Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - December 2006 December 1, 2006 Feature 144As, REVERSE MERGERS MAKE IPO ALTERNATIVES Bertie Taylor CAPITAL TO REMAIN PLENTIFUL IN 2007 Brian A. Toal CO-CEOs EXPLAIN PLANS FOR BREITBURN Nissa Darbonne LOOKING PAST TRADITIONAL PERILS Michael A. Wilson NEW GLOBAL ENERGY MAP TAKING SHAPE RANGELY FIELD FAR FROM PLAYED OUT Peggy Williams Headlines AGL Deal With Queensland Gas To Help Block Santos Allis-Chalmers Acquires Oil & Gas Rental Services Basic Energy Services Enters Two Acquisition Agreements Edge Petroleum To Acquire Additional Interests In South Texas Deal Edge To Buy Texas Property From Anadarko EV Energy Acquires Assets From Five States Exco To Buy Some Of Anadarko's Louisiana Assets For $1.6B FieldPoint Acquires Working Interest In New Mexico Flotek Plans To Acquire Triumph Drilling Linn To Acquire Texas And West Virginia Assets Merrill Lynch Acquires Petrie Parkman Mittal Group To Acquire Half Of Lukoil Subsidiary National Oilwell Varco Gains Control Of NQL Energy Parker Hannifin Acquires Cabett Subsea Petrobras Acquires Gulf Assets From Mariner Petroleum Development To Acquire Exco's Colorado Assets PRB Energy Closes Acqusition Of Colorado, Nebraska Assets Q Consolidated Acquires Infinity Subsidiaries Rancher Snags Powder River Basin Interests For $46MM Santos To Divest Its U.S. Assets Shiningbank Cancels Acquisition Of Rider Statoil Plans To Acquire Norsk Hydro For US$30.6 Billion Stone Plans Divestitures, Not Seeking Merger Partner Superior Energy Services Acquires Warrior Swift Closes Purchase Of Lousiana Interests Whiting Sells Noncore Assets In U.S. And Canada Company Briefs Additional news Anadarko raises $2.25B in GOM deals; does swap A&D Watch Dominion E&P sale to fetch $10- to $15B A&D Watch M&A news Completions Oh Canada Nissa Darbonne, Executive Editor E&P Momentum COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN WATCH Peggy Williams Editors Comment Bullish Merrill Move Brian A. Toal Chesapeake's McClendon: Staying The Course On Operating Strategy Bertie Taylor Country Risk Leslie Haines Democrats' Victory Implies Changes In U.S. Energy Policy Leslie Haines and Bertie Taylor Development Of Arctic's Huge Gas Reserves Carry Cost, Pipeline Hurdles Stephen Payne Gas Resource-Play Economics Michael Scialla, Tom Covington and Chris Pikul Global Energy Heavyweights To Impact U.S. Oil, Gas Markets Gabe Collins Iraqi Ambassador Urges Foreign Investment Stephen Payne Look For More M&A Deals, Fewer IPOs In 2007 Brian A. Toal Looking Past Traditional Perils Michael A. Wilson Moving On-Ward Taryn Maxwell New Canadian Tax Plan To Affect Returns On Trust Investments Bertie Taylor and Nissa Darbonne Oh, Canada! Nissa Darbonne Oh, Canada! Nissa Darbonne Panelists: Oil-Service Firms Should Gear Up For Growing Demand Stephen Payne Private E&P Companies Revisiting Alternative Financing Options Bertie Taylor Rangely Field Peggy Williams Rockies Drillers Plan Thousands Of Wells Despite Heavy Regulation Stephen Payne S&P: Time For A Commodity-Price Beather? Taryn Maxwell Will Venture-Capital Woes Migrate To The Oil And Gas Space? Leslie Haines Exploration Highlights Eastern U.S. Gulf Coast International Highlights Peggy Williams Midcontinent and Permian Basin Western U.S. From the Editor-in-Chief Country Risk Leslie Haines New Financings New Financings NewsWell CERA says 'peak oil' theory flawed Oil and Gas Investor This Week Democrats' victory implies changes in U.S. energy policy Leslie Haines and Bertie Taylor Development of Arctic's huge gas reserves faces cost, pipeline hurdles Stephen Payne Iraqi ambassador urges foreign investment Stephen Payne More than 50 oil and gas firms now on London AIM Oil and Gas Investor This Week New Canadian tax plan to affect returns on trust investments Bertie Taylor and Nissa Darbonne Panelists: Oil-service firms should gear up for growing demand Stephen Payne Rockies drillers plan thousands of wells despite regulation Stephen Payne S&P: Time for a commodity-price breather? Taryn Maxwell SPE soliciting comment on new reserves definitions Oil and Gas Investor This Week Will venture-capital woes migrate to the oil and gas space? Leslie Haines On the Money BULLISH MERRILL MOVE Brian A. Toal Trends & Analysis GAS RESOURCE-PLAY ECONOMICS Michael Scialla, Tom Covington and Chris Pikul, analysts, A.G. Edwards & Sons
