A Window of Opportunity

Supply/Demand

• Petroleum demand is doubling about every 10 years (China, India and U.S. driving demand).
• U.S. oil stock piles are at a 27 year low. (14 days of domestic consumption on hand)
• Imports are now over 60% (imports were 30% just before the oil embargo).

High Financial Rewards

• Can offer better that a 10 to 1 Return on Investment.
• Return of Capital in as little as 6 to 18 months.
• Greater than 50% Annual Rate of Return Possible.
• Potential for strong monthly income

Risk

• Recent advances in oil-finding-technology has improved recovery and reduced risks.
• The Average oil well is less risky than 10 years ago.  Several projects have a probability of success better than 90%.
• Available projects would be economically attractive if oil price would fall 50%.
• Some companies report 85% success on exploration wells and 95% on developmental wells.

Tax Benefits

• Drilling is the very best tax advantaged investment (Newsweek Magazine).
• Congress gives tax breaks to individual investors that are not available to large companies.
• 100% tax deductible … 65 to 85% of investment can be written off in the first year.
• Tax deductions available against Ordinary Income or Capital Gains.

 Competition

• The major oil companies have gone offshore and overseas, for easy-to-find big oil fields.
• They left behind millions of barrels of oil and billions of cubic feet of gas for well managed independent oil companies to extract.

 Price Increase

• Projections for oil and gas prices are up.
• Many forecasters predict oil priced at $180/barrel by the end of the decade.

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