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Marcellus Mojo Continues

Monday, October 26th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

They came to Pittsburgh, and the Marcellus shale was the lure. Some 1,400 people attended our "Developing Unconventional Gas-East" (DUG-East), held October 19. One key take-away is that the Marcellus may ... Read more..

Natural gas, 10 times over

Thursday, June 18th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

No matter how you slice it, the U.S. has more than enough natural gas to transition the country away from over-reliance on crude oil and toward the future, for power ... Read more..

More Haynesville details emerge

Thursday, June 18th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

A Calgary research firm has mapped and plotted 75 wells in East Texas and North Louisiana's Haynesville shale. More details are thus emerging and the location of the sweet spots ... Read more..

Energy Financing with Tom Cruise

Thursday, June 18th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Continued stress in financial and commodity markets has been facilitating a lot of deal action since May 2009. Deals are getting done, and many of them are creative, and oversubscribed. ... Read more..

4 Executives Share Their Gas Outlook.

Thursday, March 19th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Crude oil prices have surpassed $50 a barrel for the first time in months! OPEC held its production quotas firm at its March 15 meeting and compliance with those cuts ... Read more..

Oil Market Reaches Bottom

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

OPEC meets on 15 March. What can we expect? The analysts at Barclays Capital, led by Paul Horsnell, say, "Global fundamental balances argue for no further change in output policy, ... Read more..

The Worst Is Over!

Thursday, February 19th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

You've seen it here first! I received a research note in my inbox today saying that for oil and gas prices, and thus for energy equities, the worst may be over. ... Read more..

Saudi Oil Minister: A Realist or Good PR?

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

During CERAWeek 2009 in Houston last week, Saudi oil minister Ali Al-Naimi was the keynote at a dinner for nearly 1,000 attendees, who of course were  eager to hear from ... Read more..

Heard at NAPE 2009

Monday, February 9th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

The mood at NAPE on February 5 and 6  was marked by as much comraderie as always, with registrations up ftrom last year, and more exhibitors as well. People said ... Read more..

Congrats to Southwestern Energy

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Here is a big tip of the hat to CEO Harold Korell and his whole team at Southwestern Energy Corp. in Houston. The E&P company is the only energy-related company to ... Read more..