Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - January 2012
Feature
Boone Rides Again
At DUG-East, T.Boone Pickens shared his views on a variety of subjects, from natural gas to middle east politics
Can Frac Gas Displace Coal?
In the electric power world, just how much natural gas from shales can reasonably be expected to replace coal by 2020?
Credit Market Credentials
Even in this healthier credit environment, lenders focus on myriad issues when evaluating potential loans. Here's how to be best positioned.
Emerging Plays
Look for oil where it's been found before. That's the adage these U.S. producers are minding as they apply horizontal and multistage fracture-stimulation technology to some long-known and some new liquids-rich zones - both conventional and unconventional.
Forecasting Shale Production
Promising decline-curve techniques are emerging as experts debate how to best forecast shale production. The SEC is watching with interest.
Playing The Trump Card
For analysts and economists, the convoluted web of inputs into the domestic 2012 oil price will continue to be trumped, in the short term, by global economic strength - or the lack thereof
Private Equity's Big Reach
The KKR-led consortium of financial partners that bagged trophy producer Samson Investment ups the ante for unconventional resource M&A.
The Stabilizing Shales
The rapid growth of shale-gas production has led to its characterization as a disruptive market force. But over the next few decades, it is more likely to provide considerable stability to the domestic natural gas market.
Transfer Pricing Trends
Multinational energy corporations face increased audits of transfer pricing, as governments worldwide seek to raise tax revenue.
Uncon Stretches Private Equity
Private-equity executives have different strategies regarding investment in unconventional resource plays. Here are the takes of several of the most experienced investors.
Understanding The Utica
Hands-on experts concur: the Utica shale is loaded with hydrocarbons - but you may want to locate the Point Pleasant formation on your strat charts.