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Independents pitch Wall Street. (independent oil and gas companies; IPAA Oil and Gas Investment Symposium)(includes related article)
May 1, 1995... When IPAA offered the chief executives of its publicly traded member companies the opportunity to take their company's portfolios to Wall Street, they jumped at the chance. For many, it was an opportunity they couldn't afford to miss. That goes for the people in charge at Santa Fe Energy...

Beyond the first 100 days. (104th Congress)
May 1, 1995... Most would agree that the 104th Congress got off to a "good news" start as the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives methodically checked off items from its "Contract with America." Even the Senate, despite its more deliberative (i.e., "slower") procedures, obliged early on...

Oilman is now senator's aide. (Herb Johnson, chief of staff of Sen. James Inhofe)
May 1, 1995... A lot of independent oil and natural gas producers work hard at being politically active, but it's not often you hear that one of them has taken a full-time job to run a U.S. senator's office. Herb Johnson fits into the latter category, which is what makes this story unique. At 66 years old,...

Angling for higher production. (independent oil and gas producers)
May 1, 1995... Independent producers are literally steering their way to new oil and natural gas production - despite low prices and difficult-to-produce reservoirs. Independents are drilling highly deviated, extended reach and horizontal wellbores. Horizontal drilling technology once affordable to only...

Searching for increased demand. (natural gas)
May 1, 1995... Increasing natural gas demand is a priority of producers and distributors alike, according to the chairman of the American Gas Association. On May 23, Bob Catell, president, Brooklyn Union Gas Co., Brooklyn, N.Y., told the IPAA Natural Gas Committee that AGA is evaluating its $15 million...