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NEW YORK, January 9, 2009 – BMO Capital Markets, the investment and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO), will host its 2009 North American Unconventional Gas Conference Tuesday January 13, at the Millennium Broadway Hotel, New York City.
Management teams of leading natural gas producers, services companies and pipeline companies will be in attendance. Participating companies include: EnCana (NYSE: ECA), Talisman Energy (NYSE: TLM), Southwestern Energy (NYSE: SWN), Ultra Petroleum (NYSE: UPL) and National Fuel Gas (NYSE: NFG), among others.
The BMO Capital Markets Energy Research team is led by Randy Ollenberger, Managing Director. Members of the research team serving as speakers and panel moderators for the event include:
Jim Byrne (Integrated Oils/Refiners/O&G Producers)
Carl Kirst (North American Pipelines)
Mark Leggett (O&G Producers)
Mike Mazar (O&G Services)
Dan McSpirit (O&G Producers)
Gordon Tait (Royalty Trusts)
The research team will present findings from an in-depth economic and resource potential analysis of seven shale gas plays located in North America, including the Haynesville, Marcellus and Montney.
The luncheon will feature keynote speaker Scott Rees, Chairman and CEO of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc., worldwide petroleum consultants. Mr. Rees will present a comprehensive overview on the fundamentals of unconventional natural gas plays.
*Companies presenting at the conference include:
ARC Energy Trust (AET.UN)
Berry Petroleum (BRY)
Carrizo Oil and Gas (CRZO)
Celtic Exploration (CLT)
Comstock Resources (CRK)
EnCana (ECA)
Ensign Energy Services (ESI)
Forest Oil (FST)
Gastem (GMR)
Goodrich Petroleum (GDP)
Junex Exploration (JNX)
National Fuel Gas (NFG)
NGas Resources (NGAS)
Orleans Energy (OEX-T)
Petrohawk Energy (HK)
Petroleum Development (PETD)
Peyto Energy Trust (PEY.UN)
Progress Energy Trust (PGX.UN)
Questerre Energy (QEC)
Range Resources (RRC)
Southwestern Energy (SWN)
Storm Exploration (SEO)
Superior Well Services (SWSI)
Talisman Energy (TLM)
Triangle Petroleum (TPLM.OB)
Ultra Petroleum (UPL)
Union Drilling (UDRL)
* Participant list subject to change.
Presentations will be broadcast live and archived at:
http://www.bmocm.com/conferences/UnconventionalGasConference2009
An agenda with presentation times for the conference is also available on the web site.
Media Attendance
Media interested in attending the event and/or scheduling an interview are asked to call (212) 885-4153 or (416) 867-3996.
About BMO Capital Markets
BMO Capital Markets is a leading, full-service North American financial services provider offering equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury management, market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading. BMO Capital Markets has offices in 26 locations around the world, including 14 in North America.
BMO Capital Markets is a member of BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO), one of the largest diversified financial services providers in North America with US$345 billion total assets and 37,000 employees as at October 31, 2008.
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