To: Second_Titan who wrote (1645 ) 3/16/2001 2:09:48 AM From: Raymond Duray Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 23153 Hi Quehubo007, As a newbie in da patch, I'm curious about the term shoulder season. Amplify, por favor. I'm witnessing something at energynewslive.com and in white bread media reports that crude futures are dropping like a like a D-cup in a Tijuana whorehouse and I really can't see a reason for this lack of titillation in a market that seems ripe for speculation on the failure of our jack up rigs to produce the abundance they formerly did in the fields of plenty in OK, TX and A-oK. Not to mention the gulf between that cup and the lip of SoCal at the Barstow nipple. So what I mean to say is this. Why in the world is there seasonality? Just because we still got spices? Or because we are in the eye-yi-yi of the storm? What storm, you ask? Storage. My man, I'm a tech investor, I've heard for years that storage is where it's at, or gonna be. But when I look at the outlook for storage of methane, butane, propane, iso-propane and derivative stinky gas..... well, (no pun intended) I don't see it. I mean, I don't see the builds in storage that equate to sane markets. Like, between backwardation in a crisis and contango due to complacency, how's a simple tech investor to think about an industry that is at the crux of modern society in North America and seemingly is unable to sustain its own capacity for renewal season after season? Am I clueless? Or does the Simmon's report on production v. rig rate, the fact that we on the West Coast are about to bring 65Mw of generating capacity online with 90% of it gas-fired without a clue as to where all that CH$$$ is going to come from, and seemingly.... the insane are in the management positions in the assylum. Well, you get the picture. Wells are no longer a great or even a good answer. They're getting pretty puny as far as our pincushioning of this continent is concerned. Planet next. I'm seeking some really well managed, honest O&G trusts that have bona fide reserves. These are what we will pay our eye-tooths for as the halls come tumbling down. Got any candidates to recommend? So, am I suffering from Big-Picture-Itis? Tou Louse, Low Trek