Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - August 2004 August 1, 2004 Feature A&D IN NORWAY Other ALLADIN'S CAVE? Other CHINA'S ECONOMY AND OIL PRICES Other DISTURBING TRENDS Other LIBYA Leslie Haines UINTA BASIN Brian Toal VALUE IN THE VICKSBURG Peggy Williams Company Briefs Additional briefs Other Dune Energy hires new COO, completes financing Leslie Haines El Paso going back to basics Bertie Taylor M&A News Other Provident adding BreitBurn Energy to portfolio Bertie Taylor Completions VANISHING ACTS NISSA DARBONNE E&P Momentum VAST SCALE FOR PINEDALE Peggy Williams Exploration Highlights Eastern U.S. Other Gulf Coast Other International Highlights Peggy Williams Midcontinent & Permian Basin Other Western U.S. Other From the Editor-in-Chief PULL UP YOUR SOCKS LESLIE HAINES New Financings New Financings - Equity/Debt table A&D Watch newsletter. NewsWell Adkins: Growth in U.S. gas output will remain difficult Other Deep water to capture greater share of offshore spending Bertie Taylor Enarsa formed to boost Argentine energy production Bertie Taylor Executives: Demand for energy in China will keep oil prices strong Bertie Taylor Fed member: Higher oil prices not harmful to U.S. economic health Nissa Darbonne Herold: U.S. gasoline cheap compared with Budweiser, water Taryn Maxwell Much progress has been made in Iraqi oil fields Other Myriad capital sources finding good returns from oil and gas firms Other Traditional Canadian producers winning some asset bids vs. RITs Other Trapped capital makes Canadian E&P funding easier to find Leslie Haines Yergin: Independents must help U.S. through critical juncture Other On the Money RESTARTING IN DENVER Brian Toal Trends & Analysis Counting Barrels Worldwide No Simple Task George S. Littell