Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - August 2006 August 1, 2006 Feature DOES THE WOODFORD SHALE HOLD AS MUCH PROMISE AS THE BARNETT OR FAYETTEVILLE? DON WOLF TALKS ABOUT THE QUANTUM RESOURCES START-UP Taryn Maxwell DON WOLF TALKS ABOUT THE QUANTUM RESOURCES START-UP Taryn Maxwell OPERATORS ARE BACK IN THE BAKKEN Brian A. Toal OPERATORS ARE BACK IN THE BAKKEN Brian A. Toal PETROHAWK AND KCS ARE FRACING THE HOSSTON CODE Nissa Darbonne ROCKIES PRODUCERS' NETBACK DYNAMICS MAY SOON SHIFT John A. Harpole WHAT DO THE ASIAN NOCs WANT? Norman Valentine and Tom Ellacott Headlines Allis-Chalmers Closes Acquisition Of DLS Drilling Anadarko Closes The Acquisition Of Kerr-McGee For $16.4 Billion Anadarko Closes Western Gas Acquisition Anadarko Names Senior Vice President Canada Southern Appoints Three New Board Members Canadian Oil Sands Amends Offer For Canada Southern Canadian Superior Makes Management Appointments Canetic Resources To Acquire Canadian Interests Comstock To Acquire South Texas Assets Exxel Plans Piceance Basin Acquisition From Galaxy Helix Acquires Offshore Assets From Chevron Jim Parkman Steps Down As President Of Petrie Parkman Linn Closes Acquisition Of Oklahoma Assets From Kaiser-Francis Linn Closes California Acquisition From Blacksand Mariner Acquires GOM Assets From BP Maverick Names James Watt Chairman And CEO Mike Salamon To Retire From BHP Billiton Newfield Temporarily Shuts Down Blackbeard Well Norsk Hydro Acquires Offshore Brazilian Assets Occidental To Acquire West Texas Assets From Plains Pacific Energy Names New Officers PBR Names Reichel VP Of Finance Phoenix Exploration Plans Gulf Acquisition From Cabot Provident Energy Closes Rainbow And Peace River Acquisition Robinson Resigns As Chairman Of Gastar Roc Oil Acquires Apache's China Assets Saxon Names New CEO and COO Swift Energy To Acquire Louisiana Assets From BP W&T Offshore Names Grabois Vice President And Treasurer Whiting Acquires Michigan Assets Whittier Closes Acquisition From Imperial Woodside Petroleum Offers To Buy Energy Partners Companies in This Issue Company Index Company Briefs Additional news Stephen Payne and Bertie Taylor Anadarko to take in Kerr-McGee, Western Stephen Payne and Bertie Taylor M&A News Stephen Payne and Bertie Taylor Completions Hit or stand Nissa Darbonne, Executive Editor E&P Momentum Mexico's Dilemma Peggy Williams Editors Comment Big Bet 2 Nissa Darbonne Calyon: Expect Strong Quarter From Oil-Service Firms Taryn Maxwell Competition Grows To C$70,000 BOE/d In Canadian Marketplace Stephen Payne Industry Finally Embracing IT Outsourcing Peggy Williams Insurance Woes Weighing On E&P Industry Leslie Haines Lease Activity Stimulates Market In U.K. North Sea Peggy Williams Merger Mania: Who's Next? Brian A. Toal Nigeria To Become Major Gas Provider By 2010 Stephen Payne Nymex Launches 24-Hour Trading On CME Globex Leslie Haines Oil-Weighted E&Ps Remain Favored By investors Taryn Maxwell S&P: Frenzied M&A Market Propped by 'Yawning Chasm' Taryn Maxwell Start-Up Executives Describe When To Choose Private Equity Taryn Maxwell Technology Astir Peggy Williams The Woodford Shale Leslie Haines Williston Basin Brian A. Toal 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 Summer Movies Leslie Haines New Financings Equity/Debt Table Other NewsWell 'Scramblers' advise on how to stay on top of E&P game Bertie Taylor Abundance of social, tax problems renewed in South America Stephen Payne Calyon: Expect strong quarter from oil-service firms Taryn Maxwell Canadian producers seeking fewer gas-well permits Bertie Taylor Capital providers say they are unfazed by competition Bertie Taylor Competition grows to C$70,000 BOE per day in Canadian market Stephen Payne DOE investing in research to improve tight-gas recovery Bertie Taylor El Paso may get back into the M&A game Bertie Taylor Focus on asset quality, not on creative financing terms Leslie Haines Industry finally embracing IT outsourcing Peggy Williams Insurance woes weighing on E&P industry Leslie Haines Lease activity stimulates market in U.K. North Sea Peggy Williams Not all operators optimistic on ability to spend capex budget Nissa Darbonne Oil-weighted E&Ps remain favored by investors Taryn Maxwell S&P: Frenzied M&A market propped by 'yawning chasm' Taryn Maxwell Saudi Aramco gears up with higher rig count, new ventures Leslie Haines Warburg Pincus 'creates ways to be lucky' Leslie Haines On the Money MERGER MANIA: WHO'S NEXT? Brian Toal Trends & Analysis Dry Powder Nissa Darbonne
