Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - April 2008

April 1, 2008

Cover Story

Horizontal Resources

Horizontal drilling and completion methods are liberating impressive volumes of natural gas from such carbonate and sandstone reservoirs as the Selma Chalk, James Lime, Basal Abo/Wolfcamp, Hunton and Cotton Valley.

Feature

A Deal Made For an MLP

?When MLP BreitBurn bought all of the Antrim and New Albany shale assets of Quicksilver Resources, it instantly more than doubled in size and gained a significant equity partner.

Appalachian Drilling Stirs Cooperation

Coalbed-methane drilling in the Appalachian Basin has unique challenges that CDX Gas meets with partnerships and technology.

Before Knowledge Exits

A formal knowledge-transfer and mentoring program with specific goals will help oil and gas companies compete and propel new employees to greater performance.

William A. Gray

Bill Barrett Strikes Again

?Bill Barrett Corp. has wrung an almost 100-fold increase in gas production from the West Tavaputs Plateau in Utah. Here’s how.

Energy Deal-Arrangers Make Forecasts

Two Houston investment-banking firms expect 2008 to be an active year for M&A action and for IPOs and other financings.

Ellen Chang

Heard at the Conference

The scoop on the ?Bear Stearns fall-out.

Jeanne Stell

Investing in Energy Independence

The former chairman of GlobalSantaFe believes the free market will enable the U.S. to regain energy independence, and use cleaner technologies in the process. Here's how to invest now to participate in this.

C. Russell Luigs

Seismic Firms Enjoy Boom

Offshore seismic firms are enjoying their day in the sun as high world oil prices support exploration economics. Their offerings have expanded to multi-and wide-azimuth surveying, and electromagnetic 3-D.

Benjamin P. Dell

Sierra Club Initiates an Unexpected Union

The Sierra Club's executive director describes the organization's view of U.S. natural gas production as a better energy source than coal, crude oil or imported LNG.

Telling the Story

John Pinkerton addresses Range Resources’ award-winning investor-relations practices, its plans for developing its emerging plays and its five-year streak of consecutive production growth.

Stephen Payne

A&D Trends

The Declining Deal Value

Do MLPs pay more for proved reserves than C-Corps? No, according to Energy Spectrum Advisors.

At Closing

Bouncing Back

For the U.S. offshore drilling industry, this January wasn’t particularly illustrious, as shares in the sector sold off 13% for the month versus a like decline for the OSX (Oilfield Service Index) and a 9% dip for the S&P 500.

Brian Toal