Natural Resources >> Sector Roundtables >> November 29, 2004
WILF GOBERT is Vice Chairman of Peters & Co. limited and an energy
analyst responsible for integrated oils, large capitalization producers,
Canadian international independents and midstream companies. He has been
a financial analyst since 1974, an oil and gas analyst since 1976, and a
senior analyst at Peters & Co. since 1979. He is a member of the Alberta
Securities Commission's Financial Advisory Task Force, a past president
of the Calgary Society of Financial Analysts, and a founding member of
the organizing committee of what is now the annual CAPP Investment
Symposium. Mr. Gobert has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics
from the University of Windsor (1971), an MBA (Finance) from McMaster
University (1976), and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA, 1979).
ALISTAIR TOWARD is a Senior Analyst ' Oil and Gas at Clarus Securities
Inc. Prior to joining Clarus in October of 2004, Mr. Toward was the Oil
and Gas Analyst at Research Capital Corporation and previously held this
position at HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc. and Gordon Capital
Corporation. In 2002, Mr. Toward spent several months working for UTS
Energy Corp. Mr. Toward received his Bachelor of Commerce degree in
Finance from McGill University and later received his CFA designation. Profile
STEPHEN CALDERWOOD, Senior Vice President of Raymond James Ltd., joined
the firm in April 2003 and covers oil and gas producers and exploration
companies. He has approximately five years of experience as an equity
analyst with another investment dealer. Prior to entering the investment
industry, Mr. Calderwood began his career in 1983 in the oil and gas
industry as an engineer with BP Canada, and later held positions with
Talisman Energy and NCE Resources Group. He holds a BSc in Chemical
Engineering from the University of Alberta (1983), an MBA from the
University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland (1992), and is qualified
as a Professional Engineer. Profile
TWST: Alistair, as you look at the market year to date in these Canadianenergy stocks, how have they done?
Mr. Toward: Seeing as the industry as a whole is benefiting from
windfall pricing,