Thriving in the lower for longer oil price environment requires achieving operation excellence and pruning portfolio. Using actual oil and gas production data, we develop: 1) hybrid portfolio - highly scalable across Shale plays as well as within a field at the asset level; and 2) intrinsic...

For more than 40 years, oil and gas companies have been able to choose between two competing methods for accounting for exploration activities. The implication is that two otherwise identical companies can report substantially different earnings depending on chosen method. This situation, where...

"The U.S. has a long history of providing generous support for the agricultural sector. A recent omnibus package of farm legislation, the 2008 Farm Bill (P.L. 110-246) will provide in excess of $284 billion in financial support to U.S. agriculture over the 2008-2012 period. Commodity program...