Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - February 2009
Cover Story
Permian Plays
?West Texas producers use every trick in the book to wring more from one of the nation’s most prolific and long-lived oil basins—even in today’s tough times.
Feature
Bounty Out Of Bankruptcy
?Often ignored, buying oil and gas assets out of bankruptcy can be a targeted and effective means to adding value to a portfolio.
Brush Up On Lending
?In these volatile times, it’s a good idea for operators and lenders to review what they know about standard credit agreements for financing E&P companies.
Petrohawk Flying Strong In Haynesville And Eagle Ford Shales
?Petrohawk chairman, president and CEO Floyd Wilson hones in on the shales and shares his plans for growth.
Top Service Stocks, 2009
?Analysts pick the service providers best-positioned to ride out a volatile 2009.
Utica Shale Lights Up Homes In Quebec
Early drilling indicates the crossborder Utica shale has the potency to become a fine source of natural gas for eastern North America.
A&D Trends
At Closing
The Game Of Conservation
?President Obama’s energy vision embraces conservation.
Bright Spots
Meet Kelly Plato
NGP Capital's Kelly Plato enjoys helping companies grow.
Company Briefs
Completions
Trust 911
?While not for everyone, a fiscal-reprofiling option is the royalty trust.
E&P Momentum
Horton Bluff Shale
A budding play in the Maritimes Basin features the Upper Devonian and Lower Mississippian Horton Bluff shale.
Eastern
From the Editor-in-Chief
Gulf Coast
International Highlights
Legends
Chatting With Bob Wagner
?Energy banker Bob Wagner, who’s on his third industry downdraft, provides perspective.
MidContinent & Permian Basin
NewsWell
Woodford Shale Hosts Interventionless Gas-Well Completion
?Marathon Oil Corp. reports it has participated in a successful step-out discovery well on the Brickyard prospect in the northeastern Anadarko Basin in Oklahoma.
Technology Report
2008 Record Breakers
?Propelled by 2008’s soaring prices, new technologies and projects combined to break industry records.
Trends & Analysis
The Reserve-Reporting Rules
?The new SEC reserve-reporting rules increase transparency.