Deutsche Bank Downgrades Exploration & Production Companies (BBG, DPTR, FST, PXD, KWK, UPL)

October 20, 2008 2:54 PM EDT

Deutsche Bank lowered its ratings on a number of Oil/Gas Exploration & Production companies today after the firm lowered its 2009 oil forecast from $92.50 to $60 and gas forecast from $9.25 to $7.75, due to the global recession.

Deutsche Bank downgraded Bill Barrett Corp. (NYSE: BBG), Delta Petroleum Corp. (Nasdaq: DPTR), Forest Oil Corp. (NYSE: FST), Pioneer Natural Resources Co. (NYSE: PXD), Quicksilver Resources Inc. (NYSE: KWK) and Ultra Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: UPL) from Buy to Hold.

The firm is maintaining Buy ratings on Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK), Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN), EXCO Resources Inc. (NYSE: XCO), Range Resources Corp. (NYSE: RRC), Southwestern Energy Co. (NYSE: SWN) ant XTO Energy Inc. (NYSE: XTO). The firm said, "We favor producers that can grow even in an extremely difficult environment and/or are already discounting extreme scenarios (i.e. bankruptcy) that we deem highly unlikely."


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BBG 27.46

-0.54 -1.93%
Volume: 437,414
Track BBG

CHK 28.75

+9.08 +46.16%
Volume: 447,081
Track CHK

DPTR 1.86

-0.08 -4.12%
Volume: 2,278,061
Track DPTR

DVN 26.23

-28.85 -52.38%
Volume: 438,240
Track DVN

FST 26.31

+11.30 +75.28%
Volume: 444,432
Track FST

KWK 8.96

-0.44 -4.68%
Volume: 4,555,433
Track KWK

PXD 26.23

+1.06 +4.21%
Volume: 448,851
Track PXD

RRC 27.48

-13.64 -33.17%
Volume: 446,419
Track RRC

SWN 29.81

-8.68 -22.55%
Volume: 450,141
Track SWN

UPL 29.95

-7.94 -20.96%
Volume: 443,451
Track UPL

XCO 26.29

+13.71 +108.98%
Volume: 446,494
Track XCO

XTO 25.08

-12.25 -32.82%
Volume: 443,890
Track XTO


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