canada Eyes Colorado Brian Toal Trends & Analysis Supply Costs Peggy Williams
