Oil & Nat Gas Industry/trends/corporations

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Just thought a dedicated Oil & Nat Gas thread might be appropriate for investment discussion. This important subject seems to play into our economy heavily at times and may play a heavier role in coming years. So will open the subject and hope it proves of interest to our posters.

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seekingalpha.com/article/900261-driving-natural-gas-prices-part-1-exports

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finance.yahoo.com/news/1-brent-slips-towards-111-growth-worries-persist-045156518--business.html?l=1

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Mesa Energy - Armada Oil
www.nasdaq.com/article/mesa-energy-and-armada-oil-execute-letter-of-intent-for-business-combination-20121003-01133

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Mid-East and North African energy producers intend to invest $740B on projects over the next five years, led by Saudi Arabia with $165B and UAE with $107B. High crude prices are allowing the countries to restart schemes that they delayed because of the financial crisis.

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MLPs as a group remain relatively undervalued and several names are attractively priced, Credit Suisse says, suggesting investors pursue a conservative posture of focusing on names with large asset footprints, diverse cash flows and limited direct commodity price exposure. The firm's favorites: PAA, MMP, EEP, EPD, GEL, KMR, KMP, KMI.

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There are also a few Specialty ETF's That focus on MLP's. One of which Is AMLP.

[The Virginian]

Having owned a MLP in the past I would say I would have been better off with a ETF. It can be a little tricky keeping up with them for non-professionals such as myself.

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The True benefit of the ETF's tracking the MLP's is - Indirect exposure & No K-1's.
Correlation actually kinda sucks, but this is an affect of the Mathematical Formula's used to derive the Tracking.
Then again this is true of Most ETF's. It is what it is though.

[tyfighter3]

This is not a MLP, but this thread is not all about dividends either. KOG, for a Bakken play that has TONS of growth ahead of it.
seekingalpha.com/article/910601-kodiak-a-winning-oil-and-gas-pick?source=marketwatch

[tyfighter3]

This is a Oil and Gas thread, right, and MLP"s are a big part of the Oil and Gas Industry. EPD has been hitting 52 week highs and has increased it's dividend 33 straight times. Nobody has ever told me that making a dime was easy so if you like a K-1 or not doesn't really bother me, I'll take the money.
seekingalpha.com/article/904691-buy-enterprise-products-today-for-the-33rd-consecutive-dividend-increase?source=marketwatch

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I don't think anyone said anything Derisive about MLP's or K-1's - Other than that they can be a bit tricky to deal with, which is not really Derisive or Derogatory.

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OXY - Occidental Petroleum is Near a 52 Week Low.
APA - Apache Energy Is near a 52 Week Low.

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www.powerincooperation.com/en/pages/why-natural-gas.html?utm_campaign=Non-Branded&utm_medium=PaidSearch&utm_source=Google&utm_content=Natural%20Gas&utm_term=natural%20gas

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BP nears oil-spill settlement with DOJ. BP (BP) and the Justice Department are close to a deal to resolve the company's civil and criminal liabilities arising from 2010's Deepwater Horizon spill, the WSJ reports. However, the sides are still about $6B apart on a final figure, with BP concerned that an amount that's too big could imply negligence, thus encouraging plaintiffs with pending lawsuits to seek higher damages.