Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - November 2000 November 1, 2000 Feature A SEXIER SECTOR Other AHEAD OF THE CURVE Peggy Williams HELICOPTER, PLEASE Other IR GETS WIRED POLAND Brian Toal REELING IN RETURNS Brian Toal THE GOOD FIT Other Companies in This Issue Companies in This Issue Other Company Briefs Apache, Shell join to buy New Zealand firm's assets Other Canadian briefs... Chevron, Texaco to form world's fourth-largest oil Nissa Darbonne E-commerce briefs... International briefs... Other Marathon consolidating its upstream operations Other Shell, Texaco pursuing fuel-cell development Other U.S. briefs... Completions THE STORY Nissa Darbonne Exploration Highlights GULF COAST INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Peggy Williams MIDCONTINENT & PERMIAN BASIN NORTHEAST/SOUTHEAST WESTERN U.S. From the Editor-in-Chief TO THE PRESIDENT Leslie Haines New Financings DEBT EQUITY NewsWell Bankers vs. buyers and sellers: forecasts remain disparate Nissa Darbonne Conoco goes beyond BP, in analyst's survey of majors' performance Other Errata Other Fitch: Continued driller consolidation would help sector Nissa Darbonne Half of U.S. drilling growth comes from just six counties Leslie Haines Howard Weil president eyes lower prices, but better equity markets Brian Toal New funding arrangement brings reserve risks into insurance market Other Offshore drilling upturn reflects increased spending by majors Other Producers, investors expect oil, gas prices to remain high Other Rigs, workers scarce for small producers with big inventories Other The money that flows into and out of stocks reveals insights Other Wall Street still leads to Earnings Expectations Lane Other On the Money CAPITAL MARKETS ATTRACTIVE Brian Toal Trends & Analysis The Meridian Resource Corp. (NYSE-TMR) Other UTI Energy Corp. (AMEX-UTI)
