ATPG Atp Oil & Gas Corp. (MM)

Growing fears about a potential recession in Europe, which consumes 18 percent of the world's oil, has weighed heavily on oil prices, and companies. The SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP) has fallen over 7 percent in the past month. The Paragon Report examines investing opportunities in the Oil & Gas Industry and provides equity research on ATP Oil & Gas Corporation (NASDAQ: ATPG) and Triangle Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: TPLM).

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Prices of Brent crude hit five-month lows last week as concerns about the global economy grew, and Saudi Arabia stated it would over produce to force prices lower according to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. Despite the current conditions many industry observers believe oil is unlikely to slide much further, as productions costs remain high. "Costs are still at a very high level because of the complexity of marginal fields," said Pierre Sigonney, chief economist at French oil company Total SA. "We don't expect oil prices to go much below $100 a barrel."

"I believe there is a floor at $100. Ultimately the Saudis are the ones that have the single biggest positive influence in the oil price, other than anyone starting a war -- which would have a negative but upward impression on oil price," said Philip Wolfe, head of energy EMEA for UBS.

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ATP Oil & Gas is an international offshore oil and gas development and production company with operations in the Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean Sea and the North Sea. The company recently announced production in first quarter 2012 was 2.0 MMboe (million barrels of oil equivalent) of which 63% was oil and condensate, compared to 2.3 MMboe in the first quarter 2011 of which 68% was oil and condensate.

Triangle Petroleum is a high-growth oriented energy company with a current strategic focus on developing the Bakken Shale and Three Forks formations in the Williston Basin of North Dakota and Montana. Triangle has acquired approximately 86,000 net acres in the Williston Basin.

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