Editor's Comment
- Cap and trade vs a carbon tax
  Someone asked me recently which I would prefer — cap and trade or a carbon tax.
Capital Perspectives
- Risk's sweet spot: How much should you risk?
  Risk has a speed limit — a bright shining line separating "good risk," which leads to a higher long–run growth rate of wealth, and "bad risk," which doesn't.
Analyze This
- Oil shale deal flow heating up in Bakken, Niobrara
  Since January 2009, the oil–to–gas pricing ratio has averaged 15:1, and it doesn't appear as if this will change anytime soon.
Upstream News
- Deepwater expansion begins with new Pride International drillship
  Houston–based Pride International Inc. has dedicated the first of its four new deepwater drillships under construction by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea, the Deep Ocean Ascension.
Cover Story
- Total increases its focus on upstream sector
  From its creation in 1924 as the Compagnie française des pétroles, France's Total, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, has grown to become the world's fifth largest publicly–traded integrated oil and gas company in 2010 with 96,950 employees and operations in more than 130 countries.
Features
- Meet Total CFO Patrick de la Chevardière
  The financial crisis in 2008 was a shock to everyone, including us. The precipitous drop in oil prices from $114 a barrel in June to $35 in December was stunning.
- Harvest Natural Resources striving to diversify, realize its full potential
  To a casual observer, Harvest Natural Resources may look like a far–flung enterprise for a small exploration and production company.
- Minimizing the impact of changes on oil and gas construction contracts
  Executives and project managers for operators, service companies, contractors, and vendors on oil and gas projects are very concerned these days with the profitability and risks on their contracts.
- What credit crisis?
  Using integration and analytics to capture opportunities and mitigate risk
- OGFJ100P company update
  IHS Herold Inc., the independent research firm, has once again provided OGFJ with updated production data for our periodic ranking of US–based private E&P companies.
Energy M&A Update
- Devon–BP, CNOOC–Bridas top month's deals
  The major deal of the past 30 days is Devon Energy's sale of all of its assets in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, and Azerbaijan to BP for $7 billion.
Industry Briefs
- Lime Rock Resources acquires $113M in oil, gas properties in Texas, Oklahoma
  Lime Rock Resources has closed two acquisitions, totaling $113 million, of working interests in oil and gas properties in Oklahoma and Texas from separate sellers.
Energy Players
- Mark Lewis, Kirk Morgan join energy practice of Bracewell & Giuliani
  Law firm Bracewell & Giuliani LLP has hired Mark Lewis and Kirk Morgan, both formerly of Paul Hastings, to join the firm's Washington, D.C. office as partners in its energy practice.
Beyond the Well
- Quietly aiding the industry for decades, NAG marks 40th with awards expansion
  This year, the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) marks its 40th anniversary.
Focus Reports
- The NETHERLANDS: the energy hub of Europe
  For centuries, the industrious Dutch have made their fortune from a passionate relationship with the sea.

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Table of Contents

Oil & Gas Financial Journal

Editor's Comment

Capital Perspectives

Analyze This

Upstream News

Cover Story

Features

Energy M&A Update

Industry Briefs

Energy Players

Beyond the Well

Focus Reports

Topic Index