Dan Steffens, President Energy-Prospectus Group February 10, 2011 Presentation to Unocal Gulf Coast Alumni Club

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Predictions for Oil Prices are going higher: I’m expecting NYMEX oil futures contracts to close above $100/bbl within the next six months. 2. Global demand for oil will remain strong and the markets will notice that OPEC spare capacity is tightening. By the end of 2011 the media will be buzzing about “Peak Oil” again. In January, the IEA raised its 2011 global crude oil demand forecast for a 4 th month in a row. They are now forecasting that year-over-year oil consumption will rise by 1.4 million bbls a day to 89.1 million bbls per day. < 1.6% year-over-year increase

Who really controls Oil Prices? World’s Largest Oil and Gas Companies: Saudi Arabian Oil Company National Iranian Oil Company Qatar General Petroleum Corp. Iraq National Oil Company Petroleos de Venezuela Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Kuwait Petroleum Corp. Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. NOTE: Exxon Mobil Corp is #16

Predictions for 2011 From recent BP report on the future of energy: World energy use is projected to grow an average of 1.7%/yr, or about 40% over the next 20 years. Fossil fuels will still make up approximately two-thirds of global energy demand 20 years from now. China is now the largest source of oil consumption growth — forecast to grow by 8 million barrels per day to a total of 17.5 million barrels per day by Electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids, and the use of compressed natural gas as a transportation fuel is likely to grow, but without making a material contribution to the total percentage of transportation fuels before 2030.

Growth in China Shanghai in 1990

Shanghai Today It takes a lot of energy & resources to fuel growth like this Shanghai in 1990

Predictions for Investors will move more capital into the energy sector stocks, bidding up the price of more speculative oil stocks. Multiples will expand for those with the most growth potential. (BEXP is a good example) 4. BP’s Macondo oil spill will fade from memory and the Gulf of Mexico will be “open for business’ during the second half of the year. The GOM is just too important to be shut down for long.

Commodity PricesFeb ’10Feb ’11 Crude Oil$73/bbl$87/bbl Natural Gas$5.41/mcf$4.07/mcf Natural gas now at ~21:1 ratio to crude oil Active Rig Count (U.S. + Canada) Onshore 1,8922,365* Gulf of Mexico 70 62** * Onshore rigs drilling HZ wells is up ~51% **Many GOM rigs are idle waiting on permits Energy Sector Fundamentals

Commodity Advantage Favors Oil Oil Prices vs 6:1 Equivalent Natural Gas Prices

Predictions for The “Shale Revolution” will intensify. In addition to the Bakken Shale these resource plays will get a lot more headlines: > Eagle Ford Shale> Granite Wash > Niobrara Shale> Woodford Cana > Marcellus Shale> Lower Bossier Shale > Alberta Basin Bakken / Three Forks (W. Montana) 6. An increasing number of horizontal wells means a good year for the onshore drillers and a great year for the oilfield service companies (PTEN, HAL, SLB, WFT)

Oil Resource Plays in U.S. generating strong returns High Value Oil Enhances Margins Relative to Natural Gas

Bakken Shale Potential Continental Resources (CLR) now believes there is the potential to recover up to 24 billion barrels of oil from the Bakken Shale. This is five times the 2008 USGS estimate. The industry is now adding 1,800 wells per year in the Bakken.

Predictions for The Canadian Oil Sands projects will get a lot more attention from Wall Street. > Petrobank Energy (PBG.TO / PBEGF.PK) > Gulfport Energy (GPOR) > Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) 8. North America’s natural gas glut will continue, keeping the price down and driving a lot of alternative energy companies out of business. Alternative energy companies (wind, solar and geothermal) with poor fundamentals will continue to flame out.

Predictions for The natural gas fundamentals will begin to improve in 2012 – more of a “hope” than a prediction: > Reduced drilling in the dry gas shale plays > Increased use of gas for power generation > Increased industrial demand > Increased use of natural gas as a transportation fuel > Colder winters are coming > U.S. will begin exporting natural gas

Predictions for The Federal government will increase the deficit by at least $1 Trillion. We are killing the Golden Goose. 11. California and/or Illinois will go bankrupt in The Feds can’t afford to bail them out (but that fact may not stop them from doing it). 12. The situation in Iran / Korean gets more serious. Even Obama realizes we cannot let these guys get nukes. If a shooting war starts with Iran, the price of crude oil will quickly spike over $200/bbl.

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