For Investors: Motley Fool on QEP, Whiting, and Newfield -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

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When it comes to the oil and gas industry, assets matter a lot. For companies operating here, there’s nothing more important than reserves, rigs, submersibles, and refineries. However, these assets must be capable of generating profitable returns.

Value for money

These returns indicate whether a given company has the capability of using its assets efficiently and profitably. After all, it makes little sense for an exploration and production company to have a lot of acreage but not the ability to pull out the oil (or natural gas, for that matter) within. In short, it pays to find out how valuable these assets are to the company.

Here, we will find out whether a given company’s assets are profitable and efficient compared to its peers based on some important metrics.

I don't follow QEP very closely, but WLL has one of the better business models in my estimation, and Newfield has had some outstanding Bakken wells. Another one that keep impressing those who follow the Bakken: BEXP.