Comments from The Motley Fool

[dan_s]

SD is on our E&P Watch List and Line Energy (LINE) is on our new MLP Watch List. - Dan
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Natural gas plays are increasingly getting their hands dirty by buying up oil assets. SandRidge Energy (NYSE: SD), for example, purchased Arena Resources for its oil reserves, and Linn Energy has also bought up a number of properties since July. These deals show the value that oil reserves and production can command in the marketplace today.

With a deepwater drilling ban wreaking havoc on offshore drillers large and small, from Transocean to Hercules Offshore (Nasdaq: HERO), onshore exploration will command a premium.

With 97% of CAPS members rating Linn Energy to outperform the broad market averages, our community seems to believe there's little downside risk left in the natural gas side of the business, and plenty of upside in oil.