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 27.42

-0.23 -0.83%
Volume: 756,824
Track BBG

CHK 22.57

-0.46 -2.00%
Volume: 25,775,478
Track CHK

DPTR 0.87

-0.02 -2.25%
Volume: 3,510,722
Track DPTR

DVN 66.16

-0.10 -0.15%
Volume: 4,587,691
Track DVN

FST 19.05

+0.02 +0.11%
Volume: 3,427,246
Track FST

KWK 12.46

-0.46 -3.56%
Volume: 5,863,804
Track KWK

PXD 40.79

-0.20 -0.49%
Volume: 1,384,463
Track PXD

RRC 45.18

-1.70 -3.63%
Volume: 4,917,913
Track RRC

SWN 42.95

-0.13 -0.30%
Volume: 4,127,176
Track SWN

UPL 46.37

-0.01 -0.02%
Volume: 1,363,854
Track UPL

XCO 17.45

+0.18 +1.04%
Volume: 1,706,945
Track XCO

XTO 40.96

-0.35 -0.85%
Volume: 7,100,583
Track XTO


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