Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - August 2010
Cover Story
The Niobrara
Lease activity? Check. Deals being done? Check. Rigs turning right? Check. The newest focus of oil-prone explorers is on the cusp.
Feature
Best Corporate Citizen: Citizen Range
For its water-recycling and safety initiatives, Marcellus shale leader Range Resources Corp. is Corporate Citizen of the Year.
Capital Markets Outlook: The Road Ahead
Capital is available, the IPO window has opened and M&A is gaining traction.
Deal of the Year: Making the Elephant Dance
ExxonMobil's acquisition of XTO-the M&A Deal of the Year-validates natural gas as a long-term energy source and crowns U.S. unconventional resource plays.
Energy Trusts: Back to the Future
Maple Leaf trusts' conversion to conventional corporate form will free up capital.
Executive Q&A: Marcellus Harmonies
The president and executive director of the Marcellus Shale Coalition discusses her greatest challenge: getting the facts out to the public.
Field Rejuvenation of the Year: Energen's Do-Over
Energen Resources Corp. brought new life to a decades-old Permian play in the Field Rejuvenation of the Year.
Turnaround of the Year: In Pursuit of Bakken
Brigham Exploration used its financial and technological expertise to advance its leadership in the play in the Turnaround of the Year.
A&D Trends
Niobrara Oil: Regional Spotlight
Drilling and completion techniques renew the Niobrara oil play.
At Closing
Hedge Away
Producers Remain Free to Hedge or not Hedge.
Bright Spots
Meet Josh Young
Energy is One Focus of Josh Young's Soon-to-Launch Hedge Fund.
Capital Markets
Upstream Costs
For upstream costs, the trend is up.
Company Briefs
Completions
RFK Jr. To Gas: Friend Me
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. courts -- and criticizes -- the natural gas industry.
E&P Momentum
Europeans Puzzle Over Shale
Europe Studies its Shale-Gas Potential.
From the Editor-in-Chief
Risk, With a Safety Chaser
The Gulf spill alters attitudes toward risk.
Industry Icons
John B. Curtis: Director, Potential Gas Agency
John B. Curtis leads the Potential Gas Agency.
Legends
Chatting With Caroll Suggs
Carroll Suggs Reflects on Her Leadership of Petroleum Helicopters Inc.