Why do Middle Easterners Hate Americans? – Abu Dhabi
While to me Dubai seemingly represented the future of the Emirates, or greater Middle East, the Emirates Palace and Abu Dhabi represented Emirate history. Cultural reverence. The foundation of Emirate Monarchy.
Why do Middle Easterners Hate Americans? – Amman, Jordan
…He then looked at me, looked again at my passport, then looked back to me and without asking, he grabbed my carryon from the scale, kept my passport, and turned around and started walking away, behind his counter, away.
Drill Baby Drill: Now is the Time to Buy USA Oil and Gas Assets
In my view, this quandary of a more favorable political climate vs flooding the market with more oil is moot if you adopt a plan that focuses on buying PDP, if you use objective tools to accurately measure your lifting and breakeven costs, and by better managing ongoing operating performance.
Case Study: Oil and Gas Transaction, and Valuation Arbitrage
Max-Bid Value provided risk management bidding parameters used to participate and win an asset at auction, without overpaying, and the CFM provided clarity as to refinance options given the true, and much greater availability of equity value in the asset itself.
Prioritizing Oil and Gas Due Diligence Data and Determining Max-Bid Value
To quickly sift through available oil and gas assets and know how much to pay, we employ a proprietary algorithm that generates a “Max-Bid Value” – or an objective risk management tool we use to set bidding parameters.
Due Diligence and Modeling Oil and Gas Acquisitions
The foundation for all financing is being able to provide answers to three questions: (1) how much is needed; (2) what is the collateral; and (3) when is the debt repaid or investor exit.
Getting into the Zone
Some Petroleum Engineers are said to have the touch while others are called lucky, but for those who know better, it’s a demanding yet rewarding profession reliant on appreciating the complexities of creation.
Buying PDP and Cash Flow Certainty
Cash Flow certainty in oil and gas investing is focusing capital toward purchasing Mineral Rights over proven Reserves where completed and functioning oil and gas extraction methods are producing saleable oil and gas — and where the continuation of doing so can be examined, verified, and deemed profitable, in scale and volume, in the current and expected economic environment.
Understanding Working Interest and Non-Op Working Interest
Working Interest ownership is considered a tangible asset and is treated like real property as it can be sold, transferred, and titled to other owners and explorer/operators.
Understanding Oil and Gas Royalties
Royalty Payments are paid to the Royalty owner before any portion of the revenue earned from the oil and gas production is paid to the operator.