Review and Forecast

World Oil's annual review of the past year and what lies ahead in 2006, now in its 80th year. Our statistics and analysis are gathered from proprietary surveys from states, governments and operators worldwide. These reports are used by oilfield professionals and government agencies worldwide:

Crude oil price analysis. A popular choice among forecast analysts for governmental consulting, public speaking and the media, Matthew Simmons of Simmons & Co. Int'l, tries to make sense of recent developments, OPEC, the ever-threatening "peak" and other supply-and-demand topics.

North American gas outlook. Gas guru Len Parent, publisher of the Gas Price Report, reviews gas-well drilling, gas prices, and gas supply and demand for the North American continent for 2005, and offers his predictions for 2006.

E&P spending forecast. Citigroup Smith Barney's surveys provide comparative analysis and predictions for US, Canadian and worldwide upstream capital expenditures from 2005 toward 2006.

Washington in 2005 2006. World Oil's capital city correspondent, John McCaughey, reports on the status of political efforts to steer US energy policy by an all-Republican-led government. The "good, the bad and the ugly" of past results of the hopes for the future.

Canadian outlook. Calgary contributor Bob Curran provides his annual report on the past year and what activity looks like in the year ahead from the perspective of a Canadian insider.

US drilling forecast. Our expert editorial team will again labor hard into the night to produce an industry standard, World Oil's US drilling forecast, complete with proprietary survey results, tables and charts.

Plus, several pages of statistics and analysis of the US rig count, oil production, and oil and gas reserves.

There will also be several proprietary features that agencies, such as DOE and API, as well as DeGolyer and McNaughton, depend on World Oil for, including US producing oil wells and producing gas wells on a state-by-state basis.

International drilling. Managing/International Editor Kurt Abraham asks government officials, oil company planners and others to report on last year's activity, as well as help produce a global drilling forecast for 2006. Plus a breakout of just the global offshore drilling activity picture. The international section also gives world oil production on a country-by-country, region-by-region basis.

 Coiled Tubing Technology

Two case studies on the use of coiled tubing technology, helpful to CT drillers and operators, will be offered.

 Global LNG report

Authors from Wood Mackenzie discuss the current status of the world LNG market in upstream and supply-and-demand terms. They will assess the potential for new sources, supply and demand, and new terminals.

 Petroleum Technology Digest

This popular feature is published in association with the Petroleum Technology Transfer Council. This production application story tells how an operator optimized output while lowering costs.