Anadarko Petroleum Corp. Named Drillinginfo's `Wildcatter of the Year'.Business Editors & Energy Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2001 Drillinginfo.com today named Anadarko Petroleum Corp. as its first "Wildcatter wild·cat·ter n. 1. One who is engaged in speculative mining or well drilling in areas not known to be productive. 2. A promoter of speculative or fraudulent business enterprises. 3. of the Year." "Anadarko richly deserves our first annual award by proving that domestic reserves can still be created with the drillbit," stated Allen Gilmer, Chairman of the Board of Drillinginfo. Anadarko was selected from Drillinginfo's previous "Wildcatter of the Month" awards over the last 12 months. Besides Anadarko, previous "Wildcatters of the Month" have included Houston-based Coastal Corporation (now El Paso El Paso (ĕl pă`sō), city (1990 pop. 515,342), seat of El Paso co., extreme W Tex., on the Rio Grande opposite Juárez, Mex.; inc. 1873. ), EOG Resources EOG Resources NYSE: EOG is a Fortune 600 company based in Houston, Texas. This company is one of the largest independent oil and natural gas companies in the United States. History 1999
"We initiated the Wildcatter awards to recognize companies or individuals of all sizes that show particular skill and imagination in finding new reserves rather than moving reserves around. It is a commonly held misconception mis·con·cep·tion n. A mistaken thought, idea, or notion; a misunderstanding: had many misconceptions about the new tax program. that there are no more significant oil and gas reserves left to found in the continental U.S. These companies continue to prove the naysayers wrong," commented Mark Nibbelink, President of Drillinginfo.com. Drillinginfo.com, among the most quickly and widely adopted software applications in the history of the oilpatch, is a unique, rapidly-growing, subscription-based Web application that integrates and maps useful oilfield information, such as leasing activity, permit activity, production, eCommerce, lease crude oil bidding, education, prediction, and analysis functionality for the U.S. upstream From the consumer to the provider. See downstream. (networking) upstream - Fewer network hops away from a backbone or hub. For example, a small ISP that connects to the Internet through a larger ISP that has their own connection to the backbone is downstream from the larger E&P sector of the oil and gas industry. Its subscribers include major and independent oil companies, consultants, oilfield service companies The list of oilfield service companies includes companies that provide services to the petroleum exploration and production industry but that do not typically produce petroleum themselves. , pipeline companies, banks, attorneys, and land and royalty owners. The Drillinginfo application can be accessed over the Internet at http://www.drillinginfo.com. For more information, contact Melinda Faust at mfaust@drillinginfo.com, or call 888/477-7667, or write Drillinginfo.com, P.O. Box 5545, Austin, Texas 78763. |
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