Articles Authored & Quoted

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Quick Links to article subsections:
• Oil and Gas Investor: Articles Authored by Rodman Energy (COSCO) personnel.
• Oil and Gas Investor: Articles in which Rodman Energy (COSCO) referenced or quoted.
• Other Magazines—Articles by Rodman Energy (COSCO) or in which referenced or quoted.
• Further Reading

A. Oil and Gas Investor:

1) Articles Auhored by Rodman Energy personnel:

January 2009
"How to Right the Upside Down"
By: William E. Weidner

November 2008
"Rodman Private Capital Energy Index"

August 2008
"The VPP: A Port in a Storm"
By: William E. Weidner

May 2008 – Supplement
"Here's the Money: Capital Formation 2008"
COSCO Capital Management LLC

April 2008
"COSCO Private Capital Energy Index"

March 2008
"Private Capital Flow"
By: William E. Weidner

October 2007
"COSCO Private Capital Energy Index"

May 2007 – Supplement – p.36
"Here's the Money: Capital Formation 2007"
COSCO Capital Management LLC

April 2007
"COSCO Private Capital Energy Index"

October 2006
"COSCO Private Capital Energy Index"

May 2006 – Supplement – p.20
"Here's the Money: Capital Formation 2006”
COSCO Capital Management LLC

April 2006
"COSCO Private Capital Energy Index"

May 2005 – Supplement – p.12
"Here's the Money: Capital Formation 2005”
COSCO Capital Management LLC

January 2005
"Dear Private Equity, Greetings from Hubbert’s Peak"
By: William E. Weidner

June 2004
"Are Inflation Fears Driving Oil and Gas Investments?"
By: William E. Weidner

May 2004 – Supplement – p.10
"Here's the Money: Capital Formation 2004”
COSCO Capital Management LLC

October 2003
"Private Capital on Fire with Record Energy Prices"
By: Cameron O. Smith

June 2003 – Supplement – p.5
"Energy Finance 101"
By: T. Prescott Kessey and William E. Weidner

June 2003 – Supplement – p.18
“Getting it Right: Capital Formation 2003”
COSCO Capital Management LLC

January 2003
"The Tables Have Turned: Interest in Private Oil and Gas Investment Climbs"
By: William E. Weidner

September 2002
"Plenty of Private Capital Available - to the Right Type Companies"
By Cameron O. Smith

June 2002
"Mezzanine Capital Flows Appear to be Changing"
By William E. Weidner

March 2002
"Shenandoah, Mannix were Profitable to Shell Capital"
By Cameron O. Smith

December 2001
"Private Funds are Reloading Now to Invest in 2002"
By Cameron O. Smith

September 2001
"Will the Last One to Monetize Please Turn Out the Lights"
By William E. Weidner

June 2001
"Symbol & Substance: The Rise and Resonance
of Lariat Petroleum, Inc."
By Cameron O. Smith

March 2001
"For Private Capital, 2000 was a Trophy Year"
By Cameron O. Smith

December 1997
“Scaling the U.S. Private Equity Capital Pyramid”
By Cameron O. Smith

>> To read about COSCO's Capital Pyramid online, click here

2) Articles in which Rodman energy (COSCO) referenced or quoted:

November 2008 – p. 106
“Bright Spot: Meet James Masters”
By Stephen Payne

February 7-8, 2008: NAPE '08 Winter Edition
“COSCO Forecasts Capital Commitments To Continue To Grow”
By Jo Ann Davy, Editor, Custom Publishing, Hart Energy Publishing

August 23-24, 2007: NAPE '07 Summer Edition
“Expanding Breadth And Depth”
By Leslie Haines, Editor-in-Chief, Oil and Gas Investor

February 1-2, 2007: NAPE '07 Winter Edition
“2007 Inspires Capital Confidence”
By Bridie Isensee

August 23-24, 2006: NAPE '06 Summer Edition
“COSCO: Higher Oil, Gas Prices Overcoming Higher Interest Rates”
By Erica Shillings

July, 2006
“The CAPITAL Carousel”
By Brian A. Toal

February 1-3, 2006: NAPE '06 Special Edition
“Looking Past M&A Market”
By Bertie Taylor

December 2004
“Capital Clout”
By Brian A.Toal

July 2004
“More Money”
By Leslie Haines and Taryn Maxwell

April 2004
“The Bakken is Back”
By Peggy Williams
For Further Reading :
Oil and Gas Investor (Feb'07):
....“Bakken Billions”
Wall Street Journal (Apr'06):
....“Wild Cat Producer Sparks Oil Boom on Montana Plains”

December 2003
“Capital Corridors -- Pools of Private Capital”
By Brian A.Toal

June 2003 – Supplement – p. 32
“Getting it Right Capital Formation 2003”

“Canadian Dollars: Funding start-ups still dominates Canadian energy finance activity in the growing shadow of oil and gas royalty income trusts.”
By Brian A. Toal

April 2003
“Private Capital”
By Brian A. Toal

March 2003 – Supplement – p. 13
“Capitalizing Your Company – CEO’s and capital providers give their insights on how private capital works”
By Nick Snow

June 2002
“Where Art Thou Mezzanine Financier?’
By Nissa Darbonne

November 2000
“Capital Markets Attractive”
By Brian Toal

“Clear Sky Turbulence”
By William A. (Bill) Marko

November 1999
“Capital Clicks”
By Brian Toal

May 1998
“Private Doors Open”
By Brian Toal

June 1997
“The Rosy Mood and the Numbers”
By Leslie Haines

June 1995
“Giving The Little Guy a Big Hand”
By Brian Toal

B. Other Magazines—Articles by Rodman Energy (COSCO) or in which referenced or quoted:

The American Oil & Gas Reporter

November 2008
“Capital Market Uncertainties Begin To Work
Through Upstream Sector”
By Gregory DL Morris

April 2008
“Energy Funding Is Still Alive and Well”
By Gregory DL Morris

March 2003
“Private Equity Driving Capital Markets”
By William Dylan Powell

August 1998
“Private Placements Crucial to Growth”
Interview of Cameron Smith
By Dwight Cumming

BusinessWeek

75th Anniversary Issue: 11 October 2004
“A Gusher of Cash for Domestic Drilling"
By Wendy Zellner

22 November 2004
“Real Power Plays On Wall Street"
By Emily Thornton

Hart’s E&P

May 2000
“Finance Blues are Waning”
By Don Lyle

Hart’s Oil and Gas World

November 1997
“Don’t Eliminate the Middleman”
Interview of Cameron Smith
By Rhonda Duey

Investment Dealers' Digest

31 January 2005
“The Temperature Rises”
By Elizabeth Wine

Nickle’s Daily Oil Bulletin

3 March 2006
“COSCO Returns With Calgary Private Capital Conference”

23 February 2004
“Private Capital Looks For Opportunities In High Market Cycle”

22 June 2000
“Great Value, Limited Buyers at CAPP Symposium”

Oil and Gas Financial Journal

August 2008
“A few minutes with Cameron Smith”
By Don Stowers, Editor, OGFJ

June 2008
“Rodman & Renshaw buys assets of COSCO Capital Management”
By Don Stowers, Editor, OGFJ

March 2007
“Helping Producers Grow Through Private Financings”
By Don Stowers

Oil and Gas Journal

December 2001
“Private Capital for Oil, Gas Investments Remain Abundant While Public Markets Sag”
Special Reporting
By Marilyn Radler

Oilweek

5 April 2004
“COSCO’s private capital forum proves interest in
financing alternatives is growing in Canada”
By Dale Lunan

Petroleum Finance Week

24 April 2000
“Private Capital Markets Remain Open to the Right Kind of E&P Proposals”

11 May 1998
“Here’s Why Private Equity Placements Grow as the Number of Public Offerings Recedes”

27 April 1998
“Seminars Heavy Turnout Reflects Upstream Interest in Private Placements”

Petroleum News Alaska

27 October 2002
“Firm That Secured $25 Million For Aurora Gas Ready To Look At Other Alaska Investment Opportunities”
By Allen Baker

The Private Equity Analyst

March 2004 Volume XIV Issue 3
“Fueling an Industry”
Energy Deals Draw Surge of Interest Among LBO Firms
By Robert Dunn

Worth Magazine

November 2004
“Crude Investments”
By Eileen Gunn

C. Further Reading:

Oil and Gas Investor
February 2007
“Bakken Billions”
By Peggy Williams

Wall Street Journal
April 5, 2006; Page A1
“Wildcat Producer Sparks Oil Boom On Montana Plains”
By John J. Fialka