Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - May 2004 May 1, 2004 Feature CLIMBING THE CAPITAL CURVE Brian Toal DEFINING PUDs Leslie Haines GOT VALUE? Other INDEPENDENTS IN WEST AFRICA Peggy Williams PRODUCING THE PERMIAN Leslie Haines UP AND DOWN Other Company Briefs Additional briefs Other Canadian M&A News Other Hightower's Celero to work the Permian Leslie Haines Kerr-McGee buying Westport in stock swap Other Precision buying GSF land business Jodi Wetuski Resolute Natural to acquire, exploit Leslie Haines U.S. M&A News Other Completions STICKER SHOCK NISSA DARBONNE E&P Momentum NATIVE AMERICAN LANDS OFFER OPPORTUNITY Peggy Williams Exploration Highlights Eastern U.S. Other Gulf Coast Other Midcontinent & Permian Basin Other Western U.S. Other Western U.S. Peggy Williams From the Editor-in-Chief YOUR DEALS, OUR DEAL LESLIE HAINES New Financings New Financings - Equity/Debt table NewsWell Canadian assets coming onto the market as result of NI 51-101 A&D Watch Market has become long-term bullish on 'commodity with cachet' Brian Toal OPEC reaffirms quota cut, but will it stick to its plan? Jodi Wetuski Reserves, prices, production hot topics at Howard Weil Leslie Haines Smart-well technology improving recovery rates, projections Leslie Haines Weisser Johnson: Small-caps do better to pursue larger deals Other On the Money NEW FACES IN THE BUYSIDE CROWD Brian Toal Trends & Analysis Howard Weil Reserve and Finding-Cost Study Reveals Highs and Lows LESLIE HAINES