Toreador Resource's Investment in the Paris Basin… and How Its Estimated 96 Billion Barrels of Oil was Discovered
It all started with a note.
It was a handwritten note on the margins of a long-forgotten report, in French, from a well site geologist many years ago who was on a rig...
Why oil services stocks are outperforming oil producer stocks
By Brian Hoffman
The share prices of oil service companies have outperformed the share prices of large-cap oil and gas companies’ common shares since the broader stock market indexes started to move higher at the start of September. The...
The top growth sector for investors in 2011
Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracing” companies are overtaking drilling companies as the largest subset of the energy services sector – and research from two Canadian brokerage firms suggests that investors can expect fracking companies to continue growing strong into 2011 and beyond.
All the...
The Experts Weigh In: The 2001 Outlook for the Cardium Oil Formation
PART II – what did we learn in 2010 and where is the next Cardium?
Improving economics, higher oil prices and exploration that pushes the boundaries are three factors that could create even higher valuations in the Cardium play,...
Canadian pipeline companies transporting western Canadian gas are slowly get squeezed out of the North American market, says a new report by Bentek, an energy analysis company based in Denver, Colorado.
“The utility of certain pipelines in Canada - of pipelines that are traditionally considered as export...
Western Canadian gas exports to the United States could be completely displaced into Northern California by
1. Abundant, low cost US natural gas production, and
2. By several new gas pipelines in the US...
Says a new market study by Bentek, a US energy analysis company.
Overall, Canadian gas exports to the US...
One of the Largest North American Oil Discoveries in Decades
What has the oil and gas industry so excited about the Alberta Bakken – the stealth play of the year?
Some big companies on both sides of the 49th parallel have spent millions buying thousands of acres of land – with...
The best new shale oil play you’ve never heard of is getting ready to explode onto investors’ radar early in 2011 – the Alberta Bakken.
Located on either side of the Alberta/Montana border, the key land packages in this play have been assembled with very little news or...