Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - March 2009
Cover Story
America's Crude
?Whipsawing prices, plummeting demand and frightening economics stress U.S. oil producers.
Feature
Barnett Players Keep Production Growing
?Rig counts are falling and capital markets are tight, but these players in the Fort Worth Basin’s Barnett shale keep growing production, reserves and take-away capacity.
City Pumping
?A new, small-footprint pumping unit installed near downtown Farmington, New Mexico, offers environmental advantages and no precision parts downhole.
Distressed Finance
?With E&Ps facing a three-headed dragon of low commodity prices, closed financial markets and lender redeterminations, five industry experts suggest ways to get over the hump.
Energen In Alabama
?Energen chairman and CEO James McManus discusses Alabama shales, the company’s balance sheet and its buying power.
Gas Collision Ahead
?Rockies gas supplies moving to the Ohio Valley on the final leg of the Rex Pipeline will fight with increasing shale production from the Gulf Coast and Appalachia.
Return Of The M&A Downturn
?The industry has seen this movie before—collapsing commodity prices turn M&A deal-making on its head. The sequel adds a new twist: constrained capital markets.
A&D Trends
Transaction Activity Vs. Nymex
?The buy-build-exploit-sell business model has met its match in falling commodity prices.
At Closing
Farewell Brian
The former senior financial editor for Oil and Gas Investor passed away Feb.1.
Bright Spots
Meet Lance Dardis
Scotia Waterous director Lance Dardis discusses the A&D market.
Capital Markets
Energy Lenders' Price Decks
Banks adopt a more conservative stance in forward price decks.
Company Briefs
Completions
The Natural Solution
?The two imminent issues in U.S. prosperity can solve each other.
E&P Momentum
Haynesville Hotties
?A bevy of Haynesville hotties is turning heads.
Eastern
From the Editor-in-Chief
Gulf Coast
International Highlights
Legends
Chatting With Gene Van Dyke
?Gene Van Dyke is still hunting that elusive, final elephant.
MidContinent & Permian Basin
NewsWell
Technology Report
Sour Casing
?Scientific research is needed to address outmoded H2S standards.
Trends & Analysis
2008: A Tale Of Two Halves
?A rollicking first-half 2008 for A&D quickly quieted down.