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Schlumberger (SLB): The Safest Play on Emerging-Market Oil

Jul 23rd, 2008 | By Irwin Greenstein | Category: Featured, Financial News

There is not a single reason left for you avoid emerging-market oil, according to emerging-market expert and editor of Taipan’s Emerging Markets blog Irwin Greenstein.

Irwin says oilfield service company Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) is a great energy play for investors still a bit skittish about going straight into emerging markets.

“It’s a big-board American company that should give you a good night’s sleep while letting you gain from the hottest markets anywhere…”



New Bull Market or Bear-Market Trap? Investors Look to Earnings Season for Clues

Jul 21st, 2008 | By William Patalon III | Category: Financial News, Stock Market Investing

Earnings season will plug along this week as reports from several banks provide the latest insight into how well the beleaguered financial-services sector is weathering the global credit-crisis storm.



Shale Gas and Shale Oil Explained

Jul 2nd, 2008 | By Matt Badiali | Category: Gold Market

Editor’s note: What are shale fields, and how easy is it to suck oil out of them? That depends, says Matt Badiali. As companies like Schlumberger (SLB), Halliburton (HAL) and Baker Hughes (BHI) are finding out, if it’s a permeable reservoir then it’s all systems go. If it’s an impermeable reservoir, then it will take time, effort and horizontal drilling.

This piece is taken from The Growth Stock Wire. It’s in the form of a questions and answers session. But it’s well worth the read if you’re interested in the ins and outs of shale oil.



Halliburton Offer Sets Off Bidding War for Deep Sea Oil Expert

May 24th, 2008 | By Jennifer Yousfi | Category: Oil Investment & Alternative Energy

A private-equity consortium headed up by Candover Partners Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Candover Investments PLC, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) has boosted its initial bid for U.K.-based Expro International Group PLC (PINK: EXPRF) by 8%, just narrowly beating out Halliburton Company’s (HAL) $3.4 billion (1.71 billion pounds) cash offer.



Where Will Future Oil Production Come From and How Can Investors Profit Today, Part 2

May 23rd, 2008 | By Dan Denning | Category: Oil Investment & Alternative Energy

The IEA forecast for a daily increase in global oil production of 31 million barrels by 2030—a 37% jump—sounds like pure fantasy. Do the facts support it? Are big oil companies already searching for that future oil and finding it? Do they have plans to produce it?