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TAX BENEFITS
-- Drilling is the very best tax advantaged investment (Newsweek).
-- Congress gives tax breaks to individual investors that are not available to large companies.
-- 100% tax deductible ... 65 to 80% can be written off in first year.


DRILLING PROSPECT AVAILABILITY
-- Small drilling prospects are better than ever (and there are more of them).


COMPETITION
-- The big money has gone offshore and overseas, because there are too few easy-to-find big oil fields remaining.
-- Over 10,000 oil companies have left the arena since 1982.


DEMAND/CONSUMPTION
-- Petroleum demand is doubling about every 10 years.
-- U.S. oil stock piles are at 27 year low. (14 days of domestic consumption)


OIL PRODUCTION TREND
-- US output is at a 36 year low
-- Over two-thirds of domestic oil wells are classified as marginal (avg = 3 bbls/day).
-- Imports are now over 60% (imports were 30% just before the oil embargo).


PRICE FORECASTS
-- Long range projections are up.


DRILLING COSTS
-- Presently (Feb'08) Rig activity is substantially up, but remains reasonable.


TECHNOLOGY
-- Recent advances in oil finding technology has improved recovery and reduced risk.
-- Some companies report 85% success on wildcat wells.


ENVIRONMENT
-- Sierra Club endorses natural gas
-- Combustion by-products are carbon-dioxide and water.


GOVERNMENT
-- Encourages domestic drilling with special tax breaks.
-- Mandating natural gas usage over oil and coal.
-- Natural gas is now deregulated.


MONEY CRUNCH
-- Traditional sources of drilling money are no longer available (which is a bonanza for independent investors)


WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
-- Traditional sources of drilling money are no longer available, which is a bonanza for accredited investors.
-- Oil and Gas prices are projected to stay at high levels for at least the next 5 years.

 

 

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