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Mark LaCour's Top 10 Business Drivers for 2016

* Interest Rates

* Operational Excellence

* Talent

* Export

* Crude Prices

* Technology

* Natural Gas

* Shifting Global Markets

* Downstream

* Hydrocarbon Abundant World

Many Thanks to Everyone Who Submitted Questions!R.A.

Operated Agreements Manager

Happy December,

I wanted to get your thoughts on the 2016 forecast in the Appalachian Basin.

There has been fairly significant movement, as far M&A, both upstream and midstream. The word of the day in the region appears to be Utica. A few pioneering operators have had Utica test well success prompting lucrative figures in subsequent deals.

What direction and duration do you foresee out of this play? Do you see Utica success drawing in another wave of out-of region operators as the Marcellus did?

Csaba Weiner

Senior Research Fellow with Institute of World Economics of the Centre for Economic and Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Dear Mr. LaCour,

My name is Csaba Weiner, senior research fellow at the Institute of World Economics of the Centre for Economic and Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

I have watched one of your videos on Youtube (Mark's Oil & Gas Overview), and I would like to ask for your help with clarification about the midstream segment.

I am wondering whether oil product terminals and oil product pipelines belong to the midstream in addition to crude oil transmission pipelines and crude oil terminals.

I would also include them to this segment. However, you have not mentioned the terminalling and storage as parts of the midstream segment.

Thank you for your help!

Best wishes,

Csaba Weiner

Cameron Hanover

Sales Consultant with ARC Products Inc.

Do you see refrac continuing to be a growing part of the industry in 2016? Will chemical or mechanical diverting win? Or will it end up being a combination of the two?

Really enjoy the show. Please keep up the good work.

Bart Critser

Sales Manager with Terra Guidance

If Mark's price predictions are correct, service companies like Terra Guidance will be undergoing rapid expansion during 2016.

There are many places to finds resumes and post jobs, but what site or method would you recommend for finding top talent?

Thanks,

Bart

Patrick Pistor

Operations Engineer with Seadrill

With everyone in the upstream oil and gas sector cutting costs, where do you see companies (e.g., operators and drilling contractors) increasing their spending on third par...