Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - April 2015

April 1, 2015

Cover Story

Private Equity Prospects

As private equity bides its time, waiting for costs to come down, it is also poised to strike—for the right deal.

Chris Sheehan, Hart Energy

Feature

2014 Excellence Award Winners

Here are Investor’s picks for outstanding performances in leadership, financing, M&A and more.

Oil And Gas Investor Editors

Crude Exports Or Broke? Not So Fast

The crude supply glut won’t be exported away—unless it is refined.

Greg Haas, Stratas Advisors

Operators are turning to exception-based surveillance (EBS) to reduce lease operating expense, decrease deferred production, alleviate hiring constraints and improve cash flow in today’s uncertain price environment.

Mark Clevenger, Derrick Shannonhouse And Marc Patterson, Special To Hart Energy

Great Expectation For UK Shales

Cuadrilla Resources has been granted shale gas exploration permits, while Ineos plans a $1 billion project for its own feedstocks.

Gregory DL Morris, Special To Hart Energy

Midcontinent Oil And The New Swing Producers

DUG Midcontinent presenters surmised that U.S. producers have taken oil-supply power from OPEC. Here’s why, along with discussion of the Springer Shale and more.

Nissa Darbonne, Editor-At-Large

Moving Forward: Macondo Five Years Later

The industry has moved past the Macondo tragedy equipped with better technologies to bring ever-deeper discoveries onstream amid much M&A activity.

Hart Energy Staff

Shoring Up The Bottom Line

As shell-shocked capital markets return to life following a year-end meltdown, capable E&Ps are rushing to bolster balance sheets pinched by 50% revenue declines.

Steve Toon, Hart Energy

Southwestern's New Play

In the face of economic headwinds, Southwestern Energy Co. is forging ahead with a multibillion-dollar acquisition in the expanding southwest Marcellus Shale that could redefine the company’s future.

Steve Toon, Hart Energy