The Next Alberta Oil Sands?

Dear Reader,

As you probably know, the oil sands region of Alberta, Canada is one of the richest and most productive oil areas on Earth. Companies like Suncor, Canadian Oil Sands Trust, and Imperial Oil - have all shot up 4,962% (Suncor), 1,400% (Can. Oil Sands), and 1,043% (Imperial) extracting valuable crude from the sandy northwestern terrain.

But here's the thing.

From an investment standpoint, Alberta's oil sands are yesterday's news. The big gains have already been made.

But Resource Report editor, Matt Badiali says he may have found the next Alberta oil sands region.

And it's located in the most unlikely place of all.

You might not believe this once you see it!

Check out the full details below.

Sincerely,

George Rayburn,
Executive Director. 

Any day now, an announcement from
"The Illinois Project"
could make you 455%

"It's the potential to catch lightning in a jar...
and we did it."

-Illinois resident, Shawn Gavigan.

Dear Reader,

My team and I are awaiting an important announcement...

You see, I predict that any day now, the CEO of a small, Illinois based company will take the podium...

And make an announcement regarding a technological breakthrough so extraordinary it could, almost instantly, spell billions in profits for his tiny firm.

As I see it, an announcement would be the end result of more than 30 years of research and development in a remote region of Southeastern Illinois.

In short, this small company is finally making possible something the U.S. Government has wanted (and tried) to do for the past 3 decades. A project that, until now, was technologically impossible.

Already, these developments are creating a major stir in the cities and towns across Illinois:

"It's a miracle," says Lori Chase, a real estate executive from the town of West Kenner.


"I never thought I'd see it," says 68-year-old Lawrence resident Daniel Limon.


"It's a huge discovery," says nearby Bridgeport resident, Brian Halstead.


"It's the potential to catch lightning in a jar... and we did it," says 45-year-old Shawn Gavigan.

Now... not only are the townspeople of Illinois getting excited about what this technology can make possible... and how it could make them all rich... but the companies and smart investors involved with this project are beginning to see the dollar signs...

According to independent forecasts, this technology could single-handedly bring in more than $2.7 BILLION for this small firm.

That's more than 12-times the value of the company (which we estimate could give investors as much as a 455% gain... maybe more).

The good news for you is that, so far, this announcement has only been hinted at in small, local Illinois newspapers, like The State Journal-Register and The Pantagraph.

But we believe when this technology goes public any day now, all that will change.

In other words, right now this company is small and virtually unknown, but when this announcement takes place the story will be everywhere.

Today, you have the opportunity to get in before this predicted announcement takes place... and this new technology becomes public knowledge.

I think just a small stake in this tiny firm could make you very rich in the coming weeks.

As you can probably tell, the information in this letter is extremely time-sensitive.

So let me get right to the details.

In the following pages, I'll show you exactly what this new technology is... why we believe an announcement is about to take place... and what it all could mean for your finances...

Here's the full story...

A secret you probably don't know about southern Illinois

To understand the magnitude of this situation, and what it could mean for you as an investor, let me take you back 70 years, to the very beginnings of the Illinois project...

You see, most people don't know this, but at one time, Illinois was one of the top oil-producing regions on Earth.

In the late 1930s, for example, Illinois' oil fields were outmatching the combined oil production of Iraq and Iran, according to state geologist Henry Murphy.

By the 1940s, only Russia and Venezuela produced more oil, according to the state oil association.

Hard to believe, right? 
It's true...


It's true...

As the Chicago Tribune writes: "It may seem hard to believe now, but there once was a time when oil was king in Illinois."

For the next several decades Illinois was a major hub of domestic oil production (Check out some of the major headlines during this time in the margin to the right.) Illinois produced some of the country's highest quality oil: light, sweet crude... the cheapest to extract and the easiest to refine.

By the 1980s, just about every major oil corporation had major operations there, including Exxon, Chevron, Marathon Oil, Standard Oil, and Unocal.

There was so much oil, in fact, that in 1982, the Chicago Tribune reported that operations there were "making some southern Illinois oilmen as rich as sheiks."

But the question is...

What happened to all these huge oil projects?

Why haven't you heard about Illinois' supposedly rich oil fields before?

..And what happened to all that oil?

Well, when oil prices dropped to $10 a barrel in the 1980s, the majors left town.

You see, at the time, there wasn't a technology available that allowed companies to produce oil cheap enough to make a profit, in case oil prices bottomed out.

So, Exxon, Chevron, and Marathon pulled out to look for oil in places where it'd be cheaper to extract.

Illinois fell off the radar, where it's been for the last 30 years.

And what happened to all the oil?

Well... that's where things get interesting.

You see, the majors ended up leaving behind a lot of unfinished projects... and therefore, a lot of untapped oil.

According to the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, of the 600,000 oil and gas wells that had been drilled in the region, including Illinois, less than 3% had gone deeper than 6,000 feet.

In other words, most of the deeper oil was left largely untouched.

A report from the Chicago Tribune in 1981, just before Big Oil left, explains why: "Illinois oil men rarely drill deeper than 5,000 feet because they usually strike oil before that depth."

Think about that for a moment.

That means that 1) there was A LOT of oil practically sitting on the surface in Illinois (enough to extract for 40 years straight) and 2) any oil lying deeper than 6,000 feet has gone virtually untouched.

Of course, that begs the question...

Just how much oil did the majors leave behind?

In 2005 – as oil prices (and government interest in domestic oil production) began rising – a joint government-oil industry commission was assembled.

The purpose:

To see how much oil is left in Illinois... and determine if the State could, in fact, once again become a major source of domestic oil production.

Almost no one on the commission was prepared for the outcome.

Here's a direct quote from the official report:

"After more than a century of production, equal or greater quantities of resources are still waiting to be tapped."

According to an estimate by the Illinois State Geological Survey, only 4 billion of the State's 14 billion barrels of in-ground oil resources had been extracted.

That means right now, Illinois is likely sitting on more than 10 BILLION barrels of untapped oil.

But what's amazing is how little press coverage this development has received:

"Nobody realizes how prolific the Illinois Basin is," says Bill Nelson, former Vice President of Investment brokers Paine Webber.

"There is still a lot [of oil] there," says State Geologist Beverly Sayer.

But what's unique about this situation isn't necessarily the amount of oil trapped beneath Illinois.

Instead, it's the work of one small company in particular...

You see, what almost no one knows right now is that one small company has developed the technology to extract the remaining oil in Illinois economically... even if prices drop to $15 a barrel.


This is a major advancement in the oil industry... and could be absolutely huge for the state of Illinois.

In short, this is the technology that Illinois has been waiting for... the technology that could finally allow the state to unlock its remaining reserves of crude oil.

"It's a miracle," says Lori Chase, a local real estate agent.

Even "Big Oil" is starting to take notice...

Howard Mayson, VP of Technology for British Petroleum calls this technology, "The prize for the next half-century."

Right now, you have the opportunity to invest BEFORE the general public knows about the new technology... or the tiny company that's developing it.

Let me explain what's happening...

Why we believe an announcement is imminent

Right now, oil companies are scrambling to get into the game.

The amount of drilling permits in the state, for example, has almost DOUBLED since 2002.

Huge finds are starting to crop up all over the place:

For example, a private wildcatter named Ben Watson made a major find near Stephen A. Forbes State Park. One local paper called it "a huge discovery."

Another team of wildcatters near Grayville, IL made another huge find. The local paper there called it, "a gusher, a 'freeflow-er' in wildcat speak, the kind of oil strike so sweet that at first you don't even have to pump it out of the ground."

But it's the work of one company in particular, that's causing all the excitement in Illinois... and in the oil community.

You see, not only have they acquired what is probably the richest oil property in the state (a massive oil field known at one point to hold 1 BILLION barrels of oil), but they've also achieved a major technological breakthrough in the area of oil extraction.

In short, this company has developed a way to extract valuable crude from Illinois' massive underground oil formations... WITHOUT the use of traditional drilling equipment: oilrigs, derricks, or even drill bits.

Essentially, this means the tiny firm could extract the remaining crude in the Illinois basin... at just a fraction of the normal drilling costs.

This translates into substantially bigger potential profits than any other company (public or private) in the region.

Let me explain how...

You see, in late 2007, this small company began "pilot" testing this new technology in two remote fields of southeastern Illinois – areas known to hold large quantities of untapped oil.

These tests confirmed 2 things:

First, they showed significantly reduced oil extraction costs. For example, with this technology the average cost to build and operate a well is just $250,000. That's pretty substantial considering, in the oil industry, well costs can reach as high a $270 MILLION per well – which is about 1,000-times more expensive!

Because of this huge cost advantage, this company says it can extract Illinois' oil economically, even if prices drop to $15 a barrel.

REMEMBER: No other company, to this point, has been able to achieve this feat in Illinois.

Second, and more importantly, the "pilot" tests showed production-level quantities of oil could be pulled from Illinois' fields. In other words, these tests confirmed the company could begin full-scale production.

And that's what the upcoming announcement is all about:

You see, any day now, the first major oil operation in nearly 3 decades will commence in the Illinois Basin.

How do we know this "announcement" is coming so soon?

Well, in March, the company behind it announced it had finally completed the manufacture of the plant that will make the implementation of this new technology possible.

It's a very big deal for this small firm. They have sunk a fortune into not only perfecting this technology, but also building it out in the real world. The only steps left are to announce it to the public... and begin the work in Southern Illinois.

But why are we so sure that shares of this tiny firm are likely to soar once this announcement takes place?

Because this isn't the first time something like this has happened in the oil industry...

For example...

• West Texas Crude. In 1939, a huge discovery launched the Permian Basin of West Texas into one of the country's first major domestic oil sources. By the 1980s, the local town of Midland boasted more millionaires per capita than any other city in the U.S. But shortly afterwards, when oil prices crashed, Big Oil left the region. But thanks to recent advancements in something called "Carbon Dioxide Injection" technology, West Texas is once again a major source of domestic oil production. Companies using this new technology, like Occidental Petroleum, Arena Resources, and Permian Basin Royalty Trust, have gone up as high as 1,698% (Arena), 1,126% (Occidental) and 438% (Permian).
• The Alberta oil sands. Did you know that oil production first began in Alberta's oil sands region as far back as the 1960s... and that those operations were also halted when oil prices bottomed out in the 1980s? But when "SAGD" technology was developed 2 decades later, it allowed companies to go back into the region. Today, it's one of the richest and most productive oil fields on Earth. Companies employing this new technology like Suncor, Canadian Oil Sands Trust, and Imperial Oil – have all shot up 4,962% (Suncor), 1,400% (Can. Oil Sands), and 1,043% (Imperial).
• The Gulf of Mexico. The same thing happened in the Gulf of Mexico... a major source of domestic oil in the 1970s and 80s. Again, most of the projects there were abandoned when oil prices crashed in the 1990s. Then, the introduction of "3-D Seismic" technology rejuvenated the region, and early investors made a fortune. Companies using this new technology, like Anadarko Petroleum, Stone Energy, and ConocoPhillips, went up as much as 388% (Anadarko), 292% (Conoco), and 229% (Stone).

The same thing that happened in these places is now happening in Illinois...

The main difference, of course, is that the big gains have already been made in West Texas, Alberta, and the Gulf of Mexico.

Almost no one in the investment community is aware of the situation in Illinois yet. In other words, it's still early in the game.

Like I said, I believe all that will change when this announcement takes place.

We're expecting it to happen any day now.

If this opportunity interests you, here's what to do next.

The oil story no one is telling...

My name is Matt Badiali.

I'm a geologist.

I've been studying the oil industry for the past 15 years. I've been involved in almost every aspect of geological exploration and drilling.

From my stints on a drill rig in Florida and work as a field geologist for a variety of firms... to my research and teaching positions at major universities in petroleum geology...

What I've learned boils down to this:

Making a fortune from oil, more so than anything else, is an information game.

You see, I work with a team of analysts, currency experts, former brokers, and hedge fund managers... and we're constantly leveraging our network of sources so we almost always get a jumpstart on finding the big opportunities BEFORE they become mainstream.

For example...

344% & 271% Returns on Chinese Oil – while it was just a back page story

In 2003, China was still a small-time oil consumer... and very much a back page story. But after sending a couple researchers to Shanghai to investigate the situation in China firsthand, we saw with our own eyes the transformation about to take place. We recommended Petrochina (PTR) and Sinopec (SNP) – two of China's big oil companies. If you bought then and held until today, you'd be sitting on gains of 344% and 271%.

Barron's quotes us

In 2004, we were the first team to pick up on the incredible potential of a company called Encana (ECA). It's a unique energy company with oil and natural gas operations throughout North America. What really made them a great recommendation were the millions of acres of mineral-rich land they own throughout Canada and the U.S., which they are constantly developing and earning money on by leasing to other energy companies. Encana has gone up as much as 136% since we recommended it. My associate, Dan Ferris was even quoted in Barron's for his value based investment research.

101% on a deep-sea takeover

A few years ago I was in Houston, where my team and I met with the CFO of Veritas – a small geo-exploration company specializing in seismic data, used for finding offshore oil. At the time, Wall Street had low expectations for the company. But the rush was on to develop more deepwater and ultra-deepwater basins... my visit impressed me... and Veritas' technology was top-notch. Shortly after we recommended the company, it won a key government contract to map out oil fields in the Caspian Sea and another data company bought it out. Readers who got in early had a chance to lock in 101% gains.

Most recently, we've been looking very closely at the opportunity in Illinois.

If you're interested in getting the full details, I've put together an in-depth research report that explains the situation in full. It's called The Secret Oil Technology.

This comprehensive Research Report details everything you need to know to take advantage BEFORE this opportunity goes mainstream: The full details on the new technology... the upcoming announcement... how it will affect the company's share price... and the full profit potential of the company's operations in the Illinois Basin...

For example, the first phase of this company's production will target an area holding more than 38 million barrels of oil.

Consider what this means for such a small company:

If oil is selling for $30 a barrel, that represents more than $1.1 BILLION in revenues for this penny stock – more than 5-times the value of the company.


At $50 a barrel, that represents more than $1.9 BILLION in revenues – more than 8-times the value of this small company.


And at current prices (around $70 a barrel), that represents more than $2.7 BILLION for this small firm – more than 12-times the current value of the company!

Again, it's all there in my full Research Report, The Secret Oil Technology.

But it doesn't end there...

You see, the upcoming announcement in Illinois is just the beginning...

There are actually several more ways to take advantage of the situation, which could also add more money to your bank account in the coming months.

Let me show you what I mean...

The next generation oil technology

You see, the small company I've been describing isn't the only firm using this new technology.

In my report, The Secret Oil Technology, I'll tell you about another little-known company who recently began snatching up some of the richest oil properties along the Gulf Coast...

Last year, for example, this company acquired the #1 largest oil field in Mississippi, virtually doubling its in-ground oil reserves. In addition, this company acquired oil-rich land in Texas, Louisiana, and Alabama.

Already, this company has 8 "pilot" projects set up in the region, and is gearing up for full-scale production.

Once this begins, the firm's oil production is projected to grow by 10%-20% a year for at least the next 5 years, according to recent estimates.

That could easily translate into a 200%-300% share price gain over the next 2-3 years.

That's not all...

My report also details another company working in North Dakota, which recently secured a position atop one of the richest onshore U.S. oil fields... more than 4 BILLION barrels of untapped oil.

"Pilot" tests are already underway. The cost and production numbers are starting to come in. It's still very early in the game, but things are looking good.

This company even announced plans to partner with Exxon... so a major deal could be in the works.

The point is... I believe the biggest and by far the fastest gains are poised to come from the implementation of this breakthrough technology by a very small company in Illinois.

But there's also a lot of potential money to be made on several firms that are beginning to use it along the Gulf Coast, and other parts of the United States.

I don't want to give away too many details here. Instead, I'll reserve the complete story for those who read my report, The Secret Oil Technology.

To sum up, the full Research Report will tell you:

• The full details on the breakthrough technology that's enabling companies to extract oil from some of America's biggest untapped oil fields, at just a fraction of the normal drilling costs.
• Three companies at the forefront: The full details on the company gearing up for full-scale production in Illinois... the little-known company buying up huge swaths of land for development along the Gulf Coast... and the company sitting on the massive 4 BILLION barrel deposit in North Dakota.
• The full profit potential of these 3 little known businesses: A detailed look at each firm's operations... the profit potential of each project... the ticker symbol of each company... what share price to enter... how high I expect each one to go... AND when to exit...

It's all there in The Secret Oil Technology.

Best of all, Id like to send this report to you absolutely free of charge.

But...

Before I show you how to claim your free copy, there's another very important development I'd like to share with you...

You see, the "secret oil technology" isn't the only thing I've been researching recently...

The 32,000% gold secret

I'm not sure how much you know about the precious metals business, but probably the best way to make money in this industry is not as an explorer... or producer.

Instead, it's to get a foothold on profitable mining royalties.

The way it works is, several smart geologists buy up the "royalty rights" to some of the world's most productive and lucrative mines.

And get this: These guys don't do any digging, production, or actual mining... they simply get paid lucrative "royalties" as the metals come out of the ground. It's an incredibly simple and lucrative business.

One of the first companies to do this in the gold industry was an operation called Franco-Nevada, which got its start in the mid-1980s.

This royalty set-up paid investors an average of 38% gains for 18 years! Absolutely incredible.

Compounded, that means 2,404% after 10 years... and an incredible 32,000% over the full 18 years... which turns a $5,000 investment into $1.6 million!

Another company to set up a similar royalty business more recently was a firm called Royal Gold. Again, they don't do any mining, digging, exploring, etc. All they do is buy up royalty streams to lucrative mining operations, and wait for the money to roll in.

Since 2001, the company has returned a whopping 1,589%. In fact, Royal Gold has gone up even when everything else goes down.

Consider: During the market meltdown of 2008, while just about every investment in the world got crushed, Royal Gold returned a solid 55% gain.

It's incredible. Owning royalty stakes in the world's best mining operations is a low-risk, inexpensive, and simple way to make an absolute fortune, especially in a precious metals bull market like we're in right now.

In fact, mining royalties may be the best business model in the world.

And I haven't even told you the best part...

Not too long ago, a company went public on the American Stock Exchange, which does the same thing... but with Silver royalties instead of gold.

Since going public, the shares are up 303%. But as we've seen with other royalty businesses... these gains are just the very tip of the iceberg.

Right now, the potential in silver is absolutely incredible... and this tiny silver royalty company is the only business of it's kind in the world. I expect a safe and simple investment today could return many times your money over the next few years.

If you'd like the details on this situation, I've published everything in my report: The Greatest Business in the World. Keep in mind: This company went public in the U.S. just a few years ago. They employ less than two-dozen people... yet bring in more than $150 million a year!

This Research Report, along with The Secret Oil Technology, is yours free of charge when you take a trial subscription to my monthly research advisory, called The S&A Resource Report .

Is the Resource Report right for you?

I don't know. But let me tell you a little bit about it so you can decide for yourself...

Getting in early

When you try The S&A Resource Report , you'll have access to the collective knowledge of my team and all my contacts in the field.

Take a look at just a few more of the big stories my network has identified – allowing our readers to get in before the masses...

My top "wildcatter" connection tips us off...

In summer 2003, one of my researchers went deep-sea fishing off the coast of Panama, with 2 of our top oil contacts. The one guy's been in the oil business for 30 years and owns dozens of wells. The other guy is, as the Times of London described him, "a geologist and self-made man... the real deal: one of the last independent oil prospectors in northwest Texas – a genuine wildcatter."

These guys tipped my researcher off to a small exploration company called Double Eagle Petroleum (DBLE) that they suspected had stumbled onto a very large natural gas field in Wyoming. Months later – after we recommended DBLE – it turned out that our experts were right. The company discovered a ton of natural gas in the eastern Washakie Basin in Wyoming. Shares soared as high as 230% afterwards.

Beating Forbes to the story...

A few years ago, I found a tremendous opportunity in China's mining sector. After 50 years of forbidding foreign companies from exploring China's gold–rich soil, the Chinese government had finally opened its doors. I knew this chain of events would eventually transform China into one of the world's leading gold producers... and could mean huge gains for my readers. So, I recommended the tiny gold explorer the government gave "first crack" at China's rich gold resources. Of course, at the time, the story was nowhere to be found in the Western press. After recommending it, this tiny company shot up an amazing 73% in just 8 months. In fact, since my recommendation, Forbes reported that China is now the world's number one gold producer. This company is now at the forefront.

119% gains on 2 huge copper finds

In 2006, I found a little–known copper company with a mine that had the longest remaining mine life of any major open–pit copper mine in the world. But what made this opportunity so interesting was that this company recently found another world–class copper deposit, almost as big! The amazing this was, almost no one outside the mining community had even heard of this company before. Over the next 14 months, our readers had the chance to make 142% gains with this little–known stock.

In fact, over the past few years, I've helped my readers get in on many great opportunities in the energy and mining fields, which are seldom covered by mainstream news sources.

For example...

93% on a small gold company called Cumberland Resources
195% on a Brazilian oil producer called Petrobras
100% on a small oil and gas explorer called Kodiak Oil & Gas
239% on unique gold company called Seabridge Gold
111% on a small oil producer called Occidental Petroleum
117% on a small deepwater drilling firm called Stone Energy
98% on a steel alloy technology for deep-sea drilling (Allegheny Technologies)

I don't know of another Research Service in the country that has a track record as good as ours today.

In fact, as of my September issue, we had 18 recommendations in our portfolio. 15 are up, with gains ranging from 3% to 70%.

This is probably why The S&A Resource Report research also has many mining and energy industry professionals who follow our work:

30-year Amoco Veteran:
"Matt Badiali's Report my favorite newsletter... and I would recommend it to anyone.

- Mike Hourihan, retired from BP/Amoco after 30-year career

Director Of NYSE Company
"Your letter, in many instances, has confirmed good ideas under consideration and at other times introduced new ideas, which have proven to be very profitable! I look forward to your report each month and find it to be extremely valuable. Keep up the good work!"

- Gerald Wilson, director of a NYSE listed E&P company.

9-Year Energy Industry Veteran
"I know all the big names in energy and energy services... but The S&A Resource Report has introduced me to faster growing, small energy service companies that are performing extremely well. I am very satisfied with the performance of these investments overall."

- Harold Dickens., PhD., 9-years in global energy services 

Almost no one outside of China has heard of this yet

In recent months, I have been investigating an extraordinary situation...

More big winners in the Resource sector 70% in 6 months... Recently, I learned about a company that had secured the largest un-mined gold deposit in the world. When I found this, no one was talking about it yet. Since my recommendation, we are already up 70% in 6 months... with A LOT more to come. 50% in 12 months... In 2006, I uncovered a tiny company that owned the largest collection of in-the-ground silver resources on earth... an amazing 171 million ounces... plus an additional BILLION ounces it was working to confirm. The amazing this was, almost no one outside the mining community had even heard of this company, which gave my readers the chance to safely make 50% over the next 12 months. 55% practically overnight... Just two months ago, I found a small company (Addax Petroleum) with an inside track on getting big oil contracts in Iraq. We made about 55% practically overnight when a big oil company offered to buy the firm out.

It's a huge and rare opportunity taking place in China right now, which I recommend you take advantage of immediately...

And I can assure you that almost no one outside of China has heard of this development yet...

In short: the Chinese government has created a new type of gold investment that could dwarf the returns of bullion, ordinary gold stocks, or any other type of gold investment you've heard of before.

What this translates to, for you as an investor is the opportunity to make many, many times your original investment with very little risk.

You see, this is not the first time Beijing leaders have secretly created such an opportunity:

In the late 1990s, the Chinese government created two similar investments. One (to help the local insurance industry) went up more than 530% in just a few years... the other (to aid the energy sector) has gone up about 1,084% over a similar period.

But this is the first time Chinese officials have intervened in this way in the Gold markets – and I expect the result will be a windfall for savvy investors over the next few years.

I believe you will be very happy with this investment over the next few years. I don't want to say much more about it here, because it is an extraordinary situation I'd prefer to reveal only to my subscribers.

But I explain everything you need to know in my new Research Report called:China Govt's Secret New Gold investment could pay 500% over next 2 Years 

Sincerely,





Matt Badiali,
Editor.

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China Govt's Secret New  Gold investment could pay  500% over next 2 Years