Invest in Oil and Gas?
One Key to Asset Appreciation is to Invest Where There is Significant Growth and price appreciation. The mere fact that close to 98% of what we do and have is related in some way to crude oil means that even in this great era of tech and communication we all need to be concerned. Not only are petrochemical products used to power our vehicles, run our machines and heat or cool our homes, they are literally the fabric of our lives, the plastic bags and bottles for our goods, and the fertilizers that grow our food to name only a fraction of its benefit.
What is costing you the most these days? Gasoline! Why not participate in the profits being made if you have some money to invest? All of this brings us to this question, and solution about why you should be investing in oil and gas ventures.
And the answers are these:
Oil and gas offer substantial rewards with calculable returns within six to twelve months with a better than 10:1 ROI (return On Investment), which is greater than fifty percent annual rate of return.
The associated risk is considerably less than it was a decade ago with success rates as high as 90%.
According to Newsweek Magazine drilling is one of the best investments for tax advantages.
The availability of small, manageable prospects, overseen by highly professional private companies like ours is flourishing.
The competition is not as fierce as it was in the past because the big money oil giants have all gone offshore because they lack the wherewithal to prospect in the remaining fields. Over 10,000 oil companies have seen their demise since 1982 because of this.
Demand for oil, as we have already stated above is skyrocketing, in fact it is doubling every ten years.
Price forecasts and long-range projections are way up.
Drilling activity is at the lowest it has been in fifty years and so the associated costs are as well.
Industry partners' recent advances in oil locating technology has improved recovery and reduced risk. And, the latest drilling techniques have increased access and availability as well.
And finally, the traditional supplies of drilling money are no longer available which has created a bonanza for independent investors and venture capitalists
Author: Ricky Gee
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Get Rich From High Gas Prices - Here is How
Recently there is rarely a news cast broadcast without some reference to rising gas prices. As recession in the US starts to bite and the fallout of the mortgage crisis still hurts more and more people are noticing that the amount of money each month that disappears into you vehicles fuel tank is increasing dramatically. Not only does this reduce the amount of money you have left each month but it also reduces the amount of money you may need to be putting toward you mortgage or other loans.
Why is gas so expensive?
Gasoline is a form of processed and refined oil. The bare facts show that oil prices have more than doubled in the last 12 months. Due to these higher oil prices, the gasoline we use in our cars every day has also risen in price significantly.
Rises in oil (and other commodities) prices are notoriously volatile. There are so many factors that can affect their prices and cause them to rise. Below are a few examples that have had an effect over the last year or so:
* War in Iraq (a major oil producer)
* General political tensions in the MIddle East
* A fire in a major refinery or pipeline
* Strikes by oil company workers
* Oil fields turning out to be smaller than expected
The other factor that make all of the above worse is that global demand for oil is rising rapidly. The Indian and Chinese economies are growing at a fast rate and as a result need more and more oil to do so. Neither show signs of slowing down.
How to profit from these rising oil prices
The way to offset your higher gas prices is to try to invest in the oil sector. It is not as straightforward as going out and buying a barrel of oil and waiting until the price goes up before selling it. That is not practical. Instead the best and most profitable way is to invest in either oil related stock or oil tracking investment funds.
Author: James McKerr
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