CBI Announces Its 2nd Annual Financing Oil & Gas Conference.

Energy Editors/Business Editors

WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2004

The Center for Business Intelligence announces its 2nd Annual Financing Oil & Gas conference, March 4-5, 2004, in Houston, TX.

What does it take to appeal to discriminating sources of capital today? Larger companies can adequately fund their activities from strong internal cash flow, but many less well established companies struggle to find financing. Meanwhile, capital providers say they would like to see more attractive deals. Is there really a shortage of strong prospects in this gas hungry environment? With higher finding and development costs, are drilling economics still attractive to investors? Are property acquisitions, even at higher recent transaction values, a more compelling investment opportunity? If so, why aren't more of them getting financed and closed?

These are the compelling current issues and questions to be addressed at CBI's 2nd Annual Financing Oil & Gas conference, March 4-5 in Houston, where you'll hear the latest news on how developers are obtaining financing for oil and gas projects in the current distressed project finance environment.

The conference features 8 case examples including:

-- AROC Inc. finances an E&P company from start-up to sale -

Acquisition and divestiture strategy and seed capital

-- Constellation Energy Group, Tri-C Resources, Manti Resources

and Sunbelt Energy maximize monetization capabilities through

volumetric production payments

-- Nuevo Energy executes a structured hedge with a counter party

provider

-- Edge Petroleum transforms from private to publicly traded

-- Freeport LNG Development, L.P. negotiates with lenders to

finance a LNG receiving terminal

Plus benefit from 3 interactive panel discussions:

-- Attracting private company equity capital

-- Make the most of mezzanine and project equity financing 

-- International opportunities - Financing North Sea, Africa and

Latin America

Also hear presentations from leading providers, advisors and oil & gas companies including BankOne N.A., Black Rock Energy Capital, Ltd., CoQuest, Inc., Darby Overseas Investments, Ltd., Emerging Markets Partnership, The Exploration Company, First Reserve Corporation, Foundation Energy, Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, Lehman Bros., Macquarie Energy Capital, Natural Gas Partners L.P., Petrobridge Investment Management, LLC, RBC Capital Markets, Standard & Poor's Warburg Pincus and Weisser, Johnson & Co.

To register, or for more information, contact Luci Santillo, P: 781-939-2412 or e-mail [e-mail]. Get the complete agenda at http://www.cbinet.com/events/PB434/index.html.