by pea-jay » Tue 05 Apr 2005, 11:44:29
From CNBC:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '"')We've seen increased selling in the oil and gas industry as a whole," LoPresti said Monday on CNBC's "Power Lunch." "Last month, oil and gas drillers were the top sellers, by market value. They were the second-top sellers by net shares sold, and, by head count, there were five sellers for every one acquirer."
Full ArticleIt's interesting...are the rats jumping from a sinking ship?? Some of the firms listed are in the exploration field. CNBC explains the selling more or less as profit taking on a long price runup.
Then they toss this line in:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'N')abors Industries Ltd.
• "One of the future risks for drillers is that liquefied natural gas has been expected to play a growing role in satisfying North American demand," LoPresti said. "Domestic gas drillers may be hurt by that."
It sounds like economist-speak for acknowledging declining North American supplies.
Sounds fishy to me.