Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - July 2010
Cover Story
Gas-Storage Strategies
Up to 600 billion cubic feet of gas-storage capacity will be required by 2030, driven by new shale-gas production and the need to backstop power generation fueled by alternative-energy sources.
Feature
Baird Branches Out
Two energy I-bank veterans discuss their new launch, the state of energy finance and potential aftershocks from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Credit-Capacity Boosts
These credit structures can help producers increase credit capacity and support growth, particularly in challenging financial times.
Executive Q&A: Kinnear's Perspective
Improved dialogue between industry and governments is integral to global development of energy sources, says this industry icon. But new fuels are needed, too.
Executive Q&A: Quantifying Quantum Resources
Under the watchful eye of Alan Smith, Quantum Resources Management picks up a $900-million package of conventional assets, tripling its production.
Fracing and the Courts
These congressional regulatory and legal initiatives may define companies' rights and potential liability.
Marcellus Madness
A recent flurry of high-dollar deals in Appalachia's premier resource play pushes acreage values higher, but has the run-up peaked?
Unconventional in Turkey
Led by Malone Mitchell, former head of Riata Energy Inc., TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. is applying North American shale know-how to Turkey’s vast resources.
A&D Trends
Negotiated Auctions
Auctions have morphed into negotiations.
At Closing
Fraconomics
Game-changing completion techniques refined in unconventional-gas plays now are changing the oil game.
Bright Spots
Meet Robert Norris
Oil States International's Robert Norris directs corporate development for the oilfield services enterprise.
Company Briefs
Completions
Eyes of Newt
Newt's not happy with the government's response to BP's spill.
E&P Momentum
Marvelous Monterey
California's Monterey shale is a dynamo.
From the Editor-in-Chief
A Few Radical Proposals
Will lessons from the Gulf of Mexico spill be taken to heart?
Legends
Chatting with Ted Collins
After 50 years as an independent in Midland, Ted Collins is still doing deals in multiple basins.
NewsWell
Simmons & Co.; Bernstein: BP, Anadarko Remain Good Buys
The stocks of BP and Anadarko are down but certainly not out, say analysts.