Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Avalon Oil & Gas, Inc. is an oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition of producing oil and gas properties. Trading on the OTCBB, the Company is doing this in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Their corporate strategy is to use efficient reservoir maintenance and innovative technology to obtain stable cash flows and production.

In August, Avalon announced the expansion of their interests in the East Chandler Field, Lincoln County, Oklahoma. This is a property with development potential and Avalon believes that this acquisition will increase their revenues significantly. The Company also looks to further growth through other initiatives. Avalon’s technology group acquires and develops oil production enhancing technologies. Through Oiltek, Inc., their majority owned subsidiary, they are building a portfolio of innovative energy technologies in the oil and gas industry to maximize enhancement opportunities.

In September of this year, Avalon Oil & Gas

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Raven Biofuels International Corporation (RVBF.OB), a developing global renewable energy company focused on producing ethanol from waste or biomass (cellulosic ethanol), recently announced that the company has entered into an agreement with Larson Engineering to begin engineering for Raven’s proposed Mississippi biorefinery. The planned 33 million gallon per year biorefinery offers regional benefits, including lower feedstock and labor costs combined with strong state incentives. The project plan also includes an adjacent cogeneration facility to be developed in cooperation with local utilities.

Having been involved with more than 50 ethanol and biofuels facilities throughout the United States, Larson Engineering will be responsible for conducting site development, geotechnical, permitting and detailed process design work leading to groundbreaking and commercial operation. In addition, Larson Engineering will serve as Raven Biofuels’ owner engineer for the duration of the project performing equipment specification, detailed engineering, material procurement and construction management.

John Sams, Raven Biofuels’ president

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Trico Marine Services, Inc. is a provider of marine support vessels to the offshore oil and gas industry, operating primarily in international markets, with operations in the North Sea, West Africa, Mexico, Brazil and Southeast Asia, as well as in the Gulf of Mexico. With their fleet of vessels, Trico provides a broad range of services to offshore oil and gas operators, including transportation of drilling materials, supplies and crews to drilling rigs and other offshore facilities and towing of drilling rigs and equipment from one location to another.

Greg Williams, an analyst at Al Frank, believes that “Trico has significant flexibility with sale/leaseback or similar financing options in the event of any doomsday credit crunch. The subsea services fleet, which now accounts for the bulk of Trico’s revenue, is among the youngest in the industry at an average age of seven years,” notes Williams. “Contract renewals, even in the

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Bald Eagle Energy is a relatively new company with one simple goal: To decrease America’s dependency on foreign oil through the development of domestic sources. Based out of Houston Texas, and with its primary operations in oil-rich Alaska, Bald Eagle is poised to become a significant player in the American oil and gas industry.

In the spring of 2008, the company entered into an agreement to purchase a 100 percent interest in six leases in Alaska’s North Slope Basin, a region famed for the vast stores of oil contained therein. The exploration areas that Bald Eagle have acquired, totaling more than 18,000 acres, are in close proximity to the largest oil field in North America; The Prudhoe Bay Field.

Alaska’s North Slope is excellent evidence of the untapped resources at America’s disposal. In fact, the region accounts for approximately twenty percent of all domestic oil

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Energy investors may find themselves at odds in weighing whether to put their money into fossil fuels or green alternatives. Two separate articles in today’s Wall Street Journal provide a good backdrop for the current dilemma. Ultimately, we’re of the opinion that it’s still too early for alternative energy to make a convincing business case.

In one story, the Journal covers a recently released annual report from the International Energy Agency. According to the Journal, the IAE paints a gloomy picture of energy shortages and escalating costs of discovery and recovery.

The IAE says that current low oil prices are an anomaly linked to the economic crisis embracing the world. Eventually, when the economy regains its health, oil prices will continue to climb over the coming years to hit $200 a barrel by 2030.

One problem with energy prices remains a dilapidated infrastructure. In turn, energy companies would have to invest more than

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Michigan is best known for its auto industry and its beautiful shoreline, which is also the largest freshwater coastline in the world. Although Michigan’s main industry today continues to be the manufacturing industry, the state government encourages different industries to locate in the state through its attractive incentive programs. Some interesting facts about Michigan follow:1. Michigan’s manufacturing industry produces 30% of the total state revenue.2. Recently enacted legislation mandates that by 2015, Michigan’s energy be produced from renewable sources.3. Michigan has a tax-free zone designed for the food processing industry, the forestry industry and the renewable energy industry.4. Michigan’s top agricultural products are dairy products, cattle and calves, hogs and chicken eggs.5. Michigan is the top producer of automobiles in the United States. Its production accounts for 21% of all automobiles manufactured within the country.6. In 2007 ...

The most-watched vice-presidential debate in history recently took place between candidates Sarah Palin, the Governor of Alaska, and Joe Biden, the senior Senator for Delaware, at Washington University in St. Louis. There were reportedly 70 million viewers according to Nielsen Media Research. Stockerblog.com has put together a comparison of the Joe Biden Stock Index, which is made up of the companies that are connected to the billionaire contributors to the Joe Biden campaign, and the Sarah Palin Stock Portfolio, which is made up of the stocks in the Alaska State disclosure filing for her and her husband. The Palin Portfolio was down 22% outperforming the Biden Index which was down 27%, which doesn't mean much since it a comparison of a contributor index to a stock portfolio, or in other words, apples to oranges. However, both grossly underperformed the Dow ...

Dallas-based ENSCO International, Inc. (ESV) is a leading supplier of offshore contract drilling services to the oil and gas industry. The company's drilling fleet consists of 44 jackup rigs, two ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rigs (ENSCO 7500 and ENSCO 8500), and one barge rig. Additionally, the company has six ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rigs (ENSCO 8500 series) under construction.

ENSCO shares have been beaten down in recent days, broadly inline with its peer group, in response to the commodity-price weakness and overall market turmoil. The stock is down roughly 20% in the last four weeks alone, only modestly better than the 22% drop for offshore drillers (the S&P 500 pulled back roughly 15% during the same time period.

While we have liked this name all along, we think that valuation has become even more compelling following the recent sell off. ENSCO is a premier jackup driller in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) with a

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Sarah Palin is the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the upcoming presidential election, Alaska's first female governor, and their youngest governor. Todd, her husband, and Sarah Palin’s stock holdings can be found in her Alaska State disclosure filing for this year. Here are the stocks they own:iShares MSCI Australia Index (EWA) is an ETF that invests in Australian stocks. It has a PE of 13 and pays a yield of 5.33% .iShares MSCI Belgium Investable Market Index (EWK) is an ETF that invests in Belgium stocks. It has a PE of 9 and pays a yield of 9.98% .iShares MSCI Spain Index (EWP) is an ETF that invests in Spanish stocks. It has a PE of 10 and pays a yield of 4.56% .International Game Technology (IGT) makes and sells computerized gaming equipment. It has a PE of ...

Sarah Palin is the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the upcoming presidential election, Alaska's first female governor, and their youngest governor. Todd, her husband, and Sarah Palin’s stock holdings can be found in her Alaska State disclosure filing for this year. Here are the stocks they own:iShares MSCI Australia Index (EWA) is an ETF that invests in Australian stocks. It has a PE of 13 and pays a yield of 5.33% .iShares MSCI Belgium Investable Market Index (EWK) is an ETF that invests in Belgium stocks. It has a PE of 9 and pays a yield of 9.98% .iShares MSCI Spain Index (EWP) is an ETF that invests in Spanish stocks. It has a PE of 10 and pays a yield of 4.56% .International Game Technology (IGT) makes and sells computerized gaming equipment. It has a PE of ...