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3 Oil Companies Fueling Growth Prospects

By Shweta Dubey - May 20, 2013 | Tickers: PXD, SWN, VLO

The volatility of oil prices has brought a lot of uncertainty about the stable revenues for oil and gas companies. This has pushed companies to focus mainly on increasing production to maintain their revenue, even in lower-price scenarios. Let's take a closer look at three of companies – Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE: PXD), Southwestern Energy (NYSE: SWN), and Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO) – which are increasing their production capacities, either by more »
Natural Gas - An Industry in Peril?

By Bill Edson - April 29, 2013 | Tickers: COG, CHK, ECA, SWN

Our country's policy makers are in a rush to convert the country's energy supply from being coal and oil based to being natural gas based. The idea is that most of the oil we use is imported from less-than-friendly governments, and coal carries with it tremendous external costs of environmental and health damages. On the other hand, natural gas is local, available and, as policy makers would tell more »
As Natural Gas Inventories Plunge, Investors Should Buy Exploration Stocks

By Mark Holder - April 29, 2013 | Tickers: CHK, RRC, SWN, WPX

With natural gas and coal stocks trading at 52-week lows, the market continues to ignore the very bullish natural gas weekly inventory reports. In fact, the reports are now mostly glazed over in the financial media.

For those that missed the report this week, the weekly inventories rose by 31 Bcf. While less than the 33 Bcf expected gain, the gain is actually significant as the inventory level over the more »
Selling Gas-Producing Assets To The Enemy

By Mike Thiessen - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: CHK, SWN

Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) and smaller rival Gastar Exploration (NYSEMKT: GST) recently came to a major agreement, settling a long-running lawsuit that resulted in the transfer of some key gas-producing acreage from Chesapeake to Gastar. Valued at about $85 million, the deal closed the books on a contentious spat between the two companies and offered further evidence that Chesapeake is serious about offloading assets that it believes to be sub-optimal more »
Selling Gas-Producing Assets To The Enemy

By Mike Thiessen - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: CHK, SWN

Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) and smaller rival Gastar Exploration (NYSEMKT: GST) recently came to a major agreement, settling a long-running lawsuit that resulted in the transfer of some key gas-producing acreage from Chesapeake to Gastar. Valued at about $85 million, the deal closed the books on a contentious spat between the two companies and offered further evidence that Chesapeake is serious about offloading assets that it believes to be sub-optimal more »
Selling Oil-Producing Assets To The Enemy

By Mike Thiessen - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: CHK, GST, SWN

Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) and smaller rival Gastar Exploration (NYSEMKT: GST) recently came to a major agreement, settling a long-running lawsuit that resulted in the transfer of some key oil-producing acreage from Chesapeake to Gastar. Valued at about $85 million, the deal closed the books on a contentious spat between the two companies and offered further evidence that Chesapeake is serious about offloading assets that it believes to be sub-optimal more »
Selling Gas-Producing Assets To The Enemy

By Mike Thiessen - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: CHK, SWN

Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) and smaller rival Gastar Exploration (NYSEMKT: GST) recently came to a major agreement; settling a long-running lawsuit and resulting in the transfer of some key gas-producing acreage from Chesapeake to Gastar. Valued at about $85 million, the deal closed the books on a contentious spat between the two companies and offered further evidence that Chesapeake is serious about offloading assets that it believes to be sub-optimal more »
More Bankruptcies In The Oil and Gas Space?

By Mike Thiessen - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: DVN, GMXRQ, SWN

The announcement that GMX Resources (NASDAQOTH: GMXRQ) had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection did not come as a surprise to many market-watchers who had paid close attention to the company's declining fortunes. Although the general public may not have been aware of the dire financial straits in which GMX found itself until the company's March 11, 2013 declaration that it would indefinitely suspend the dividend on its more »
More Bankruptcies In The Oil and Gas Space?

By Mike Thiessen - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: DVN, GMXRQ, SWN

The announcement that GMX Resources (NASDAQOTH: GMXRQ) had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection did not come as a surprise to many market-watchers who had paid close attention to the company's declining fortunes. Although the general public may not have been aware of the dire financial straits in which GMX found itself until the company's March 11, 2013 declaration that it would indefinitely suspend the dividend on its more »
More Bankruptcies In The Oil and Gas Space?

By Mike Thiessen - April 13, 2013 | Tickers: DVN, SWN

The announcement that GMX Resources (OTC: GMXRQ) had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection did not come as a surprise to many market-watchers who had paid close attention to the company's declining fortunes. Although the general public may not have been aware of the dire financial straits in which GMX found itself until the company's March 11, 2013 declaration that it would indefinitely suspend the dividend on its more »
T. Boone Pickens' Three Top Positions

By Anh HOANG - March 19, 2013 | Tickers: RRC, SWN, VLO

T. Boone Pickens, an 85-year-old the founder of BP Capital, mainly invests in energy industry, mainly the oil/gas sector. His fund concentrates into several big oil/gas exploring and refining companies, with each of them representing more than 5% of his total portfolio. In this article, I will cover the three largest stocks in his portfolio including Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO), Southwestern Energy (NYSE: SWN) and Range Resources (NYSE: RRC more »)
3 Ways to Play the Shale Boom

By Joseph Solitro - March 15, 2013 | Tickers: HCLP, KMP, SWN

Natural gas shale has been discovered left and right in the United States, making us a worldwide leader in production. This has provided oil and gas companies with plenty of opportunities to get their hands on as much as possible. There are several ways to play this shale boom, with the exploration and production companies, suppliers of products used in the drilling, or the pipelines used to transport the gas more »
Is This Natural Gas Player Running on Fumes?

By Jordo Bivona - March 9, 2013 | Tickers: COG, SWN, WPX

Despite strong production growth in 2012 which resulted in better cash flows, weakness in the natural gas market took its toll on Cabot Oil & Gas (NYSE: COG). In this article, I will examine Cabot's latest financials to see if the stock can present any opportunities for investors.

Financials

Cabot recently reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year ended Dec. 31, 2012. Equivalent production of 267.7 more »
An Insider Bought Shares of This Energy Company

By Meena Krishnamsetty - March 7, 2013 | Tickers: CHK, DVN, SD, SWN, UPL

Ultra Petroleum's (NYSE: UPL) Controller and vice president Garland Shaw bought 3,000 shares of the company’s stock on March 4 at an average price of $16.20, according to a filing with the SEC. Shaw now owns almost 13,000 shares of Ultra’s stock, so in percentage terms this is a significant increase. Insider purchases are generally considered to be bullish signals, since the insider already more »
Top Analyst Calls Worth Noting For Monday

By Brian Nichols - February 25, 2013 | Tickers: FFIV, GLPW, SWN, PANL

An analyst’s call can be a major catalyst for movement in a stock. In the past I have written in detail about such subjects, as a call can often create a domino effect of revised outlooks and either buying or selling of a stock. In this piece I am looking at four stocks that traded with excessive volatility thanks to the notes issued by analysts; these are all calls more »
Analyzing Top Three Picks of T. Boone Pickens

By Madhu Dube - January 23, 2013 | Tickers: PXD, SWN, VLO

According to its last 13F filling, T Boone Pickens' BP Capital management had Valero Energy, Pioneer Natural Resources and Southwestern Energy Corporation as its top three holdings. BP Capital manages two funds: Capital Commodity and Capital Equity. Both invest mainly in energy companies in industries such as oil, natural gas, and nuclear power. With this idea in mind ~78% of the fund’s Portfolio is invested in Energy Stocks. Its more »
You Could See Massive Gains or You Could Lose Your Shirt: You Choose

By Brendan Marasco - January 16, 2013 | Tickers: CHK, XOM, RRC, SWN, UPL |

A lot of money will be made and lost with the natural gas swings this winter.

As of last Wednesday, the US natural gas price rally that started in May 2012 began to rapidly decline. Naturally, this hurt natural gas producers.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, prices fell from a peak of $3.90 per million BTUs in November to only $3.11 BTUs last Wednesday. However more »
3 Winners of the Natural Gas Export Trade

By Matthew DiLallo - December 17, 2012 | Tickers: LNG, CHK, EPD, KMI, SWN

Earlier this month the Department of Energy released its much anticipated study on exporting natural gas. The report noted that natural gas exports would have a “net economic benefit” to our economy. While each export terminal will need to be approved on its own merits, this is a big step toward alleviating our natural gas glut.

As with any contested project, there will be winners and losers. According to the more »
Four Picks from Cramer's Nov. 15 Lightning Round

By Dr. Osman Gulseven - November 21, 2012 | Tickers: T, CTL, SWN, VZ

CNBC's Mad Money show takes viewers into the mind of one of Wall Street's most respected money managers, Jim Cramer. Cramer has one goal: to help stock traders make “mad money.” During the “Lightning Round” Cramer reviews several stocks picked by the viewers, and suggests a rating for each. It takes him just a few seconds to comment on a stock, but I believe it is worth taking more »
What’s the Best Way to Play Natural Gas?

By Meena Krishnamsetty - November 1, 2012 | Tickers: COG, EOG, SWN, WMB, WPZ

After a strong earnings announcement by Cabot Oil & Gas (NYSE: COG) the stock,was up over 10%. We see the bullish activity by investors, and a bullish outlook from the company as a solid vote of confidence for the natural gas industry. The question is: which natural gas companies are the best investments?

Cabot’s 3Q earnings came in at $0.21, up from $0.17 for the same quarter more »

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