Western Energy acquires Cedar Creek Drilling in share-swap deal
CALGARY - Western Energy Services Corp. (TSXV:WRG) announced Thursday it has closed a deal to acquire Cedar Creek Drilling Ltd. in a sh...

Conference Board says higher crude prices will drive $8B in oil industry profit
CALGARY - Canada's oil industry is poised to see profits rise by two thirds this year compared with 2009, thanks to higher crude oil pr...

Garmin's Dividend Hike: Just a One-Time Deal
Despite reports on CNBC Wednesday that GPS maker Garmin (GRMN) had doubled its annual dividend from $0.75 to $1.50 per share, a thoroug...

EOG Resources' Q4 2009: Proven Reserves Increase 24%
Buy-recommended EOG Resources (EOG) is priced close to a McDep Ratio of 1.0 where stock price would equal Net Present Value (NPV) of $9...

Total S.A. Provides Secure Income at 5.5%
Contrarian Buy-recommended Total S.A. (TOT) offers unlevered appreciation potential of 46% to a McDep Ratio of 1.0 where stock price wo...

US Minerals Databrowser
Jonathan Callahan, a PhD chemist who has worked for almost 20 years as a data analysis/data visualization expert for various Federal sc...

Dominion Resources: A Natural Gas Play
In the past few months several energy companies have expanded their holdings of natural gas resources. Exxon Mobil (XOM), for instance,...

We Don't Need More Regulations; We Need Better Regulators
We need new heads for US Treasury, Federal Reserve and the FDIC, not Regulatory Reform. Below I review the important regulations that w...

EnCana's lofty target
Encana Corp. s gutsy, and slightly out-of-character, move to double its production in five years caught the attention of the market. ...