What should I look for when buying an oil well for investment?
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You need a history of production, month by month to plot a Decline Curve. From that, you can extrapolate or extend the curve to its economic limit. That will give you a reserve estimate, future cash flow, and what the oil is worth. \n\nIf you can get the well records, you can see if there are any extraneous problems or expenses, like hole problems that cause frequent rod parts or holes in the tubing, or an increasing rate of salt water production. That water has to be hauled off at your expense. \n\nI'm assuming the wells are pumping; how new is the equipment and what is the salvage value? If the wells are fairly old, say more than 10 years, and not very deep, salvage value of equipment recovered usually almost equals plugging cost, unless you have somewhere to re-use the equipment or sell it.\n\nIf you can't get a payout in two or three years, it's probably not worth doing.\n\nYou've got an extremely high risk factor in the price of oil. Although it may not seem likely, oil prices could easily be cut in half this year. You didn't say what price you used to calculate your return. \n\nOne other thing. Find out if the owners are the ones that drilled the wells. If they've changed hands several times, forget it. Something is wrong and hidden.
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Try this buyers guide.
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Yup tht would be a real good investement ...hmmmm now where do I get it ??
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Find out the tecnical intermediate  or short term range of the Market , then choose a particular company you want to invest in \n*find out its PE ratio( safe if below 8 in most cases)\n* its earning per share\n* its dependence on foreign markets (genrally if a company  uses indigineously produced goods and its main market is within its own nation it is more safe)\n*its book value in comparison to its market Quotation \n*and finally its networth and capital valuation
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visit ww.moneycontrol.com, you will get all the info u want on TN petro./.
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What? Are you going to do with this information? Seriously go find a hobby - other than swimming into underground lakes. You're going to end up in a petroleum reserve and find yourself under an oil rigs drill bit!
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Depends which investing strategy:\nDay trading (buying and selling short run): You don't need to research much more than the what sector the company is.  More importantly you need to research economic trends (such as impact on high oil prices, shortages of textiles, etc.) and how they impact that stocks sector. Buy low, sell high when the economic trends change.\n\nFor true investment (long term): Look at how long a company has been in business.  Look at earning growth by quarter, check stock price history to see if it is on an up turn or down turn.  Also check out the competition (best is when there is a merger and you get stock from the competitor during the buy out).  Remember stock portfolios are really meant for 20 yrs to be of real value, make sure the company has progressed better than the stockmarket average.  Or just buy mutual funds which take advantage of many stocks' trends.
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right now, buy in safety. Im talking about PG, GE, MO, BUD, ya know, stability. Stay away from the internets GOOG, EBAY, AMZN, MSFT, etc.\nIf you want growth, look at DELL, INTC, (both due to recover) and overseas (anything with Euro, Pound)
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Open a futures Account. The broker at Aaron Trading made me a lot in oil.
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just check on the analysists or join in to some companies who give details on investments. I am giving names of 2 sites where u can log on. But play safe as markets are very volatile at the moment.\nHappy Investing
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http://www.ioga.com/Special/crudeoil_Hist.htm\nThat should help.
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Follow the link and it'll take you to a sight you can buy it .\nhttp://shopping.yahoo.com/p:No%20Fuel%20Left%20for%20the%20Pilgrims:1921004109:upc=075992599924:page=compare?used=1
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There are some solid energy stocks up there. Take a look at NXY, ECA, or some of the Canadian energy trusts such as Canadian Oil Sands Trust. The trusts offer some steady returns from a predictable and valuable asset base (oil and gas reserves). Plus you get more bang for oyur buck if you figure the Canadian dollar will rise versus the US dollar over time.
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Buy a diversified series of HIGH QUALITY, LOW EXPENSE mutual funds. One good piece of advice is that especially when just starting out, owning individual stocks is just way too risky. In many cases, it's more akin to gambling than investing. So go with mutual funds, which are much more diversified, and therefore spread the risk among many, many more holdings. The key, of course, is buying quality. So make sure you hit ALL the asset classes, like Large cap stocks, small/mid cap stocks, international stocks, emerging markets stocks, government debt, corporate debt, hi-yield debt, foreign debt, emerging markets debt, real estate, commodities, and precious metals. That's 12 categories right there, so with $1200, you're talking about $100 each. This is called asset allocation, and it's a step beyond simple "diversification", which most idiots think is buying a hardware tech stock AND a software tech stock.\n\nAdd systematically on a monthly basis. That means make sure you put the same amount of money in every month, no matter what. Soon you won't even care what any of the markets are doing. They're up? Great! Some of my investments are worth more. They're down? Great! Now I'm buying quality investments at an "on sale" price.\n\nThen sit back and re-balance each year, back to your original percentages. Again, this is called asset allocation. It's is very important, perhaps the most important thing you can do with your money. The thinking being, what's BEEN hot is more than likely not going to STAY hot. All markets are cyclical. There's hundreds of years of data to back this up. Yet some people still think they can ride the next hot wave. They usually wind up begging on the street for beer money.\n\nNow, this sort of portfolio should average 8-12% per year, so just split the difference and say 10% on average. Will it do 10% EVERY year? Of course not. I'd be surprised if it EVER did EXACTLY 10%. That's an annual average. With that average, your money should double roughly every 7 years.\nSo, if you're starting with $1200 or so like I said in my example, then in 7 years , even if you added no more money, you should have about $2,400\nin 14 years you should have about $4,800\nin 21 years you should have about $9,600\nin 28 years you should have about $19,200\nin 35 years you should have about $38,400\nin 42 years you should have about $76,800\nin 49 years you should have about $153,600\nin 56 years you should have about $307,200\nin 63 years you should have about $614,400\nin 70 years you should have about $1,228,800!\n\nOf course, if you keep adding money in that $100 a month, you'll become a millionaire MUCH sooner. The key is discipline, and sticking in when markets are up OR down. Don't try to time the market--you'll NEVER get it right.\n\nBy the way, here's a handy formula:\n\n$100/month x 12% x 20 years = $100,000.\n\nSo if you need $300,000 in 20 years and have no idea how to get it, just save $300 a month and you're there. If you don't get 12%, you'll wind up with less naturally. But IF you still wind up with $250,000, I'd call that one hell of a failure.\n\nOh, and if you qualify on income limits (generally, if you're a single filer and make under $90,000/yr), and do this all in a Roth IRA? Then every penny will be 100% TAX-FREE. That's a deal that's too good to pass up. That's why I tell anyone who's under 30--if you make under $90,000, and therefore qualify to do a Roth, you'd be a fool not to. Just having the power of youth (and therefore time) on your side is such an advantage, to squander it would be such a waste!\n\nHope this helps!\n--J.
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look up peak oil on wikipedia
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Great idea to invest in Canada!  Alberta is by far the best province for this type of investment, as it is going through an oil boom because of the tar sands.  This will last for 20-30 years!
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"None of the above."\n\nThe best real estate to invest is in your own country, particularly if you live in the US. \n\nThe cost of ANY legal action between countries is way too high and 'predictability' is a function of your resources.\n\nIf you're looking for "return on investment", stay close to home. If you're looking for and investment that also doubles as a vacation spot, then focus on where you would want to spend your time. Either way, you'll do fine.\n\nGood investments exist everywhere, you just need the resources to identify them!\n\nGood luck!\n\nTrevor