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Could you give me your advice on Storm Exploration? Thanks.

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Storm Exploration, $10.29, symbol SEO on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 45.8 million; Market cap: $471.2 million), produces and explores for oil and natural gas. Its production is weighted 84% to natural gas and 16% to oil. Calgary-based Storm has properties in the Peace River Arch area of northwestern Alberta and northeastern B.C., and the Horn River Basin in northeastern B.C. In the three months ended March 31, 2010, Storm’s cash flow per share was $0.38, up 26.7% from $0.30 a year earlier. Revenue rose 13.2%, to $29.2 million from $25.8 million. The company’s total debt of $99.1 million is a low 21.0% of its market cap. Higher oil prices offset lower natural-gas prices and a slight production decline: a minor fire pushed down Storm’s production by 1.1%, to 8,346 barrels of oil equivalent per day (including natural gas) from 8,441 barrels. However, the company expects its recent drilling success to push up its production to an average of 9,500 to 9,800 barrels…