Natural gas has come a long way since the Chinese first transported it in 500 B.C. through bamboo shoots to boil sea water, and make drinkable. Nowadays, natural gas is the world’s fastest growing fossil fuel, with global consumption expected to jump from 113.0 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) in 2010 to 185.0 Tcf in 2040. The United States, already believed
Magellan Petroleum Corporation (ticker: MPET) is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with assets in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The development of a CO2-enhanced oil recovery program at its Poplar Dome assets in eastern Montana is its primary focus. Magellan’s U.K. properties are onshore and include the Weald and Wessex Basins prospective for unconventional
Aurora Oil & Gas Limited (tickers: AEF and AUT) is a Perth- and Houston-based oil and liquids company with operations in the Eagle Ford Shale trend of South Texas. Aurora has 88,800 gross (22,000 net) acres in the “tri-county” area of Karnes, Live Oak and Atascosa Counties, Texas. The company’s largest asset in the Eagle Ford is Sugarkane Field which
2013 is winding to a close, and the United States oil and gas industry will cement the year as one of the most productive in history. In October, the Energy Information Association predicted the U.S. will surpass Russia as the world’s top energy producer by year-end. America’s oil boom will continue through 2016, while its abundant supply of natural gas
Range Resources Corporation (ticker: RRC) is a leading independent oil and natural gas producer with operations focused in Appalachia and the southwest region of the United States. The Company pursues an organic growth strategy targeting high return, low-cost projects within its large inventory of low risk, development drilling opportunities. Range Resources announced its net production is exceeding 1 Bcfe/d, a
Magnum Hunter Resources (ticker: MHR) is an oil and natural gas exploration and production company active in three shale resource plays in North America: the Marcellus Shale, Utica Shale and the Williston Basin/Bakken Shale. The company’s growth platform is supported with approximately 350,000 net acres spread across its core operating regions. 2014 Upstream CAPEX Focused on Marcellus/Utica Magnum Hunter Resources
Resolute Energy Corp. (ticker: REN) is engaged in the acquisition, development and production of onshore domestic hydrocarbons, principally crude oil. Resolute’s producing assets are the Aneth Field in the Paradox Basin of Utah and Hilight Field in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming, in the Permian Basin of West Texas and in the Bakken trend in the Williston Basin of
Denver-based PDC Energy (ticker: PDCE) is an independent natural gas and oil company that operates in Colorado within the liquid-rich Wattenberg Field and the Appalachian Basin including the emerging liquid-rich Utica Shale play in Ohio and the Marcellus Shale in West Virginia. PDC announced its capital budget for 2014 will be approximately $647 million in a news release on December
Global exploration and production spending is poised to reach $723 billion in 2014, according to a 2014 Global E&P Spending Report by Barclays on December 9, 2013. The record will mark the first time spending has eclipsed the $700 billion mark, and represents an increase of 6.1% in regards to 2013’s total of $682 billion. Barclays estimates the United States
CAMAC Energy Inc. (ticker: CAK) is a U.S.-based oil and gas company engaged in the exploration of offshore oil and gas leases in deep water Nigeria. The Company was founded in 2005 and has offices in Houston, Texas, Nairobi, Kenya, Banjul, Gambia and Lagos, Nigeria. On December 9, 2013, CAMAC Energy announced the signing of a letter of intent for
Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (ticker: COG), headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a leading independent natural gas producer, with its entire resource base located in the continental United States. The company’s predominate growth asset is the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania which is producing more than one billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. On December 9, 2013, Cabot Oil
Unit Corporation (ticker: UNT) is a diversified energy company engaged through its subsidiaries in the exploration for and production of oil and natural gas, the acquisition of producing oil and natural gas properties, the contract drilling of onshore oil and natural gas wells, and the gathering and processing of natural gas. The company is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2013.
