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2008 YTD Return: 6%
2007 Return: -6%
2006 Return: 42%
2005 Return: 56%
2004 Return: 88%
Since Inception: 305%

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Analyst Highlights

Canadian Energy Plays
"Canadian oil and gas trusts are a favorite of mine, thanks to their capital gains potential... and healthy dividends... Oil prices are at record levels, ...

4/7/2008

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Oil Is Little Changed After Drop on U.S. Fuel Demand Forcast
Surging oil prices and the faltering economy will lead to the first drop in summer gasoline use in 17 years, the Energy Department said. ``Oil-inventory ...

4/9/2008

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Chevron Pushes Mexico to Open Oil Fields to Outsiders
Chevron Corp. submitted proposals to tap oil and natural-gas reserves in Mexico amid declining output from the second-biggest crude-producing nation in the Western Hemisphere. Chevron, which ...

4/8/2008

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India to Make a Triumvirate
"A country which imports 73% of its oil cannot look at the political character of governments," energy analyst Narendra Taneja said. ''Gas has no nationality. ...


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"What is important to understand is that demand for oil will outstrip supply"

   -- Matthew Simmons, investment banker and Bush administration energy advisor
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Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. Receives Bakken Play Environmental Assessment Approval and Contracts Drilling Rig


DENVER, CO Apr 7, 2008, 2008 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) -- Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. (Amex: KOG), an oil and gas exploration and production company with assets in the Green River Basin of southwest Wyoming and the Williston Basin ...
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Company Spotlight
EnCana Corporation (USA) EnCana Corporation is a natural gas producer in North America. It is a holder of natural gas and oil resource lands onshore North America. The Company is also engaged in ...

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Berry Petroleum Company
Berry Petroleum Company (Berry) is an independent energy company engaged in the production, development, acquisition, exploitation and exploration of crude oil and natural gas. The Company's principal reserves and producing ...

Symbol: BRY
Market Cap: 2080

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Energy Partners, Ltd.
Energy Partners, Ltd. (Energy Partners) is an oil and natural gas exploration and production company, focusing on the shallow to moderate depth waters of the Gulf of Mexico Shelf. At ...

Symbol: EPL
Market Cap: 350

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Safe Gas Fracking Touted by Obama Disputed by Environmentalists
BusinessWeek
Obama “spoke about gas as if it's better for the environment, which it's not.” Bloom's group is seeking a moratorium on fracking in Pennsylvania, where companies such as Chesapeake Energy Corp. and Talisman Energy Inc. have contributed to a drilling ...
Shale Gas Crowned: So Why Do They Shun Obama?Forbes
President Obama to announce new Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale todayNOLA.com
La. oil officials dissatisfied with Obama speechCBS News
Las Vegas Sun -The Hill (blog)
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Obama calls for offshore oil drilling and clean energy
USA TODAY
By Wendy Koch, USA TODAY In a broad appeal to US voters, President Obama said Tuesday he will open more than 75% of potential offshore oil and gas resources to exploration and, at the same time, produce enough clean energy on public land to power three ...
La. oil officials dissatisfied with Obama speechCBS News
Obama Outlines Energy GoalsWall Street Journal
Obama Claiming Credit for Energy Gains Angers IndustrySan Francisco Chronicle
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EU Has Adequate Rules on Shale Gas Exploration, Study Shows
Bloomberg
“This refers to the actual phase of exploration. We take environmental concerns seriously and will continue to monitor the development of shale gas extraction in the EU.” As companies such as Chevron and Exxon Mobil Corp. started drilling exploration ...
EU Study Says No New Laws Needed Now On Shale GasFox Business
WSJ: Why Obama's Call For Expanded Gas Drilling Won't Be AnsweredStateImpact Pennsylvania

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Costly drilling could boost Schlumberger to $100
MSN Money
Despite some resistance from environmentalists who are opposed to shale exploration, we expect E&P directed towards unconventionals to be adopted widely as oil and gas prices rise and countries take steps to strengthen energy security.

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