Many investors often look to the larger oil and gas developers for a safe investment, and in a certain sense these types of companies are perhaps one of your more safe investments. Energy after all is always a need. There are, however, companies on the verge that may make better investments as they move forward with production and development plans. While some may look left at these more main-stream players, looking right for those companies that may be in the right place at the right time may be a bit more profitable. Care needs to be taken and research done, but if one picks wisely, profit will be there.

American Oil & Gas Inc., an oil and gas exploration company, works to explore and develop crude oil and natural gas deposits primarily in Colorado and Wyoming. The company holds natural gas interests through its American Tower Inc. subsidiary but is generally

Timing in the oil and gas game is pretty much the real key. A company just needs to be in the right place with the capacity to get the oil and gas out of the ground as prices move up. Too soon and a company is left carrying debt. Too late and it fails to maximize profit. Get the timing just right and profit floods in. It’s certainly isn’t a scenario for the faint of heart but one that can be lucrative if the timing is just right.

Bluegrass Energy Inc., a development stage oil and gas company, works to acquire, develop and exploit oil and natural gas deposits primarily in the Appalachian basin of Kentucky. The company has recently signed a letter of intent for a $1.5 million private placement.

The general purposes of the company’s private placement are directed toward acquisition and development of eastern Kentucky gas properties. In acquiring

Ukraine and Russia are at it again. This time, it’s turned especially nasty, as Russia cut off natural gas supplies to a host of European countries. Tired of relying on Russia, the EU will again look for alternatives. Its eyes will wander to Turkmenistan.

Back in October, while the world was busy putting out the fires of a financial crisis that still burns, little-thought-of Turkmenistan made a bombshell of an announcement. It seemed to gather little notice at the time. But it could become much more important as the Russian-Ukraine dynamic gets worse.

Gaffney, Cline and Associates, a British consulting firm, completed an audit of Turkmenistan’s Yoloten-Osman natural gas deposits. Based on GCA’s first results, the fields have a minimum of 4 trillion cubic meters of gas… and as much as 14 trillion cubic meters of gas, a truly staggering sum. The announcement put Yoloten-Osman among the four or five largest natural

Most natural gas and oil companies would be happy with a few producing wells pumping out a respectable amount of oil and gas. Some, however, do their homework to find a location where many wells pump many barrels or cubic feet. A company that can recognize its position quickly, and develop it to maximize a variety of revenue streams quickly, is one that will become a solid long term player in any marketplace.

New Frontier Energy Inc., an oil and gas exploration and development company, works to explore and exploit oil and natural gas deposits primarily along the Colorado/Wyoming boarder. The company has been extracting natural gas since 2005 and anticipates further profitable developments at sites adjacent to its primary Slater Dome CBM prospect.

The company is currently producing and exploring in the Sand Wash Basin, a sub-basin of the Greater Green River Basin. Its current production site is located at the

Working to find a new natural resource deposit holds many intangibles, not the least of which is the fact that a company is drilling or digging a small hole thousands of feet into a relatively unknown medium. The company may have an idea what they will find, but this is not the same as a certainty. This is just the nature of the game. This variable, however, is not the only one that dictates whether a natural resource company is a winner or a loser in the game of exploration and development. The market for the resource also needs to align for a solid profit. If, however, each variable does pan out, a nice profit will likely result for the investor who times his decisions correctly.

Kentucky USA Energy Inc., an early-stage oil and gas exploration and development company, works to exploit oil and natural gas deposits primarily in Western Kentucky.

The recent rise and fall of the commodities market has been giving many oil and gas exploration and development companies issues to deal with. Just when they felt everything was going their way, the bottom dropped out. Most energy companies were left scrambling, but some companies are lucky enough to be able to play both sides of the equation. Companies that can benefit on both sides of the pricing equation can offer cost savings when prices are down and higher volumes when prices are up. If they can be found, a nice even profit could be in the offing.

Ecosphere Technologies Inc., a water engineering and services company, works to provide water reclamation and remediation services primarily to the natural gas exploration and development markets. The company has announced three mobile water reclamation projects in the last quarter, each with the intent of reducing well closing and associated environmental costs.