Copyright © 2013 Knight Sac Media. All rights reserved.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=57548Shale natural gas is turning hot on a national scale. This is abundantly documented in the thread itself. This country is up to its ears in natural gas. We have so much that we almost don't know what to do with it. I could even rename this thread Natural Gas Nation. With all this natural gas we lite...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/images/Logo380x132.pnghttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=5754838013210Glenn Petersenhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288994275/16/2013 10:19:45 PMGlenn PetersenAmerica's Foolhardy Ban on Natural Gas Exports By Jason Rugolo, Stan Veuger U.S News d World Report May 9, 2013 One of the many blessings Mother Nature has provided us with is the banana. Bananas can be consumed as a final product – raw, fried, boiled, etc. They can also be used as intermediate inputs for banana ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288894335/12/2013 1:40:37 AMGlenn PetersenEuropean industry flocks to U.S. to take advantage of cheaper gas By Michael Birnbaum, The Washington Post Apr 02, 2013 01:15 AM EDT LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany — The sprawling chemical plant in this city along the Rhine River has been a jewel of Germany’s manufacturing-led economy for more than a century. But the plun...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288126124/2/2013 8:18:20 PMCeltictraderSeeking Alpha on ( Sundance, Austex) seekingalpha.com  AusTex ( ATXDY.OB) is growing substantially in 2013. It is projecting growth from ~500 boepd at the start of 2013 to ~1,400 boepd at the end of 2013, or almost 200% growth. AusTex will have similar issues sustaining growth due to its likely high corporate decli...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288103174/1/2013 4:26:01 PMGlenn PetersenBerkshire's BNSF Railway to Test Switch to Natural Gas By RUSSELL GOLD Wall Street Journal Updated March 5, 2013, 7:23 p.m. ET BNSF Railway Co., one of the biggest U.S. consumers of diesel fuel, plans this year to test using natural gas to power its locomotives instead. If successful, the experiment could weaken...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287638863/6/2013 4:06:17 PMGlenn PetersenGas Boom Projected to Grow for Decades By RUSSELL GOLD Wall Street Journal February 27, 2013, 8:50 p.m. ET U.S. natural-gas production will accelerate over the next three decades, new research indicates, providing the strongest evidence yet that the energy boom remaking America will last for a generation. The mo...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287530172/28/2013 7:26:23 PMJohnJr biz.yahoo.com  Posted Today 12:51PM 02/14/2013 Quarterly Report ITEM 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations You should read the following discussion of the financial condition and results of operations of Energy Services in conjunction with the "Consolidated Finan...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287261572/14/2013 2:16:31 PMGlenn PetersenLet’s legalize it: Natural gas exports; and let’s give Dow, Nucor, and Huntsman “rent seekers of the century award” Mark J. Perry CARPE DIEM February 12, 2013, 1:11 am [graphic] From today’s IBD editorial “ Natural Gas Exports: A Boost The U.S. Economy Needs“: The boom in U.S. natural gas production should be ig...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287203412/12/2013 3:48:57 AMLLCFNot a seller... looking for stupid cheap assets... don't know much about this company. DAKhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286467981/6/2013 2:53:50 PMJohnJr"Is it worth buying?" Purely as a speculative bet with risk capital yes...BUT I would do so once off the grey market. Conversely if you're a seller and bearish ESOA I would also wait until off the grey market as you'll get diddily squat for it at this point in time. From my understanding Nitro Electric and CJ Hughes ar...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286465241/6/2013 12:17:42 PMLLCFhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286459101/5/2013 7:43:27 PMJohnJrApparently since Douglas Reynolds took over he's been doing a great job. I tried calling him and got a hold of his secretary. I'm waiting to hear back from him. I really wish this stock would leave the grey market already. It is growing tiresome to watch it dwindle.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286434391/4/2013 12:38:43 PMLLCFThese guys should really do the shareholders a favor and just suspend operations and put the company up for sale immediately IMHO... if things aren't THAT dire... then come out and SAY SOMETHING! DAKhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286411181/3/2013 2:18:12 PMGlenn PetersenGas Drilling Is Called Safe in New York By DANNY HAKIM New York Times January 3, 2013 ALBANY — The state’s Health Department found in an analysis it prepared early last year that the much-debated drilling technology known as hydrofracking could be conducted safely in New York, according to a copy obtained by The N...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286407141/3/2013 11:24:42 AMGlenn PetersenFracking Fiction Natioanl Review Online By Jillian Kay Melchior January 1, 2013 4:00 A.M. A word of warning: It’s impossible to review Promised Land, the new movie written by Matt Damon and John Krasinski and directed by Gus Van Sant, without giving away its twist ending. Though the plot turn is fumbling in its exec...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286362331/1/2013 10:27:18 AMWilliam JHhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2862994412/28/2012 11:41:37 AMGlenn Petersenhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2861468912/19/2012 11:47:40 AMDale BakerFrom: Augustus GloopRead Replies (1) of 329John Hinton aka jrhana passed away at the beginning on December 1, 2012. [graphic]Member 9062397 http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2861468012/19/2012 11:43:45 AMGlenn PetersenThe son of Marshall Reynolds gets a promotion: Following Mr. Mooney's resignation, the Board of Directors appointed Douglas V. Reynolds as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Reynolds has been a director of the Company since 2008. Mr. Reynolds is the son of Marshall T. Reynolds, Chairman of the Board of Directo...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2860008212/12/2012 5:25:43 PMGlenn PetersenItem 2.06. Material Impairments On December 6, 2012, based on the recommendation of senior management the Board of Energy Services of America Corporation concluded that it was required to record a goodwill impairment charge, primarily driven by the continued operating losses of the Company and the terms of the forbea...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2860007512/12/2012 5:23:19 PMLLCFESOA: There's NOTHING trading in this thing... is it going out of business??? The employees and the board are all like a zillion years old... are they operating out of a nursing home or what? finance.yahoo.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2859130212/7/2012 4:24:03 PMLLCFhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2859053112/7/2012 11:21:59 AMGlenn PetersenReport Bolsters the Case for Large U.S. Natural Gas Exports By CLIFFORD KRAUSS New York Times December 5, 2012 HOUSTON — In a victory for the oil and gas industry, a federal Energy Department study released Wednesday concluded that the national economic benefits of significant natural gas exports far outweighed ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2858708412/5/2012 6:26:12 PMLLCFCheck out MMR. Also, does this ESOA even trade? It never looks like there is any volume!?? DAKhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2858584612/5/2012 10:49:21 AMjrhanaWell thanks to LLCF and Glenn Peterson for keeping the thread informed about what seems to be horrendous news. ESOA is behind on their debt payments. Thursday news after the close. (at least it wasn't on a Friday) I actually was afraid to even pump up my computer today. But so far today it is up a penny on about 18.0...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2857684311/30/2012 12:09:32 PMGlenn PetersenAs part of the Forbearance Agreement the Obligors agree to take specific actions including the retention of a Chief Restructuring Officer and providing to the United Bank on-going reports regarding its business operations and cash flow, among other matters. The Chief Restructuring Officer must prepare a restructuring p...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2857647211/30/2012 9:48:18 AMLLCFhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2857607811/30/2012 12:02:01 AMLLCFIs it even trading? I don't see any volume today. I'd like to see real volume before I buy. DAKhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2857490811/29/2012 2:20:14 PMjrhanaDamn It keeps heading down. Well I have been nibbling a little at these prices. May regret it, but I have got to hope and pray that ESOA will be considerably higher some day (maybe even soonish)http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2857244511/28/2012 1:00:15 PMjrhanaGod So when does tax loss selling generally occur???? One could argue that there is still plenty of time for some massive tax loss selling. OTOH perhaps most if not almost all of those who want to dump/sell for tax loss reasons would or should have already done so by now. And I have seen some intelligent stock mark...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2857097411/27/2012 5:33:37 PMjrhanaThanks to JohnJr, LLCF and Glenn Peterson for some informative posts Does anyone know if there is a good NG related Mutual fund out there to get some diversified exposure to the field?? TIA PS ESOA ended up at $.90 on pretty decent (for ESOA) volume. Hope this is the start of something good. ESOA may prove to b...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2855917111/20/2012 5:46:48 AMJohnJrlooks like esoa is back to pre delist price on 6k volume. Anyone who plans to do some tax loss selling might want to hold off 2 or 3 weeks or tread lightly as bid/ask cant be seen at the moment. Goes without saying on a stock that's low volume, but use those limit orders! 91 cents is one heckuvalot better than a nickel...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2855781411/19/2012 1:09:03 PMLLCFDon't understand the play as we're a wash in NG with rig count going lower all the time... ie. Gas drilling and rig count has become uncoupled due to modern frack techniques. Been buying SDR and started buying SD as well. Both look stupid cheap from what I can tell, but of course we ARE still awash in gas, so who kno...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2855688211/19/2012 12:33:20 AMjrhanaWell domestically produced energy including NG definitely the future for this country for the next several decades. Even the enviornmentalists are realizing that whatever minimal and occasional harm has come out of FRAC drilling is dwarfed by orders of magnitude by the net drastic reduction in carbon utilization. And...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2855606711/18/2012 12:32:12 PMjrhanaWell the good news is that ESOA is now trading, but the bad news was that it resumed heading down. Nobody knows the future but there could be some significant tax loss selling coming up soon. Maybe there are some holders who have to sell any de-listed stocks. I guess that ESA is now on the pink sheets (yuck-how far...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2855603811/18/2012 12:21:11 PMGlenn PetersenGas Boom County Strives for Economic Afterglow By JOHN SCHWARTZ New York Times Published: November 17, 2012 This was not an emergency, though it looked like one. It was a “burn exercise” for safety workers in the oil and gas industry, part of a new course at the Pennsylvania College of Technology. A gas boom has...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2855555311/17/2012 9:13:18 PMLLCFhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2855172511/15/2012 11:28:49 PMGlenn PetersenIf you scroll down to "Headlines," you will find a reference to Energy Services of America: finance.yahoo.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2855117411/15/2012 6:05:58 PMLLCFStock market not all it's cracked up to be for sure... I have next to nothing but an intrigued a bit by the bombed out NG sector. Maybe I should just leave it alone! LOL DAKhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2855000411/15/2012 11:36:09 AMjrhanaDon't believe so. I believe the ticker symbol will be ESOA for Energy Services of America. Possibly or maybe quite probably most of what I recently said is incorrect God have I ever been a source of misinformation which to me is a great cause of embarassment but hell Life goes on and the weather down in Palmetto Bay ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2854983611/15/2012 10:48:42 AMLLCFhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2854836511/14/2012 6:05:57 PMjrhanahttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2854568211/13/2012 7:04:55 PMjrhanahttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2854565911/13/2012 6:57:18 PMjrhanaSo should those with reasonably small positions sell now? don't know but there is some chance the General will be able to salvage something. They should have brought him in years ago. As I believe that Ed Burns totally destroyed their NG pipeline building capacity, maybe ESA will no longer even be a NG related comp...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2854565211/13/2012 6:54:40 PMjrhanaDamn Madoff is serving a 150 year prison term and nearly all of his victims have been paid back in full. They managed to find a bank with deep pockets. So why is Ed Burns running around rich and scot free??? Ed Burns is clearly having a huge laugh at all those who lost so much money in this fraudulent stock. And wh...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2854563111/13/2012 6:44:00 PMLLCFThe Yahoo board seems to have a blow by blow by some folks who clearly follow the company. OTOH, as usual on Yahoo, the chaff to wheat ratio is high. :)) DAKhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2854469011/13/2012 12:30:26 PMRobin PlunderOK, maybe you are right, I had taken a quick look thru the news release on the earnings, and the large charge against earnings looked strange.. " Operating cash flow of $281 million for third quarter 2012 compared to $147 million in third quarter 2011.Net loss applicable to common stockholders of $184 million, or $0.3...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2854397911/13/2012 7:52:17 AMLLCFThere are also worries about the MISS play... which is more worrysome than derivatives (to me).... don't know how credible these guyz are: finance.yahoo.com  Add this to the tax selling pressure and maybe we WILL get to buy at a buck! LOL DAKhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2854373411/12/2012 11:47:00 PMLLCFWell, if they have derivative LOSSES when Gas prices are LOW, then they have a serious management problem for sure. Has there been any news stories on that aspect? Thanks, DAKhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2854371511/12/2012 11:37:06 PMRobin Plunderthey had some recent large derivative losses, i think, that dwarfed their income? folks probably thinking they dont know how deep that hole might be... rphttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2854365611/12/2012 10:58:09 PM