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- David Phillips has more than 25 years' experience on Wall Street, first as a financial consultant and then as an equity analyst for several investment banking firms. He sifts through SEC filings for his blog The 10Q Detective, looking for financial statement soft spots, such as depreciation policies, warranty...
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- Can McClendon and Chesapeake Energy Suppress Urge to Splurge?
- The Company: Chesapeake Energy, the largest U.S. natural gas producer. The Filing: FORM S-4 Registration Statement with the SEC on December 9, 2008. The Finding: Aubrey McClendon, Chief Executive Officer of Chesapeake Energy, told investors on a conference call on Monday that the the...
- Blog posts 2008-12-11
- Higher Rig Day Rates at Diamond Offshore Drilling
- The Company: Diamond Offshore Drilling, the world's second-largest offshore contract oil and natural gas driller. The Filing: FORM 8-K filed with the SEC on October 23, 2008. The Finding: Even amidst declining energy prices and the uncertainty in the credit markets, the recent Diamond Offshore Drilling...
- Blog posts 2008-10-24
- Fewer Drilling Programs in Cimarex Energy's Future
- The Company: Cimarex Energy, a U.S. oil and gas producer. The Filing: FORM 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 4, 2008. The Finding: In the current environment of lower natural gas prices, especially in the Mid-Continent and Permian Basin, Cimarex Energy expects to drop its...
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- Apache Positioned for Drill-Bit Driven Growth in Egypt
- The Company: Apache Corp., a U.S. oil and natural gas producer. The Finding: FORM 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 10, 2008. The Finding: Apache, the largest acreage holder in Egypt, continues to benefit from its active drilling program in the Western Desert, a...
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Carrizo Oil & Gas Strikes a PE Deal for Marcellas Shale Play
- The Company: Carrizo Oil & Gas, a Houston-based energy company. The Filing: FORM 8-K filed with the SEC on November 4, 2008. The Finding: As lower natural gas prices and tight credit cause some natural gas companies to cut back on drilling activity in the costly...
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- Another Spending Spree at Chesapeake Energy?
- Chesapeake Energy intends to increase its exploration and production budgets for 2009 and 2010 by $400 million and $300 million. Although not known for its financial discipline in the last several years, the natural gas producer insists it can cover its capital spends through asset monetizations, joint ventures,...
- Blog posts 2009-09-28
- Chesapeake Energy Bets on Higher Natural Gas Prices
- Aubrey McClendon, chief executive of Chesapeake Energy, told analysts on the August earnings call that he expected natural gas prices would rise to between $6 and $8 per thousand British thermal units MMBtu by summer of 2010. As natural gas comprises 92 percent of its total energy production, the company...
- Blog posts 2009-09-21
- Spudding Restart in Pennsylvania Key to Cabot Oil & Gas Success
- Cabot Oil & Gas reported in a press release it is temporarily halting hydraulic "fracking" operations at eight drilling sites located in a section of its Marcellus shale leaseholds in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania on the orders of the state Department of Environmental Protection: three spills of...
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- BJ Services Sees Additional Decline in U.S. Rig Activity
- Are rising energy prices an upbeat sign that demand for oil and natural gas services, from construction of rigging to actual drilling, will pick up in coming months? Unfortunately, the latest earnings report from BJ Services, a leading provider of pressure pumping and other oilfield services to the petroleum industry...
- Blog posts 2009-05-08
- Marathon Oil Expanding E&P Global Interests
- The Company: Marathon Oil, the fourth largest United States-based integrated energy company. The Filing: FORM 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 07, 2008. The Finding: Marathon Oil said production of liquid hydrocarbons and natural gas sold during the fourth-quarter 2008 would be approximately...
- Blog posts 2009-01-18
- Can Linn Energy Make Distribution Payments?
- The Company: Linn Energy, an independent oil and gas company with core operating areas in the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma. The Filing: FORM 10-Q filing with the SEC on November 6, 2008. The Finding: Consistent with its strategy of monetizing non-core positions, Linn Energy sold approximately...
- Blog posts 2009-01-08
- Schlumberger, Oil-Services to Profit from Political Shifts
- The Company: Schlumberger, a leading oilfield services company The Filing: Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 18, 2008 The Finding: Schlumberger said Friday its second-quarter profit rose 13 percent year-on-year to $1.42 billion, as higher oil and natural gas prices led to record spending...
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Rising Energy Prices to Lift Chevron Profits in 2Q:08
- The Company: Chevron, the second-largest U.S. oil company behind Exxon Mobil The Filing: Form 8-K filed on July 10. The Finding: In its interim update for the second quarter, Chevron Corporation reported that upstream exploration and production earnings would benefit from an increase in prices for...
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- Chesapeake Energy Finds Deep Pockets for Shale Finds
- The Company: Chesapeake Energy, the third-largest natural gas provider in the United States. The Filing: Form 8-K filed on July 2, 2008 The Finding: Plains Exploration and Production is purchasing a 20 percent stake in Chesapeake Energy's emerging play, Haynesville Shale, for $1.65 billion. Despite its...
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Gazprom Looking to Bust OPEC Bloc
- The Company: Gazprom, the world's largest natural gas producer. The Filing: 2007 Annual Report The Finding: Alexey Miller, chairman of Gazprom's management committee, told the Financial Times in a recent interview that OPEC doesn't have any real influence on the global oil market nowadays, and that...
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Trading Losses Depress Anadarko Petroleum's Profits
- The Company: Anadarko Petroleum, an oil and natural gas company with operations in Algeria and the United States. The Filing: Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 6, 2008. The Finding: Despite record energy prices in the second-quarter, Anadarko said its net income for the...
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- Synthetic Fuel to Power Rentech's Profitability
- The Company: Rentech, a provider of clean synthetic fuel solutions. The Filing: Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 11, 2008. The Finding: Rentech said it lost $54 million in the nine-month period ended June 30, much of it due to R&D expenses, However, the...
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- Drilling Costs Dampen Flame at EXCO Resources
- The Company: EXCO Resources, an independent energy producer focused primarily on onshore natural gas properties in the United States. The Filing: Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 8, 2008 The Finding: The process of digging fossil fuels out of the ground is getting more...
- Blog posts 2008-08-11
- It's a Gas for Quicksilver Resources in Barnett Shale Play
- The Company: Quicksilver Resources, a Fort Worth, Texas, natural gas producer The Filing: Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 6, 2008 The Finding: Quicksilver Resources is demonstrating the success to be found via the drill bit on the Barnett Shale Formation near Fort Worth,...
- Blog posts 2008-08-08
- Clear Skies Ahead For Clean Energy Fuels
- The Company: Clean Energy Fuels, the largest provider of compressed and liquefied natural gas for alternative-fuel vehicles in North America. The Filing: Form 8-K filed on June 20, 2008. The Finding: Phoenix's Public Transit Department declined to renew Clean Energy's contract to supply liquefied natural gas LNG,...
- Blog posts 2008-06-23
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