Table of ContentsCover StoryATP’s business model: bringing undeveloped properties to productionOIL & GAS FINANCIAL JOURNAL: ATP ended 2006 with record reserves, an annual production increase of 155%, and a robust reserves replacement ratio of 315%.
FeaturesSOX: a home run for some energy companiesThere are still some complaints more than four years after the federal corporate accountability regulations for publicly-traded companies became law.
Risk mitigation — is it worth it?As oil prices climb, energy sources once considered too expensive or risky to extract ? be they the oil sands of Alberta, deep-sea Arctic deposits, or African energy reserves ? become more and more attractive to exploit.
Application of Markowitz portfolio theory in the oil and gas industryModern portfolio theory is designed to optimize return for a given level of variance across a spectrum of investment opportunities.
Improving upstream forecastsAccountability is not new. E&P players, like businesses in other industries, have always been under pressure to deliver accurate, credible forecasts for production levels, costs and timing, which lead to revenue and cash flow forecasts.
Take advantage of the saving yearsIf you plan to use IRAs to help you save, you need to decide what type of IRA you’re going to use.
Capital PerspectivesGreen is not a partisan issueFor the first time in our lives, being green is not a partisan issue. What used to be only about our environment is now about our economy and our national security.
Upstream NewsTransocean, GlobalSantaFe set for merger of equalsTransocean Inc. and GlobalSantaFe Corp. have approved a definitive agreement for a merger. The estimated enterprise value of the combined company will be roughly $53 billion.
Industry BriefsIndustry BriefsTalisman Energy agreed to sell nearly 16,000 boe/d of non-core North American assets for $815 million as part of a program to focus on core growth properties and extract value from non-strategic assets.
Energy PlayersEnergy PlayersBill Berilgen is leaving Houston-based Rosetta Resources. He has resigned as chairman, president, and CEO.
Beyond the WellCommunity involvement a long-standing tradition at DevonDevon Energy has a long standing tradition of community involvement in Oklahoma City, where the company is headquartered.
Editor's CommentRussia stakes claim to the North PoleIn one giant step backwards for mankind, the Russian government this summer asserted its claim to vast regions of the Arctic by planting its fl ag at the North Pole.
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