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Ltd. 81, 95 Bitech Fortum Energy Co. 95 Bitech Petroleum Corp. 95 Black Tusk Energy Inc. 95 BlackRock Ventures Inc. 95 BP Amoco 11, 50, 55, 80 Brooklyn Union Gas Co. 50 Burlington Resources 17, 32, 52, 76, 78, 80 BWAB Inc. 95 Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. 52 Callon Petroleum Co. 74 Calvalley Petroleum Inc. 95 Canadian Blackhawk Energy Inc. 95 Canadian Hunter Exploration Ltd. 48 Canadian Occidental Petroleum Corp. 81, 95 CanBaikal Resources Inc. 84 Capital Research & Management Co. 84 Cawley, Gillespie & Associates 92 CEJA Corp. 72 Chase Manhattan Bank 84 Chesapeake Energy 50 Chesapeake Operating Inc. 76 Chevron Corp. 78, 79, 81, 95 China National Petroleum Corp. 95 Chisholm Exploration Inc. 77 CIBC World Markets Corp. 84, 95 CJSC KomiArcticOil 95 CK Cooper & Co. 64 CMS Energy Corp. 43, 77, 95 Coastal Corp. 87, 95 Columbia Natural Resources Inc. 73 Compton 84 Conoco Inc. 82 Consolidated Natural Gas Co. 56 Cornerstone Ventures 17 Credit Lyonnais Inside back cover Credit Lyonnais 84 Cross Timbers Oil Co. 12 Cullen Ranch 94 Dain Rauscher Wessels Inc. 2, 3 David H. Arrington Oil & Gas Inc. 77 Davis Petroleum 37 Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown 28 Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. 87 Devlan Exploration Inc. 84 Devon Energy Co. 44 Dominion Capital Inc. 91 Dominion Resources Inc. 56, 91 Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. 52, 87 Double Eagle Petroleum & Mining Co. 79 Dynegy Inc. 91 E.F. Hutton & Co. 51 Economic Analysis Systems 53 El Paso Energy Corp. 87 El Paso Natural Gas 56 Enercom Partners 18, 69 Energy Africa Ltd. 81 EnergyCareers.com 83 Energy North Inc. 84 ENI SpA 81, 95 Enogex Inc. 84 Enron Capital & Trade 35 Ensign Operating Co. 74 EOG Resources Inc. 52, 78, 79 Equatorial Energy Inc. 81 Esso E&O Egypt Ltd. 95 Exco Resources Inc. 91 Exxon Mobil Corp. 11, 33, 55, 80, 95 Fancher Oil 95 First Union Securities Inc. 84 Fleet Energy 91 Fletcher Challenge Energy 81 Foothill Capital Corp. 84 Fortum Oil & Gas Oy 95 Franklin Advisors 44 Franklin Templeton Group 44 Fuel Resources Inc. 50 FX Energy 81 G.E. Micro Generation 10 Gallagher Drilling Inc. 72 Galp 95 Gas de Portugal 95 GeoQuest 53 GeoSphere Exploration Ltd. 81 Getty Oil Co. 46 Global Exploration LLC 48 Goldman, Sachs & Co. 84 Graves & Co. 27 Greka Energy 27 Gresham Resources Inc. 92 Griffiths McBurney & Partners 84 Gulf Canada Resources Ltd. 80 Gwiz Systems Inc. 21 Halliburton 53 Hamar Associates LLC 78 Hanifen, Imhoff 42 Harken Energy Corp. 74 Hornet Energy Ltd. 95 Howard, Weil, Labouisse, Friedrichs 42 Hughes Eastern Corp. 73 IFP Enterprises 13 Illinova Corp. 91 Imperial Oil Ltd. 80 IndigoPool.com 20 Institut Francais du Petrol 13 Intrepid Oil & Gas 95 IPAA 96 Ivanhoe Energy Inc. 84 J.P. Morgan 95 J.W. Kinzer 73 Jofree Energy Consulting 22 KCS Medallion Resources Inc. 76 Kerr-McGee Corp. 81, 84 KeySpan Energy 50 Kicking Horse Resources Ltd. 84 Koch Exploration Inc. 92 Koch Industries Inc. 92 Lake DeSmet Energy Co. 40 Landmark Graphics Corp. 53 Landmark Graphics Corp. 45 Lehman Brothers Inc. 46, 84 Liberty Oil & Gas Ltd. 84 Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas Corp. 77 Mackey & Tanner Petroleum Inc. 72 Madison Energy Advisors 58 Magnum Hunter 17 Mannon L. Walters Inc. 72 Manti Operating Co. 74 Marathon Oil Co. 51, 76, 87, 92, 95 McMoRan Exploration Co. 75, 84, 92 MCN Energy 50 Meagher Oil & Gas Properties Inc. 92, 95 MeesPierson Capital Corp. 86 Merak 53 Merrill Lynch & Co. 87 Midland Southwest Software 28 Miller Exploration Co. 75 Mobil Exploration & Producing U.S. 54 Moody's Investors Services 19 Moon-Hines-Tigrett Operating Co. Inc. 73 Mosbacher Operating Ltd. 80 Murfin Drilling Co. Inc. 76 Nance Petroleum Corp. 78 National Bank Financial Corp. 84 Nesbitt Burns 91 NetworkOil 5, 6, 7 New Energy West Corp. 92 Newfield Exploration Co. 87 Ngati Te Whiti Hapu Society 81 North American Resources Co. 68 North Central Oil Corp. 32, 78 NorthStar Energy LLC 75 Nova Scotia Resources Ltd. 80 Novistar Outside back cover Nuevo Energy Co. 37 Occidental Petroleum Corp. 51, 78 Ocean Energy Inc. 91 Offshore Technology Conference 70 OGE Energy Corp. 84 OGI/Cosco Private Capital Conference 24, 25 Ohio Kentucky Oil Corp. 72-73 OilExchange.com 26 Oneok Inc. 92 Paradigm Technologies 22 Parker Drilling 32 PDVSA 80 Pendragon Partners 95 Penwell Energy Inc. 42, 77, 79 Peoples Energy Corp. 92 Petrie Parkman & Co. 60 Petrie Parkman & Co. 87 Petrobras 80, 95 PetroChina Co. 95 Petrogal 81, 95 Petroleum Resources Management 95 Petroleum Strategies 67 PetroQuest Energy Inc. 75 Petroserv 95 Petsec Energy Inc. 84 Philippines National Oil Co. 95 Phillips Chemical 8 Phillips Petroleum Co. 49, 76, 80 Pioneer Natural Resources USA Inc. 77 Plains All American Pipeline LP 84 Planet Energy Inc. 72 Plantagenet Capital Management LLC 13 Playa Minerals & Energy 92 Polish Oil & Gas Co. 81 PPX Producing Property Exchange 88 Preston, Reynolds & Co. Inc. 40 Pride International Inc. 82 Prize Energy 16 Queiroz Galvao Perfuracoes 95 Questar Energy Co. 37 Quicksilver Resources Inc. 92 Quinex Energy Corp. 78 Randall & Dewey Inc. 16, 54, 55, 57 Range Petroleum Corp. 84 Raymond James & Associates 65 Rebel Drilling Co. 75 Repsol SA 84 Resource Exploration Ltd. 81 Rodessa Operating 74 Rogers & Partners Securities Inc. 84 Roundtree & Associates Inc. 75 Salomon Smith Barney Inc. 13, 46, 87 Samedan Oil Corp. 74 Sanguine Ltd. 76 Savoy Energy LP 72 Schlumberger 53 Schlumberger Inside front cover Shell Canada Ltd. 80 Shell E&P 54 Shell Egypt Deepwater BV 95 Shell Offshore Inc. 92 Shell Oil 11, 55, 56, 95 Simmons & Co. International 11, 13 Sklar-Tex LLC 74 Small Cap World Fund Inc. 84 Sonangol 81 Sonat Exploration 56 Sonat Inc. 87 Sonatrach 80, 95 Southwest Gas Co. 92 St. Mary Land & Exploration Co. 21 St. Mary Land & Exploration Co. 78 Standard & Poor's 52 Strategic Research Institute 19 Swift Energy Co. 74 Talisman Energy Inc. 80 Terra Energy Ltd. 95 Texaco 40, 50, 52, 75, 76, 77, 95 The Coastal Corp. 80 The Houston Exploration Co. 51 The Meridian Resource Corp. 74 The Oil & Gas Asset Clearinghouse 22 The Redstone Cos. 40 Thorofare Resources 95 Tipperary Corp. 92 TMR Exploration Inc. 74 Tom Brown Inc. 30 Torch Energy Advisors 63 TotalFina 80, 81 TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. 80 Transco Coal Methane Co. 51 Transco Energy 51 Transok LLC 84 Triton Energy Ltd. 80 U.S. Bank NA 43 Ultra Petroleum Corp. 36 Union Pacific Resources Group 19 Unit Drilling Co. 32 Unocal 57, 75 Veba Oil 80 Venture Capital Sourcing 42 Venus Exploration Corp. 91 Vintage Petroleum 74, 95 Virginia Natural Gas Inc. 91 W.A. Moncrief Jr. 32, 78, 79 Warburg Dillon Read LLC 14, 15 Warburg Dillon Read LLC 42, 84 Weeks Petroleum 50 Wellbid.com 66 Wells Fargo 23 West Bay Exploration Co. 72 Whiting Petroleum 95 Williams Energy Services 29 Williams Production Rocky Mountain Co. 95 Woodside Petroleum Ltd. 95 Wyoming Interstate Gas Co. 43 Xplor Energy Operating Inc. 74 Young Oil Corp. 73 Ziff Energy Group 68 Zinke & Trumbo Inc. 78