Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - November 2009
Cover Story
Israel
American independent Noble Energy has discovered a world-class natural gas field offshore Israel, changing both its fortune and the fortunes of its host country.
Feature
California Buyside
Golden State investors say now is the time to capture upside with distressed upstream and midstream equities.
China's Energy Future
Domestic energy demand has defined China’s goals, but energy policy has failed to keep pace.
Independent Spokesman
As Swift Energy Co. president, Bruce H. Vincent takes aim at renewing production growth, and as new IPAA chairman, he wants Capitol Hill to listen to independents.
JVs For E&P
Joint ventures are becoming the new transaction of choice. Up-front preparation is key to achieving the most profitable structure.
Marcellus Microseismic
Microseismic monitoring of the fracturing process in the vast shale is proving to be a key tool in its development.
Remaking Toreador
With a new chief executive officer and new strategy, Toreador Resources has revamped its finances and is aiming at a Bakken shale look-alike in France.
A&D Trends
Climate-Change Bedfellows
A Worldwatch Institute initiative would advance natural gas as the transition fuel to a low-carbon world.
At Closing
Metrics Disparity
A&D activity is reviving, but most experts do not expect dramatic improvements until natural gas prices are again aligned with oil at historical levels.
Bright Spots
Meet Lucy Leonard
Lucy Leonard is in the thick of A&D as an evaluation engineer with EnerVest Ltd.
Capital Markets
Company Briefs
Completions
E&P Momentum
Wait Awhile For Oil-Supply Crunch
The oil-price forecast for the near term is not heartening.
Eastern
From the Editor-in-Chief
Natural Gas Questions
For natural gas players, it is two steps forward, and one back.