Energy Matters

Archive for April, 2008

Fayetteville Deal Priced At $50K/Mcf/d

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Deal metrics for three recent Fayetteville shale transactions were as much as $59,000 per flowing Mcf/d, reports Sylvia Barnes, managing director, Merrill Lynch & Co., global energy and power group, ... Read more..

A Weak US$ Keeps The LNG Away

Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

A weaker U.S. dollar is keeping the LNG away. Many commentators and analysts continue to hypothesize about the odds of increased U.S. imports of liquefied natural gas this year and ... Read more..

Americans, The Price-Makers (Not Price-Takers)

Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

On the golf course several consecutive weekends, energy consumers have asked, “What’s it going to take to bring these oil prices down?” Other consumers (not industry members) answer that OPEC ... Read more..

Some Rockefellers Take Issue With XOM Governance

Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Some Rockefeller family members are to host a news conference in New York on April 30 “urging a major change in corporate governance in the form of an independent chairman ... Read more..

The Peak Oil Report From Starlight Investments’ Steve Crower

Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Steve Crower is a believer: "Peak Oil" is coming. He says, "Matt Simmons was right (in 2005) and if no one got the message then, they will get it soon." Crower ... Read more..

Start Your Own E&P Company This June 9: Here’s How!

Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Thinking about launching out on your own? Oil and Gas Investor is presenting "Energy Capital—The Workshop: Starting and Building an E&P Company" this June 9 at the Westin Galleria. This ... Read more..

Dave Pursell’s ‘Bat Out Of Haynesville’ To Debut On ‘Shreveport Idol’

Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

E&P analyst Dave Pursell at Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Securities Co. Inc. offers the following theme song for the hot new Haynesville shale play and any future "Shreveport Idol" show. Pursell ... Read more..

McClendon…On The Haynesville: The Next Barnett?

Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Has Chesapeake Energy Corp. discovered the next Barnett in the Haynesville shale play in northwestern Louisiana? Aubrey McClendon says, "The Barnett remains No. 1 in Chesapeake's portfolio but the Haynesville ... Read more..

Vanity Fair’s Polystyrene Green Issue

Thursday, April 10th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Vanity Fair is out with its third annual "Green Issue" full of underwhelming articles and commentary on the Earth. Again, its cover alone mocks the very concept of green. For ... Read more..

The Inflation Americans Don’t Complain About

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

An argument is that oil, gas, food and other consumed goods that the Fed tracks for inflation are different because these are disposable -- consumed -- so inflation of these ... Read more..