Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - April 2001 April 1, 2001 Feature A SENSE OF BALANCE Peggy Williams ALL EYES LOOK EAST Other ELEPHANTS ON THE HUNT Other M&A 2001 Other MAKING HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES Other NOT THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA Other PATCH CATCHES Brian Toal SOUTH LOUISIANA Peggy Williams Company Briefs Additional briefs... Other Amerada turn to North American gas Other Canadian briefs... Other E-commerce briefs... Other IN MEMORIAM Other Completions AN EASTER ENERGY BASKET Nissa Darbonne Exploration Highlights GULF COAST Other INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Peggy Williams MIDCONTINENT & PERMIAN BASIN Other NORTHEAST/SOUTHEAST Other WESTERN U.S. Other From the Editor-in-Chief Bad Timing, Again Leslie Haines New Financings New Financings - Equity/Debt table Other NewsWell 18-wheelers are doing the offshore jobs of pickup trucks Nissa Darbonne Independents have odd job: making most of record results Other Major oils' 2000 results may be hard to top in 2001 Other Offshore dayrates continue to improve during winter Other Oil, gas, coal, nuclear join to recommend U.S. energy policy Other Tulane business school stock-research program thrives on energy stocks Leslie Haines On the Money WHO NEEDS EQUITY? Brian Toal Trends & Analysis Time and money: Nasdaq v. the NYSE Nissa Darbonne