YOUR BENEFITS
FINANCIAL BENEFITS
 
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    Good Rates of Return and a Tangible Asset
 
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Provides Ongoing Revenue Stream
 
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    Can add balance and service as a hedge for "stock and mutual fund heavy" portfolios

RISK MINIMIZATION
 
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    • Focus on development of existing fields with proven reserves, thereby reducing or eliminating the risks of "wildcatting" or dry holes
 
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    Reduce risk by utilizing state-of-the-art technologies not available even 10 years ago
 
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    Available projects would be economically attractive if oil and gas prices fall 50%

TAX INCENTIVES
 
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    • Drilling and Re completions may provide some of the best tax advantaged investments
 
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    • Congress gives tax breaks to individual investors that are not available to large companies
 
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  • Up to 100% tax deductible ... 65% to 80% (Intangibles) can be written off in first year
 
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  • 15% of revenue is tax-free with depletion allowance
COMPETITION & AVAILABILITY
 
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  • Small drilling and recompilation prospects are better than ever (and there are more of them)
 
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  • The large oil and gas companies have gone offshore and overseas in search of finding the "big" oil fields
 
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  • Over 10,000 oil companies have left the U.S. fields since 1982

DEMAND / CONSUMPTION
 
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  • Petroleum demand in the U.S. requires nearly 60% of oil to be imported from foreign nations
GOVERNMENT
 
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  • Encourages domestic energy supply with special tax incentives
WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
 
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  • As oil prices are projected to reach $200 per barrel by the end of 2008, the time to act is now


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Key Strategies
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Your Benefits
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Tax Incentives
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Due Diligence Process
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