PLS Presents Inaugural Midland DEALMAKERS(TM) Prospect & Property Expo

MIDLAND, TX--(Marketwired - Feb 19, 2014) - PLS Inc., one of the energy industry's leading information, marketing and advisory firms, today announced that over 50 sellers have already registered for its first DEALMAKERS™ exposition in Midland, Texas scheduled for February 26, 2014 at the Midland County Horseshoe Arena. PLS expects 60+ booths and 500-600+ attendees to attend this inaugural power-packed one-day oil and gas prospect and property expo.

With M&A activity continuing to fire up in the Permian Basin, the time is right to add Midland to PLS's schedule of industry-leading buyer-seller expos. PLS has a strong clientele in this extremely active region and demand has been high for this regional show. Permian deals will be heavily featured at the show, but as in all DEALMAKERS Expos, prospect and property offerings will be shown from other oil centers including the Gulf Coast, Rockies, North Texas, East Texas and Appalachia. PLS also expects new plays like the Oklahoma SCOOP area to be on display with other wildcat opportunities from Nevada and California.

DEALMAKERS Expos are open only to buyers, sellers and capital providers, making it the oil and gas industry's purest exchange for buying, selling and funding prospects, properties and development projects. This one-day prospect expo is the "go to" event for oil and gas buyers, sellers and capital providers looking to initiate 2014 investments and divestitures and/or secure partners. Overall, DEALMAKERS enables attendees to catch up on current plays and initiate contact with the industry's preeminent prospect generators, explorationists, property sellers, deal-takers, operators, non-operated working interest owners, capital providers, advisors, divestiture professionals, investment bankers and other energy executives active in buying and selling oil and gas assets.

Some of the Midland DEALMAKERS attendees already committed include: Athlon Energy LP, Atlantic Midstream LLC, Billiton Petroleum Inc., Breitling Oil & Gas Corp., Capstone Natural Resources LLC, Chesapeake Energy Corp., Common Resources III LLC, ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy Corp., Denham Capital Management LP, EagleRidge Energy LLC, Encana Oil & Gas USA Inc., Hess Corp., HighMount E&P LLC, HL Brown Operating LLC, Macquarie Bank Ltd., Medallion Midstream LLC, Merrion Oil & Gas Corp., MI Energy Corp., MidCon Energy Operating Inc., Midstates Petroleum Co. LLC, Noble Energy Inc., O'Ryan Oil & Gas, Panther Energy Company II LLC, Panterra Services LLC, Petex Ltd., Pioneer Natural Resources Co., Resolute Energy Corp., Ring Energy Inc., Rio Oil & Gas LLC, RKI Exploration & Production LLC, RosettaStone Exploration Consulting, Seitel Inc., Silver Hill Energy Partners LLC, Staghorn Energy LLC, Sun Coast Resources Inc., Swift Energy Co., Tauber Exploration & Production Co., TGS Geological Products & Services, Trek Oil & Gas LLC, Trident Steel Corp., Trinity CO2 Investments LLC, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co., Verado Energy Corp., Westerly Exploration Inc. and Wes-Tex Drilling Co.

Already-committed DEALMAKERS exhibitors in attendance February 26 will be Apache, Angelo Gordon & Co., Big Star Oil & Gas, BlueRock Energy Partners, Boldrick Family Production, Breck Operating/SDX Resources, Cameron Mineral Trusts, Colliers International, Coquest, Concho Resources, Cressman Tubular Products Corp, Cypress Production, Double Eagle Development, eLynx Technologies LLC, Energen Resources Corp., Energy Transfer, Five States Energy, Capital LLC, Horizontal Solutions International, INEXS, Maverick Royalty, MCM Energy Partners, North Petroleum, Nytex, PetroCap Inc, Phillips Energy Partners LLC, Simon Energy Associates LLC, Summit Geophysical, Rawhide Ranches, Read & Stevens Inc., Royalty Clearinghouse, RunTitle.com, TIPRO, TOCO Energy, US Energy, Whiting Petroleum, WPX Energy and Yakka Acquisitions.

The Midland Expo is PLS's second show of the year and the firm has seven (7) more prospect expos scheduled for 2014 in Denver (April 16); Calgary (May 5); Houston (May 14); Dallas (July 23); Houston (October 1); Calgary (October 6); and Denver (November 4). PLS's initial 2014 DEALMAKERS oil show in Dallas drew over 600 attendees. 

PLS is accepting registrants for booths and passes up until the day before the Permian Basin prospect expo. Interested buyers, sellers and capital providers are encouraged to contact Brad Jamison at (713) 650-1212 or bjamison@plsx.com to reserve space as soon as possible. The Midland County Horseshoe Arena is located at 2514 Arena Trail, Midland, Texas 79701 and walk up attendees are welcome.

About PLS's DEALMAKERS EXPOS

Started more than 25 years ago, DEALMAKERS is the original forum for buying and selling oil and gas prospects and properties. The one-day oil and gas expo brings together buyers, sellers and capital providers to conduct prospect showings, transact deals and network with each other over the hottest oil and gas plays. The event attracts the industry's preeminent prospect generators, playmakers, property sellers, agents, investment bankers, deal takers, acquisition firms and capital sources.

About PLS

PLS is an integrated information, transaction and advisory firm founded in 1987. Initially adapting the real estate industry's highly effective MLS (multiple listing service) platform for the oil and gas industry, the firm has since expanded globally providing buyers and sellers with vital deal information, marketing and advisory services they need to better manage their portfolios and facilitate profitable transactions.