3 General Data 3.1 Global Oil and Gas M&A Database 3.2 Oil and Gas Markets 3.3 The International Country Risk Guide 3.4 Data Structure of 1,664 Oil and Gas Deals 3.5 Preliminary Results
4 Methodology 4.1 Group Comparison 4.2 Theoretical Model of Reserve Takeover Discount
5 Oil and Gas Markets 5.1 Further Insights on Oil and Gas Markets 5.2 Backwardation Effect on Reserve Takeover Discount 5.3 Correlation Effect on Reserve Takeover Discount
6 Oil Dominated Deals vs. Gas Dominated Deals 6.1 The Idiosyncratic Behavior of Reserve Takeover Discount in Oil Dom- inated Deals vs. Gas Dominated Deals 6.2 Effect of Gas Reserve Percentage on Oil and Gas Deal Pricing
7 High-Risk Deals vs. Low-Risk Deals 7.1 Comparative Results in High-Risk Deals vs. Low-Risk Deals 7.2 Using A Specific Risk-to-Reserve Metric to Measure Deal Risk
8 Cash Dominated Deals vs. Noncash Dominated Deals 8.1 Comparative Results in Cash Dominated Deals vs. Noncash Domi-nated Deals 8.2 The 'Control' Issue and Choice of Payment Method in Oil and Gas Reserve Acquisitions
9 Equity Purchase Deals vs. Asset Purchase Deals 9.1 Comparative Results in Equity Purchase Deals vs. Asset Purchase Deals 9.2 The Choice of Transaction Structure in Oil and Gas Reserve Acqui- sitions 9.3 Segmentation of Oil and Gas Deals in Cash-Noncash / Equity-Asset Groups